DR-788-ME · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms & Flooding

Declared for Maine on Apr 9, 1987, covering 14 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 14 of them.

Apr 9, 1987declared

14areas designated

14open to household applications

$0public 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
Androscoggin County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Cumberland County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Franklin County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Hancock County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Kennebec County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Knox County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Lincoln County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Oxford County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Penobscot County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Piscataquis County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Sagadahoc County	IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared	Yes
Somerset County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Waldo County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
York County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes

Same event, other declarations

Declared	Declaration	Where	Hazard	Areas	Households can apply?
Apr 16, 1987	Severe Storms & FloodingDR-789-NH · Major disaster	New Hampshire	Flood	8	Yes
Apr 18, 1987	Severe Storms & FloodingDR-790-MA · Major disaster	Massachusetts	Flood	8	Yes

More from Maine: every FEMA declaration in Maine.