Here’s Why FEMA is Visiting St. Louis County Right Now

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is touring St. Louis County after a Presidential declaration.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is giving the public a heads-up about the arrival of FEMA housing inspectors, they are in the county inspecting residences that may have been damaged in the June flooding event.

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The flood event has been named a Presidentially Declared Disaster, this declaration makes homeowners and renters eligible for federal financial assistance. Grants are available to cover costs of temporary housing and repairs, the declaration also makes low-interest loans available to cover uninsured property losses.

Anyone seeking financial assistance from FEMA must get an inspection first from a housing inspector, to get on the list for a FEMA inspector to come visit, residents are asked to fill out a form at disasterassistance.gov.

Anyone filling out the form will need to provide basic contact information, condition of their damaged home, any insurance information, and social security number. FEMA has also made a phone number available for those unable to access the website, that number is 1-800-621-3362.

At this time, the inspections are only for residential properties, commercial properties that were damaged in the flood will be inspected at a later date.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's office wants the public to know that "FEMA inspectors will be wearing a FEMA Contractor ID badge that displays their photo and name. These are no cost inspections and inspectors never ask for money."