Climate Politics
How Trump's FEMA Secretly Dismantled Program to Prepare Americans For Disasters
The administration last year closed a division that helped individuals get ready for emergencies.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/BloombergPresident Donald Trump says he wants to shift the responsibility of handling disasters from the federal government to cities and states. But his administration quietly dismantled a division working towards that goal by making the public more prepared for snow, flooding and hurricanes.
In a bid to cut costs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency closed the Individual and Community Preparedness Division, or ICPD, and many of its programs last year, according to an internal document seen by Bloomberg News and people familiar with the unit.