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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) leads the country’s risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. FEMA strives to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from a variety of hazards, including natural disasters and acts of terrorism.

FEMA reports on:

  • Risk assessments
  • Disaster declarations and statuses
  • Mission assignments

Reports

  • FEMA Deployments (Key Homeland Security Metric)

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides support when the President of the United States declares an emergency or major disaster.

    This Key Homeland Security Metric (KHSM) counts the number of active deployments during a given month or year. A deployment occurs when an individual is assigned to an event for a defined period.

  • Emergency and Disaster Deployments

    In this report, we provide deployment data for all events authorized under the Stafford Act.  

Related Data

The following resources are not Office of Homeland Security Statistics products and may adhere to different data and reporting review processes.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

  • OpenFEMA Data Sets — FEMA provides many data sets to the public through OpenFEMA. Data is available on disaster information; emergency management, preparedness, and alerts; individual assistance; public assistance; hazard mitigation assistance; and the National Flood Insurance Program.
  • Hazus — FEMA provides models to estimate risks from earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and hurricanes through its free Hazus software.
  • Fire Statistics — FEMA publishes data sets and statistics about fires, fire risk, firefighters, and fire departments in the United States.

Last updated: December 20, 2024

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