Inexperienced Trump hires risk a Katrina-style disaster
In the US agency, dozens of personnel who responded to natural disasters warned Congress in a letter in which the inexperience of the best appointed Trump administration could lead to a disaster at the level of Katrina.
A protest letter was sent days before the 20th anniversary of Katrina, which caused a disaster flood in New Orleans and in August 2005, caused destructive destruction along the Gulf coast and claimed the lives of more than 1800 people.
The letter signed by the employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was a rare publication of the internal opposition.
He said that his existing leaders, including the agency’s Internal Security Secretary Kristi and David Richardson, Director of Acting Agency David Richardson, lack competences to manage natural disasters, and exceeded his ability to respond to hurricanes and other emergencies.
“The letter reduces Fema’s authorities and our ability to quickly deliver our mission,” NOEM is obliged to review all contracts and grants.
An agency at the Congress independent of the Congress from the Congress wants to intervene from the Ministry of Interior Security and protect the agency employees from politically motivated fires.
This was not just another national disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina, but also to prevent Fema from being solved effectively “.
Deputy Press Secretary Daniel Largues said that the organization is “determined to ensure that fema will surrender the American people.”
He said that Fema drowned with bureaucracy and inefficiency and that the Trump administration “makes accountability and reform a priority”.
Approximately 2000 fema employees or one -third of the labor force left the agency this year through ignitions, purchases or early retirees.
The Trump management also plans to cut approximately $ 1 billion (A1.5 billion) in grant financing affecting emergency management programs.
The letter was also delivered to the US hurricane season for two months and at a time when President Donald Trump said he wanted to cut the size and task of Fema to a great extent.
This will leave much more of the burden of responding to natural disasters to individual states.
Katrina was partly one of the worst natural disasters in the US history due to the deterioration of leadership and response at city, state and federal levels.
In 2006, the Congress adopted the Katrina Emergency Reform Law in 2006 to secure Fema to give more responsibility and to relieve another unsuccessful response.
The letter warns that the Trump administration has taken these reforms back and sends FEMA back to pre -Katrina levels by interrupting the financing of the financing, reducing disaster recovery and training programs, and blocking the ability to move quickly due to strict new surveillance policies.
