DR-4828-FL · Major disaster declaration
Hurricane Helene
Declared for Florida on Sep 28, 2024, covering 47 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 31 of them.
Sep 28, 2024declared
47areas designated
31open to household applications
$811.6Mpublic 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 | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Baker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Bay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bradford County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Charlotte County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Citrus County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Collier County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Columbia County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| DeSoto County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Dixie County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Duval County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Escambia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Gadsden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gilchrist County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Gulf County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Hamilton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Hernando County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Hillsborough County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Holmes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Lafayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Lee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Leon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Levy County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Madison County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Manatee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nassau County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Okaloosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pasco County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Pinellas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Putnam County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Santa Rosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sarasota County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Sumter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Suwannee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Taylor County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Wakulla County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Walton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3618-AL · Emergency | Alabama | No |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3616-GA · Emergency | Georgia | No |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3617-NC · Emergency | North Carolina | No |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneEM-3619-SC · Emergency | South Carolina | No |
| Sep 29, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneDR-4829-SC · Major disaster | South Carolina | Yesdeadline was Jan 28, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Hurricane HeleneDR-4830-GA · Major disaster | Georgia | Yesdeadline was Feb 7, 2025 |
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