HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4086-NJ affected Passaic County, New Jersey. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-4086-NJ

Declared

Oct 30, 2012

Public assistance

$7.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

7,571

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$3.7M

Debris Removal$3.2M

Buildings and Equipment$223K

Roads and Bridges$165K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$111K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$96K

Water Control Facilities$39K

Utilities$5K

Total PA obligated$7.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$357K

Renter-approved dollars$352K

Intake IHP dollars$1.4M

Validated phase 2 dollars$1.4M

Tracked registrations7,571

About this declaration

What DR-4086-NJ means

DR-4086-NJ is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Passaic County, New Jersey, with an incident window starting Oct 26, 2012 through Nov 8, 2012. 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 Passaic County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.