Classes to Resume at National Fire Academy, Center for Domestic Preparedness
Classes will resume next month after being stopped for nearly three months as the U.S. government conducted audits at three FEMA national schoolhouses.
The National Fire Academy and National Disaster and Emergency Management University in Emmitsburg, MD, along with the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, AL, will reopen in early June, according to a statement from FEMA.
In-person training stopped at the three facilities when President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative launched to ensure federal dollars were being spent properly.
"Following a comprehensive review by FEMA and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), it was determined certain courses provide effective training to enhance national readiness for state, local, tribal and territorial emergency managers, first responders and local leaders. FEMA’s principles for emergency management assert that disasters are best managed when they’re federally supported, state managed and locally executed," the statement read.
Peter Matthews | Editor-in-Chief/Conference Director
Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department and currently is a photographer for the Fort Worth, TX, Fire Department.
