Reforming or Deforming FEMA

Reforming or Deforming FEMA

From Disaster Zone by The Readiness Lab

February 20, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 6 · Episode 7

About this episode

The episode discusses the changes to FEMA initiated by the Trump Administration and their impacts on emergency management.

There has been a tremendous amount of change brought initiated by the Trump Administration throughout the federal government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is one small part of the changes that have been made and are still underway. The significant nature of the changes are hard to comprehend. This podcast will look at some of the changes that have been made so far and then a contemplation of the impacts of those changes to emergency management enterprise. Shana Udvardy is a senior climate resilience policy analyst with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She conducts research and policy analysis to help inform and build support to increase resilience to climate change impacts. She recently wrote this opinion piece FEMA Review Council Report Likely to Continue President Trump’s Heartless Policies . Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals…

People in this episode

Guest: Shana Udvardy

Topics covered

  • FEMA reform
  • Trump Administration
  • emergency management
  • climate resilience
  • policy analysis
  • government changes

Keywords

  • FEMA
  • Trump Administration
  • emergency management
  • climate change
  • policy analysis
  • resilience
  • government reform

Sponsors

L3Harris Technologies, Doberman Emergency Management Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Union of Concerned Scientists, The Readiness Lab, RSET

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