44 CFR § 204.22 - Submitting a request for a fire management assistance declaration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s204.22"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 204.22 - Submitting a request for a fire management assistance declaration."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "204.22"
section_name: "Submitting a request for a fire management assistance declaration."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "DISASTER ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "204"
part_name: "FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; 6 U.S.C. 101 Department of Homeland Security Delegation 9001.1."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "204"
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# 204.22 Submitting a request for a fire management assistance declaration.
The Governor of a State, or the Governor's Authorized Representative (GAR), may submit a request for a fire management assistance declaration. The request must be submitted while the fire is burning uncontrolled and threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster. The request must be submitted to the Regional Administrator and should address the relevant criteria listed in § 204.21, with supporting documentation that contains factual data and professional estimates on the fire or fire complex. To ensure that FEMA can process a State's request for a fire management assistance declaration as expeditiously as possible, the State should transmit the request by telephone, promptly followed by written documentation.
[66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 63546, Oct. 24, 2014]