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Oregon Akawa Butte Fire Prompts FEMA Declaration

Source: FEMA · Oregon

FEMA issued declaration FM-5647-OR, a Fire Management Assistance declaration. A Fire Management Assistance declaration is a narrower, fast-authorized category covering firefighting costs for an active wildfire — it does not open the broader post-disaster recovery programs a Major Disaster Declaration does. Fire Management Assistance declarations make up 61% of the 85 FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has tracked (52 of them). Areazine has reported 8 FEMA disaster declarations for Oregon.

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Declaration type
Fire Management Assistance
Declaration code
FM-5647-OR
State
Oregon
Share of archive
61% of 85 declarations
Source
FEMA
Published
August 6, 2026
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A Fire Management Assistance declaration is a narrower, fast-authorized category covering firefighting costs for an active wildfire — it does not open the broader post-disaster recovery programs a Major Disaster Declaration does.

Areazine has reported 8 FEMA disaster declarations for Oregon.

Record status: a point-in-time snapshot of the FEMA declaration. Program activations and designated-area lists can be amended after publication, so check FEMA's own declaration page for the current, authoritative scope.

What Happened

FEMA issued declaration FM-5647-OR (Fire Management) for the Akawa Butte Fire on 2026-07-23. The incident began on 2026-07-23 in Oregon.

Affected Areas

The declaration covers Jefferson (County), Deschutes (County), and Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

Federal Assistance Available

Public Assistance was declared. Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and IH programs were not declared.

What You Should Do

Residents in designated areas may contact FEMA regarding available Public Assistance programs under this declaration.

Source

FEMA Disaster Declaration FM-5647-OR. https://www.fema.gov/disaster/5647

Original source: FEMA Official Notice ↗

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Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this FEMA disaster declaration: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.

Similar body length

Nearest notices by article body length (644 characters here).

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Similar severity timing

Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to August 6, 2026.

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Common Questions

Common questions about this FEMA disaster declaration.

What does a Fire Management Assistance declaration mean? ▾
A Fire Management Assistance declaration is a narrower, fast-authorized category covering firefighting costs for an active wildfire — it does not open the broader post-disaster recovery programs a Major Disaster Declaration does.
Is this a common or rare FEMA declaration type? ▾
Fire Management Assistance declarations account for 61% (52 of 85) of the FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has reported.
How many FEMA disaster declarations has Oregon received? ▾
Areazine has reported 8 FEMA disaster declarations for Oregon, across all declaration types tracked in this archive.
What actions should residents of the declared area take? ▾
Contact your state or local emergency management agency for the specific programs this declaration activates in your area, and register with FEMA directly if Individual Assistance applies — declaration scope varies case by case and is never something to infer from the declaration type alone.

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