Fema canceled its 4 -year strategic plan before the hurricane season

Less than two Weeks before the start of the hurricane season, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled the agency’s strategic plan, which includes a document that directs the agency’s priorities when responding to disasters, according to WIRED. A new plan has not been placed in place.

In a memorandum sent to Fema employees on Wednesday, he wrote on behalf of Fema Director, David Richardson, “The strategic plan was canceled in Fema 2022-2026. This strategic plan contains goals and goals that are not related to the Fema mission.

The four -year -old plan, which was issued in 2022 under the leadership of Deanne Crisweell at the time, is a procedural plan for specific disasters, but rather a guidance document for the agency’s goals and priorities. A Link to the plan On the FEMA on the web by returning a mistake on Wednesday and has not been broadcast since January 2025, according to Wayback.

Many Fema employees say they do not know another time when a strategic plan has been canceled without another. One of the employees said: “We are a huge planner.” “Things like a strategic plan have significant effects in the estuary, even if they are not immediately operational.”

Fema did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The agency’s plan lists the agency’s goals and goals: “Entrance of fairness as a basis for emergency management”, to “leading the entire society in the flexibility of the climate”, and “promoting and preserving the Fema is ready and the prepared nation.” Two FEMA employees, who spoke unknown to WIRED because they were not given permission to speak to the press, expressed their surprise that the document was not canceled earlier because of its focus on justice.

For some employees, canceling this memo is a small step in a widespread assault on the priorities of the recent management. An employee says the strategic plan is “symbolic in the first place.” “There are very real changes made on (property and climate change) more important than the document itself.”

But others are concerned about the agency’s general trend without these guidelines.

Another worker says: “He is our superstar.” “We use this to make a decision for the agency’s priorities and paths to achieve them. Without it, we excel.

One of the FEMA employees who asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak to press concerns that canceling the strategic plan “will make the agency not so efficient that states or tribes have no choice but to take over operations and responsibilities themselves.

Another Fema employee says: “The lack of the (strategic) plan has much greater effects on preparing, training, exercises and building capacity for the government government and the local government.” “This step to cancel the plan is” especially bitter because the administration wants to push more to the states. “

The Trump administration has already sought to Pay more responsibility for responding to disasters to local states and communities. “I say you do not need Fema, you need a good state government,” President Donald Trump He said At a press conference in Los Angeles after the city’s fires in January. Fema employees They are also worried The agency is not ready for the next disaster season. The agency has taken several moves to hinder mitigation strategies and reduce climate change, including stopping the program Withdrawing up to $ 3.6 billion in financing Communities to build flexibility against future disasters. Fema has also made changes on how to plan it to respond to disasters on Earth, including Ending her long practice of From the survivors, WIRED mentioned earlier this month.