Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Emergency Management Agency Disasters API

Disaster declarations and summaries

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Operations 3

GET /v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries List disaster declarations summaries #

GET /v1/FemaWebDisasterDeclarations List FEMA web disaster declarations #

GET /v1/DeclarationDenials List declaration denials #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenFEMA Assistance Disasters API
  description: The OpenFEMA API provides programmatic access to FEMA's public datasets including disaster declarations, public assistance, individual assistance, hazard mitigation, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: OpenFEMA
    url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api
servers:
- url: https://www.fema.gov/api/open
  description: OpenFEMA production endpoint
tags:
- name: Disasters
  description: Disaster declarations and summaries
paths:
  /v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries:
    get:
      operationId: listDisasterDeclarationsSummaries
      summary: List disaster declarations summaries
      description: Returns a summarized dataset describing all federally declared disasters from 1953 to the present.
      tags:
      - Disasters
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Top'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Skip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Filter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Select'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrderBy'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Disaster declarations response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  metadata:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Metadata'
                  DisasterDeclarationsSummaries:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisasterDeclarationSummary'
  /v1/FemaWebDisasterDeclarations:
    get:
      operationId: listFemaWebDisasterDeclarations
      summary: List FEMA web disaster declarations
      description: Returns FEMA declaration types, authorized assistance, and geospatial information with one record per disaster.
      tags:
      - Disasters
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Top'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Skip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Filter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: FEMA web disaster declarations response
  /v1/DeclarationDenials:
    get:
      operationId: listDeclarationDenials
      summary: List declaration denials
      description: Requests for major disaster and emergency declarations that were denied by FEMA.
      tags:
      - Disasters
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Top'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Skip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Filter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Declaration denials response
components:
  parameters:
    Top:
      name: $top
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of records to return (max 1000).
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1000
    Skip:
      name: $skip
      in: query
      description: Number of records to skip for pagination.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
    OrderBy:
      name: $orderby
      in: query
      description: Field name and optional direction (asc/desc) to order results by.
      schema:
        type: string
    Select:
      name: $select
      in: query
      description: Comma-separated list of fields to return.
      schema:
        type: string
    Filter:
      name: $filter
      in: query
      description: OData-style filter expression.
      schema:
        type: string
    Format:
      name: $format
      in: query
      description: Response format (json or csv).
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - csv
        default: json
  schemas:
    Metadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        skip:
          type: integer
        top:
          type: integer
        count:
          type: integer
        filter:
          type: string
        format:
          type: string
        orderby:
          type: string
        select:
          type: string
        entityname:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
        rundate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    DisasterDeclarationSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        femaDeclarationString:
          type: string
        disasterNumber:
          type: integer
        state:
          type: string
        declarationType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DR
          - EM
          - FM
        declarationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        incidentType:
          type: string
        declarationTitle:
          type: string
        ihProgramDeclared:
          type: integer
        iaProgramDeclared:
          type: integer
        paProgramDeclared:
          type: integer
        hmProgramDeclared:
          type: integer
        incidentBeginDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        incidentEndDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        disasterCloseoutDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        fipsStateCode:
          type: string
        fipsCountyCode:
          type: string
        designatedArea:
          type: string
        region:
          type: integer
        id:
          type: string
        hash:
          type: string
        lastRefresh:
          type: string
          format: date-time