WILDFIRES, FLOODING, MUDFLOWS, AND DEBRIS FLOWS

DR-4353-CA affected Santa Barbara County, California. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Fire

DR-4353-CA

Declared

Jan 2, 2018

Public assistance

$51.4M

Project obligations

Registrations

1,535

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$22.4M

Debris Removal$11.9M

Roads and Bridges$6.3M

Utilities$5.5M

Water Control Facilities$3.0M

Direct Administrative Costs$1.8M

Buildings and Equipment$433K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$116K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$90K

Total PA obligated$51.4M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.6M

Renter-approved dollars$670K

Intake IHP dollars$4.5M

Validated phase 2 dollars$4.5M

Tracked registrations1,535

About this declaration

What DR-4353-CA means

DR-4353-CA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Santa Barbara County, California, with an incident window starting Dec 4, 2017 through Jan 31, 2018. 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 Santa Barbara County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.