2011 News

NCVOAD/NCIDR Long Term Recovery Organizational Meeting (post Irene)
Posted: September 7, 2011
We will hold our post Irene organization meeting in Washington, NC on Friday, September 9, 2011 from 1pm until 3pm at the First United Methodist Church, 304 West Second Street. The format will be similar to the last meeting in Greenville on May 6th. We invite as many national partners to attend as possible. Any prospective Long Term Recovery Organization leaders are also invited to attend. If your agency has contacts in the affected area, please extend this invitation. Have a safe and healthy weekend and I look forward to our next call on Tuesday at 11am. Thanks for all you do!

 

Hurricane Irene (FEMA-4019-DR-NC)
Updated: September 7, 2011
Thirty three counties have been designated for federal disaster assistance to help households and businesses recover from Hurricane Irene. Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington and Wilson.


Individual Assistance for homeowners and renters can include grants to help pay for temporary rental assistance, home repairs and other serious disaster-related expenses not met by insurance or other assistance programs. Also, low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration are available to cover residential and business losses not fully compensated by insurance.

 

Hurricane Irene (FEMA-4019-DR-NC)
Updated: August 31, 2011

Thirty three counties have been designated for federal disaster assistance to help households and businesses recover from Hurricane Irene. Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington and Wilson.

Individual Assistance for homeowners and renters can include grants to help pay for temporary rental assistance, home repairs and other serious disaster-related expenses not met by insurance or other assistance programs. Also, low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration are available to cover residential and business losses not fully compensated by insurance.

Working with clients from Tropical Storm Nicole (fall 2010) and Spring Tornado event (April 2011), NC VOAD responds to Hurricane Irene. The twelve long term recovery groups established or energized following the tornadoes will provide a mentoring capability as new groups are established following Irene.
 

Spring Tornadoes 2011 (FEMA-DR-1969-NC)
Posted: April 27, 2011

Contacted by FEMA on Sunday, 17 April, NCVOAD established a conference call daily (except Saturday and Sunday) to ensure coordination, cooperation and communication between all active voluntary organizations. This call continues with as many as 20 participants every day. Disaster Response agencies from across the country are here assisting or will become active as we begin the Long Term Recovery phase. North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response will begin to host with FEMA, formation and training meetings for local Interfaith organizations. There are two existing Interfaith Organizations in the affected areas, Wake County Interfaith Disaster Team in Raleigh and Greene County Interfaith Volunteers, Inc., in Snow Hill. We will post the notices of upcoming meetings as they are arranged.