{"id":1331712,"date":"2024-06-18T14:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T19:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1331712"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:35:16","slug":"fema-continues-to-help-smith-county-residents-with-storm-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1331712","title":{"rendered":"FEMA continues to help Smith County residents with storm damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-375194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>SMITH COUNTY &#8211; Since the first round of severe storms pummeled East Texas on May 13, Smith County emergency officials have fielded more  than 1,000 calls for help. During this time, the county has had the services of two volunteer groups to assist residents with personal property damage: Team Rubicon and the Texas Baptist Men. Both groups helped in cleaning up damage.  <\/p>\n<p>Smith County and FEMA are working to open a Disaster Recovery Center. This will located downtown, at The Hub. There FEMA representatives will be able to help those in getting resources in person. County officials say they will announce when FEMA is ready to open the center.<\/p>\n<p>Smith County Emergency Management Coordinator Brandon Moore said in a release, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Recovery will take some time due to personnel constraints and the amount of debris accumulated.  Citizens with damaged homes are encouraged to participate with FEMA personnel to apply for potential assistance.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>You can get more information by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disasterassistance.gov\/\">http:\/\/www.disasterassistance.gov<\/a> or call FEMA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s helpline: 800-621-336.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY &#8211; Since the first round of severe storms pummeled East Texas on May 13, Smith County emergency officials have fielded more than 1,000 calls for help. During this time, the county has had the services of two volunteer groups to assist residents with personal property damage: Team Rubicon and the Texas Baptist Men. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1331712\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FEMA continues to help Smith County residents with storm damage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1331715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"FEMA continues to help Smith County residents with storm damage","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 05:05:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/07\/FEMA_1437159887877_2316015_ver1.0.gif-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"FEMA continues to help Smith County residents with storm damage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1331712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331718,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331712\/revisions\/1331718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1331715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1331712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1331712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1331712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}