The Disaster Damage Database System is designed to allow Fairfax County, Virginia residents and businesses to report damage caused by emergencies like hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, fires, snow or other disasters. Your submission of this information to Fairfax County is voluntary. Fairfax County wants to make sure that you understand the uses the County intends to make of the information and where it may be disseminated.

After events that are of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the Commonwealth and the County, and federal financial assistance appears necessary, Fairfax County may share the Disaster Damage Reports with the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and/or the Federal Small Business Administration (SBA). The Disaster Damage Reports may be used to evaluate whether the Governor should ask the President of the United States to declare Fairfax County a major disaster area, whether the President should make such a declaration, and what kind of federal disaster assistance should be made available to County residents who have suffered losses. Therefore, your submission of damage information may benefit you and other County residents by supporting a disaster declaration, which is a prerequisite to eligibility for federal disaster assistance. However, submission of a Disaster Damage Report is not a requirement to apply for federal disaster assistance, nor is it a promise that federal disaster assistance will be provided. If the President declares a major disaster in Fairfax County and if you wish to apply for financial assistance, you must submit applications directly to FEMA and/or the SBA. Fairfax County does not provide disaster financial assistance.

Fairfax County also wants to make sure that you know that when you submit a Disaster Damage Report, it becomes a public record under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA). Therefore, your Disaster Damage Report may be released upon request. Fairfax County does not disclose individuals' personal information unless authorized or required to do so by the VFOIA or other law.The Disaster Damage Database System is designed to allow Fairfax County, Virginia residents and businesses to report damage caused by emergencies like hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, fires, snow or other disasters. Your submission of this information to Fairfax County is voluntary. Fairfax County wants to make sure that you understand the uses the County intends to make of the information and where it may be disseminated.

After events that are of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the Commonwealth and the County, and federal financial assistance appears necessary, Fairfax County may share the Disaster Damage Reports with the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and/or the Federal Small Business Administration (SBA). The Disaster Damage Reports may be used to evaluate whether the Governor should ask the President of the United States to declare Fairfax County a major disaster area, whether the President should make such a declaration, and what kind of federal disaster assistance should be made available to County residents who have suffered losses. Therefore, your submission of damage information may benefit you and other County residents by supporting a disaster declaration, which is a prerequisite to eligibility for federal disaster assistance. However, submission of a Disaster Damage Report is not a requirement to apply for federal disaster assistance, nor is it a promise that federal disaster assistance will be provided. If the President declares a major disaster in Fairfax County and if you wish to apply for financial assistance, you must submit applications directly to FEMA and/or the SBA. Fairfax County does not provide disaster financial assistance.

Fairfax County also wants to make sure that you know that when you submit a Disaster Damage Report, it becomes a public record under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA). Therefore, your Disaster Damage Report may be released upon request. Fairfax County does not disclose individuals' personal information unless authorized or required to do so by the VFOIA or other law.