TDEM asks for regional warehouses, staff and expanded program authority as federal grants wind down
Tim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, told the Senate Finance Committee TDEM manages roughly $23.7 billion in open federal grants, is facing reductions in recurring FEMA preparedness funds and asked for $315 million to expand regional staging and warehouse capacity plus additional staff and fleet funding.
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Tim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, told the Senate Finance Committee that the agency manages an extraordinary volume of federal disaster funding and asked the Legislature for capital and operating support to modernize Texas’ emergency response infrastructure.
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