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DR-1624-TX affected Cooke County, Texas. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Fire
DR-1624-TX
Declared
Jan 11, 2006
DR
Public assistance
$70K
Project obligations
Registrations
19
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$56K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$14K
Total PA obligated$70K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$62K
Renter-approved dollars$14K
Intake IHP dollars$165K
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations19
About this declaration

What DR-1624-TX means

DR-1624-TX is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Cooke County, Texas, with an incident window starting Nov 27, 2005 through May 14, 2006. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as fire.

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 Cooke County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.