Firefighters have managed to free a construction worker who became trapped in a trench at a work site near Lawrence and Bayview avenues Tuesday afternoon.
The man was working on a leaky basement when the ground gave way and partially buried him in the trench, a co-worker said at the scene on Mildenhall Road.
His co-workers attempted to free him until firefighters arrived to take over the rescue effort.
A Toronto Fire Services spokesperson said the worker was trapped up to the shoulder level and was conscious and breathing as firefighters worked to dig him out.
He was successfully freed at around 3 p.m. and transported to hospital with minor injuries.
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.
