ORLANDO, Fla. – Pinellas County will receive $5,042,697 in federal assistance to help recover from Hurricane Irma.
FEMA funds will reimburse the county for emergency protective measures taken by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office following Hurricane Irma. Some of those measures included evacuating, county-wide patrolling, barricading closed roads and directing traffic.
FEMA’s Public Assistance program is a cost-sharing program with FEMA reimbursing applicants no less than 75 percent of eligible costs, and the remaining covered by a nonfederal source. Eligible emergency measures incurred during the first 30 days following the storm will be reimbursed at 100 percent. The federal share for this reimbursement is 100 percent.
Public Assistance was designated for all 67 Florida counties through the federal disaster declaration. FEMA and the state of Florida are working with more than 1,000 government entities and nonprofits across Florida seeking PA reimbursement for Hurricane Irma.
For more Hurricane Irma recovery information, visit www.FEMA.gov/IrmaFL.
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