Report Your Flood Losses; There Might Be Help

If you suffered flood damage in last Thursday's storms, it's important to record all your flood-related expenses and report them to the city of Park Ridge.

If all of the damages in Cook County reach a total of approximately $18 million, the county will apply to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief funds, if any are available from state or federal sources, according to Shawn Hamilton, the acting city manager.

If you suffered damages, the city is asking you to fill out an Individual Flood Damage Assessment Survey, which will be available on its website as of Tuesday morning, April 23. The deadline to turn it in is Friday.

Volunteers will be going door-to-door in heavy flood areas to help residents without Internet access.

The City of Park Ridge issued the following press release:

Pursuant to a request from the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (CCDHSEM), the City of Park Ridge is in need of flood damage assessments from residents and businesses in the City.  Flood damage information will be collected by the City and forwarded to Cook County.  Once this data is received by the County, the County will determine if the federal flood damage threshold of $17,921,678 has been reached county-wide.  This is only the initial collection of flood damage data; no federal or state funds are available at this time.

The City is asking residents and businesses suffering damage resulting from the Flood of April 18 – 19, to complete the Individual Flood Damage Assessment Survey.  The survey will be available beginning Tuesday morning, April 23^rd on the Main Page of the City website at www.parkridge.us

Residents who need assistance in completing the on-line Flood Damage Assessment Survey may contact 847-318-5200, and you will be assisted in completing the survey on-line.

Residents who do not have computer or internet access, may complete the Flood Damage Assessment in hard copy.  Citizen’s Emergency Response Team (CERT) members will be going door to door in the most affected areas of the City with Damage Assessment Survey forms and will assist you in completing the forms.  Further, Damage Assessment Survey Forms will be available at City Hall in the City Manager’s Office located on the first floor. 

The deadline for completing the Damage Assessment Survey is Friday, April 26 at 5pm