News and Media: Disaster 4337

FEMA has awarded grants totaling $20,411,469 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for emergency response, administrative costs and repairs following Hurricane Irma in 2017.

FEMA has approved a grant of $1,362,920 for the City of Pinellas Park to provide emergency backup power for the Barbara S. Ponce Public Library and protection from wind at 16 of its public facilities during future storms.

FEMA has approved a grant of $27,075,628 for the State of Florida to help the Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) defray the cost of repairs and equipment replacement for its utility distribution system after Hurricane Irma in 2017.

FEMA has approved a grant of $2,174,276 for the Florida Keys Electric Cooperative (FKEC) to upgrade 82 electrical transmission poles to protect them from high wind damage and substantially reduce the vulnerability of the utility’s electrical distribution system to future storms.

FEMA has approved a grant of $5,595,016 for the Utility Board of the City of Key West to protect the structural steel inside concrete utility poles from damage by future storms.