COLUMBIA, S.C. – The State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in the City of Dillon in Dillon County will close permanently at 2 p.m., Saturday Nov. 17, 2018.
Working with county officials, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division and FEMA closely monitor visits to DRCs. The closure of DRCs marks a major milestone in the disaster recovery process.
Centers close when traffic slows at those locations.
The center is located at:
Dillon County
City of Dillon Wellness Center
1647 Commerce Drive
Dillon, SC 29536
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., through 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
After the center closes, survivors whose homes or businesses were affected by Hurricane Florence can still apply for assistance, get updates about their applications, learn about the appeals process or check the status of their claim the following ways:
- Visit any open disaster recovery center. To find the nearest one visit fema.gov/DRC;
- Call the Disaster Assistance Helpline at 800-621-3362. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability and use a TTY may call 800-462-7585. Multilingual operators are available (press 2 for Spanish);
- Visit DisasterAssistance.gov to apply or log into their account.
Recovery officials encourage South Carolinians who registered for disaster assistance with FEMA to stay in touch, using the contact information above. If survivors change their addresses or phone numbers they should update FEMA with the information. Missing or inaccurate information could result in delays in receiving assistance.
For those who applied for a low-interest disaster loan with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), call the SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center to update information or check the status of an application at: 800-659-2955; by email to disastercustomerservice@SBA.gov; or via the SBA website at sba.gov/disaster. Hard of hearing or deaf individuals may call 800-877-8339.
For more information on Hurricane Florence and South Carolina recovery, visit the S.C. Emergency Management Division website at scemd.org, on social media (@SCEMD on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram), or FEMA’s Hurricane Florence disaster webpage at www.fema.gov/disaster/4394, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/FEMA, and the FEMA Region 4 Twitter account at twitter.com/FEMARegion4.