Emergency Bulletins

Deadline Approaching in the Havasupai Tribe for SBA Disaster Loans for Property Damage Due to Flooding
11/25/2024 - 9:23 am
Small Business Administration | SBA | Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration | flooding | SBA federal disaster loan | Havasupai county

Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded private nonprofit organizations in the Havasupai Tribe of the Dec. 24 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by flooding that occurred Aug. 22-23. Private nonprofits that provide essential services of a governmental nature are eligible for assistance.

“As communities across the Southeast continue to recover and rebuild after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the SBA remains focused on its mission to...

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Deadline Approaching in California for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Monsoon, Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding
11/25/2024 - 9:02 am
Small Business Administration | SBA | Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience | SBA federal disaster loan | economic injury | federal disaster loan | Yuma County | La Paz County | heavy rain and flash flooding | flooding

Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in three California counties and neighboring counties in Arizona of the Dec. 24, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by monsoon, heavy rain and flash flooding in the following primary counties that occurred Sept. 1, 2023.

  • Primary California county:  Imperial;
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SBA economic injury disaster loans available to Arizona small businesses
11/20/2024 - 2:10 pm
small nonfarm businesses | Arizona counties | California county | Low-interest federal disaster loans | U.S. Small Business Administration | Francisco Sánchez Jr. | Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience | drought | November 12 | Yuma County | La Paz County | Maricopa County | Pima County | Imperial County | crop losses | disaster declaration | Secretary of Agriculture | SBA working capital loans | rural communities | economic impacts | agricultural production losses | small businesses | small agricultural cooperatives | aquaculture | private nonprofit organizations | Economic Injury Disaster Loans | $2 million | financial obligations | operating expenses | interest rate 4% | interest rate 3.625% | maximum term 30 years | initial disaster loan disbursement | loan repayment | disaster loan program | Congress | agricultural disaster | nurseries | Farm Services Agency | USDA assistance | SBA disaster assistance

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Continued prescribed fire activity planned on the Lakeside Ranger
11/19/2024 - 2:20 pm
fire managers | prescribed fire operations | Lakeside Ranger District | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests | November 20-22 | 2024 | 260 burn unit | 796 acres | Linden | Arizona | Pinedale | Forest Road 143C | Forest Road 9810R | Forest Road 143D | Forest Road 9809L | Forest Road 143 | Forest Road 9810T | Arizona Game and Fish Department | Timber Mesa Fire Department | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management | Clay Springs Fire Department | hazardous fuel reduction | high-severity wildfires | fire-resistant condition | Wildfire Crisis Strategy | 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy | wildfire risk | resilient fire-adapted forests | Show Low | Pinetop-Lakeside | Clay Springs | Highways 60 | Highway 260 | smoke impacts | Air Quality Division | Smoke Management webpage | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | smoke-sensitive individuals | particulate-filtering respirator mask | real-time smoke mapping | fire.airnow.gov | A-S National Forests website | Facebook

Fire managers plan to continue prescribed fire operations on the Lakeside Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests beginning November 20 through November 22, 2024, as weather and vegetation conditions allow for successful operations.

The 260 burn unit is 796 acres and is 2 miles west of Linden, Arizona, and 3 miles east of Pinedale.  The project unit is within Forest Road 143C, Forest Road 9810R, Forest Road 143D, Forest Road 9809L, Forest Road 143, and Forest Road 9810T.

This landscape treatment is a cooperative effort with Arizona Game and Fish Department,...

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Increased smoke production from pile burns along Snowbowl Road
11/19/2024 - 12:31 pm
fire managers | Coconino National Forest | burn piles | Slash | Snowbowl Road | smolder | smoke | timber treatments | forest fuel | 3 miles up Snowbowl Road | 7.5 miles northwest of Flagstaff | smoke impacts | Fort Valley | Baderville | Friday | Saturday | visitors | Forest Service personnel | vehicles | pile burn

Fire managers with the Coconino National Forest continue to monitor burn piles of slash along Snowbowl Road that continue to smolder and be consumed. These piles continue to produce smoke which may be noticeable to people in the immediate area and will likely increase through the week.

Burning these piles, left over from timber treatments, effectively removes them as a forest fuel. The piles are located about ...

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