Firefighters rescued a young boy from a house fire this morning west of Beresford, Beresford Fire and Rescue Chief T.A. Mullinix said.
Crews were dispatched to a house fire three-quarters of a mile west of Beresford around 10 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived on scene, firefighters found smoke coming from the windows on the lower level and upstairs of the home.
A 14-year-old girl had escaped the house and told firefighters that her 12-year-old brother was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, Mullinix said. Firefighters gained entrance to the lower level and another crew scaled a ladder to safely remove the boy from the home.
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.
