Chambers County Designated for Disaster Assistance - Office of the Governor of Alabama

MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley has been informed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that Chambers county has been added to the counties designated for disaster assistance to households and businesses as part of Alabama’s federal disaster declaration. This addition brings the total of number of counties designated to 39.

“Our Alabama Emergency Management Agency is to be commended for their extraordinary help in getting Chambers county and all the other counties declared federal disaster areas,” said Governor Robert Bentley. “Citizens of Chambers county now have the maximum financial resources needed to rebuild their lives.”

Counties previously designated are Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee Chilton, Choctaw, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Walker and Winston.

The Governor encourages affected survivors and business owners in the newly designated counties to go ahead and apply for assistance by calling FEMA’s toll-free registration number, 800-621-FEMA (3362). The hearing or speech impaired can use the TTY line at 800-462-7585. The registration lines are available from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., local time. An application may also be completed online by going to www.disasterassistance.gov.