Zachary firefighters rescued a man from a burning mobile home in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day, Zachary Fire Department Chief Danny Kimble said.
Firefighters responded to reports of smoke coming from the mobile home in Sweet Briar Mobile Home Park on Samuels Road shortly before 2:30 a.m. When they entered the home, they found a 58-year-old man on the floor and pulled him to safety, Kimble said.
Paramedics took the man to Baton Rouge General Mid City.
The fire was brought under control quickly, Kimble said. Investigators believe the cause of the fire was a pot left on the kitchen stove
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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