(NECN: Greg Wayland, Ipswich, Mass.) – Crews worked for about three hours to save a construction worker who was trapped in a trench on Country Road in Ipswich, Mass.
Multiple police, fire and regional technical rescue crews finally pulled the man, in his 40s, from under a sewer pipe.
“We had a trench collapse. We had a company working on the side of 1A, installing a sewer line,” said Chief Jack Parow of the Ipswich Fire Department. “The worker was trapped about seven to eight feet down into the hole.”
“I think it was critical just to stabilize that scene right away,” said Ipswich Police Chief Paul Nikas. “Get help moving, and getting him air.”
The unidentified worker from North Reading was transported by helicopter to Boston Medical Center. His injuries are not life-threatening.
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.
