WASHINGTON BOROUGH, NJ— An elderly woman was rescued from the second floor of a residential home on Broad Street, and was later medevacked from the baseball field at Washington Borough Park at 1:45 p.m.
The fire started at 11:40 a.m. today at 209 Broad Street, according to police Lt. James Teter. At the time, an officer attempted to enter the home, but was unable to determine if any residents were inside.
The officer rescued a cat that was taken by Animal Control for veterinary services for treatment, and the officer was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation, Teter said.
Fireman put out the flames at the residence by 12:30 p.m., officials said. Stay with NJ.com for this developing story.
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.
