New Process: FEMA Remote Home Inspections after Hurricane Laura Due to COVID-19 and the need to protect the safety and health of all Americans, FEMA will conduct remote home inspections for Hurricane Laura applicants in Louisiana. Remote inspections provide a new way of evaluating damage – comparable to traditional, in-person inspections – and expedite the [...]
DOWNLOAD THE PDF From: OHSEP Director Danny Lavergne Date: August 25, 2020 The Cameron Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness, using weather information from all available sources regarding Laura, is now issuing a MANDATORY Order of Evacuation as of 8:00AM on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 for ALL OF CAMERON PARISH due to Laura. Driving conditions are [...]
WHAT: In the wake of Hurricane Laura, on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9 a.m., Chevron will host a fuel giveaway and distribute 8,000 gallons of free gasoline and $15,000 in gas gift cards to local citizens and first responders. This giveaway is in collaboration with charitable organization Louisiana Coastal Relief and Recovery and Retif Oil [...]
Houses of Worship- Public Assistance (PA) FEMA announced on January 2, 2018, that PNP HOWs are eligible for disaster assistance without regard to their secular or religious nature. These changes are effective for disasters declared on or after August 23, 2017. As with other non-critical PNPs under the Stafford Act, FEMA financial assistance for the [...]
The mosquito control airplane will be spraying this afternoon in the following areas. They will be spraying cattle in gum cove and lower Hackberry that appear to be suffering from mosquitoes as well as cattle and residents in Big Lake, Grand Lake and Sweet Lake. All spraying will be done in daylight hours. Spray sensitive [...]
BATON ROUGE La. State and federal officials are encouraging Louisiana residents affected by Hurricane Laura to register for disaster assistance with FEMA as soon as possible. Disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Louisiana to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis and Vernon parishes [...]
The American Red Cross moving truck should be pulling up now (this post was at 1:20 p.m.) to the Johnson Bayou Fire Station with quality cleaning supplies — a trailer load of supplies and American Red Cross cleanup kits, shovels, rakes and more. Also, Klondike and Lowery: a trailer load of all the same is [...]
Tomorrow's regularly scheduled police jury meetings have been to Grand Lake school atrium.
First transmission line into the Lake Charles area to be rebuilt in two weeks LAKE CHARLES, La. – An Entergy storm team of 8,300 and growing is on the ground in southwest Louisiana to rebuild a power grid severely damaged by Hurricane Laura’s 150 mph sustained winds. The transmission system, which is a critical component [...]
CAMERON PARISH POLICE JURY NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA – VOTING SESSION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 11:00 A.M. Grand Lake Elementary School 1039 Hwy 384 Lake Charles, LA 70607 Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance/Prayer PUBLIC COMMENT Approval of Minutes Approval of Add-ons: Other Permits: a. Cameron Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 4 – Oak [...]
