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Kansas emergency management briefs committee on World Cup planning, disaster declarations and funding uncertainty
Summary
Angie Morgan, director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, told the Joint Committee on Kansas Security that Kansas has been engaged in intergovernmental World Cup security planning but warned funding timing and a statutory 15-day limit on the governor—s emergency declaration complicate sustained state-level operations.
Angie Morgan, director of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, briefed the Joint Committee on Kansas Security on the state—s preparations for the 2026 World Cup and on recent disaster-response work. Morgan said Kansas has been meeting regularly with Missouri and metro counties on multistate planning and that Kansas has been involved in World Cup security planning since the start of the effort.
Morgan told the committee the state—s concerns include law enforcement staffing nationwide, competing demands from other major events and the recurring hazard season (tornado and severe storms) that coincides with the World Cup. "We will need a state declaration and the law is such that we, governor can only declare for 15 days," she told the committee, and said she is working on options to extend the declaration period to meet event timelines.
Morgan also reviewed the division—s recent disaster workload: Kansas has received five presidential disaster declarations, has a pending request, and has completed damage assessments for recent flooding. She said the division expects to be managing about 20 declarations by year-end, stressing that the volume of incidents strains staff. Morgan outlined grant and recovery work, including SBA low-interest loans for disaster-affected businesses and homeowners, and warned that the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) allocation was reduced about 17% this year, complicating county-level funding for emergency coordinators.
On the World Cup specifically, Morgan said Kansas has been coordinating CBRN/civil-support capabilities (the 70th Civil Support Team is the primary military CBRN resource) and that emergency management and the fusion center will play roles in mass-gathering security. She said the division plans liaisons in Missouri and in key Kansas counties, and that the state EOC would activate in stages ahead of event arrivals. Morgan said federal guidance and timelines remain uncertain amid a partial federal shutdown and litigation affecting federal agencies, and she urged additional federal and state investments in preparedness.
Ending: Morgan said the state will continue to brief the legislature and local partners as planning advances and as federal funding and declarations become clearer.
