DOVER, Delaware — Firefighters rescued an elderly woman who was trapped in her home after a fire broke out shortly before noon on Monday.
The fire was on Tall Pines Drive, a mobile home community off South State Street — about half-mile south of Del. 10 and immediately west of Tidbury Park.
The woman, whose age was not released, was immediately taken to Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital for what appeared to be burns, said Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Chief Tom Rigsby.
Chief Rigsby said when they arrived on the scene a Delaware State Police trooper updated them on the situation and told them about the trapped woman. The state trooper was unable to get to the woman because of heat and smoke, he said.
Firefighters were able to rescue the woman after locating her in the room with the fire, knocking it down and removing her, said the chief. She was taken to the hospital in Dover by Magnolia’s ambulance service.
No other injuries were reported, but two people were taken to the hospital for evaluation, said Chief Rigsby.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office is leading the investigation into the cause of the fire, but as of Monday afternoon, there had been no word on possible causes, said Chief Rigsby.
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.
