Last week the City of Cocoa Fire Department rescued a woman from a well involved house fire using VES.
Photo Tim Shortt (Florida Today)
First due Engine had a report from PD that a woman was trapped in a bedroom. Members VES’d the room, closing the bedroom door, finding the woman unconscious. As the Engine Company removed the victim to the window, the first due Truck Company assisted in taking the woman out of the window. They found pulses on the female, and rendered aid. The lady ended up not only gaining consciousness on the scene, but refused transport!
Here is a nice article written on the event. VES saves lives!!!!!
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.
