In Reversal, Trump Administration Restores Classes at the National Fire Academy

FEMA reopens National Fire Academy after nearly three-month, DOGE-driven shutdown

Instructors fit a firefighter's gear. (Photo courtesy U.S. Fire Administration)Almost three months after the Federal Emergency Management Agency abruptly canceled classes at the National Fire Academy, saying it would only support mission-critical functions, someone at FEMA apparently decided that fire training is critical to the agency’s mission. FEMA announced Thursday that classes would resume June 2 at its “national schoolhouses”: the Nationa…

In reversal, Trump administration restores classes at the National Fire Academy

The academy in Emmitsburg, Md., is often described as the national war college for firefighting. It offers training that ranges from leadership to how to conduct fire, arson and blast investigations.(Image credit: Justin T. Gellerson for NPR)

FEMA reopens fire training academy in Maryland, following weeks of outcry

In-person classes are set to resume at a leading firefighter training program in Western Maryland, following a 10-week pause amid the Trump administration’s federal spending review.

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Classes at National Fire Academy in Maryland to resume

Classes at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland are resuming, after massive pushback from a bipartisan group of elected officials and first responders from across the country to the Trump Administration’s decision to halt trainings there.In March, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and US. Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-Maryland) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter with over 60 of their colleagues, including U.S. Sen. Angela Also…

FEMA Resumes In-Person Emergency Response Trainings to Bolster Local Preparedness

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Thursday it will resume in-person training courses at three of its national training centers beginning in early June. The move comes after a temporary suspension in March 2025 due to President Trump’s Executive Order 14222, which called for a government-wide review of cost-efficiency as part of the Administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” initiative. The re…