OpenFEMA Data Sets

Disaster Info

Emergency Management

Individual Assistance

Public Assistance

Hazard Mitigation

NFIP

Misc

This page is intended to be a one stop shop for OpenFEMA—FEMA’s data delivery platform which provides data sets to the public in open, industry standard, machine-readable formats. Data sets are available in multiple formats, including downloadable files and through an easily digestible Application Programming Interface (API). Each page includes information about the specific data set, links to downloadable files, a data dictionary describing each field, and an endpoint link (if applicable for those data sets available via the API).

For additional information regarding API usage, please see the Developer Resources and the OpenFEMA API Documentation.

If you have any questions or comments pertaining to OpenFEMA or have suggestions for additional data sets, please contact us at OpenFEMA@fema.dhs.gov.

Disaster Information

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
Disaster Declarations Summaries	V2	N/A
Disaster Relief Fund Monthly Report	N/A	NOTE
FEMA Web Declaration Areas	V1	N/A
FEMA Web Disaster Declarations	V1	N/A
FEMA Web Disaster Summaries	V1	N/A
FEMA USFA NFIRS Fire Incident & Cause Data	N/A	NOTE
Mission Assignments	V1	N/A

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)	N/A	LINK
Emergency Management Performance Grants	V1	N/A
Preparedness (Non-Disaster)/Assistance to Firefighter Grants FY 2005-2015	N/A	LINK
IPAWS Archived Alerts	V1	N/A
National Household Survey	N/A	LINK
Sandy PMO: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Sandy Supplemental Bill) Financial Data	N/A	LINK

FEMA assists individuals and households through the coordination and delivery of Individual Assistance (IA) programs. IA includes a number of other programs, including Individuals and Households Program (IHP) and that in turn includes Housing Assistance (HA) and Other Needs Assistance (ONA).

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
Housing Assistance Program Data - Owners	V2	N/A
Housing Assistance Program Data - Renters	V2	N/A
Individuals and Households Program (IHP) Flood Damage	N/A	LINK
Individuals and Households Program - Valid Registrations	V1	N/A
Individual Assistance Housing Registrants - Large Disasters	V1	N/A
Registration Intake and Individuals Household Program	V2	N/A

Public Assistance (PA) is FEMA's largest grant program providing funds to assist communities responding to and recovering from major declared disasters or emergencies.

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
Daily Public Assistance Grant Awards Activity	N/A	LINK
Public Assistance Second Appeals Tracker	N/A	LINK
Public Assistance Applicants	V1	N/A
Public Assistance Funded Projects Details	V1	N/A
Public Assistance Funded Projects Summaries	V1	N/A

Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) is for actions taken to reduce or eliminate long term risk to people and property from natural disasters. HMA includes the following programs: Hazard Mitigation Grants Program (HMGP), Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA). Please note that the Biggert Waters Flood Instance Reform Act of 2012 eliminated the Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) and Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) and the new FMA program was authorized.

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Mitigated Properties	V2	N/A
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Projects	V2	N/A
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Projects by NFIP CRS Communities	V1	N/A
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Disaster Summaries	V1	N/A
Hazard Mitigation Plan Statuses	V1	N/A

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) aims to reduce the impact of flooding on private and public structures.

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims	V1	N/A
FIMA NFIP Redacted Policies	V1	N/A
NFIP Reinsurance Placement Information	N/A	LINK

Dataset Name	OpenFEMA API	FEMA Library Files
FEMA Regions	V2	N/A
OpenFEMA Data Sets	V1	N/A
OpenFEMA Data Set Fields	V1	N/A