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FEMA Cuts Emergency Training Ahead of Hurricane Season as Acting Head Warns Staff 'Don’t Get in My Way'

"I will achieve the president’s intent," the new acting head of FEMA said on a recent staff call Tia Dufour After the acting head of FEMA was fired, the new acting administrator warned staffers not to ...
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Exclusive-FEMA cuts emergency training as hurricane season looms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according to ...
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FEMA makes late push to bolster hurricane preparedness, but effort may be too little, too late, officials say

Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps to ...
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‘We’re not preparing’: As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil

More than $100 billion of previously awarded grant money and disaster assistance is currently frozen at FEMA, as agency staff await guidance for issuing payments to ensure they follow Trump’s ...
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FEMA cuts emergency training under Trump as hurricane season looms

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. federal disaster agency FEMA has sharply reduced training for state and local emergency managers ahead of the start of the hurricane season on June 1, according ...
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FEMA Cuts Emergency Training Ahead of Hurricane Season as Acting Head Warns Staff 'Don’t Get in My Way'

David Richardson became the acting head of FEMA last week. After the acting head of FEMA was fired, the new acting administrator warned staffers not to "get in my way" and promised to "achieve the ...