FEMA Registry Helps Families Locate Relatives

AUSTIN, Texas – Have you been displaced by Hurricane Ike?  Do you need to locate friends or family displaced by Ike?  Want to report or search for a child missing as a result of Ike?  If you can answer yes to one of these questions, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a web site that can help.
Texans impacted by Hurricane Ike can use the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS) web site to answer these questions.

NEFRLS helps reunite families separated by a disaster or emergency by:

Allowing people to register by entering their names and location into the system.

Allowing people who have registered to give permission to up to seven (7) people to see the information they have entered, including their current contact information and/or a personally created message.

Letting people search for messages left by displaced family or friends.

If you are displaced by Ike, need to locate friends or family members displaced by Ike, or need to report a missing person, the NEFRLS web site can be an invaluable tool. 

The web site address is https://asd.fema.gov/inter/nefrls/home.htm. There are four options to choose from:

• I am displaced
• This option allows a person displaced to register.
• Search for a displaced person
• This option helps a person search for a displaced friend and/or family member.
• Report/search for a missing child
• This option provides for reporting or searching for a missing child.  Clicking on this button links directly to the National Emergency Child Locator Center at www.missingkids.com.
• Update my NEFRLS registration
• This provides for editing or updating the information provided when registering in the NEFRLS site.

Registering also can be done by telephone. The toll free search line is 1-800-588-9822.  The report/search for a missing child line is 1-800-908-9570.

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Registering in the NEFRLS is easy and takes only 10 to 15 minutes.  Registration is voluntary.  It is only for the stated purpose and does not register anyone for any type of local, state or federal disaster assistance.
Information entered into the system may be shared with other government and non-governmental agencies, including law enforcement.
NEFRLS will not ask about anyone's citizenship status or forward any information, unless requested by name, to the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division.
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