Nonilex on Nostr: Lynn Budd, president of the National #Emergency Management Association, an ...

Lynn Budd, president of the National #Emergency Management Association, an organization of #state emergency managers, & director of the #Wyoming Office of Homeland #Security, said #states need more time & resources if they are expected to make up for cuts to #FEMA staff & activities.

"There is room to reduce the footprint of FEMA in their regular deployment activities, but there is also expertise provided by FEMA for state & local jurisdictions that the states simply don’t have at this time.”