Chicago firefighters rescued two people from a burning building on the city’s far north side this afternoon near in the city’s West Ridge neighborhood.
The fire tore through the apartment building in the 2600 block of W Rosemont around 2 p.m.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, there were still two people inside.
“When I arrived on scene, there were people hanging out of windows,” said Fire Chief James O’Donnell.
Firefighters rescued one person from the second floor with the ladder. They also went inside to rescue a 64-year-old woman. She was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.
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.
