News Releases for April 2006
April 28, 2006
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Formal Preliminary Damage Assessments Scheduled For 15 North Dakota Counties And One Tribal Reservation
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. John Hoeven today announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with local, state and federal officials, will conduct a formal Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA). The assessment has been scheduled for May 2, 2006, for 15 counties and one tribal reservation reporting storm and flood damage.
“The amount of damage already reported to the state, combined with additional damages as flood waters recede from the recent storms, calls for federal assistance to help manage recovery efforts in the affected areas,” said Hoeven. “Even before the flooding began, we were taking steps to prepare, and secure federal emergency disaster assistance for damages. The PDA is a process through which FEMA and the Department of Emergency Services work with local and county officials to determine the costs.”
Jurisdictions identified for the PDA include Bowman, Cass, Cavalier, Divide, Grand Forks, McKenzie, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Rolette, Sargent, Towner, Traill, Walsh and Williams counties, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa tribal nation.
“We are pleased that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to work with state and local emergency management to conduct a Preliminary Damage Assessment,” said Greg Wilz, Director of the N.D. Division of Homeland Security. “The Governor has already issued an emergency declaration, and now we are tallying the damage estimates to secure federal disaster recovery assistance.”
On March 30, Governor Hoeven issued a statewide emergency declaration for impacts resulting from river and overland flooding, which isolated rural residents and damaged infrastructure in the Red River Basin. Counties in the western portion of the state were recent inclusions due to electrical transmission damages incurred from recent snowstorms.
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