First Family To Receive Mobile Relocation Housing From FEMA

Many fire victims are depending on FEMA for assistance and now several families will have the opportunity to live at Southern Oregon RV Park in Central Point.

Simon turner himself, who lost his phoenix town home within only one week of living there.

Turner, his infant daughter, and girlfriend were separated while waiting on assistance from fema.

Turner says he remembers working on september eighth at medford treatment center when his coworkers informed him the fires were approaching phoenix.

It wasn't until he was in coos bay with his girlfriend's family that he learned he had lost everything.

As soon as i saw things as far as ads or links to certain agencies to help out i immediately just got on it.

I didn't want to lag and wait.

I didn't have time to.

I have very important people in my life that are relying on me to take this leap and lead so here i am doing it every time something came up i just reached out them.

A lot of times i didn't even know what i was really applying for.

Turner says all he can do is keep his head high and do what is necessary to make sure his family can stay together.

A construction crew began working on alterations to turner's new home and will be doing the same for other families moving into the park to make living there as comfortable as possible.

For more information about how to get help from fema visit k-d-r-v dot com.

People affected by this fall's wildfires and straight-line winds in jackson, klamath and douglas counties have a monday deadline to apply for fema disaster assistance.

The fema external outreach site in medford closed last saturday, so help is available online, through the fema mobile app and by phone.

In siskiyou county, fema is reopening its mobile registration intake center tuesday for slater fire survivors.

It will be open until friday at the karuk tribal wellness center.

Again, those fire survivors also can register for individual assistance using stormwatch 12 s