Russ Knocke Quotes


While the situation in the Superdome was nightmarish and not satisfactory to anyone involved, it was not a life-and-death situation and we had to focus our priorities where we could. - Russ Knocke



We've been forthcoming throughout this process. - Russ Knocke



We'd like to get to the point where we're not just training people and releasing them. - Russ Knocke



We were racing against the clock and now it's clear the clock beat us. - Russ Knocke



We have to build a robust permanent staffing capability for the agency so that we're not in the type of situation where with every storm you're replacing them. Volunteers have a critical role to play, and they will continue to play that role, but I think to the extent that you have a more robust trained . . . staff, the better the general capability of the agency will be. - Russ Knocke