SOUTHFIELD, Michigan — Southfield firefighters have used a bucket truck to rescue seven people from a burning nine-story apartment building.
Authorities tell The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/17SHi4z ) that no one was injured in the fire, caused by a cooking accident. Fire battalion Chief Ed Cary says it broke out about 1 a.m. Sunday on the seventh floor of the Providence Tower Apartments.
Authorities say the complex’s water piping system failed, and Southfield turned to help from six neighboring agencies to bring the fire under control.
The fire has left 24 families homeless. The American Red Cross has given shelter to 12 people, and the rest are staying with family and friends.
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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