FEMA Awards $6.2 Million for Hurricane Irma Recovery in Florida

Release Date Release Number
519
Release Date:
January 7, 2021

ORLANDO, Fla. – FEMA has awarded grants totaling $6,200,246 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for the costs of emergency response, repairs and debris removal following Hurricane Irma in 2017.

The FEMA Public Assistance grants include:

  • Palm Beach County: $1,977,970 for emergency measures taken to protect life and property, including the costs of labor, equipment, materials, transportation, evacuation and other costs after the storm.
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: $1,557,887 for emergency measures taken to protect life and property, including search and rescue missions, humanitarian efforts and other public services.
  • Miami-Dade County Public Schools: $1,503,072 for the costs of labor, equipment, materials and contracts for repairs to schools and multiple buildings.
  • City of Florida City: $1,161,317 for removal of 73,438 cubic yards of vegetative debris, 9,518 cubic yards of construction and demolition debris, 992 hazardous leaning trees and 2,292 hanging limbs from public roads, property and rights-of-way.

FEMA’s Public Assistance program provides grants to state, tribal, and local governments, and certain types of private nonprofit organizations, including some houses of worship, so that communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies. The Florida Division of Emergency Management works with FEMA during all phases of the program and conducts final reviews of FEMA-approved projects.

The federal share for projects is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost. The state determines how the nonfederal share of the cost of a project (up to 25 percent) is split with the subrecipients like local and county governments.

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