Kenneth Larsen

Kenneth Larsen is an experienced professional in the field of motorsports safety, rescue services, and emergency management, currently serving on the safety team for IMSA since September 2022. Larsen has been involved with the Circuit of The Americas as a Crew Chief for the Rescue & Safety Team since 2012. Additionally, Larsen has held a long-standing role as an ESTI Instructor and TDEM liaison with Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service since 2007, teaching critical skills for urban search and rescue operations. As a Search Team Manager and Helicopter SAR Technician with Texas A&M Task Force 1 since 1997, Larsen oversees operations under FEMA and directs state swiftwater rescue programs. Further contributions include owning Professional Rescue Outfitters, managing parachute operations for the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team, and serving as Captain in Special Operations with the City of Austin until retirement in 2018. Larsen's extensive background in public safety and special operations training spans several decades, beginning with a firefighter paramedic role in the City of Plano from 1983 to 2001.