Seattle Fire Department crews flooded North Seattle scene Thursday afternoon where a 28-year-old man fell into a 9-foot trench.
Crews were called at 3:57 p.m. to the 11600 block of Meridian Avenue North in the Haller Lake neighborhood – adjacent to Northwest Hospital – where the construction worker was trapped up to his waist in dirt near the front yard of a home.
The fire department’s Rescue Company 1 responded to the scene, where they found the man conscious and breathing, according to Seattle Fire reports.
The fire department announced at 5:17 p.m. successfully pulling the worker from the trench.
Seattle Public Utilities vehicles assisted with the rescue.
The Seattle Department of Transportation advises drivers to expect delays in the area due to the rescue response.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
