DR-1545-FL · Major disaster declaration
Hurricane Frances
Declared for Florida on Sep 4, 2004, covering 67 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 45 of them.
Sep 4, 2004declared
67areas designated
45open to household applications
$683.9Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline
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.
Designated areas
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alachua County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Baker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Bay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bradford County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Brevard County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Broward County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Charlotte County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Citrus County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Collier County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Columbia County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| DeSoto County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Dixie County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Duval County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Escambia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Flagler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gadsden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gilchrist County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Glades County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Gulf County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hamilton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hendry County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hernando County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Highlands County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hillsborough County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Holmes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Indian River County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lafayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lake County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Lee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Levy County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Manatee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Marion County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Martin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Miami-Dade County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nassau County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Okaloosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Okeechobee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Orange County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Osceola County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Palm Beach County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Pasco County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Pinellas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Putnam County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Santa Rosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sarasota County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Seminole County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| St. Johns County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| St. Lucie County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Sumter County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Suwannee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Volusia County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Wakulla County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Walton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
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