EM-3235-PA · Emergency declaration
Hurricane Katrina
Declared for Pennsylvania on Sep 10, 2005, covering 67 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
Sep 10, 2005declared
67areas designated
0open to household applications
$4.0Mpublic 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 an emergency declaration is
An emergency declaration is narrower and usually comes fast, often before or during an event. It mostly pays for emergency work such as evacuations, shelters and debris clearance, and federal help under one is capped at $5 million unless the President finds that more is urgently needed and reports that to Congress. Help for individual households is rare under an emergency declaration.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Allegheny County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Armstrong County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Beaver County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bedford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Berks County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Blair County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bradford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bucks County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Butler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cambria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cameron County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Carbon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Centre County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chester County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clarion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clearfield County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clinton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Columbia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crawford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dauphin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Delaware County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Elk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Erie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Forest County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fulton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Greene County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Huntingdon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Indiana County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Juniata County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lackawanna County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lancaster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lawrence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lebanon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lehigh County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Luzerne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lycoming County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| McKean County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mercer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mifflin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montour County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Northampton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Northumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Perry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Philadelphia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pike County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Potter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Schuylkill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Snyder County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Somerset County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sullivan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Susquehanna County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tioga County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Venango County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Warren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wayne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Westmoreland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wyoming County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| York County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaEM-3212-LA · Emergency | Louisiana | No |
| Aug 28, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaEM-3214-AL · Emergency | Alabama | No |
| Aug 28, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaDR-1602-FL · Major disaster | Florida | No |
| Aug 28, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaEM-3213-MS · Emergency | Mississippi | No |
| Aug 29, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaDR-1605-AL · Major disaster | Alabama | Yesdeadline was Mar 11, 2006 |
| Aug 29, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaDR-1603-LA · Major disaster | Louisiana | Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006 |
| Aug 29, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaDR-1604-MS · Major disaster | Mississippi | Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006 |
| Sep 10, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaEM-3231-KY · Emergency | Kentucky | No |
| Sep 13, 2005 | Hurricane KatrinaEM-3244-ID · Emergency | Idaho | No |
More from Pennsylvania: every FEMA declaration in Pennsylvania.