# FEMA Disaster Data: Declarations, Flood Claims, Aid (`pushbuild/fema-disaster-data`) Actor

Official OpenFEMA data: federal disaster declarations by county, NFIP flood insurance claims by ZIP, public assistance projects and housing assistance by ZIP. Filter by state, date, incident type and amount.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/fema-disaster-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## FEMA Disaster Data: Declarations, Flood Claims, Aid

Query official OpenFEMA datasets with simple filters and get clean JSON.

- **Disaster declarations**: every federal declaration by designated county since 1953: type (major disaster, emergency, fire), incident type, dates, programs declared.
- **NFIP flood insurance claims**: 2.7M+ redacted claims with date of loss, ZIP, city, flood zone, coverage, damage and payments, building details.
- **Public assistance projects**: funded projects by applicant, county, damage category, amounts obligated.
- **Housing assistance (owners)**: registrations, inspected damage and approved aid aggregated by ZIP.

Useful for insurance and real estate risk, climate research, government sales and journalism.

### Pricing

Charged per record returned.

### Source

FEMA OpenFEMA (public domain). This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA or the Federal Government.

# Actor input Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Which OpenFEMA dataset to query.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter state codes, e.g. FL, TX.

## `zipCodes` (type: `array`):

Flood claims and housing assistance only.

## `county` (type: `string`):

County name text, e.g. Miami-Dade (declarations and public assistance).

## `disasterNumbers` (type: `array`):

FEMA disaster numbers, e.g. 4834.

## `incidentTypes` (type: `array`):

e.g. Hurricane, Flood, Fire, Severe Storm, Tornado (declarations and public assistance).

## `declarationTypes` (type: `array`):

DR (major disaster), EM (emergency), FM (fire management).

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD: declaration date, or date of loss for flood claims.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD.

## `minAmount` (type: `integer`):

Flood claims: building payment. Public assistance: project amount. Housing: total approved.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dataset": "declarations",
  "states": [
    "FL"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "states": [
        "FL"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/fema-disaster-data").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "states": ["FL"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/fema-disaster-data").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "states": [
    "FL"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/fema-disaster-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/fema-disaster-data"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kxaC1C1qnj0fVgUIq/builds/hfKqF3FEyWcesYp4z/openapi.json