FEMA Disaster Declarations — Washington
The most recent FEMA declaration for Washington is EM-3650-WA (Wildfires), an emergency declaration made on 3 August 2026 for 9 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. Washington has had 15 declarations in the last two years.
Wildfires EM-3650-WA
Emergency · Fire · declared 3 Aug 2026 · incident began 1 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
9 designated areas: Spokane (County), Stevens (County), Spokane Indian Reservation, Yakama Reservation, Colville Indian Reservation, Chelan (County), Ferry (County), Okanogan (County), Yakima (County)
Autumn Lane Fire FM-5659-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 2 Aug 2026 · incident began 1 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Spokane (County), Stevens (County)
Fairview Fire FM-5658-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 2 Aug 2026 · incident began 1 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Spokane (County)
Sinlahekin Fire FM-5657-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 1 Aug 2026 · incident began 1 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Okanogan (County)
Old Trails Fire FM-5656-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 1 Aug 2026 · incident began 1 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Spokane (County)
Modrite Fire FM-5653-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 30 Jul 2026 · incident began 30 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry (County)
Ransier Fire FM-5651-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 26 Jul 2026 · incident began 26 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Yakima (County), Yakama Reservation
Signal Peak Fire FM-5649-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 26 Jul 2026 · incident began 25 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Yakima (County), Yakama Reservation
Kaiser Canyon Fire FM-5646-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 17 Jul 2026 · incident began 16 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan (County)
Upriver Fire FM-5638-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 16 Jun 2026 · incident began 16 Jun 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Spokane (County)
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides DR-4906-WA
Major disaster · Flood · declared 7 Apr 2026 · incident began 5 Dec 2025
Households can apply Public Assistance
49 designated areas: Kalispel Indian Reservation, Lummi Indian Reservation, Makah Indian Reservation, Upper Skagit Indian Reservation, Chehalis Indian Reservation, Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Garfield (County), Pacific (County), Asotin (County), Samish (TDSA), Cowlitz Reservation, Nooksack Indian Reservation, Wahkiakum (County), Puyallup Indian Reservation, Jamestown Reservation, Quileute Indian Reservation, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, Nisqually Indian Reservation, Whatcom (County), Grays Harbor (County), Yakima (County), Skamania (County), Skagit (County), Thurston (County), Skokomish Indian Reservation, Snohomish (County), Quinault Indian Reservation, Snoqualmie Indian Reservation, Lewis (County), Kittitas (County), King (County), Sauk-Suiattle Indian Reservation, Island (County), Klickitat (County), Jefferson (County), Mason (County), Clark (County), Swinomish Indian Reservation, Chelan (County), Stillaguamish Indian Reservation, Lower Elwha Indian Reservation, Shoalwater Bay Reservation, Clallam (County), Hoh Indian Reservation, Cowlitz (County), Yakama Reservation, Pierce (County), Pend Oreille (County)
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides EM-3629-WA
Emergency · Flood · declared 12 Dec 2025 · incident began 9 Dec 2025
Public Assistance
17 designated areas: Clallam (County), Grays Harbor (County), Thurston (County), Kittitas (County), Whatcom (County), Pierce (County), Wahkiakum (County), Samish (TDSA), Yakima (County), Jefferson (County), Snohomish (County), Skagit (County), Benton (County), Mason (County), Chelan (County), Lewis (County), King (County)
Lower Sugarloaf Fire FM-5614-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 26 Sep 2025 · incident began 25 Sep 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Chelan (County)
Burdoin Fire FM-5601-WA
Fire management · Fire · declared 19 Jul 2025 · incident began 18 Jul 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Klickitat (County)
Wildfires DR-4849-WA
Major disaster · Fire · declared 26 Nov 2024 · incident began 17 Jul 2024
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Colville Indian Reservation
What a declaration means for you
- Major disaster (DR) unlocks the widest federal help; emergency (EM) covers protective measures, usually before or during an event; fire management (FM) pays firefighting costs.
- "Households can apply" means Individual Assistance: if your county is listed, apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA App or on 1-800-621-3362.
- Counties are often added days or weeks after the first declaration — check back if yours is missing.
- Beware of scams: FEMA staff never charge a fee to apply or to inspect your home.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Presidential disaster, emergency and fire management declarations from FEMA's open data, grouped from one row per designated area into one entry per declaration. Two years are shown for a state. State-level declarations and Small Business Administration or USDA disaster designations are separate and not listed here.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries on October 18, 2026, 10:24 PM EDT. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).