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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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[–] tamman2000@lemm.ee 42 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

One of the worst things about being a firefighter is how many of my colleagues are republicans.

It makes no sense. You do a job providing services to people for the government and you vote for the folks who tell us that government is unable to do good...

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 hours ago

You do a job providing services to people for the government and you vote for the folks who tell us that the government they'll form is unable to do good...