President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after this year's hurricane season, leaving emergency managers around the country baffled. The president told reporters Tuesday at the White House that he intended to shift responsibility for disaster response to the "state level,

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agency and shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.

Jefferson County's EMA director says emergency response is primarily driven by local agencies and will continue to be.