FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary is a summarized dataset describing all federally declared disasters. This dataset lists all official FEMA Disaster Declarations, beginning with the first disaster declaration in 1953 and features all three disaster declaration types: major disaster, emergency, and fire management assistance. The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).rnrnPlease note the unique structure of the disaster sequencing (due to a numbering system that originated in the 1950's-1970's):rn0001-1999 Major Disaster Declarationrn2000-2999 Fire Managementrn3000-3999 Emergency Declaration (Special Emergency)rn4000- Major Disaster DeclarationrnrnFor more information on the disaster declaration process, see https://www.fema.gov/disasters and https://www.fema.gov/disasters/how-declared rnrnThis is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error. The dataset is primarily composed of historical data that was manually entered into NEMIS after it launched in 1998. The financial information is derived from NEMIS and not FEMA's official financial systems.rnrnDue to differences in reporting periods, status of obligations, and how business rules are applied, this financial information may differ slightly from official publication on public websites such as www.usaspending.gov. This dataset is not intended to be used for any official federal financial reporting.rnrnA newer version of this OpenFEMA data set has been released. This older dataset version will no longer be updated and will be archived by the end of April 2020. The following page details the latest version of this data set: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-dataset-disaster-declarations-summaries-v2. CSV and JSON Files can be downloaded from the 'Full Data' section.rnrnTo access the dataset through an API endpoint, visit the 'API Endpoint' section of the above page. Accessing data in this fashion permits data filtering, sorting, and field selection. The OpenFEMA API Documentation page provides information on API usage. rnrnIf you have media inquiries about this dataset please email the FEMA News Desk FEMA-News-Desk@dhs.gov or call (202) 646-3272. For inquiries about FEMA's data and Open government program please contact the OpenFEMA team via email OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.

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The dataset contains disaster level financial information for FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). The purpose of HMGP is to help communities implement hazard mitigation measures following a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration in the areas of the State, Tribe, or Territory requested by the Governor or Tribal Executive. For more information on the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, please visit: https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigationrnrnAdditional disaster level information can be found here: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/disaster-declarations-summaries-v2rnrnInformation on projects funded under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program can found here: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/hazard-mitigation-assistance-projects-v2rnrnThis is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error. The financial information is derived from NEMIS and not FEMA's official financial systems. Due to differences in reporting periods, status of obligations and how business rules are applied, this financial information may differ slightly from official publication on public websites such as usaspending.gov; this dataset is not intended to be used for any official federal financial reporting.rnrnMissing values - In some cases data was not provided by the subgrantee (subrecipient), grantee (recipient) and/or entered into the FEMA mitigation grant systems. The information is likely available as part of the paper file which is considered the file of record.rnrnIf you have media inquiries about this dataset, please email the FEMA News Desk at FEMA-News-Desk@dhs.gov or call (202) 646-3272. For inquiries about FEMA's data and Open Government program, please email the OpenFEMA team at OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.

This was created using data from: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets#emergencyProvided in a Kansas County polygon layer to easily visualize the declared counties for a given disaster.Included: County Name, Disaster ID, Declaration Type, Date, Incident Type, Title, Program Declared, Begin & End Dates, & Request Numbers.

This data set includes the FEMA disaster tribal declarations found on fema.gov/data-visualization and was created using the publicly available disaster declarations summary dataset published by OpenFEMA, FEMA's open government program. The original Disaster Declarations dataset OpenFEMA publishes can be downloaded here http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/28318.

This dataset was created for the Data Visualization map on FEMA.gov/data-visualization using Agency data that was released to the public by OpenFEMA. It is created by pulling, processing and combining multiple OpenFEMA datasets (listed below) together. Merging data tables depends on common fields being present throughout each source file. For this reason many columns in the original files were not included. For example, county level details were excluded because they are not available in all the source files. Additionally, we added new columns to ensure integrity existed between the source file and the merged file. For example, we added and populated when needed Grant Bucket, Program Name, Program Abbr, and Incident Type. Open FEMA data is available at: http://www.fema.gov/media-library/resources-documents/collections/339