U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SET TO CLOSE DISASTER LOAN OUTREACH CENTER FOR L.A. COUNTY POWERHOUSE FIRE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS

LOS ANGELES (Thu., July 11, 2013) – The Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Outreach Center located at Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School (16633 Elizabeth Lake Rd., Lake Hughes, CA 93532) is scheduled to close at 4:30 p.m. PDT on Thu., July 11, 2013.

Despite the Los Angeles County Powerhouse Fire SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center closing today, residents, renters and businesses can still follow-up by calling 1-800-659-2955, or by e-mailing atdisastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by visiting the SBA’s website at http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may call 1-800-877-8339. The filing deadline to return applications for property damage is August 26, 2013. The deadline to return economic injury applications is March 25, 2014.

SBA provides low-interest federal disaster loans that are available to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations whose property was damaged or destroyed by the Powerhouse Fire (May 30-June 11, 2013). SBA staff issued loan applications, answered questions about SBA’s disaster loan program, provided explanations of the application process, in addition to helped individuals complete their applications.

Residents and business owners, including persons with disabilities and others with access and functional needs may call 211 LA County for emergency preparedness information and other referral services. The toll-free 2-1-1 number is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. 211 LA County services can also be accessed by visiting http://211la.org.

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Ken Kondo
County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management
PIO, County Emergency Operations Center Facility and Logistics,
Disaster Service Worker Program Specialist
323-980-2267 - office
213-792-5128 - cellular
kkondo@ceooem.lacounty.gov
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Two More Memorial Services For Fallen California Firefighters This Week #CAFIRE

 Memorial Services for Christopher MacKenzie, a member of the Granite Mountain Hotshots (City of Prescott), one of the 19 fallen firefighters in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. 
 Christopher is the son of retired CAL FIRE Captain Mike MacKenzie. Christopher was previously a firefighter for the San Bernardino National Forest and Bureau of Land Management in Southern California. Services will take place on Saturday, July 13th at 6 p.m. at the Ramona Bowl Amphitheater (27400 Ramona Bowl Road) in Hemet.


 Memorial services are scheduled for Christopher Douglas, a CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer/Paramedic who passed away last Friday, July 5th in Riverside County in the line of duty. 
The Douglas family will celebrate Christopher’s life with full Fire Department honors on Friday, July 12, 2013 at 3:00 pm at The Bridge Church in Murrieta (38801 Calistoga Drive). Cards and letters of encouragement can be sent to the family at CALFIRE\Riverside Fire Department, 210 W. San Jacinto Street, San Jacinto, CA 92570.---------------------------------------------
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CALIFORNIA’S FALLEN RETURN HOME WEDNESDAY: Scheduled to arrive at 1 p.m. pn Los Alamitos Army Airfield

Planeside Honors - Local Firefighters 
 
NEWS ADVISORY:  July 8, 2013
CONTACT:         Carroll Wills, CA Fire Foundation
        (916) 799-8148 (cell); cwills@cpf.org
 
CALIFORNIA’S FALLEN RETURN HOME WEDNESDAY
 
Bodies of Two Fallen Prescott, Ariz., Firefighters to be Flown to Los Alamitos; 
California Fire Service to Salute Fallen
 
 This Wednesday, July 10, 2013, two fallen firefighters with California roots will be flown home from Arizona to the Golden State aboard a 
California National Guard C-130. The bodies of Kevin Woyjeck, 21, of L.A. County, and Christopher MacKenzie, 20, of Hemet, Calif., 
are scheduled to arrive at 1 p.m. pn Los Alamitos Army Airfield at the Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos.
 
A Memorial Ramp Ceremony will be held upon their arrival, delivering the fallen to their families. 
California firefighters and honor guards from throughout the state will pay their respects to those who paid the ultimate price.
 
The California Fire Foundation’s Last Alarm Service Team (Cal LAST) has been activated to coordinate the ramp ceremony, 
in conjunction with Cal EMA and the California National Guard.
 
Fallen California Firefighters Return Home
 
DATE:                 Wednesday, July 10, 2013
TIME:                  Appox. 1 p.m. touchdown (please arrive no later than 12:30 p.m.)
LOCATION:        Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos Army Air Field
          1120O Lexington Dr., Los Alamitos, CA 90277 (Main Gate)
         (Please bring appropriate media ID)
 
Ceremony will be visuals only – no spoken presentations, podium or microphone. 
Cameras will be directed to designated area. Ceremony should last about an hour.
 
More information and updates: www.cafirefoundation.org
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Granite Mountain Hotshot crew last social media photo? "This is my lunch spot...too bad lunch was an MRE." #Prescott19 #AzFire

Texted photo shows Granite Mountain Hotshot crew before they died. 
Update: In this photo shot by firefighter Andrew Ashcraft, members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots watch a growing wildfire that later swept over and killed the crew of 19 firefighters near Yarnell, Ariz., Sunday, June 30, 2013. 

Ashcraft tweeted the photo to his wife, Juliann, but died later that day battling the out-of-control blaze.

 The 29-year-old father of four added the message, "This is my lunch spot...too bad lunch was an MRE."

 Credit: AP Photo/Courtesy of Juliann Ashcraft
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