Three articles have appeared lately. From oldest to newest:
(1) From Reuters: US Disaster Response Stretched Thin As Hurricane Season Starts. An excerpt:
Internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show the agency’s disaster-response force is understaffed by 26 percent. And as last year revealed, many of those who sign up don’t always respond when needed. (For graphic, see tmsnrt.rs/2Juw4LV)
(2) Another take on the topic from TheHill: FEMA Scrambles to Hire Response Force as Hurricane Season Looms.
I have been trying to get a job with FEMA for over a year. If they would start giving people a chance to show what they are made of there wouldn’t be a shortage of manpower.