US EditionFEMA Search and Rescue Chief Resigns
TEXAS, UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Ken Pagurek resigned citing a nearly three-day delay in FEMA's Texas flood response caused by Department of Homeland Security bureaucratic hurdles, amid over 130 deaths in the disaster.
- Ken Pagurek resigned as FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Chief due to frustrations with delays in disaster response during the Texas floods, which left at least 135 dead, as reported by The New York Times.
- The resignation was influenced by new policies from the Trump administration that hindered quick disaster response, particularly regarding spending approvals over $100,000, according to sources.
- FEMA faced criticism for many calls going unanswered during the flooding, significantly hindering response efforts, as reported by HuffPost.
- A DHS spokesperson described Pagurek's resignation as 'laughable' and defended the agency's response to the floods in Texas, stating that there were no delays in deployment, according to CBS News.
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Top FEMA Official Resigns Following Noem’s Delays in Deadly Texas Floods
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) urban search and rescue unit abruptly resigned on Monday, telling colleagues he was frustrated with hurdles imposed by the Trump administration that had slowed the agency’s response to the deadly floods in Texas earlier this month. Ken Pagurek had led the urban search and rescue unit for a year after serving in the unit himself for… Source
Kristi Noem's Feral Emergency Management Drives Search And Rescue Chief To Resign
Ken Pagurek, then head of Pennsylvania’s emergency task force, explains how a search dog found a woman alive under rubble after the RM Palmer chocolate factory explosion, 2023. Video screenshot, WFMZ-TV on YouTubeFrustrated by how Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s “cost-cutting” measures delayed search and rescue deployment to the floods in Texas for three days, the head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on …
FEMA Official Resigns Over Kristi Noem's Rescue Delays
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned yesterday. Via CNN: Ken Pagurek’s departure comes less than three weeks after a delayed FEMA response to catastrophic flooding in central Texas caused by bureaucratic hurdles put in place by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the disaster response agency. Pagurek to…
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