FEMA Disaster Declarations Scraper by Birds Nest Data

Export FEMA disaster declarations by state and county as JSON or CSV: incident type, dates and programs declared. Filter by state, incident type and date. Uses the public OpenFEMA API.

Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Data provided as-is from https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema.

Not for emergency response or disaster-aid eligibility decisions. For current emergency information, use FEMA, local emergency management, or 911.

What it does

Returns FEMA disaster declaration records (one row per declared area) from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 dataset, newest first, with incident type, dates, county FIPS codes and which assistance programs were declared. Built for insurers and lenders, grant and recovery consultants, and emergency-management researchers.

What you get

Field	Type	Example
fema_declaration_string	string	"EM-3657-GA"
disaster_number	number	3657
declaration_type	string	"EM"
declaration_type_name	string	"Emergency"
declaration_title	string	"HURRICANE ISAIAS"
incident_type	string	"Tropical Storm"
state	string	"GA"
designated_area	string	"Floyd (County)"
fips_state_code	string	"13"
fips_county_code	string	"115"
fema_region	number	4
declaration_date	date (YYYY-MM-DD)	"2026-10-09"
incident_begin_date	date (YYYY-MM-DD)	"2026-10-08"
incident_end_date	string or null	null
closeout_date	string or null	null
fiscal_year_declared	number	2027
individual_households_program	boolean	false
individual_assistance_program	boolean	false
public_assistance_program	boolean	true
hazard_mitigation_program	boolean	false
tribal_request	boolean	false
fema_record_id	string	"034ac438-0be8-4946-b74b-566b175637a5"
fema_last_refresh	string	"2026-10-11T11:07:24.299Z"
api_endpoint	string	"https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSum...
api_version	string	"v2"
retrieved_at	string	"2026-10-18T04:48:52.984Z"
fema_notice	string	"This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agenc...

Only the area-level declarations dataset is read; no individual-assistance or claims datasets. Every row carries the API endpoint, version and retrieval time (UTC).

Use cases

• List disaster declarations for the states and counties where you have sites, customers or insured properties.
• Build a history of declared disasters by incident type for risk and insurance analysis.
• Send new declarations to a spreadsheet or alert through the Apify API.
• Research which areas received Individual or Public Assistance and when.

How to use

1. Leave the defaults to get the 50 newest declaration records, or pick a state, start date, incident type and declaration type.
2. Click Run.
3. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

Input example

{
  "state": "ALL",
  "incidentType": "ALL",
  "declarationType": "ALL",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output example

Two records from a real run on 2026-10-17 (PT) with the default input:

[
 {
  "fema_declaration_string": "EM-3657-GA",
  "disaster_number": 3657,
  "declaration_type": "EM",
  "declaration_type_name": "Emergency",
  "declaration_title": "HURRICANE ISAIAS",
  "incident_type": "Tropical Storm",
  "state": "GA",
  "designated_area": "Floyd (County)",
  "fips_state_code": "13",
  "fips_county_code": "115",
  "fema_region": 4,
  "declaration_date": "2026-10-09",
  "incident_begin_date": "2026-10-08",
  "incident_end_date": null,
  "closeout_date": null,
  "fiscal_year_declared": 2027,
  "individual_households_program": false,
  "individual_assistance_program": false,
  "public_assistance_program": true,
  "hazard_mitigation_program": false,
  "tribal_request": false,
  "fema_record_id": "034ac438-0be8-4946-b74b-566b175637a5",
  "fema_last_refresh": "2026-10-11T11:07:24.299Z",
  "api_endpoint": "https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries",
  "api_version": "v2",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T04:48:52.984Z",
  "fema_notice": "This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s)."
 },
 {
  "fema_declaration_string": "EM-3657-GA",
  "disaster_number": 3657,
  "declaration_type": "EM",
  "declaration_type_name": "Emergency",
  "declaration_title": "HURRICANE ISAIAS",
  "incident_type": "Tropical Storm",
  "state": "GA",
  "designated_area": "Heard (County)",
  "fips_state_code": "13",
  "fips_county_code": "149",
  "fema_region": 4,
  "declaration_date": "2026-10-09",
  "incident_begin_date": "2026-10-08",
  "incident_end_date": null,
  "closeout_date": null,
  "fiscal_year_declared": 2027,
  "individual_households_program": false,
  "individual_assistance_program": false,
  "public_assistance_program": true,
  "hazard_mitigation_program": false,
  "tribal_request": false,
  "fema_record_id": "05fbd578-a949-4be0-a632-e7890828c91a",
  "fema_last_refresh": "2026-10-11T11:07:24.299Z",
  "api_endpoint": "https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries",
  "api_version": "v2",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T04:48:52.984Z",
  "fema_notice": "This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s)."
 }
]

Pricing (pay-per-event)

• Result: $2.00 per 1,000 results ($0.002 for each declaration record saved to the dataset).
• No start fee. Runs that save nothing are not charged for results.
• Estimate: the default run (50 records) costs about $0.10 in result fees.

Limits

• At most about 1 request per second, no proxies.
• Up to 10,000 records per run.
• FEMA refreshes this dataset regularly; see fema_last_refresh on each row.
• If the source refuses access (HTTP 403 or a block page), the run stops with a clear message. It never changes its identity, uses proxies, or retries from other IP addresses.

Data source & legality note

This actor reads public data from FEMA OpenFEMA (https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema) via its public API. It does not log in, bypass access controls, or collect personal data; person/contact fields are dropped at parse time. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Output is provided as-is, without warranty; it may be incomplete or delayed, so verify against FEMA OpenFEMA before relying on it. Not legal, medical, or safety advice. You are responsible for how you use the output and for complying with applicable laws and the source's terms.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2 (https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries), retrieved at the time shown in each row's retrieved_at. By using this data you are bound by FEMA's OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions (https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/terms-conditions). FEMA and DHS logos and seals are not used.

Support

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