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Oregon Fox Fire FEMA Disaster Declaration FM-5654-OR

Source: FEMA · Oregon

FEMA issued declaration FM-5654-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-5654-OR
State
Oregon
Share of archive
61% of 85 declarations
Source
FEMA
Published
August 10, 2026
FM

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 declaration FM-5654-OR was issued for the Fox Fire incident in Oregon. The declaration type is FM (Fire Management) with incident begin date July 31, 2026.

Affected Areas

Baker (County) in Oregon.

Federal Assistance Available

Public Assistance (PA) program declared. Individual Assistance (IA), Hazard Mitigation (HM), and IH programs not declared.

What You Should Do

Residents in designated areas may contact FEMA regarding available Public Assistance.

Source

FEMA Disaster Declaration FM-5654-OR

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 (535 characters here).

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Similar severity timing

Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to August 10, 2026.

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Questions & Answers

Common questions about this FEMA disaster declaration.

What is 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.
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 should residents in the declared area do? ▾
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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