Nov. 09–Two residents and a firefighter were injured in a two-alarm fire in a Dundalk apartment complex Friday night, Baltimore County fire officials said.
Several people were trapped on balconies and 10 in total were rescued from the fire, which was reported shortly before midnight in the 1600 block of Four Georges Court, the fire department said. Fire and smoke was visible from a ground-level apartment in the back of the complex when firefighters arrived.
One resident was hospitalized with serious injuries and smoke inhalation, while the firefighter suffered from smoke inhalation that was not expected to be life-threatening, the fire department said.
Eighteen people were displaced from 12 apartments, and the Red Cross is assisting them. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but the fire department said smoke detectors were working in the apartments.
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.
