44 CFR § 204.23 - Processing a request for a fire management assistance declaration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s204.23"
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title: "44 CFR § 204.23 - Processing a request for a fire management assistance declaration."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "204.23"
section_name: "Processing 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"
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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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# 204.23 Processing a request for a fire management assistance declaration.
(a) In processing a State's request for a fire management assistance declaration, the Regional Administrator, in coordination with the Principal Advisor, will verify the information submitted in the State's request.
(b) The Principal Advisor, at the request of the Regional Administrator, is responsible for providing FEMA a technical assessment of the fire or fire complex for which the State is requesting a fire management assistance declaration. The Principal Advisor may consult with State agencies, usually emergency management or forestry, as well as the Incident Commander, in order to provide FEMA with an accurate assessment.
[75 FR 50715, Aug. 17, 2010]