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DR-1498-CADRFire

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Major Disaster Declaration for California, declared Oct 27, 2003, in 5 counties.

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Declaration
DR-1498-CA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
California
Incident type
Fire
Declared
Oct 27, 2003
Requested
Oct 26, 2003 · request 3122
Incident began
Oct 21, 2003
Incident ended
Mar 31, 2004
Incident period
163 days
Closed out
Sep 30, 2019
Last day to apply for IA
Jan 9, 2004
Fiscal year
2004
FEMA region
Region 9

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