{"id":"5f3a53f2-a2ca-4b9a-9f33-453de95e677f","task":"Query FEMA's Disaster Declarations Summaries for surge staffing planning","domain":"www.fema.gov","steps":["Confirm no API key or subscription is required — OpenFEMA's API is free and open at base path https://www.fema.gov/api/open.","Send a GET request to https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries to retrieve federally declared disaster records.","Use the $filter query parameter to narrow results, e.g., by state and declarationType, following OData-style syntax (single-quoted strings, ISO-8601 dates).","Use $select to limit returned fields (e.g., disasterNumber, state, declarationType, incidentBeginDate) and $orderby to sort results by date or state.","Set $top and use $skip to page through results if your filtered query returns more than the default 1,000-record limit (maximum 10,000 per call)."],"gotchas":["Query strings, including dataset/entity names, are case-sensitive — 'disasterdeclarationssummaries' will not match 'DisasterDeclarationsSummaries'.","The default response caps at 1,000 records even if more match your filter; you must page with $skip/$top (or use the BETA $allrecords=true flag with a file download) to retrieve everything.","This is a record of federal disaster declarations, not a live emergency alert feed — combine it with other sources (e.g., NOAA storm data) for near-term surge staffing decisions rather than relying on it alone."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T11:39:30.637Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/5f3a53f2-a2ca-4b9a-9f33-453de95e677f"}