GATLINBURG

Gatlinburg wildfires, six months later: fire costs, donations

Steve Ahillen
Knoxville

$922 million: Insurance claims amount reported to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

$11 million-plus: Amount raised through the Dollywood Foundation’s My People Fund drive.

$8.5 million: Amount given to people who lost their primary residence in the fire and were uninsured or under insured through the Dollywood Foundation My People Fund.

$10,000: Amount given through My People Fund to each of 875 people who lost primary residence in fire

A view from above Gatlinburg several months after the November fire that damaged or destroyed more than 2,400 structures.

$675,000: Amount raised through the “Smokies Strong” T-shirt promotion co-directed by Bacon and Company, the Knoxville News Sentinel and WBIR-TV

$3 million plus: Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for the public sector for cleanup efforts (funds are still being approved)

$19 million: Amount lost in tourism dollars in the immediate aftermath of the fires

$3 million: FEMA grants to people who lost primary residences and were uninsured or under-insured.

$5.8 million: U.S. Department of Labor grant to create disaster relief employment for fire victims.

$664,000: Tennessee Housing Development Agency Emergency funding including $164,000 through Emergency Solutions Grant (short term rental assistance and accompanying services to find permanent housing), $250,000 for composting grant to update equipment, and $250,000 for in missing gap grant to help rebuild homes (this provided in combination with the Appalachia Service Project)

$700,717: Emergency fire stabilization funding provided by National Park Service to do repairs and rehab in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park is planning to request up to $907,500 spread over three years (FY18-20) from a special NPS "Burned Area Rehabilitation" fund source.

$15 million: Tax credit available for rebuilding affordable housing ($1.5M available each year for 10 years)

$12.45 million: Loans from the Small Business Administration: $5.6 million homes, $4.6 million business, $1.3 million economic injury

$3.2 million: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation distributed, upcoming grants for Solid Waste Management. TDEC also providing $350,000 in solid waste management grant and $500,000 in grants to set up end use pilot project.

$8.8 million: Estimated cost of fighting the fire according to the National Interagency Fire Center

$1,011,265: Money raised for the Sevier County Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the East Tennessee Foundation.

$1.6 million: Donations to the American Red Cross, which has said it will spend all of the money in the area and has spent $1.2 million of the money.