Of all the buildings damaged or destroyed in Oregon's recent spate of devastating wildfires, Jackson County alone accounts for roughly half.
However, only 3,310 applications to FEMA —about 34 percent of applicants — have come from displaced Jackson County residents.
12's josh shelton the sooner you get those in the better.
And it's a relatively simple form to fill out as well.
One of the easiest ways to do that is by visiting jackson county dot org slash r-o-e.
Just fill in your information from there.
You can also visit any of the fema locations, like the central medford high school, and they can help fill out those forms. there you can also file for fema disaster assistance, which proportionately speaking, not a lot of those affected have.
Jackson county accounts for 50 percent of damage and destroyed structures in oregon, but only 34 percent of fema registrations.
John vial says, "we are very concerned that there are people who suffered a loss, there are people that need help that have not signed up.
Either because they don't know about it, they don't know how to do it, they're afraid to do it for some reason, and we are concerned about that."
The sentiment echoed by all the officials who spoke today was to register for aid.
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