🌪️ FEMA Disaster Declarations Scraper

Whether you're an insurance analyst assessing risk, a journalist investigating disaster patterns, or a government agency tracking emergency response programs, this tool makes it easy to collect structured disaster declaration data from FEMA.

The FEMA Disaster Declarations Scraper collects federal disaster records including declaration types, incident details, affected areas, program flags, and geographic data. Filter by state, incident type, and fiscal year.

What Does It Do

• 📋 Declaration records - collect disaster numbers, declaration strings, titles, and types for every federal disaster
• 🌊 Incident details - get incident types (hurricane, flood, fire, tornado, etc.), begin dates, and end dates
• 🏛️ Program flags - see which FEMA programs were activated (Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation)
• 📍 Geographic data - extract state codes, FIPS codes, county codes, designated areas, and FEMA regions
• 🔍 Powerful filters - narrow results by state, incident type, or fiscal year
• 📅 Date tracking - capture declaration dates, incident periods, closeout dates, and last IA filing dates

Input

• State - filter by US state code (e.g., "TX", "CA", "FL")
• Incident Type - filter by type (Fire, Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Severe Storm, Earthquake, and more)
• Fiscal Year - filter by fiscal year of declaration (e.g., 2024)
• Max Items - how many declarations to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)

{
    "state": "TX",
    "incidentType": "Hurricane",
    "fiscalYear": 2024,
    "maxItems": 100
}

Output

Each declaration record includes 25+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Field	Description
femaDeclarationString	Full FEMA declaration identifier
disasterNumber	Unique disaster number
state	State code
declarationType	Type of declaration (DR, EM, FM)
declarationDate	Date of federal declaration
incidentType	Type of incident (Hurricane, Flood, etc.)
declarationTitle	Title of the disaster event
ihProgramDeclared	Individual & Households program activated
paProgramDeclared	Public Assistance program activated
hmProgramDeclared	Hazard Mitigation program activated
incidentBeginDate	Start date of the incident
incidentEndDate	End date of the incident
designatedArea	Affected area designation
fipsStateCode	FIPS state code
fipsCountyCode	FIPS county code
region	FEMA region number

{
    "femaDeclarationString": "DR-4586-TX",
    "disasterNumber": 4586,
    "state": "TX",
    "declarationType": "DR",
    "declarationDate": "2024-05-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "fyDeclared": 2024,
    "incidentType": "Hurricane",
    "declarationTitle": "HURRICANE BERYL",
    "ihProgramDeclared": true,
    "iaProgramDeclared": true,
    "paProgramDeclared": true,
    "hmProgramDeclared": true,
    "incidentBeginDate": "2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z",
    "incidentEndDate": "2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z",
    "designatedArea": "Harris County",
    "fipsStateCode": "048",
    "fipsCountyCode": "201",
    "region": 6,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Why Choose the FEMA Disaster Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual FEMA Search
Batch collection	Up to 1M declarations	Browse one page at a time
Multiple filters	State, incident type, fiscal year	Limited filtering
Structured output	JSON, CSV, Excel	Data tables only
Automated scheduling	Daily/weekly monitoring	Manual visits
Program flags	All FEMA programs in one record	Scattered across sections
Historical data	Decades of disaster records	Hard to navigate

How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set your state, incident type, fiscal year, and how many declarations you want
3. Run It - click "Start" and get structured disaster data in seconds

No coding, no setup, no manual browsing required.

Business Use Cases

• 🏦 Insurance companies - analyze historical disaster patterns by state and incident type for risk modeling
• 📰 Journalists - investigate disaster declaration trends, response times, and affected communities
• 🏛️ Government agencies - track disaster declarations and program activations across regions and time periods
• 📊 Risk analysts - build datasets of natural disaster frequency and severity for planning and forecasting
• 🏗️ Construction firms - assess disaster risk for project sites based on historical declarations in the area
• 🎓 Researchers - study federal emergency response patterns, climate change impacts, and policy effectiveness

FAQ

🌪️ What is FEMA Disaster Declarations data? FEMA publishes summaries of all federal disaster declarations dating back to 1953. This includes major disasters, emergencies, and fire management declarations across all U.S. states and territories.

🔍 What incident types can I filter by? Available types include: Fire, Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Severe Storm, Earthquake, Winter Storm, Drought, Coastal Storm, Typhoon, and Snowstorm.

📋 What do the declaration types mean? DR = Major Disaster Declaration, EM = Emergency Declaration, FM = Fire Management Assistance Declaration. Each activates different federal assistance programs.

How long does a run take? About 1-2 seconds per 1,000 declarations. A full dataset of all historical declarations (60,000+) finishes in under a minute.

📅 How often are new disasters declared? FEMA issues new disaster declarations throughout the year. Set up a scheduled run to monitor for new declarations weekly.

Integrate FEMA Disaster Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate disaster monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Get alerts when new disasters are declared
• Slack - Get notified in your team channel
• Google Drive - Export disaster data to spreadsheets
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when runs complete

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Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or any federal agency. It accesses only publicly available data.