Reinstate Classes at the National Fire Academy

I am calling/writing to request that the National Fire Academy be reopened to ensure that America's fire and emergency services can receive the training they need to protect communities all across the country.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a notice stating it will be cancelling all in-person classes offered by the National Fire Academy, in Emmitsburg, Maryland to “evaluate agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities.”
While we understand and appreciate the Administration's desire to review government programs, we are concerned about the public safety impact of closing the campus with little notice and with an indefinite timeline. We request that the review be completed expeditiously so the campus can reopen.
The National Fire Academy’s mission is to provide specialized training courses and advanced management programs for middle- and top-level fire officers, fire service instructors, technical professionals, and representatives from allied professions. Each year, NFA offers training to approximately 100,000 members of the fire and emergency services. These students are drawn from all 50 states and represent the wide breadth of the American fire service, volunteer, paid on call and career fire departments.
The training offered by NFA is specialized training, similar to the leadership training offered by the military war colleges for current and future military officers. Training at the NFA has been a priority of every Administration since NFA was first established by Congress in 1974, and should remain a priority for every Administration moving forward.
NFA addresses gaps in professional training not offered at the local level . Working in partnership with state fire training academies, to address the needs of volunteer and smaller fire departments who cannot travel to Emmitsburg, it also delivers advanced level training in states all around the country by regional deliveries. As an additional consequence of FEMA’s actions, classes at state training academies using NFA instructors have been cancelled.
Tell your story here: Explain how the cancellations have affected you. If you weren't directly affected but have been to NFA trainings before, explain the value to you, your department, and your town/state. If you haven't been to NFA, you can still tell the story of the benefit of NFA to the fire service as a whole and your town/state!
Please reinstate classes at the NFA to ensure the fire service can receive the training necessary to continue to perform its mission in protecting communities across our nation.

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