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HURRICANE IKE

DR-1792-LA affected Orleans Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1792-LA
Declared
Sep 13, 2008
DR
Public assistance
$53K
Project obligations
Registrations
652
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$31K
Emergency Protective Measures$22K
Total PA obligated$53K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$235K
Renter-approved dollars$196K
Intake IHP dollars$863K
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations652
About this declaration

What DR-1792-LA means

DR-1792-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Orleans Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Sep 11, 2008 through Nov 7, 2008. 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 Orleans Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.