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

Urban Search and Rescue Chief Ken Pagurek quit over a new policy that led to delays in FEMA's response to the flooding in Texas on July 4, sources said.

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA leader Ken Pagurek told colleagues this was the last straw after months of ...

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 ...

What happened The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue unit, Ken Pagurek, has left the organization, citing "chaos" at the agency, said The New York Times.

While Texas lawmakers gather in Austin to help the Hill Country recover, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is caught in a slow-moving disaster of its own. On Monday, Ken Pagurek, head of ...

Ken Pagurek, head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, resigns following delayed response to Texas floods ...