Man Rescued from High-Rise Fire

Clifton, NJ- City firefighters rescued a 96-year-old man Thursday morning from his burning apartment in a high-rising senior housing complex, authorities said. Fire Chief Vincent Colavitti Jr. said a pile of debris caught fire and blocked the door to the man’s studio apartment in the seven-story Daughters of Miriam Center building at 127 Hazel St. A crew of firefighters had to take the door off its hinges to evacuate him while another company extinguished remaining flames, he said. The man was treated at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Paterson for smoke inhalation and possible burns, and was expected to be transported to Jacobi Medical Center in New York City. One firefighter was taken to St. Joe’s to receive stitches for a hand laceration, Colavitti said.
North Jersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News)

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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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