DR-4344-CA · Major disaster declaration

Wildfires

Declared for California on Oct 10, 2017, covering 9 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 8 of them.

Oct 10, 2017declared

9areas designated

8open to household applications

$76.0Mpublic 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.

How declarations work →

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
Butte County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Lake County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Mendocino County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Napa County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Nevada County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Orange County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Solano County	IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared	—
Sonoma County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017
Yuba County	IA declaredPA declaredHM declared	Dec 11, 2017

Same event, other declarations

Declared	Declaration	Where	Hazard	Areas	Households can apply?
Dec 8, 2017	WildfiresEM-3396-CA · Emergency	California	Fire	5	No

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