Vacherie, Louisiana resident Warren Colemen Jr talks about his blue roof installation on Oct. 13. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors installed Blue Roofs on homes damaged by Hurricane Ida in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. More than 30,000 temporary Blue Roofs have been installed with contractors averaging more than 1000 roof installs per day, weather permitting. (U.S. Army video by Brooks O. Hubbard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

B/roll and interview of home owner Warren Coleman Jr. at Vacheria, Louisana U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors install Blue Roofs on homes damaged by Hurricane Ida in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana on Oct.. 13. More than 25,800 roofs have been installed with contractors averaging more than 1,000 roof installs per day. USACE is supporting the state of Louisiana under a FEMA mission assignment to assist eligible homeowners with temporary roof repairs through the Operation Blue Roof program. Blue Roof applications are being accepted until Oct. 15 for all eligible parishes. (U.S. Army photo by Brooks O. Hubbard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commemorates the 20,000th Hurricane Ida blue roof installation at home of Houma, Louisiana resident Mable Lyons, Oct. 8, 2021. Interview of: Mable Ann Lyons

USACE aims to provide homeowners in disaster areas with fiber-reinforced sheeting to cover their damaged roofs until permanent repairs are made through the Operation Blue Roof program. This program is a free service to homeowners and protects property, reduces temporary housing costs, and allows residents to remain in their homes while recovering from a storm. The deadline to apply for this service is Oct. 15

LaQuwietitia Conley, an accountant from the Baltimore District is assigned to the Mobile Communications Vehicle (MCV) that is being used as a Right of Entry (ROE) collection site for the Hurricane Ida Blue Roof program located at the Montegut Carnival Club, Montegut, Louisiana. USACE is supporting the state of Louisiana under a FEMA mission assignment to assist eligible homeowners with temporary roof repairs through the Operation Blue Roof program. The MVS provides mobile communications and operations workspace to support emergency response missions.

Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, commander of the Corps’ South Pacific Division, visited LA-area hospitals to see the progress of the Corps and its contractors work on alternate care facilities at Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and at Beverly Community Hospital in Montebello, California. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed to the Los Angeles area Jan. 1 as part of FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency’s support to California Governor's Office of Emergency Services under the #COVID19 major disaster declaration. After assessing 12 hospital sites in the greater Los Angeles area, the Corps received missions to complete contracting and construction at three hospitals: White Memorial Medical Center; Beverly Hospital; and Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City.

Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, tours the Painted Rock Dam, a flood risk-reduction project, located on the Gila River in Maricopa County March 24 near Gila Bend, Arizona.

Contractors install Blue Roofs on homes damaged by Hurricane Ida in Saint Rose, Louisiana on Oct. 2. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by USACE for FEMA. The mission’s purpose is to provide homeowners and permanently occupied rental properties in disaster areas with fiber-reinforced sheeting to cover their damaged roofs until arrangements can be made for permanent repairs. (U.S. Army photo by Brooks O. Hubbard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Nicole Govan, a US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District employee serving as a national local government liaison, provided an overview about her duties and experiences working as an NLGL Oct. 5, at the Blue Roof program sign-up site located at the Hammond Public Library, Hammond, Louisiana. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Ida. USACE received a FEMA Mission assignment for temporary roof installations. (U.S. Army video by Brooks O. Hubbard IV, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)