Oct. 03–Firefighters rescued a 79-year-old Hanover woman from her burning home early Thursday morning.
Hanover and Penn Township crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Deguy Avenue at 2:50 a.m. and discovered the woman was trapped inside, according to Hanover Fire Chief Jan Cromer.
Firefighters rescued her from the home and discovered she was suffering from smoke inhalation and first- and second-degree burns, the chief said in a news release.
She was transported to Hanover Hospital, then flown by medical helicopter to the burn center at Allentown’s Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cromer said.
Crews extinguished the fire within 10 minutes, he said.
The cause of the fire is undetermined, but it is not suspicious, according to Cromer, who said Hanover fire officials, Hanover Police and a state police fire marshal investigated.
— Liz Evans Scolforo can be reached at levans@yorkdispatch.com.
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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