MESA, Ariz. – A man was pinned beneath his 8,000 pound boat as he was trying to get the boat onto a trailer Tuesday night.
This is near Alma School and Guadalupe in Mesa.
As he was lifting the boat onto that trailer, the jack slipped and he was trapped beneath it.
Neighbors rushed to help him but they couldn’t lift the boat. Firefighters arrived to help.
“We considered him in extremely critical condition, but during the transportation, our fire paramedics continued to assess, and during that period it appeared his level of consciousness increased and he started to show signs of being more alert,” said Mesa Fire PIO Forrest Smith.
The man was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition.
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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