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Written by Melissa Jessie
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 14:18 |
News Release
Estill Co. Awarded Individual Assistance by FEMA
For More Information Contact:
Melissa A. Jessie
Estill Co. PIO
723-6533
1 June 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Estill Co. Awarded Individual Assistance by FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded Estill County Public Assistance (PA) and Individual Assistance (IA) as of Friday May 28, 2010.
If you received any damage to your home or property from the flooding May and do not have insurance or your insurance would not cover damages you can now apply for assistance through FEMA. This does not mean that you are guaranteed help financially, but anyone with damages can apply and you may receive assistance. We encourage all residents to seek assistance who received damages.
To apply for assistance you need to contact FEMA. You can apply for assistance by phone: 1 (800) 621-FEMA (3362); for people with speech or hearing disabilities 1 (800) 462-7585 (TTY). You can also apply on FEMA’s website www.fema.gov and click on apply for assistance tab.
If you need help applying for assistance or need more information you can call the Estill County EMA/CSEPP office at 723-6533 and we will assist you the best that we can.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 June 2010 14:38 |
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Flooding Pictures |
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Written by Ronnie Riddell
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Monday, 03 May 2010 16:15 |
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The following pictures were taken around Estill County on May 3, 2010.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 May 2010 13:32 |
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Get Estill County Emergency Information on Your Phone and E-Mail |
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Written by Ronnie Riddell
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 15:23 |
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The Estill County Emergency Management Agency(EMA)/Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) is proud to announce that residents of Estill County can now receive up to date emergency alerts via e-mail and/or text messaging on your phone.
To sign up for this service simply go to http://www.nixle.com and make an account. Once your account is active and you have entered your address in Estill County you should automatically be subscribed to our feed. If you check your locations and are not automatically subscribed just go to http://local.nixle.com/estill-county-emergency-management-agency/ and you should be able to subscribe from there.
Users will have to supply a cell number in order to receive text messages and an e-mail address to receive e-mails. Everyone receives all e-mails genereated by us and any other agency you choose to sign up for. Users can, however, set what level of messages they would like to receive from us via text message. The levels are traffic, community, advisory, and alert. All users will receive text message alerts but users may choose whether or not to receive the other levels of messages (traffic, community, and advisory) via text message.
*We do not receive any information that you enter when creating your account. nixle promises in their terms and conditions that they do not share your user information with anyone else, either.
**Please remember that you will be charged your normal rate for receiving a text message on your cell phone unless you have a text messaging plan that covers it. This charge is generated by your phone company as it sees this as a normal text message. Both our portion and nixle's portion of the service is offered free of charge.
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Last Updated on Friday, 08 January 2010 15:32 |
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