Woman Rescued in Anderson, South Carolina

Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson said a woman was rescued from a fire at her Anderson home Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called to Wexford Condominiums off East Greenville Street in Anderson around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday.

A resident of the complex reported smelling smoke, and that woman’s neighbor called 911, Gibson said.

When firefighters arrived they were able to get the woman who had smelled smoke, and her cat, off her balcony. The woman received medical treatment at the scene, and there were no other reported injuries, Gibson said.

Three fire stations with one ladder truck responded, and one station was placed on standby. It took about 20 minutes to bring the fire under control, Gibson said.

The fire was contained to the one third-floor condominium, and as of 5 a.m. all the residents of the surrounding condominiums had been allowed to return to their homes, Gibson said.

The case remains under investigation.

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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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