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Santa Fe emergency management shifts to ‘back to basics’ as federal funding becomes uncertain
Summary
City officials reviewed the Office of Emergency Management budget and heard that leaders plan to refocus on core readiness — training, exercised emergency operations center activations and public preparedness — as federal grants and disaster aid face growing uncertainty.
The Santa Fe Finance Committee heard a budget briefing April 29 from the Office of Emergency Management that framed a strategic shift toward core readiness after warning that some federal grant and disaster-declaration support has become less certain.
The Office of Emergency Management told the committee that its team is small — two full-time staff — and that roughly 20% of its modest budget pays staff salaries while the rest covers operations, services and equipment such as deployable barriers and CodeBlue kits. Director Hammond Paul said the office will emphasize “nuts and bolts” preparedness work including training, reliable emergency operations center activations and public readiness campaigns.
The move responds in part to changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and at least one recent trend the presenters described as raising the…
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