As Texas cleans up, ex-staffers say Fema has ‘eroded capacity’ for multiple disasters | Trump administration

Cleaning, this month’s more than 120 dead in Texas’daki heavy rain storms and floods, while recently allocated from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, the organization in the event of more natural disaster in a dangerously inadequate and excessive stretch, he says.

Former agency from inside, a mass migration of personnel, immersion morale and the loss of lock leaders, the US disaster avoidance organization in the current hurricane season expected to cope with a deadly storm.

According to Michael Coen, the former personnel chief of the agency, the weakness of FEMA, which has worsened with the loss of corporate knowledge in the grant cuts imposed by the Trump administration and the loss of institutional knowledge in strategic leadership positions, will be exposed to more than one disaster at the same time.

In an interview, Coen, who left his post in January after Donald Trump started his duty, said FEMA officials, the agency, usually until the end of June until the end of November, the less resource of the hurricane season to meet the demands of unexpected situation plans, he said.

“They understand that they do not have the resources they had in the past years, whether financing, even some contracts.” “They are trying to make decisions to cope with more than one incident at a time.”

However, since the opening of Trump, the agency has seen an estimated 2,000 separation through resignation or retirement, which will not be able to cope with the widespread massacre that may be created by a number of tropical storms.

“I am worried that the fema will be disadvantageous because they do not have resources to respond to the disasters we know, this may be two or three simultaneous disasters at the same time,” he said.

“FEMA has been eroded by President Trump since its becoming president. The staff has been separated.

Coen, a disaster assistance career authority of FEMA’s Chief of General Staff during the presidency of Barack Obama, said the outages may mean that the funds will end to respond to disasters until the end of this month.

“Fema is currently supporting the state of Texas with flood and urban search and rescue. However, if they have to respond to a hurricane on the Gulf coast or an earthquake on the west coast within one or two weeks, Fema will not be able to meet the expectations of the American people.”

Concerns about Fema’s ready -to -be, indicating that Trump prefers to be removed for months, signs come from signs that the agency may have changed a heart.

Last month, He said that the management plans to “get out of stage”. After the current hurricane season, to give more responsibility to individual states to respond to disasters.

The agency, founded by Jimmy Carter in 1979 by Jimmy Carter in order to coordinate the reaction of the US government to disasters, is “not good” and said “he said he would recommend Fema to go”.

However, before his visit to Trump’s worst -hit Texas flood on Friday, the White House officials said that the completely elimination of FEMA was no longer considered. Washington reported post.

The newspaper, an anonymous official, stressed the role of leadership in disaster intervention, while changes would probably mean the agency’s “re -branding”.

Noem, who has a general responsibility for FEMA and presided on a review council for the future of the agency, said that Fema will be eliminated as “today and transformed into a sensitive agency”.

Coen said that Texas floods prove the value of FEMA: “This flood is a decisive moment and brings clarity for the necessity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fema is an important agency for the federal government to support the states and support the American people when they need the greatest need.”

However, the Grant cuts make it less effective and that the Texas Hill country, the worst flood region in the Guadalupe River region of Texas Hill, may cause a “unnecessary loss of life olarak, which is the worst flood region.

Büyük One of the grant programs they cut was a program that was a program that would finance things like the Siren system. [Guadalupe] Kerr is in County ..

“If more reduction measures have been given, many people did not need to lose their lives. The president argues that by cutting a grant program that provides a federal fund to increase the alleviation in the country, if they do not only reduce and do not have access to federal funds.”

The official agency, which was weakened by the hostility of the Trump administration, was supported by a former Middle Fema official who said that Guardian was separated from the staff because they felt disrespectful.

“It is not a secret that many senior leaders leave the agency,” he said. “It is clear that Fema has lost too much leadership.”

Tony Robinson and his assistant, the leader of the region of Fema’s Texas. In addition, Robert Samaan, the ruler of the region, which has recently covered Florida and other states in the southeast prone to hurricane.

“These are two of the three most critical regional executives for the hurricane season and they are strictly shaking people for their departure,” he said.

“The lack of experienced leadership will definitely go to Hamstring efforts. This does not mean that there are no other good leaders to step. However, LinkedIn is full of people I know their names.”

16 Separation of senior executives announced One day in May.

Combining the problem, David Richardson, the acting manager of NOEM and FEMA, is an old marine artillery officer who had no previous experience in disaster management.

Richardson, who has been in office since May, created an excitement among senior staff. He said during a briefing That you don’t know it’s a hurricane season. It was unclear whether the comments meant a joke.

Richardson founded Noem’s predecessor Cameron Hamilton after dismissed. New manager Also under threat The personnel resisting reforms “run immediately”.

“I and I am alone in Fema, I speak for Fema.

Coen confirmed the picture of the personnel left for the future of Fema due to fears. “The reason why many employees have been separated since January 20 is that they fear they will lose their jobs,” he said. “Also, they have not been respected by the current administration. Existing employees still support each other, but if they think that they do not support and understand how much they sacrificed when they go to disasters, they have an impact on their mental health and prosperity.”

By the way, Noem, a decree Any expenditure or more value of $ 100,000 or asking for the contract to be sent to him in advance – a requirement that critics can prevent the quick disaster response.

“Typically, before Trump, such a decision will be much lower than the internal security secretary to go out and activate,” he said.

“It doesn’t make sense to centralize such a decision, [which] Indeed, it would lead to reflection, loss of life, or at least loss of ability to find the remnants of the victims. “

The Ministry of Homeland Security explained the directive to the public when necessary in order to provide “waste, fraud and abuse ve and to provide“ accountability ına to the US taxpayers.