Disaster Relief

Below are the steps in the FEMA Public Assistance (PA) recovery process for the February Winter Storm (DR-4586):

Applicant Briefing

Attend a DR-4586 Applicant Briefing.

• Applicant Briefings occur at 9 AM each weekday until further notice.
• Click here or visit the following link to register for a briefing: https://tdem-texas-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsde2grTwqGdfr11XjGYx1zAW_1V5wzmde.
• Please note, you only need to attend one of the Applicant Briefings.

Request for Public Assistance (RPA)

Submit a RPA for your organization. The deadline to submit a RPA is currently March 21, 2021.

• Step 1: Log in to FEMA Grants Portal (https://grantee.fema.gov/).
• Step 2: select “Click here to submit an RPA for your organization” on the Dashboard.
• Step 3: Select DR-4586 and complete each section by following the prompts.

pSTAT – Damage Assessments

Currently DR-4586 is only a category B – Emergency Protective Measures declaration but in an effort to have a full disaster declaration please have each Sub Recipient complete a damage assessment for each location that sustained damage as a result of the storm using TDEM’s damage assessment tool pSTAT (Public Assistance State of Texas Assessment Tool). This damage assessment information is a critical action needed to provide to FEMA to declare other categories of work and should be completed within the next 2 weeks.

• pSTAT Training – There is a recurring training meeting every weekday at 2:30 PM until further notice. Join the Zoom meeting at https://tdem-texas-gov.zoom.us/j/88023916871.
• pSTAT – To access the tool itself, click here: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/9960a862346147ae918ba7a62dbfd50a. Or, use the following QR code:

Additionally,  visit TDEM – Texas Emergency Management and click on the “February Winter Weather” icon. There are many useful resources on their website.