Mitigation Experts Offer Tips to Rebuild Safer, Stronger, Smarter

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Rebuilding or repairing property damaged from the recent severe storms? Get advice on building safer, stronger and smarter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Mitigation experts from FEMA will be on hand at home improvement stores in Conway, Searcy and Little Rock to offer information on rebuilding after a disaster. The advisors can answer questions about protecting homes from future disaster-related damage and offer tips to build hazard-resistant homes.

FEMA officials estimate that every dollar spent on mitigation saves almost four dollars if another disaster hits.

Individual homeowners and contractors can learn more at the following locations:

 

Home Depot 500 Elsinger Blvd. Conway, Ark.  72032 Sunday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Final day: June 2)	Lowe’s 1325 Highway 64 West Conway, Ark. 72032 Sunday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Final day: June 2)
Home Depot 12610 Chenal Pkwy. Little Rock, AR Sunday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. (From May 29 – June 2)	Lowe’s 3701 E. Race Ave. Searcy, AR Sunday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Saturday from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Final day: May 27)

The experts will not be at the stores on Wednesdays or on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26.

In addition, FEMA and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) have created a “one stop” web site for information to help Arkansans protect lives and property from tornadoes and floods:  www.fema.gov/ar-disaster-mitigation.