Does FEMA have enough staff to handle past disasters that are still being administered as recovery operations; meet current demands being put upon them for missions, generally outside of their primary mission (border and pandemic vaccinations, for example); and be prepared to respond effectively to the upcoming hurricane season, or an earthquake ... disasters that can be forthcoming? The This topic has been a recurring subject for some time. It is obvious that FEMA does not have a significant surge capacity right now. The only way they can respond to something new being put on their "disaster plate" is by diverting people from what they are currently working on and reassigning them to the new mission — which is what they are doing now.