FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Less than two months before the official start of the hurricane season, the country’s primary disaster-reaction agency faces an uncertain future. Employees across the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Ward that equipment, external partnerships and rapid erosion of practice – as well as threatening to cut staff and journey of senior staff – it is bad news for the country because of the summer, even though the company is somewhat intact. The name of Fema workers was released to talk to the wired because they were not allowed to talk to the press.

The company has not yet seen “still huge sweep changes, but it doesn’t take too much to screw perfectly [disaster] Up the response, “an employee said.” Our real, really is being set up for a bad situation. “

Fema was established in 1979 by an executive order signed by President Jimmy Carter; After 9/11, it was removed under the Department of Homeland Security. In recent years, expensive disasters such as Hurricanes Ian, Ida and Halin, as well as Covid -10 epidemic, have been the cause of the agency SkyscraperThe

The agency had been a favorite goal for a long time Conspiracy theoreticalThe However, Donald Trump, encouraged by the right -wing influential after the Hurricane Halin’s northern Carolina was torn Inaccurate information Regarding the agency’s response to the storm, a political bull on Fema leads to its second president.

During his first week of office, Trump signed a Executive order Establish a council to review the past catastrophes conducted by Fema and to evaluate its current skills to respond to the agency’s “effectiveness, priority and qualifications” order of the agency. At the end of March, Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nom publicly stated at the cabinet meeting that DHS would eliminate Fema. ” One day later, according to reporting Politico And the Washington Post, planned to cut the Nom agency only to cut off in response to an instant disaster In October And move it under the circumference of the White House.

“In contrast to the preceding, disrespectful and insufficient response of a natural disaster like Hurricane Halin, the Trump administration is committed to ensure Americans influenced by Americans [sic] In the emergency, they will get their necessary assistance in a quick and efficient manner, “Geoff Harbah, a fellow associate of the Office of Outfaire Office, told Ward in an email.” 2025 will continue to conduct all operational and preparation requirements without close coordination with local and state officials before the Hurricane season. Emergency management led by local and state authorities is best. “

Who is in the Review Council appointed by the White House – other than Noom and Defense Secretary Pete Hegsheth, coaching by the executive order – speaks of a mystery; Something Lawmakers have claimed Tapped to serve, but no public list of public members has been published. Although the Council needs a meeting by April 25th, the Council’s only step in the January executive order seems to be a request so far Public comment “For a understanding [the public’s] Experience with Fema during disaster. “At the end of March, at the meeting, CNN Report Nom and other officials discussed the possibility of withdrawing the executive order that fully established the council. (A list of members of the council in Ward Fema and asked the updates when they were planning to meet; the agency did not provide these details.)