KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Firefighters worked to rescue people trapped inside a burning apartment building near E. 85th Terrance and Blue Ridge Boulevard in Kansas City, Mo.
According to Deputy Fire Chief Vince Voucher, 12 people had be be rescued from the burning Stonewood Apartment building. Firefighters put up ladders to the balconies for people to climb down. Others had to be rescued by firefighters who went into the building. Some residents jumped from the apartment balconies, but were not hurt.
Only one unit of the apartment complex was damaged, but several others have smoke damage.
The only woman on the phone with dispatch hid in the closet from the fire and stayed on the phone with them until a firefighter pulled her out.
A neighbor brought over blankets and coats to keep people warm after he said he hear screaming and crackling wood.
The Red Cross is providing meals and clothes for 28 people affected.
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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