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Utah Cottonwood Fire Prompts FEMA Disaster Declaration

Source: FEMA · Utah

FEMA issued declaration FM-5640-UT, 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 83 FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has tracked (51 of them). Areazine has reported 4 FEMA disaster declarations for Utah.

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Declaration type
Fire Management Assistance
Declaration code
FM-5640-UT
State
Utah
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61% of 83 declarations
Source
FEMA
Published
July 30, 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 4 FEMA disaster declarations for Utah.

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 declared FM-5640-UT, a Fire Management declaration, for the Cottonwood Fire on June 23, 2026. The incident began June 22, 2026, in Utah.

Affected Areas

Beaver County is the designated area.

Federal Assistance Available

Public Assistance (PA) is declared. Individual Assistance, Individuals and Households, and Hazard Mitigation programs are not declared.

What You Should Do

Affected residents and local governments should contact FEMA for information on available Public Assistance programs.

Source

FEMA Disaster Declarations data.

Original source: FEMA Official Notice ↗

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Beyond this FEMA disaster declaration's own category, Areazine surfaces two nationwide peer sets: length-matched and severity/date-matched notices from elsewhere in the archive, distinct from the same-feed Related list above.

Similar body length

Nearest notices by article body length (574 characters here).

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Similar severity timing

Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to July 30, 2026.

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Questions & Answers

Questions readers often have about this FEMA disaster declaration.

What does FEMA's Fire Management Assistance declaration cover? ▾
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% (51 of 83) of the FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has reported.
What is Utah's FEMA disaster declaration history? ▾
Areazine has reported 4 FEMA disaster declarations for Utah, across all declaration types tracked in this archive.
What should someone in the affected area do next? ▾
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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