Update

On August 18th, the following one (1) county was declared eligible for Public Assistance: Piscataquis County.

Please see below for an updated Excel spreadsheet of affected areas.

On July 30th, FEMA issued a Presidential Disaster Declaration for areas in the State of Maine.

No counties were declared eligible for Individual Assistance.

The following counties were declared eligible for Public Assistance: Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo and Washington Counties.

Please click on the following link to read the FEMA release:

FEMA Declared Disaster Areas Maine Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides

For a complete list of your properties located in the declared disaster areas, please click on Safeguard PropertiesFEMA Declared Disaster List.

Please note, you will need to be logged on to our web site for access via the above link.

For a listing of the zip codes located in the affected areas, please click on the following link.

Zip Code List for FEMA Declared Disaster ME 073009 Public Assistance (Updated 8/18/09)

For a direct link to the FEMA web site, please click on http://www.fema.gov/.

To view additional All Client Alerts, please click on Safeguard Properties All Client Alerts.

To review HUD's Declared Disaster Area Moratorium on Foreclosure, please click on HUD Moratorium on Foreclosure.

For information about VA's recommendations for forbearance, please click on the VA's Policy Regarding Natural Disasters.

For information about Freddie Mac's instructions, please see FHLMC DISASTER.pdf.

To review Fannie Mae's Q&A regarding natural disaster relief, please click on Fannie Mae's Natural Disaster Relief Policies.

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Safeguard Properties is the largest privately held field services company in the country. Located in Cleveland, OH  and founded in 1990 by Robert Klein, Safeguard has grown from a regional preservation company with a few employees and a handful of contractors performing services in the Midwest, to a national company with over 700 employees.  Safeguard is supported by a nationwide network of subcontractors able to perform any requested superintendence, preservation, and maintenance functions, as well as numerous ancillary services in the U.S., the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.