FEMA disaster declarations in Connecticut
Federal major disaster, emergency and fire management declarations for Connecticut since 1 Jan 2024, the counties and areas each one designates, and the requests FEMA turned down.
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Is Connecticut a federal disaster area?
The most recent federal declaration for Connecticut is FM-5542-CT, a fire management declaration made on 24 Oct 2024 for Hawthorne Fire that began 21 Oct 2024, covering 2 designated areas.
FEMA has made no disaster declarations in Connecticut so far in 2026. There were no major disaster declarations in Connecticut in the last 12 months. 0 requests were turned down in 2026.
All declarations since 1 Jan 2024
4 declarations, newest first. Select a column heading to sort.
| 24 Oct 2024 | FM-5542-CT | Fire management | Fire Hawthorne Fire |
21 Oct 2024 | 3 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Hartford (County) in PMSA 1170,3280,5440, New Haven (County)(in (P)MSA 1160,5480,8880) |
| 20 Sep 2024 | DR-4820-CT | Major disaster | Severe Storm Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides |
18 Aug 2024 | 33 | 11 | IH, PA, HM | Yes | 19 Nov 2024 estimate · passed unless extended |
Fairfield (County) in PMSA 1160,1930,5760,8040, Litchfield (County)(in (P)MSA 1170,1930,3280,8880), New Haven (County)(in (P)MSA 1160,5480,8880) |
| 21 Aug 2024 | EM-3612-CT | Emergency | Severe Storm Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides |
18 Aug 2024 | 3 | 1 | PA | No | — | Fairfield (County) in PMSA 1160,1930,5760,8040, Litchfield (County)(in (P)MSA 1170,1930,3280,8880), New Haven (County)(in (P)MSA 1160,5480,8880) |
| 13 Jan 2024 | EM-3604-CT | Emergency | Severe Storm Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Potential Dam Breach |
10 Jan 2024 | 3 | 1 | PA | No | — | Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation, Mohegan Trust Lands, New London (County)(in (P)MSA 3280,5520) |
Requests FEMA turned down
OpenFEMA lists no turned-down declaration requests from Connecticut since 1 Jan 2024. Requests still under review are not published, so this does not mean none are waiting.
How to read these tables
- Major disaster (DR) and emergency (EM) declarations are made by the President; fire management (FM) declarations are approved by FEMA.
- Days to declaration counts from the first day of the incident period FEMA recorded to the declaration date. Days from request counts from the date of the governor's or tribal leader's request. Both are calculated here from FEMA's dates.
- Designated areas are the counties, parishes, boroughs, tribal areas and other places FEMA lists for the declaration, including any added later. A designation may cover only some of the programs.
- Programs: IH = Individuals and Households Program, IA = Individual Assistance, PA = Public Assistance, HM = Hazard Mitigation — included in at least one designated area.
- Individual assistance is Yes when the declaration opens the Individuals and Households Program (help people register for) in at least one designated area.
- Apply by (estimate) is FEMA's standard registration period for individual assistance after a major disaster: 60 days from the declaration date (44 CFR 206.112), calculated here. It is an estimate: FEMA often extends deadlines, and DisasterAssistance.gov has the official date. Emergency and fire management declarations have no date here. Open deadlines, soonest first.
- Pending requests are not published in OpenFEMA. Only declarations that were made and requests that were turned down appear, so a request still under review is on neither list.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2 and Declaration Denials - v1, retrieved 19 Oct 2026, 17:28 UTC from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries and https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/DeclarationDenials. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Questions
Is there a FEMA disaster declaration for Connecticut in 2026?
Not so far in 2026. The most recent federal declaration for Connecticut is FM-5542-CT, a fire management declaration made on 24 Oct 2024 for Hawthorne Fire that began 21 Oct 2024, covering 2 designated areas.
Which Connecticut counties are federal disaster areas?
No Connecticut county or area was named in a FEMA declaration in the last 12 months.
Has FEMA turned down a disaster request from Connecticut?
OpenFEMA lists no turned-down declaration requests from Connecticut since 1 Jan 2024. Requests still under review are not published.
How long do FEMA declarations take in Connecticut?
Across 1 major disaster declaration for Connecticut since 1 Jan 2024, the median time from the start of the incident to the declaration was 33 days.
What is the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance in Connecticut?
No major disaster declaration for Connecticut with individual assistance has an estimated deadline still open. For individual assistance after a major disaster, FEMA's standard registration period is 60 days from the date the President declares the disaster (44 CFR 206.112). FEMA often extends it, and the extension is announced for that disaster only. The "apply by" dates on this site are that standard 60 days counted from the declaration date, so they are estimates; the official deadline for each disaster is on DisasterAssistance.gov and on the disaster's page at fema.gov. You can apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA app, or by calling 800-621-3362.
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