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FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Homeland Security
Sub-Agency	Federal Emergency Management Agency
Category	Other
Date Released	1/21/2010
Date Updated	1/21/2010
Time Period	This dataset lists 1953 to present (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).
Frequency	One-time
Description	FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary is a summarized dataset describing all federally declared disasters. This information begins with the first disaster declaration in 1953 and features all three disaster declaration types: major disaster, emergency and fire management assistance. The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset). (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, disasters, declarations, hurricanes, floods, tornados, fire, emergency, emergencies, mudslides, earthquakes
Unique ID	1491

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	FEMA Disaster Declaration Summary (http://www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm)
Agency Program Page	http://www.fema.gov
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	County and Delaration Number. This dataset lists each county (or statewide) for all Federal disaster declarations.
Granularity	County
Geographic Coverage	United States

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Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.fema.gov/datasets/FEMADeclarations.metadata.xls
Additional Metadata	http://www.fema.gov/datasets/Data.gov.FEMADeclarationsSummary.v1.0.rtf

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