Emergency Management Office

Operation Blue Roof   

     Hurricane Rita was a storm of unparalleled magnitude and left an estimated 22,000 Texas structures in need of some sort of roofing assistance. FEMA has assigned the Operation Blue Roof mission to the Army Corps of Engineers.

     Your blue roof will be installed FREE OF CHARGE. This repair is temporary, so do not delay in contacting a professional about repairing your roof.

     Estimates are that our roofing teams and contract partners will be required to place about 2.2 square miles of the familiar blue plastic roofing over Texas structures to fulfill mission requirements.

     Texas homeowners can now sign up for the Blue Roof Program at one of the Right of Entry Collection Centers listed to the right.

     Please check this website daily as we are opening new Collection Centers and adding new information each day.

     Additional counties are being added as the need is expressed by county officials and additional team members arrive from our national emergency response group. The counties that qualify for "Individual Assistance" include Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, and Walker.

     Additional Blue Roof Collection Centers will be posted on this website and released through local media.

     Texas residents or their agents (e.g. a neighbor or friend) may file in any county where Collection Centers are active, regardless of your county of residence, as long as the county qualifies for this program.

     You will be required to sign a right of entry form to allow us to come onto your property to assess your structure and then assign your job to our contract roofing team.

     Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

     The program provides assistance to storm victims in disaster areas through the installation of rolled plastic sheeting on damaged roofs, thereby helping to protect property and allowing residents to remain in their homes.

     Disaster experience has proven that it is more efficient for homeowners to come to a servicing center rather than have limited disaster workers go door to door when only 10% of home owners will actually be in the home.

     Corps roofing team members will go to the property, do a damage and eligibility assessment, and give the roofing contractor a tasking order.  Property owners should expect work within 45 days of the request.

     Corps roofing team members will have proper identification and uniforms.  Citizens should not hesitate to ask persons approaching their property for proper identification.

     You may receive a call from our Operation Blue Roof service center to assist us in processing your request. They will not ask you for information that is sensitive, such as your social security number.

     For the latest information on locations, dates and hours to sign a "Right of Entry" form, please call toll free 1-888-ROOF-BLU (1-888-766-3258).
 

Homeowners: Call 409-835-1213, if you have any concerns or issues about the Blue Roof (temporary roofing) through the ‘Operation Blue Roof’ program sponsored by FEMA.