On Tuesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a hearing examining the question, “Are FEMA’s Assistance Programs Adequately Designed to Assist Communities Before, During, and After Wildfire?” One of the witnesses was Casey Hatcher, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of Butte County. During her testimony, Hatcher told the committee that Butte County relied on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover from the devastating Camp Fire in 2018 but that the agency’s assistance to victims was slow and sometimes confounding. “Now is the time to learn from recent wildfire disasters and update the federal approach to disaster prevention, response and recovery in wildfire-prone communities,” Hatcher told the Subcommittee.