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HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS affected Hancock County, Mississippi. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1550-MS
Declared
Sep 15, 2004
DR
Public assistance
$575K
Project obligations
Registrations
70
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$436K
Debris Removal$88K
Utilities$50K
Roads and Bridges$816
Buildings and Equipment$394
Total PA obligated$575K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$54K
Renter-approved dollars$2K
Intake IHP dollars$112K
Validated phase 2 dollars$112K
Tracked registrations70
About this declaration

What DR-1550-MS means

DR-1550-MS is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Hancock County, Mississippi, with an incident window starting Sep 13, 2004 through Sep 20, 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 Hancock County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.