President Trump Signs Emergency Declaration for Florida
Targeted News Service (Press Releases)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security'sFederal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security'sFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Nate beginning on October 7, 2017 and continuing.
The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe. This declaration is for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding.
Willie G. Nunn has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal response operations in the affected area. Nunn said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further evaluation.
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