The guys got toned out on a fire alarm. En route got updated that they had a working fire, then that they had people trapped.
First arriving crew heard someone yelling from the second floor, heavy fire conditions on the first floor. Crews had on way up and one egress point due to fire venting below all second floor windows.
Crew pulled lady out from second floor while fire was extending up the same stairwell. One fireman’s turn-outs were on fire when they exited with the first victim.
Fire was darkened down and a second victim was pulled from the first floor.
Firefighters received an award of Valor for their heroism. 3 of the 4 of the first arriving firefighters it was their first structure fire.
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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