FEMA lists active wildfire assistance declarations in Washington, Oregon and Colorado
Federal emergency records reviewed Aug. 7 list six active Fire Management Assistance Grant declarations for wildfires in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, giving a current snapshot of federally supported fire-management activity across three western states.
The latest declaration in the records is for Oregon’s Akawa Butte Fire. FEMA lists that declaration as 5647-OR, dated July 23, 2026. The six declarations span June 29 through July 23 and are recorded as separate incidents rather than one combined fire.
The records show that multiple western wildfires have met the threshold for federal fire-management assistance during the 2026 summer fire season. They do not, by themselves, describe the current conditions at each fire or establish that every listed incident was still actively burning on Aug. 7.
Six declarations across three states
Colorado accounts for three of the listed declarations. FEMA identifies the Aspen Acres Fire as declaration 5642-CO, dated June 29; the Gold Mountain Fire as declaration 5643-CO, dated June 30; and the Willow Fire as declaration 5644-CO, dated July 5.
Oregon has two declarations in the records. The Lower Dry Creek Fire is listed as declaration 5645-OR, dated July 16. The Akawa Butte Fire is declaration 5647-OR, dated July 23, the most recent declaration shown.
Washington’s Kaiser Canyon Fire is listed as declaration 5646-WA, dated July 17. In total, FEMA’s page identifies six fire-assistance declarations in Washington, Oregon and Colorado.
The declaration numbers are incident identifiers. They help distinguish the records and provide a way to track later updates, designated areas and assistance status in FEMA’s declarations database.
What the assistance means
FEMA says Fire Management Assistance Grants are available to states, local governments and tribal governments for fires threatening destruction that could constitute a major disaster. The program provides a federal mechanism for supporting fire-management needs when a wildfire qualifies for assistance.
For residents and local governments, the records confirm federal recognition of fire-management needs in the three states. They also provide a starting point for identifying the relevant incident record and declaration date. The records do not amount to a single regional emergency declaration, and they do not show that the six fires are part of one coordinated incident.
The federal listing also should not be read as a complete report on conditions on the ground. The supplied FEMA material does not provide current acreage, containment percentages, evacuation information, casualty totals, infrastructure-damage estimates or travel-disruption data for the fires.
It likewise does not establish a total amount of federal spending connected to the six declarations. A grant declaration indicates that federal fire-management assistance is available under the program; it does not, from the listing alone, provide a final accounting of costs or tell readers how a particular community is being affected.
What happens next
FEMA’s declarations database is the agency’s primary record for federal disaster and fire-management declarations. The agency says incident numbers can be used to verify later updates, designated areas and assistance status.
That makes continued review of the individual records the next known step. The most recent entry is 5647-OR for the Akawa Butte Fire, followed in the listed sequence by 5646-WA for Kaiser Canyon and 5645-OR for Lower Dry Creek. The Colorado records are numbered 5642-CO through 5644-CO.
Until incident-level information is added, the federal snapshot supports a limited conclusion: six wildfire assistance declarations were listed across three western states, with the latest dated July 23. It does not support claims that any particular fire is contained, expanding, threatening a specific community or disrupting travel.
Sources
- Wildfire and the wildland urban interface, Federal Emergency Management Agency / U.S. Fire Administration
- FEMA Disasters and Other Declarations database, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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