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.
