National Emergency Family Registry And Locator System
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FEMA's National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS) is activated to reunite families that have become separated as a result of a disaster. Individuals and families can register online at www.fema.gov. Call centers may be reached at 1-800-588-9822, 24-hours a day when it is activated.
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NEFRLS enables FEMA to provide a web-based system for people to voluntarily register and share specific information on their post-disaster well-being or location with specified family members.
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Following the 2005 Hurricane Season, Congress passed the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA) of 2006, amending the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and authorizing the establishment of the NEFRLS.
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By going online or calling the Family Registry System, people who have been separated from their families and friends can provide information about themselves and where they can be found. At the same time, families looking for a lost family member also are urged to go online at www.fema.gov or call the toll-free number as they search for them.
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For those who have become separated from children, 21-years of age and under, FEMA will activate the National Emergency Child Locator Center to help families, local and tribal governments, and law enforcement agencies track and locate children separated from their parents or guardians because of the disaster.
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The toll-free number for the Emergency Child Locator Center is 1-866-908-9572 and is staffed 24-hours a day.
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The Center's operations are managed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, with support from FEMA.
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People who call the Family Registry to locate children will be directed to the Child Locater Center.
Last Modified: Thursday, 01-Oct-2009 12:16:22 EDT