AI6YR Ben<p>CBS News: Federal funding cuts lead FEMA to cancel classes at National Fire Academy </p><p>"The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that National Fire Academy courses were canceled amid a "process of evaluating agency programs and spending to ensure alignment with Administration priorities," according to a notice sent to instructors, students and fire departments. Instructors were told to cancel all future travel until further notice.</p><p>Firefighters, EMS providers and other first responders from across the country travel to the NFA's Maryland campus for the federally funded institution's free training programs."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-national-fire-academy-cources-cancellation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/fema-national</span><span class="invisible">-fire-academy-cources-cancellation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/firefighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefighting</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/EMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EMS</span></a></p>