WILDFIRES

DR-4344-CA affected Orange County, California. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Fire

DR-4344-CA

Declared

Oct 10, 2017

Public assistance

$1.5M

Project obligations

Registrations

1,912

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$2.0M

Debris Removal$508K

Utilities$47K

Direct Administrative Costs$31K

Buildings and Equipment$-202K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$-903K

Total PA obligated$1.5M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$54K

Renter-approved dollars$9K

Intake IHP dollars$127K

Validated phase 2 dollars$127K

Tracked registrations1,912

About this declaration

What DR-4344-CA means

DR-4344-CA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Orange County, California, with an incident window starting Oct 8, 2017 through Oct 31, 2017. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as fire.

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 Orange County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.