Firefighters saved an unconscious woman early Monday morning from a smoke-filled Overlook Avenue apartment, officials said.
A fire broke at about 2 a.m. on the 6th floor of the 20-story building, Lt. Justin Derevyanik of the Hackensack Fire Department said.
Firefighters arriving at the sixth floor were met with a slight haze and the smell of fire. The smoke was heavy in the apartment where the fire started.
Inside, firefighters found an unconscious woman on the floor. They took her to the lobby where she was treated by EMS.
Meanwhile, the fire department extinguished a burning mattress in the partment less than 15 minutes. Officials are still investigating what caused the fire.
The woman was sent to Hackensack University Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation. No firefighters were hurt. The other residents of the building returned to their apartments safely.
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.
