Noem's DHS Slams FEMA Rescue Chief's Resignation
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Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, was well-versed in major disaster response.
The Trump administration’s new rules slowed FEMA’s response to the deadly flooding in Central Texas earlier this month.
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Daily Express US on MSNFEMA chief quits in fury over Kristi Noem's 72-hour Texas flood aid delayKen Pagurek has resigned out of frustration with the Trump administration after alleging that DHS head Kristi Noem withheld aid for the victims of the Texas flood earlier this month.
Kristi Noem suggested FEMA's response to deadly Texas flooding was a model for the future. A resigning FEMA official apparently doesn't see it that way.