Pagurek did not mention the floods in his resignation letter but wrote he would be returning to Philadelphia's Fire Department, according to a letter obtained by CNN. "This decisi

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

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 on Monday.