A woman was rescued from a third-floor apartment this morning after a fire broke out below in the building in the 1000 block of Hodiamont Avenue about 10 a.m.
Firefighters used an aerial ladder to rescue the woman, said St. Louis Fire Capt. Dan Sutter. The woman was taken to an area hospital for observation. No one else was injured in the blaze.
A child playing with a lighter set fire to a second floor apartment. The apartment received heavy damage.
Sutter said firefighters were able to bring the fire in the 12-family building under control quickly.
Heavy smoke engulfed the second and third floor of the structure but residents were able to return to their units. The American Red Cross was on the scene assisting residents.
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.
