Eastern Washington Fire Recovery Resources
Fire Recovery Resources PDF Information last updated on March 11, 2024.
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March 14th Building Permit Deadline to Avoid Higher Costs Under New Code
Spokane County, WA Building and Planning Office Special Notice from Jordan Neal, Building Official: “Pursuant to changes made by the Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC), Spokane County will adopt and require construction projects requiring building permits be designed to the new 2021 Building Codes on March 15, 2024. To vest a construction project requiring
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers Now Open
Disaster Recovery Centers are now open to those who would like to speak, in person, to specialists from FEMA, the U.S Small Business Administration, the Washington Emergency Management Division, and Spokane County Emergency Management. These representatives will be available to help survivors apply for disaster assistance, answer questions about the registration process, and meet with
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FEMA Declaration Signed for Gray & Oregon Road Fires
President Biden signed the FEMA Declaration for the Gray Rd and Oregon Rd August 18, 2023 Spokane County Fires. This comes as good news for those impacted. FEMA has contacted local emergency management, Salvation Army Case Workers, and the Spokane Region Long Term Recovery Group (SRLTRG). Our goal is to coordinate with FEMA and assist
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Asbestos Testing Reimbursement
for Oregon & Gray Road Fire Survivors
All fire survivors of the Oregon Road Fire in Elk, WA and Gray Road Fire in Medical Lake, WA are eligible for asbestos testing reimbursement. This includes the insured, underinsured and the uninsured. Proof of income is not required for asbestos testing reimbursement. If you have not already had your debris tested for asbestos, please
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Your support is needed on these upcoming House Bills
We are looking for support on the following House Bills: 1952, establishing a statewide long term recovery group and creating a disaster playbook. 1899, ensuring communities can rebuild to current code standards after damage or destruction from wildfires (new energy code waiver) 1402, allowing local governments to adjust urban growth areas to account for land
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‘We lost everything we owned’: Gray fire destroys local firefighters’ homes
Spokane Valley Fire Department Capt. Duane Hughes was protecting homes from the raging Gray fire. At the same time, his Silver Lake home went up in flames. After about six hours of saving homes and seeing others burn, Hughes drove up to his destroyed house on Aug. 18. “As we were driving to it, I
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Innovia Foundation emergency fund raises $700,000 in less than a week for wildfire victims
More than $700,000 has been raised in less than a week since the Innovia Foundation launched the Eastern Washington Wildfire Emergency Response Fund to help victims of area fires that broke out Aug. 18. The fund started Monday with $200,000 seeded: $50,000 each from the Washington Trust Bank, Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Premera Blue Cross
‘It almost sounded like a warzone’: Wind-whipped fire thrashes the town of Medical Lake, stirring memories of 1991 fire storm
From staff reports Thousands of people fled the Medical Lake area as a wildfire burned thousands of acres, dozens of homes and left one person dead following days of 100-degree temperatures and critical winds that erupted Friday into one of the Spokane region’s worst natural disasters. Firefighters could not stop the flames blowing into the
With 9,500 acres burned and 185 structures gone, Medical Lake residents reel at the destruction of the Gray Fire
From staff reports Two wildfires that ravaged different parts of Spokane County on Friday afternoon destroyed 300 structures, including homes and outbuildings, and torched 18,000 acres of homes, scrublands, farm fields and forests. At least one person is dead. The fire that burned through Medical Lake razed at least 185 structures and blackened more than