FEMA Disaster Declaration

Schema for a FEMA disaster declaration record from OpenFEMA, including fire management assistance declarations managed by USFA

Federal-GovernmentFire SafetyEmergency ManagementPublic SafetyFEMA

Properties

Name Type Description
disasterNumber integer Unique FEMA disaster number assigned sequentially
declarationType string Type of declaration: DR (Major Disaster), EM (Emergency), FM (Fire Management Assistance)
declarationTitle string Official title of the disaster declaration
state string Two-letter state abbreviation
declarationDate string Date and time of the presidential declaration
incidentType string Primary type of incident
incidentBeginDate string Date the incident began
incidentEndDate string Date the incident ended
fipsStateCode string FIPS state code
fipsCountyCode string FIPS county code
designatedArea string Designated disaster area description
disasterCloseoutDate string Date the disaster was administratively closed
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JSON Schema

usfa-disaster-declaration-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/united-states-fire-administration/main/json-schema/usfa-disaster-declaration-schema.json",
  "title": "FEMA Disaster Declaration",
  "description": "Schema for a FEMA disaster declaration record from OpenFEMA, including fire management assistance declarations managed by USFA",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "disasterNumber": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unique FEMA disaster number assigned sequentially"
    },
    "declarationType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Type of declaration: DR (Major Disaster), EM (Emergency), FM (Fire Management Assistance)",
      "enum": ["DR", "EM", "FM"]
    },
    "declarationTitle": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Official title of the disaster declaration"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Two-letter state abbreviation",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 2
    },
    "declarationDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time of the presidential declaration"
    },
    "incidentType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Primary type of incident",
      "enum": [
        "Fire",
        "Flood",
        "Hurricane",
        "Tornado",
        "Earthquake",
        "Winter Storm",
        "Severe Storm(s)",
        "Tropical Storm",
        "Typhoon",
        "Drought",
        "Freezing",
        "Landslide",
        "Mud/Landslide",
        "Tsunami",
        "Coastal Storm",
        "Dam/Levee Break",
        "Chemical",
        "Biological",
        "Volcanic Eruption",
        "Other"
      ]
    },
    "incidentBeginDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date the incident began"
    },
    "incidentEndDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date the incident ended"
    },
    "fipsStateCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "FIPS state code"
    },
    "fipsCountyCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "FIPS county code"
    },
    "designatedArea": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Designated disaster area description"
    },
    "disasterCloseoutDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date the disaster was administratively closed"
    }
  },
  "required": ["disasterNumber", "declarationType", "state", "declarationDate", "incidentType"]
}

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