FEMA Scraps Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s

FEMA Scraps Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s

“Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according to agency staff,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “With hurricane season kicking off this month, Richardson told staff Monday that the agency would be returning to the same guidance for hurricane response as last year. Some were confused how that would be possibl…

FEMA scraps this year’s planned hurricane plan

FEMA’s hurricane readiness has come under fire as its new leader announced the agency was scrapping a near-complete response plan just as storm season begins, The Wall Street Journal says.  Administrator David Richardson told staff on Monday the agency will revert to last year’s guidance—despite recent program cuts and staff reductions that make that guidance largely inapplicable. Richardson says he didn’t want to conflict with a FEMA review cou…

New Mexico’s U.S. senators to Noem: Reform FEMA. Don’t scrap it entirely.

New Mexico’s U.S. senators to Noem: Reform FEMA. Don’t scrap it entirely. kcpnews2 Tue, 06/03/2025 - 05:00 Image (Source New Mexico) New Mexico’s two U.S. senators are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to fix rather than abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as she and other prominent officials have called for recently.Democratic U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján wrote Noem a letter Monday outlining pr…