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applegrove

(126,915 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:29 AM 7 hrs ago

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMAâ€™s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-07-22T02:45:25.683Z

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Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns. (Original Post) applegrove 7 hrs ago OP

Wait! I'm confused! markodochartaigh 7 hrs ago #1

He had been in FEMA search and rescue before Trump. Probably not LiberalArkie 4 hrs ago #2

Definitely not a trump appointee genxlib 1 hr ago #6

G.O.P. not just incompetent, also full of lies BoRaGard 4 hrs ago #3

He's a hero for speaking up MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #4

How many deaths does Noem have on her hands MadameButterfly 4 hrs ago #5

markodochartaigh

(3,372 posts)

1. Wait! I'm confused!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:39 AM

7 hrs ago

Was he surprised that the party of "Government is not the solution, government is the problem" actually wasn't the solution?

LiberalArkie

(18,617 posts)

2. He had been in FEMA search and rescue before Trump. Probably not

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:45 AM

4 hrs ago

A political appointee

genxlib

(5,934 posts)

6. Definitely not a trump appointee

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:12 AM

1 hr ago

He has been in that position for a year.

He is one of those feds who tried to stay in his position to make it work. But Texas was all he needed to see to know the system has been hopelessly undermined.

The teams still exist (I am on one) but not being called up is heartbreaking for them when people are in danger. The system is designed to be wheels up in 6 hours. Waiting 72 hours while victims are trapped is a death sentence for most of them.