No Word on Disaster Financial Assistance Yet

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Prince George, B.C. - City workers will be  setting up gabion dykes, like the ones  shown in the photo at right,  to protect one of the City’s  water pumping stations.  Known as PW605, the station is near Wilson Park, on the south side of the Nechako River, and downstream from the new Fish Trap Island station.

The City will offer an update later this morning on the  ice jam flood status.

Meantime, City spokesman, Don Shaffer, says residents or businesses looking for compensation, will likely follow the same  process as was available  during the  flooding this past spring. That is the Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program. 

 The program has not yet been declared available in Prince George for the ice jam flooding.

Under the DFA, people impacted by a disaster may apply to the province for compensation if the losses could not be insured or where other programs are not available. Disaster financial assistance helps to replace or restore essential items and property that have been destroyed or damaged to pre-disaster condition. Financial assistance is provided for each accepted claim at 80 percent of the amount of total eligible damage that exceeds $1,000, to a maximum limit of $300,000. Things like jewelry, hot tubs,  patios,  garden tools, and  recereational items  are not eligible under the program.

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