HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL affected Okeechobee County, Florida. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1545-FL

Declared

Sep 4, 2004

Public assistance

$2.3M

Project obligations

Registrations

5,449

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$1.0M

Emergency Protective Measures$408K

Roads and Bridges$363K

Debris Removal$215K

Utilities$156K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$74K

Water Control Facilities$40K

Total PA obligated$2.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$4.3M

Renter-approved dollars$1.7M

Intake IHP dollars$12.0M

Validated phase 2 dollars$10.8M

Tracked registrations5,449

About this declaration

What DR-1545-FL means

DR-1545-FL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Okeechobee County, Florida, with an incident window starting Sep 3, 2004 through Oct 8, 2004. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Okeechobee County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.