Business Recovery

• Federal Resources
• State Resource
• Other Resources

Links to the primary disaster assistance sites nationwide and in Florida:

> Federal Resources

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• FEMA
• Federal Disaster Declarations
• FEMA Internet Registration
  FEMA Phone Registration:
     • 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
     • TTY 1-800-462-7585 (speech & hearing impaired)

 

  US Small Business Administration (SBA)

• Current Disaster Fact Sheets
• SBA Disaster Loan Forms for Business
• About Economic Injury Disaster Loans
• SBA Disaster Recovery Index

 

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

• Tax Relief in Disaster Situations

 

  US Department of Homeland Security

• READYBusiness-Steps to Prepare for a Disaster

 

  USDA Agricultural Disaster Assistance

• USDA

 

> State Resources

  Florida Division of Emergency Management

• Information For Business
• Disaster Essentials for Floridians
• Florida County Emergency Management Websites
• Florida County Emergency Management Directory
• Volunteer Florida - The Governor's Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service

 

Other Resources

• Florida Business Disaster Survival Kit by various federal, state and county governments

  Florida Economic Development Organizations by County
  County by County List

• Business owners can apply for low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to cover losses not fully compensated by insurance. To apply for Small Business Administration loans, call the SBA Helpline at 1-800-359-2227 or go to www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/hurricane.html.

• For assistance with relocation or the aftermath of storm damage, contact the American Red Cross’s Tampa Bay Chapter at (813) 348-4820 or go to www.redcross.org for information.

• To give or receive help or for information on assistance not covered by the American Red Cross, call 2-1-1/Tampa Bay Cares by dialing the three digits from any phone. For information on the Internet, go to www.211tampabay.org/ez/