---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 204.22"
title: "44"
number: "204.22"
heading: "Submitting a request for a fire management assistance declaration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/204.22"
---

# §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](/cfr/44/204.21.md), 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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 63546, Oct. 24, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Department of Homeland Security Delegation 9001.1.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 57347, Nov. 14, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 63546, Oct. 24, 2014]