President Donald J. Trump Signs Emergency Declaration For All 67 Counties In Florida
By Space Coast Daily // September 6, 2017
Justo Hernández named Coordinating Officer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the 67 counties in the state of Florida to supplement state, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Irma beginning on September 4, 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.
It will also 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 statewide.
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.
Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding statewide.
Justo Hernández has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal response operations in the affected area.
