Helene Exposes Failures of America’s Federal Emergency Response System — Time To Replace It

The current system has the wrong principles, philosophy, and culture. It would be more effective to scrap it and develop a new system that works.

by Newt Gingrich

America’s emergency response system is entirely ineffective. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a typical bureaucracy. It can deal with small problems, but it has no capacity to quickly move enough assets to respond to big crises.

This is not a new problem. Almost 20 years ago, I was co-chairman of a Business Executives for Nation…