3 Children Rescued in Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) –

Shreveport police and firefighters rescued three children from a burning home in the Caddo Heights neighborhood Thursday morning.

Shreveport firefighters responded to a report of a fire just before 12:10 a.m. at a home in the 5200 block of Kent Avenue. When firefighters arrived, police were at the scene working to get an adult and five children ranging in ages two to six out of the burning home.

Flames and smoke were pouring from the home. An adult and two of the five children were able to escape the fire. Police officers Zack Johnson, Jeremy Jordan and Sgt. Steven Plunkett were able to get two more of the five children out of the home after breaking out a window.

Firefighters moved in to rescue the final child from the home. The three children that were rescued were taken to University Health with various degrees of burns.

“But I say thank ya’ll so much because I couldn’t do it I couldn’t be ya’ll, I’m just thankful the kids got out safe,” said neighbor and friend Stenesha Oneal.

And the mother of those children, identified as Tenesha Pipkins, also wants to thank the officers. According to the Red Cross, Pipkins said “I don’t know who they are but they are my angels and I want to meet them.”

The home was destroyed in the fire leaving the family with nothing.  Shreveport Fire Chief Louis Johnson says although it is especially tragic to lose everything on Thanksgiving, he is grateful that everyone was able to get out. “Very tragic, very tragic. But thanks to the efforts of the P.D. and the F.D., the outcome was much better than it could’ve been,” says Chief Johnson. “Still tragic on Thanksgiving morning, but we’re thankful it wasn’t any worse than this.”

The Red Cross says contributions to the family can be made directly through the Red Cross located at 805 Brook Hollow Street in Shreveport.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Shreveport Fire Chief Craig Mulford expresses his pride and gratitude to the police officers and looks forward to recognizing their brave acts formally at a later time

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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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