Assistance to All Survivors of Northern California Fires

Everyone who survived the Northern Cal Fires can obtain immediate assistance to obtain housing, insurance payments, renewed driver's licenses, addressing medical problems and more. Go to https://www.disasterassistance.gov/ or call 800-621-3362 or (TTY) 800-462-7585. If you use 711 or Video Relay, call 800-621-3362. These toll free numbers are available 7 am to 10 p.m., 7 days a week. FEMA and state and local assistance agencies have a disaster center at 427 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, the ground floor of the Press-Democrat building.

Five insurance companies are at Finley Park, 2060 W. College Ave, Santa Rosa, in back parking lot behind the tennis courts, open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The insurance companies are Allstate, Hartford, USAA, Liberty Mutual and Safeco.

Clearlake and Lake County will have an assistance center starting October 17, 2017, 11 am to 7 pm, at Clearlake Senior Center, 3245 Bowers Ave, Clearlake.

The Coffey Park homes which were decimated still have the plans available. They were built 30 years ago by Condiotti. The plans are at Draftech, 1544 Terrace Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. They will copy your floor plan to blueprints and make a digital copy so you can rebuild your home.

All evacuation centers are receiving donations of clothing and food. The entire Northern California community is working together to help everyone who suffered losses in the Northern California fires rebuild their lives.

The air is clearing in Northern California now, Day 6 of the firestorm. We can thank all of the firefighters, including the prisoners, male and female, working for $1 a day and hopefully credit for a shorter sentence, for their very hard work during long shifts to save lives and homes as they put out the fires.