aid: fema url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fema/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: OpenFEMA kind: government description: OpenFEMA is FEMA's open data platform, publishing free, public, machine-readable datasets on disaster declarations, public assistance grants, hazard mitigation projects, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and emergency alerting through a read-only RESTful API. The API uses OData-style query string parameters ($filter, $select, $top, $skip, $orderby) over individually versioned dataset endpoints, requires no API key or subscription, and returns JSON, CSV, or Parquet. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Government - Open Data - Emergency Management - Disaster - FEMA - Public Safety created: '2026-07-03' modified: '2026-07-03' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: fema:fema-disaster-declarations-summaries-api name: FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries API tags: - Disasters - Declarations - Emergency Management image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/disaster-declarations-summaries-v2 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/disaster-declarations-summaries-v2 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Summarized dataset of every official FEMA disaster declaration since 1953 - major disaster, emergency, and fire management assistance declarations - by state, county (FIPS), incident type, and declaration date. - aid: fema:fema-public-assistance-funded-projects-details-api name: FEMA Public Assistance Funded Projects Details API tags: - Public Assistance - Grants - Recovery image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/public-assistance-funded-projects-details-v1 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/public-assistance-funded-projects-details-v1 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Obligated Public Assistance grant projects (project worksheets) funded under the PA program, including damage category, project amount, and federal share obligated. Joins to the Public Assistance Applicants dataset via applicantId. - aid: fema:fema-hazard-mitigation-assistance-projects-api name: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Projects API tags: - Hazard Mitigation - Grants - Resilience image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v3 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Funded projects under FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA), and (historically) Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) - including project type, status, and federal cost share obligated. - aid: fema:fema-nfip-redacted-policies-api name: FEMA NFIP Redacted Policies API tags: - NFIP - Flood Insurance - Policies image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-policies-v2 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-policies-v2 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Policy-level transactions from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) system of record, redacted to protect policyholder personally identifiable information - coverage amounts, premium, construction, and flood zone attributes by community. - aid: fema:fema-nfip-redacted-claims-api name: FEMA NFIP Redacted Claims API tags: - NFIP - Flood Insurance - Claims image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-claims-v2 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fima-nfip-redacted-claims-v2 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: NFIP claims transactions redacted to protect policyholder PII - date of loss, cause of damage, building/contents payouts, and elevation data by community. - aid: fema:fema-ipaws-archived-alerts-api name: FEMA IPAWS Archived Alerts API tags: - IPAWS - Alerts - CAP image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/ipaws-archived-alerts-v1 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/ipaws-archived-alerts-v1 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Archive of public alerts issued through the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) - the federal system that aggregates EAS, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and NOAA Weather Radio - returned as Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) messages. Hierarchical/nested payload, unique among OpenFEMA datasets. - aid: fema:fema-web-disaster-summaries-api name: FEMA Web Disaster Summaries API tags: - Disasters - Summaries - NEMIS image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fema-web-disaster-summaries-v1 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/fema-web-disaster-summaries-v1 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Per-disaster financial summary totals - approved Individual Assistance applications, Public Assistance obligations, and Hazard Mitigation grant amounts - sourced raw from FEMA's NEMIS system of record. - aid: fema:fema-openfema-dataset-catalog-api name: FEMA OpenFEMA Dataset Catalog API tags: - Metadata - Catalog - Data Dictionary image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/openfema-data-sets-v1 baseURL: https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1 properties: - url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api type: Documentation - url: https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/openfema-data-sets-v1 type: APIReference - url: openapi/fema-openapi.yml type: OpenAPI description: Self-describing metadata layer for the whole platform - the OpenFemaDataSets endpoint lists every dataset and version, and the OpenFemaDataSetFields endpoint returns the data dictionary (field name, type, and description) for any dataset/version pair. common: - type: DomainSecurity url: security/fema-domain-security.yml - type: Website url: https://www.fema.gov/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/api - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/fema-rate-limits.yml maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com