Trapped in their burning apartment, an elderly couple was saved by firefighters Tuesday night as flames spread through a Queens residential building.
The hero firefighters, part of a four-alarm FDNY response, found the terrified couple huddling inside their fourth-floor apartment on 129th St. in Kew Gardens about 7 p.m., officials said. They delivered the pair to safety by getting them out through the apartment’s fire escape.
The four-alarm call brought as many as 168 firefighters to the residential building and was extinguished shortly after 9 p.m., officials said.
Eight firefighters and three residents were treated for minor injuries at Jamaica Hospital and North Shore University Hospital, officials said.
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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