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Recover & Rebuild

Apply for Assistance Assistance to help you recover after a disaster strikes.

Louisiana Recovery Office Resources and information on the effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast.

Rebuild – smarter and stronger Make your property less susceptible to future losses.

What to Do After...

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Tornado Tsunami Volcano Wildfire Winter Storm

Immediately After a Disaster

How do I?

• Find my family
• Get food & water
• Find a place to stay
• Apply for Assistance
• Cope with disaster

The First 48 Hours

• What precautions should I take when returning home?
• Emergency response action steps

Taking Care of Those Needing Assistance

• Helping children cope with disaster
• Helping pets

Donations and Volunteering

• Donate and Volunteer

My Home/Property Was Damaged or Destroyed

• What precautions should I take when returning home?

Assistance

• Types of assistance available
• Apply for assistance

File an Insurance Claim

• Tips for filing an insurance claim (flood)
• Tips for filing an insurance claim (fire)
• What do to if insurance isn’t enough?

Cleaning, Repairing and Rebuilding Information

• How do I clean my damaged home or repair and rebuild it safely for the future?
• Building Reconstruction after a disaster (Source: DOE)
• How can I make my property less susceptible to future losses?
• Mitigation Best Practices and Case Studies - A collection of illustrated stories about mitigation ideas, activities, or projects, including funding sources that protects both people and property from future devastating losses.
• Finding a contractor
  
  
• Buying flood insurance can reduce future losses

My Business Was Damaged or Destroyed

• What to do if your business or farm was damaged

Additional Information

• Environmental and Historic Preservation
  
• Recovery Times Newsletter
  Provides timely recovery information for victims of particular disasters.
• Building Science

Last Modified: Thursday, 12-Aug-2010 08:29:43 EDT

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