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FEMA opens transitional sheltering; EPA to remove hazardous household waste as recovery centers open
Summary
FEMA, EPA and county officials outlined sheltering, hazardous-waste removal and recovery-center services available to people displaced by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
Federal, state and local officials described immediate recovery steps, including FEMA transitional sheltering, disaster-recovery centers and a federal household-hazardous-waste removal effort.
FEMA Region 9 Administrator Robert Fenton Jr. said 53,000 people had registered for individual-assistance programs and nearly $12 million had been provided through FEMA registrations. He announced that FEMA activated its Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) program to place eligible survivors in participating hotels while they arrange short- or longer-term housing.
“TSA may also be available for those that have insurance,” Fenton said, describing that FEMA would pay the cost of rooms,…
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