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Trump administration cancels classes at National Fire Academy

Old_JoeOld_Joe
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Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:

Free training classes for firefighters and other first responders are provided through Fema at the Maryland site
The country’s pre-eminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by Donald Trump’s administration.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy (NFA) courses had been canceled amid a “process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities”, according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice.

Firefighters, emergency medical service providers and other first responders from across the country travel to the NFA’s Maryland campus for the federally funded institution’s free training programs.

“The NFA is a powerhouse for the fire service,” said Marc Bashoor, a former Maryland fire chief and West Virginia emergency services director with 44 years of fire safety experience. “It’s not a ‘nice to have’. It is the one avenue we have to bring people from all over the country to learn from and with each other. If we want to continue to have one of the premier fire services in the world, we need to have the National Fire Academy.”

The academy, which also houses the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, opened in 1973 to combat a growing number of fatal fires nationwide. At the time, the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control envisioned it to be the “West Point of the Fire Service”, according to a report form the organization.

While surveying disaster zones in California in January, Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” Fema altogether, previewing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization of responding to disasters.

Firings at the National Forest Service on the heels of the deadly California blazes also sparked outcry among discharged workers and officials, who said it would mean fewer people and fewer resources would be available to help prevent and fight wildfires.

Comments

  • Observant1
    edited March 9
    How many people will needlessly die due to the actions of this megalomaniac?
    Trump's supporters are wont to rebuke critique by stating elections have consequences.
    Yes, this statement is indeed true!
    Chickens will come home to roost for much of the MAGA crowd.
  • AnnaAnna
    I've called him a mass murderer for a long time. Trouble is that, when the murderer-in-chief is rich or powerful, he/she can sit in their easy chair and let the results of their actions result in massive suffering and death. No law against leading activities that end in other people's deaths. It is sadism that, seemingly, cannot be stopped.
  • MarkMark
    Someone/Anyone please give or find me a reason for this.
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