Friday afternoon Engine 5 answered a walk up at the firehouse. The woman pointed to a box truck across the street that had ran into a light pole. With the help of some bystanders, who had seen the whole event unfold, the members of Engine 5 removed the man from the truck and quickly discovered he had suffered a severe medical emergency and needed CPR. Firefighters started performing medical care and attached the AED. After several minutes Rural/Metro arrived, the paramedic quickly joined Engine 5 and started performing advanced level EMS care. After several minutes of care, the patient regained a pulse and even was able to answer some questions. Rural/Metro transported the patient to Strong, with a firefighter on board to assist in providing EMS.
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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