October 27, 2016
DR-4286
Hurricane Matthew
Private Sector
Advisory # 01
FEMA Private Sector
POC:
Chad McCormick
SCEMD Private
Sector:
David Perry
The South Carolina
Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) encourage all of our Private Sector partners to
share the following disaster recovery information with your membership,
employees, families and friends who were impacted and sustained damages
by Hurricane Matthew that occurred October 4 and continuing.
South Carolina
Survivors Urged to Register for Disaster Assistance
Homeowners and renters in three more South
Carolina counties – Berkeley,
Charleston and Chesterfield –
are now eligible to receive Individual Assistance from FEMA to help them
recover from flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew.
Individual Assistance is also available to
homeowners and renters in these 21 counties: Allendale,
Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington,
Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Lee,
Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter and Williamsburg.
Assistance can include money for temporary
rental assistance and essential home repairs for primary homes, low-cost
loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help
survivors recover from the effects of the disaster.
Survivors can register online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. Disaster assistance applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing should call 800-462-7585 (TTY); those who use Video Relay Service may call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Multilingual operators are available.
Survivors can register online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. Disaster assistance applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing should call 800-462-7585 (TTY); those who use Video Relay Service may call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Multilingual operators are available.
For additional information, please visit
FEMA new
release.
What to Expect After
You Apply for Disaster Assistance
Registering with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the first step to getting
federal disaster assistance. FEMA will ask you to provide information
about the property damage you sustained from Hurricane Matthew, proof of
your identity and residency, insurance and other documentation to help
determine your eligibility.
For additional information, please see “What
to expect after South Carolina survivors call FEMA”
SBA Opens
Business Recovery Center in South Carolina
SBA representatives at
the Center can provide information about disaster loans, answer
questions and provide help in completing the SBA application. The
Center is located as indicated below and will operate until further
notice:
|
Beaufort
County
Hilton
Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce
1 Chamber
of Commerce Drive
Hilton
Head, SC 29928
Days:
Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat 9 a.m.
– 1 p.m.
Closed:
Sundays
|
Florence
County
Greater
Florence Chamber of Commerce
100 West
Evans Street
Florence,
SC 29501
Opens: Friday,
Oct. 28 @ 11 a.m.
Days: Mon-Thur.
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday’s
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Closed:
Saturdays & Sundays
|
Orangeburg County
Small
Business Development Center
S.C State
University Belcher Hall (Suite 353)
300 College
Street NE
Orangeburg,
SC 29117
Days:
Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed:
Saturdays & Sundays
|
For additional information regarding SBA Business
Recovery Centers (BRC’s), please visit news
release.
Additional
Information:
For more information on the State
of South Carolina Hurricane Matthew recovery, go to fema.gov/disaster/4286 or
visit the S.C Emergency Management Division site at http://www.scemd.org/.
Also, we encourage all those with
smartphone access to please visit your mobile app store and download the free
FEMA App. The FEMA App can provide you with information on preparedness,
weather alerts along with shelter locations (Red Cross) or available Disaster
Recovery Centers (FEMA DRC’s) DRC
Locator.
Documents:
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first
responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build,
sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against,
respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
All FEMA disaster assistance will be provided
without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex (including
sexual harassment), religion, national origin, age, disability, limited
English proficiency, economic status, or retaliation. If you believe
your civil rights are being violated, call 800-621-3362 or
800-462-7585(TTY/TDD).
The SBA is the federal government’s
primary source of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged
private property. SBA helps businesses of all sizes, private non-profit
organizations, homeowners and renters fund repairs or rebuilding efforts
and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal
property. These disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by
insurance or other recoveries and do not duplicate benefits of other
agencies or organizations. For more information, applicants may contact
SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center by calling
800-659-2955, emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov,
or visiting SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals may call 800-877-8339.
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