New Mexico Wildfires and Straight-line Winds

3 Ways to Apply for Assistance

• American Sign Language (ASL): FEMA Registration Process - Registration
• American Sign Language (ASL):  How to Register with Disaster Survivor Assistance

Additional Multimedia

Below you can find social media graphics and images with important safety messaging in various languages, including English, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese.

• DR-4652 Best Ways To Send Documents 
• Disaster Support Social Graphics
• For more New Mexico Wildfire images and videos to see how we are supporting on the ground, visit our collection.
• American Sign Language (ASL):  Reasons to Apply for an SBA Loan
• American Sign Language (ASL):  Renters May be Eligible for Federal Help
• American Sign Language (ASL):  Understanding Your Letter

Verifying Home Ownership or Occupancy

FEMA is required to verify you lived at the address in your application as your primary residence before providing most types of IHP Assistance. FEMA is also required to verify you owned your home before providing Home Repair or Replacement Assistance.

As part of our effort to make the disaster assistance process quicker and reduce the burden on applicants, we try to verify occupancy and ownership by using an automated public records search.

If we cannot verify you lived in or owned the home that you listed in your application, we will ask you to provide documents to prove occupancy and/or ownership to help us determine if you are eligible for assistance.

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Disaster Distress Helpline

It is normal to feel sad, stressed or overwhelmed after a major disaster. For adults and children having negative feelings or thoughts, free crisis counseling is available through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Disaster Distress Helpline.

The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) is the first national hotline dedicated to providing year-round disaster crisis counseling. This toll-free, multilingual, crisis support service is available 24/7 via telephone (1-800-985-5990) and SMS (text 'TalkWithUs' to 66746) to residents in the U.S. and its territories who are experiencing emotional distress related to natural or man-made disasters.

Frequently Asked Questions and Rumor Control

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1. Find trusted sources of information.
2. Share information from trusted sources.
3. Discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources.

View Frequently Asked Questions and Rumor Control