FEMA Chief Brock Long Leaving Agency He Led Through Deadly Storms
(Bloomberg) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters -- including a widely panned response to a storm that devastated Puerto Rico.
“While this has been the opportunity of the lifetime, it is time for me to go home to my family –- my beautiful wife and two incredible boys,” Long said in a statement. He said he would leave March 8 and his deputy, Peter Gaynor, would serve as acting administrator.
Since taking over the agency in June, 2017, Long has overseen the federal government’s response to an extraordinary series of disasters, from powerful hurricanes that struck the Southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico to wildfires that scorched California. He was also the subject of ethics complaints related to his private use of agency vehicles to travel back and forth to his home in North Carolina.
“This is one of the toughest decisions I have ever had to make,” Long told FEMA staff in an email. “Thank you for an incredible journey and for the support you have shown me. Whether you agreed with my vision for the agency or not, thank you for standing with me as we tried new concepts designed to ultimately save lives and better our profession.”
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Another Trump swamp denizen bites the dust.
