FEMA Declarations by Year and Presidential Administration
Created on January 20, 2012
FEMA Declarations by Administration
Total
Yearly Average**
Administration
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
G.H.W. Bush
Clinton
G.W. Bush
Obama
2,213 declarations
(66 percent of all FEMA declarations since 1953)
Fire Management Assistance Declarations
Emergency Declarations
Major Disaster Declarations
Annual FEMA
Declarations
** Figures are prorated for Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Administrations.
* Based on data through January 19, 2012.
Note: Annual totals may not add up to presidential totals during the same time period due to the January 20 inauguration date.
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Source: FEMA Disaster Search database, at http://www.fema.gov/femaNews/disasterSearch.do?action=Reset (January 20, 2012).