{"data":{"id":"us/44-cfr-204.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 CFR 204.21","heading":"Fire management assistance declaration criteria.","body":"(a) Determinations. FEMA will approve declarations for fire management assistance when the Administrator determines that a fire or fire complex on public or private forest land or grassland threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.\n(b) Evaluation criteria. FEMA will evaluate the threat posed by a fire or fire complex based on consideration of the following specific criteria:\n(1) Threat to lives and improved property, including threats to critical facilities/infrastructure, and critical watershed areas;\n(2) Availability of State and local firefighting resources;\n(3) High fire danger conditions, as indicated by nationally accepted indices such as the National Fire Danger Ratings System;\n(4) Potential major economic impact.","path":["Title 44—Emergency Management and Assistance","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER D—DISASTER ASSISTANCE","PART 204—FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM","Subpart B—Declaration Process"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-44.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"5759c85a682f2f511f001e0476ff6b752f349b21784a7d5f68a4d63574a7873a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/44-cfr-204.4-204.20","next":"us/44-cfr-204.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}