Disaster Assistance Funding Announced for East Kootenays

Emergency Management BC has just announced Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available to eligible British Columbians in the Central and East Kootenay region who may have been impacted from the flooding that occurred from March 15-23, 2017.

DFA is available to homeowners, residential tenants, small business owners, farmers, charitable organizations and local government bodies who were unable to obtain insurance to cover these disaster-related losses. 

Applications for this DFA event in the Regional District of East Kootenay and the Regional District of Central Kootenay, including all electoral areas and municipalities within each regional district, must be submitted to Emergency Management BC (EMBC) by June 25, 2017.

Access the DFA application at: Disaster Financial Assistance