HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL affected Dale County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1549-AL

Declared

Sep 15, 2004

Public assistance

$786K

Project obligations

Registrations

301

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$556K

Debris Removal$152K

Emergency Protective Measures$41K

Utilities$34K

Buildings and Equipment$3K

Total PA obligated$786K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$216K

Renter-approved dollars$17K

Intake IHP dollars$466K

Validated phase 2 dollars$480K

Tracked registrations301

About this declaration

What DR-1549-AL means

DR-1549-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Dale County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Sep 13, 2004 through Sep 30, 2004. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Dale County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.