Federal disaster assistance teams went door-to-door in Frostproof on Monday, asking residents about their needs and losses suffered by Hurricane Irma.

The goal for the door-to-door checks in the Polk County city is to get the help people need to those who need it as quickly as possible, Federal Emergency Management Agency representative Jodi Barnes said.

“If we can provide financial assistance, that’s one way. Some people need the food. Some people need the shelter. Some people need medicine,” Barnes said.

One resident Barnes spoke with during her visits Monday was Linda Collins. Collins has been without power since the storm and has had to throw away a refrigerator full of food.

"I lost everything I had in there," Collins said.

She also suffered damage to a screen room roof and had some water damage.

Many residents were not home as FEMA representatives knocked on doors because their power was still out. If nobody was home, FEMA workers left a flier explaining how to reach out for help.

“We want to reach people and, if there is a dire situation, we want to give them the focus and attention they need,” Barnes said.

Collins didn’t need any emergency aid, but she was hoping for disaster aid to repair her screen room roof. She wasn’t convinced she would get that aid.

“I don’t know, but I hope because I can’t afford to put a new roof up here,” she said.