The Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide Public Assistance (PA) funding for facilities damaged or destroyed by disasters. It is the Applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that damage was caused directly by the declared incident, and where pre-existing damage exists, to distinguish that damage from disaster-related damage. The Applicant fails to demonstrate the repairs are required as a result of the disaster and not due to the pre-existing deterioration of the roof sections in question. The Stafford Act authorizes FEMA to provide PA funding for hazard mitigation measures for facilities damaged by a disaster. Because the Applicant has not demonstrated that roof sections 14, 21, and 52 were damaged by the disaster, the work is ineligible for hazard mitigation funding.

The Applicant has not demonstrated that work to replace roof sections 14, 21, and 52 is required as a direct result of the disaster, rather than the result of predisaster conditions or deferred maintenance. Such work is ineligible for PA funding. Consequently, the Applicant’s hazard mitigation proposal is also ineligible. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 406(a), 406(e). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1), 206.226(e). PAPPG, at 19-20, 97, 99, 118. El Paso Cty., FEMA-4229-DR-CO, at 8.