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Maga voted for cuts and gets cut. (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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"Emmitsburg Mayor Frank Davis voted for Donald Trump in hopes he would cut federal spending. Now Davis hopes those cuts don't include the permanent cancellation of classes at the National Fire Academy, which is part of the town's identity and helps drive its economy. Davis is also a chief at Emmitsburg's firehouse, known as the Vigilant Hose Company."

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5351764/trump-cuts-national-fire-academy-maryland-emmitsburg-fema-federal-spending

Trump killed the Fema training academy. It's not coming back.

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 168 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (32 children)

They voted to cut the FD in a neighboring town. Then they found out the fire response would jump from ~~8 minutes to 20+~~ nearly triple and everyone in that area would have huge increases in home owners insurance rates.

They recalled the vote and upped the budget within a month. Fucking morons.

Edit: I was off on the response times but it was moving the main department at least 6 miles farther from the closest houses to the department they wanted to close.

[+] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

I had a house fire.

I see your point, but I have to tell you: in a wood structure the difference between 8 and 20 minutes won't mean a lot for the structure. After a very small period of time, fire will have tasted most of the structure and it's a gut-job.

And, from experience, it's better as a gut. We languished in fleabag motels for 10 months with very little, and by the time they were done they could have rebuilt (1990) faster.

Edit: i am always surprised by downvotes when I'm being honest. It was horribad to lose all our basic needs in 7.5 minutes, guys. The fleabag motel had mushrooms growing out of the ceiling corners. I still maintain a gut-job would have lost us no more contents and would have been a quicker rebuild with wiring and pipes not compromised by heat. But, tell your house fire story and we'll compare notes.

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