SOMERSET, N.J. -- The state/federal Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs), where recovery specialists are assisting New Jersey residents and business owners who suffered losses and damages from the severe storms and flooding of mid-March, will be closed on Monday, May 31, for the Memorial Day holiday.
The locations of the DRCs are as follows:
| Burlington County Community Center 100 Broad Street Hainesport Twp., NJ 08036 |
Cumberland County EOC/Public Safety Building 637 Bridgeton Avenue Bridgeton, NJ 08302 |
| Ocean County Brick Township Civic Center r 270 Chambersbridge Road, Suite 11 Brick, NJ 08723 |
Somerset County Presbyterian Church School Building 409 Mountain Avenue Bound Brook, NJ 08805 |
The centers will reopen on Tuesday, June 1, according to officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM). The centers will resume their regular 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. operating hours Monday through Saturday (closed Sundays) until further notice.
Information and assistance remains available by calling the FEMA Helpline at 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY/TDD 1-800-462-7585 for the speech and hearing impaired (for relay service, call 711 or 1-800-852-7897) between 7 a.m. and 1 a.m., seven days a week. Multi-lingual operators are available to answer calls during this time. Flood survivors may also register for assistance online anytime at www.disasterassistance.gov.
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