It just slows down the entire response and delays the recovery process from starting,” the previous FEMA chief said.

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

Ken Pagurek had become increasingly frustrated with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, CNN reported.

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

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

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, has resigned due to frustration over the agency's response to ...

The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA ...

Former FEMA official Jeremy Edwards joined Morning Joe after the resignation of the agency’s Urban Search and Rescue chief, ...

According to Midland Fire Chief Michael Tully, the incident began around noon when an 18-wheeler carrying chemical totes lost ...

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

Several states and two Native American tribes waited months for disaster aid, while hundreds of requests for critical emergency services remain on hold.

As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...