The only exception to the state 's gubernatorial declaration requirement occurs when an emergency and/or disaster takes place on federal property or to a federal asset , for example ; the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , or the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 2003 return-flight disaster .
The only exception is when an emergency or disaster occurs on federal property or to a federal asset , for example , the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , in the 1995 bombing , or the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 2003 return-flight disaster .