Over a dozen of the snr leaders at #FEMA, including those w/the most #experience in leading #disaster recovery, have either been fired or have resigned, thinning its management ranks weeks ahead of #hurricane season.
The departures in the snr ranks are IN ADDITION to job cuts & resignations of about 1k of the agency’s ~17k employees.
#USpol #EmergencyPreparedness #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #weather #science #government #PublicDisservice #idiocracy #Trump #Musk #DOGE
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/climate/fema-trump-resignations-firings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F5AEF2DA-1985-41F4-BBB3-2124BE45B474
Those changes represent a significant loss at an agency that was already struggling w/personnel shortages as it tried to help communities recover from catastrophic #storms & #wildfires in #NorthCarolina & #LosAngeles, among other missions.
Soon after his return to the WH, #Trump mused about formally disbanding #FEMA. The departures suggest that the agency is already being thinned out.