The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in ...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue unit, Ken Pagurek, has left the organization, ...

Ken Pagurek, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue chief, has resigned amid criticism over the ...

The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for ...

Urban Search and Rescue Chief Ken Pagurek quit over a new policy that led to delays in FEMA's response to the flooding in ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) called on a group of northern Virginia search and rescue members for help in ...

Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN they were not deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency until ...

Ken Pagurek stepped down after delays in deploying FEMA teams to deadly Texas flooding, citing growing frustration with DHS oversight and the Trump administration’s handling of disaster response ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) called on a group of northern Virginia search and rescue members for help in ...

Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, ...

The teams are part of the National Urban Search & Rescue Response System, a collection of 28 task forces across the country that FEMA calls upon that are equipped and able to respond within six hours.