US EditionFEMA Faces Leadership Upheaval and Workforce Cuts Ahead of Active Hurricane Season
- FEMA announced on Wednesday that 16 senior executives are leaving just prior to the June 1 start of the hurricane season.
- This leadership upheaval follows months of workforce losses and low morale amid an ongoing downsizing mandated by the Trump administration.
- FEMA has paused and is now restarting disaster response training at three major centers while projecting a workforce decline from about 26,000 to 18,000 by year-end.
- A FEMA official warned current actions are 'too little and not reassuring' and fears preparations will fall short this season despite recent efforts to stop staff departures.
- These developments imply FEMA’s reduced capacity may force states to manage more disasters independently, raising concerns about national preparedness gaps.
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Florida Democrat: FEMA 'is going to fail this summer'
(The Hill) - Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) warned on Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is ill prepared for hurricane season and “is going to fail this summer.” In remarks at a House Rules Committee hearing Wednesday, Moskowitz said the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) steep budget cuts and grant pauses have made FEMA inefficient and risk sending hurricane-prone states into bankruptcy if they don’t get appr…
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