Trump Cancels Emergency Manager Trainings, Leaving Communities More Vulnerable to Disasters
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Washington, DC – The Trump administration canceled all FEMA emergency manager trainings, except for those related to the FIFA World Cup — continuing Trump’s efforts to gut our disaster response capabilities and leave communities more vulnerable to extreme weather. Emergency manager trainings are critical to prepare for disasters and keep people safe.
Climate Power Senior Advisor Mia Logan issued the following statement: “FIFA gave Trump a fake peace prize, and now World Cup sites are the only places in America that Trump cares about preparing for disasters. Meanwhile, Trump has abandoned communities across the country, holding up critical aid and putting people at greater risk during wildfires, tornadoes, floods, or hurricanes. Do families who have lost their homes to disasters need to give Trump an award for him to finally care about protecting them and give them the disaster relief funding they need to recover?”
Trump’s reckless cuts to emergency management have left communities vulnerable to extreme weather:
- In 2025, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security drafted plans to cut FEMA’s workforce by more than 50%, resulting in the loss of more than 11,500 jobs.
- Ahead of hurricane season last year, Trump reduced FEMA’s emergency training for state and local emergency managers.
- Trump canceled FEMA’s $1 billion Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and called for an immediate return of awarded funds, threatening hundreds of resiliency projects in communities nationwide.
- Trump stopped approving new allocations from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation and Grant Program, becoming the first president in at least three decades to deny governors’ requests for funding that’s meant to protect people and property.
- The Trump administration canceled FEMA’s door-to-door program nationwide, a program that was meant to help disaster victims apply for federal aid.
- Under Trump, pending FEMA disaster applications were sitting longer on average than at any other point in the previous 37 years.
- Trump’s previous Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem personally held up billions of dollars in critical disaster relief funding with her requirement for her personal approval on all FEMA expenses exceeding $100,000, creating a $17 billion bottleneck.