Willow Fire: FEMA FM-5644-CO Declaration for Colorado
FEMA issued declaration FM-5644-CO, 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 62% of the 84 FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has tracked (52 of them).
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- Declaration type
- Fire Management Assistance
- Declaration code
- FM-5644-CO
- State
- Colorado
- Share of archive
- 62% of 84 declarations
- Source
- FEMA
- Published
- August 2, 2026
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.
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What Happened
FEMA issued declaration FM-5644-CO (disaster number 5644) for the Willow Fire on 2026-07-05. This is a Fire Management (FM) declaration with incident begin date 2026-07-05.
Affected Areas
- Lake (County), Colorado
Federal Assistance Available
Public Assistance (PA) program declared. Individual Assistance (IA), Hazard Mitigation (HM), and IH programs not declared.
What You Should Do
Affected areas in Lake County may access Public Assistance programs activated under this declaration.
Source
FEMA disaster declaration FM-5644-CO
Original source: FEMA Official Notice ↗
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