Province approves Kamloops for disaster financial assistance

NEWS — A City application to the provincial Disaster Financial Assistance program has been approved, paving the way for help with both public and private costs of repairing damage caused by last Wednesday’s severe rain storm.

DFA is available for qualifying claimants such as home owners, residential tenants, small business owners, farmers, charitable organizations and local government bodies who don’t have coverage with private insurers. Some proper owners may have commercial insurance for certain losses.

Application forms and information about Disaster Financial Assistance are available on the Emergency Management British Columbia web site at http://www.embc.gov.bc.ca/em/dfa_claims/dfa.html.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible so that the damage assessments can be completed. However, residents have until Oct. 27 to submit a claim. Completed applications should be e-mailed to DFA@gov.bc.ca or faxed to 250-952-5542. Further inquires can be made to 1-888-257-4777.

As applications are received, EMBC contracted evaluators will contact applicants to explain the DFA program requirements and schedule an onsite visit.