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    "incident_begin_date": "2000-07-13",
    "incident_end_date": "2000-09-25",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "WILDFIRES",
    "designated_area": "Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true,
    "pa_program_declared": false
   }
  ]
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  "title": "Statewide Fire Management declarations",
  "note": "Fire Management declarations FEMA filed as Statewide with no county (A-72); each names one local fire. County packets count them in one line and point here (A-109).",
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   {
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    "disaster_number": 2191,
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    "incident_begin_date": "1996-09-06",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "SHEPARD MOUNTAIN FIRE (CARBON CTY)",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2111-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2111,
    "declaration_date": "1994-08-21",
    "incident_begin_date": "1994-08-13",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "LITTLE WOLF FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2110-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2110,
    "declaration_date": "1994-08-21",
    "incident_begin_date": "1994-08-21",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "WLDERNESS COMPLEX   (LIBBY COMPLEX)",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2049-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2049,
    "declaration_date": "1984-08-28",
    "incident_begin_date": "1984-08-28",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "HAWKS CREEK FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2048-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2048,
    "declaration_date": "1984-08-28",
    "incident_begin_date": "1984-08-28",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "HOUGHTON CREEK NUMBER-2",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2047-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2047,
    "declaration_date": "1984-08-27",
    "incident_begin_date": "1984-08-27",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "NORTH HILLS FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2037-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2037,
    "declaration_date": "1979-08-06",
    "incident_begin_date": "1979-08-06",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "WEST FORK - BARKER'S CREEK FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2026-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2026,
    "declaration_date": "1977-07-16",
    "incident_begin_date": "1977-07-16",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "PATTEE CANYON FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2012-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2012,
    "declaration_date": "1973-08-23",
    "incident_begin_date": "1973-08-23",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "PLEASANT VALLEY FIRE (NO. 125)",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2009-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2009,
    "declaration_date": "1973-08-18",
    "incident_begin_date": "1973-08-18",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "GOAT CREEK FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   },
   {
    "fema_declaration_string": "FM-2007-MT",
    "disaster_number": 2007,
    "declaration_date": "1973-08-16",
    "incident_begin_date": "1973-08-16",
    "incident_type": "Fire",
    "title": "PREWITT CREEK FIRE",
    "designated_area": "Statewide",
    "hazard_label": "Wildfire",
    "counted": true
   }
  ]
 },
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  "title": "Public Assistance not placed in any county",
  "note": "Public Assistance rows whose county field is not a county of the state and whose applicant name does not identify one place, plus rows placed by applicant in a county that has no declaration row for that disaster. Each row gives the reason. They are listed, never added to a county total.",
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  "total": 679475.72,
  "rows": [
   {
    "disaster_number": 4902,
    "declaration_date": "2026-04-07",
    "incident_type": "Severe Storm(s)",
    "county_field": "Bonner County",
    "applicant_name": "Northern Lights. Inc.",
    "number_of_projects": 2,
    "federal_obligated": 569734.59,
    "reason": "county field is a county of another state and the applicant name does not identify a place in the declaring state"
   },
   {
    "disaster_number": 4901,
    "declaration_date": "2026-04-07",
    "incident_type": "Severe Storm(s)",
    "county_field": "Bonner County",
    "applicant_name": "Northern Lights. Inc.",
    "number_of_projects": 3,
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    "reason": "county field is a county of another state and the applicant name does not identify a place in the declaring state"
   }
  ]
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 "sources": [
  {
   "source": "plans",
   "publisher": "FEMA",
   "dataset": "OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1",
   "version": "2026-09-26T121003Z",
   "pulled": "2026-09-28",
   "citation": "FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses"
  },
  {
   "source": "declarations",
   "publisher": "FEMA",
   "dataset": "OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2",
   "version": "2026-09-27T010817Z",
   "pulled": "2026-09-28",
   "citation": "FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries"
  },
  {
   "source": "pa_summaries",
   "publisher": "FEMA",
   "dataset": "OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1",
   "version": "2026-09-26T151157Z",
   "pulled": "2026-09-28",
   "citation": "FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-26T151157Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries"
  }
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}
