SUN CITY CENTER — Firefighters rescued a man who fell into a trench at a construction site Thursday.
The man was working inside a 20-foot-deep trench before noon near Cortaro Drive and Sun City Center Boulevard, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. While working, he fell further into the hole, about an additional 5 feet.
Multiple units responded to the scene, including heavy rescue, special operation units and additional fire rescue personnel. The team set up a hauling system and removed the man from the hole in about 20 to 25 minutes, officials said.
The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was in fair condition and was transported to a local hospital, fire rescue officials said.
There were no reports of injuries to other civilians or fire rescue personnel.
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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