online article
"Future of FEMA at stake
as Noem at odds with
Trump-appointed panel"
washingtonpost.com/ Nov. 20 online article
about review council that concluded that FEMA
should be more powerful and autonomous
David Richardson
FEMA-chief-resigns after 6 months on the job
Nov. 17, 2025 -- had no experience managing
natural disasters -- Prev. Director Cameron
Hamilton was fired in May when he told DHS Secy.
Kristi Noem that he did not support the dismantling
of the federal agency by order of the Executive Branch
(Trump-Vance) only.
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His trip Saturday July 12, 2025
[in blue jeans, white straw planters hat, cowboy boots]
to Kerr County, Texas (site of the flash flooding disaster)
was neither announced nor promoted beyond
five govt. photos on
social media
POLITICO.com/2025/07/15/FEMA-chief-texas-public-appearance-00452293
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POLITICO dot-com Thursday 10 July 2025
Since his appointment May 8 -- a no-show
POLITICO.com/2025/07/10/fema-leader-texas-flooding
He told staff at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency in comments
Monday June 2, 2025 that he was previously
unaware the United States has a hurricane
season (it had begun Sunday June 1).
Before his appointment as "acting"
administrator, Richardson has no experience
managing natural disasters. REUTERS
press agency / platform reported the comments
shared at Monday staff check-in.
He is a Kristi Noem, DHS Secretary appointee
a Marine Combat veteran and martial arts
instructor, after she fired the first acting FEMA
chief of the Trump 2.0 administration (after
Jan. 20, 2025).
DHS has installed more than a half-dozen of its
officials into key roles at FEMA to
effectively run the agency. Most of them,
like Richardson have no or very little experience
handling regional and state disasters. The updated
disaster plan for 2025 is a default one from 2024
but with a dramatically smaller workforce. Estimates
are that 10% of staff have left since last season
and by the end of 2025, 30% will be retired or
transferred. CNN.com reporting
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