FEMA OpenFEMA

Methods (5)

• searchDisasterDeclarations

  read

  Federal disaster declarations 1953-present. Filter state, county, incidentType, year, date range.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "state": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "TX"
        ]
      },
      "county": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "incidentType": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "Hurricane"
        ]
      },
      "declarationType": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "year": {
        "type": "number",
        "examples": [
          2024
        ]
      },
      "beginDate": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "endDate": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "offset": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  One row per designated area. 21 incident types; 3 declaration types.

• searchNfipClaims

  read

  NFIP flood-insurance claims (~2.7M anonymized since 1973). Filter state, county FIPS, year, zone.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "state": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "TX"
        ]
      },
      "countyCode": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "year": {
        "type": "number",
        "examples": [
          2017
        ]
      },
      "dateOfLossBegin": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "dateOfLossEnd": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "ratedFloodZone": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "AE"
        ]
      },
      "occupancyType": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "offset": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  Use 5-digit county FIPS for tight filters. Refresh is monthly.

• searchPublicAssistanceProjects

  read

  Public Assistance funded projects. Pivot disasterNumber to projects, damage category and amounts.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "state": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "county": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "disasterNumber": {
        "type": "number",
        "examples": [
          4332
        ]
      },
      "damageCategoryCode": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "projectStatus": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "offset": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  damageCategoryCode A-G or Z. projectStatus is just Active or Ineligible.

• searchIpawsAlerts

  read

  IPAWS archived public alerts. Filter sender, event type, message type, sent date range.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "sender": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "eventType": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "Tornado Warning"
        ]
      },
      "msgType": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "beginDate": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "2026-03-01"
        ]
      },
      "endDate": {
        "type": "string",
        "examples": [
          "2026-04-01"
        ]
      },
      "limit": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "offset": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  }

  Event and severity live in CAP info[]; raw XML is stripped.

• getServiceInfo

  read

  Live dataset row counts and exact enum values for filter columns.

  Input schema

  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {},
    "additionalProperties": false
  }