Toronto firefighters have rescued two construction workers who were trapped in a trench in North York on Friday.
Capt. Mike Strapko of Toronto Fire Services said eight trucks and 30 firefighters were involved in the rescue, which started around 1 p.m. on Misty Crescent, near York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue.
The men were in the front yard of a home under construction when the collapse happened.
Paramedics took the pair to Sunnybrook hospital as a precaution, along with a third man who had jumped in to help.
Strapko said they brought in special equipment for the operation, which was difficult because there could have been another collapse.
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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