More St. Louis Area Stores Offer Free FEMA Rebuilding Advice

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Six more home improvement stores in the St. Louis metro area are teaming up with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide local residents with free information, tips, flyers, and brochures to prevent and lessen damage from disasters. 

FEMA mitigation specialists will be available over the next six days to answer questions and offer home improvement tips on making homes stronger and safer against disasters. Most of the information is geared toward do-it-yourself work and general contractors.

February 25-March 1:

• Lowe’s at 8501 Mexico Road, St. Peters, MO 63376

• Lowe’s at 2900 W. Clay Street, St. Charles, MO 63301

• Lowe’s at 290 THF Blvd., Chesterfield Commons, Chesterfield, MO 63005

• Lowe’s at 3180 N. Hwy. 67, Florissant, MO 63033

• Home Depot at 1131 W. Gannon Drive, Gannon Plaza, Festus, MO 63028

Times:

• Thursday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• Sunday 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• Monday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• Tuesday 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

February 25-27:

• Cotton’s Ace Hardware at 225 Thresher Drive, Eureka, MO 63025

Times:

• Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mitigation teams will also have free reference booklets on protecting your home from flood damage. More information about strengthening property can be found at www.fema.gov/what-mitigation.

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For breaking news about flood recovery, follow FEMA Region 7 on Twitter at https://twitter.com/femaregion7 and turn on mobile notifications or visit the FEMA webpages dedicated to this disaster at www.fema.gov/disaster/4250.

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.