BATON ROUGE, La. – If you are repairing or rebuilding your home over the holidays, you can get expert advice from FEMA mitigation specialists at the Home Depot in Denham Springs. Disaster survivors doing work on their homes after Hurricane Ida can talk with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to best reduce risk in future disasters.

Monday through Thursday, Dec. 27 – 30, mitigation advisors will give tips about rebuilding and protecting homes from future disaster-related damage such as high winds and water. They will also have information about selecting contractors, flood insurance, roof repair and other topics. No appointment is needed.

Specialists are available from 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. at:

If you need to discuss your assistance application, please call the Helpline at 800-621-3362 to speak to a FEMA individual assistance specialist. Hazard mitigation outreach specialists offer general rebuilding tips and will not be able to discuss specific details of individual assistance cases.

You may also call 833-FEMA-4-US or 833-336-2487 to speak to a mitigation specialist.  You can email a specialist at FEMA-LAMit@fema.dhs.gov. Visit a mitigation web link to find repairing, retrofitting, and rebuilding information at https://fema.connectsolutions.com/lamit,https://fema.connectsolutions.com/la-es-mit for Spanish, or https://fema.connectsolutions.com/la-vie-mit for Vietnamese.

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4611. Follow the FEMA Region 6 Twitter account at twitter.com/FEMARegion6 or on Facebook at facebook.com/FEMARegion6/.