Severe Winter Cold and Frost
Declared for Maine on May 14, 2003, covering 11 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Aroostook County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hancock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kennebec County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oxford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Penobscot County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Piscataquis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Maine: every FEMA declaration in Maine.