Fema Disaster Declarations Scraper

Fetch FEMA disaster declarations and emergency information.

Best for

Retrieves disaster declaration information from FEMA, including presidential disaster declarations, emergency declarations, and major disaster assistance.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	string[]	Yes	-	Disaster type queries
states	string[]	No	-	Optional state names or 2-letter state codes for geographic filtering
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	No	100	Max records per query (1-500)
includeRaw	boolean	No	false	Include raw payload in output

Example Queries

• "hurricane" - Hurricane declarations
• "flood" - Flood disasters
• "wildfire" - Wildfire emergencies

Output

Field	Type	Description
source	string	Always fema_disasters
query	string	Original disaster query
recordType	string	declaration or error
title	string	Disaster declaration title
identifier	string	FEMA incident number
date	string	Declaration date
url	string	Link to FEMA disaster page
summary	string	Disaster type, location, assistance info
state	string	2-letter state code when available
declarationType	string	Structured FEMA declaration type
incidentType	string	Structured incident type
designatedArea	string	Designated county/area when available

Example input

{
  "queries": ["wildfire", "flood"],
  "states": ["AZ"],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50,
  "includeRaw": false
}

Example output

[
  {
    "source": "fema_disasters",
    "query": "wildfire",
    "recordType": "declaration",
    "title": "RYAN WILDFIRE",
    "identifier": "FEMA_2400",
    "date": "2002-04-30",
    "url": "https://www.fema.gov/disasters",
    "summary": "Declaration: 2400 | Type: FM | State: AZ | Title: RYAN WILDFIRE | Incident: Fire | Area: Santa Cruz County",
    "state": "AZ",
    "declarationType": "FM",
    "incidentType": "Fire",
    "designatedArea": "Santa Cruz County"
  }
]

Notes

• Data sourced from FEMA's public OpenFEMA API.
• You can now provide explicit states filters instead of relying only on free-text geography in the query.
• Check https://www.fema.gov/disasters for official declaration details and current incident context.

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Version: 0.2.0
Author: OpenClaw/Apify