Faulkner County, Arkansas

INFORMATION CALL CENTER REOPENING

North Little Rock, Ark. – The State’s Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is reopening its call center today for the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding beginning April 14 and continuing.

This line is to gather information only from citizens who may have received damages. It is separate from the FEMA Disaster Assistance hotline, 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) which currently is for residents who were included in the just-announced federal declaration. The counties included in that declaration are Benton, Clay, Faulkner, Garland, Lincoln, Pulaski, Randolph, and Saline. Emergency Management officials are working to gather additional damage assessments and reporting them to ADEM. Additional counties may be included as the damage assessments are completed.

The phone number for the call center is 888-683-2336. The call center will be open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday until further notice.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) is the state's homeland security and preparedness agency. The agency works to identify and lessen the effects of emergencies, disasters and threats to Arkansas by developing effective prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery actions for all disasters and emergencies.  For additional information, contact ADEM at (501) 683-6700 or visit the website atwww.adem.arkansas.gov.