DC Fire multiple saves

WASHINGTON — Authorities say six people were injured in an early-morning fire at a southeast Washington apartment building.

Fire officials say the blaze was reported early Thursday in the 2800 block of Denver Street southeast. Officials say some residents were trapped and were hanging out of second-floor windows when firefighters arrived.

Officials say six people were taken to the hospital for treatment, including three children, but information about their conditions was not available.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/6-injured-in-early-morning-fire-at-dc-apartment-building/2013/08/08/c602a2ce-0022-11e3-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html

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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.

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