The Fort Worth Fire Department was called to a high-angle rescue Monday, where a man was stuck on top of a 3-story concrete pillar at a Redi-Mix concrete facility.
The fire department tweeted they were being dispatched to a rescue call where the person on the pillar was afraid to come down.
Shortly after noon, firefighter were able to retrieve the man and get him to the ground using a ladder truck.
The man did not appear to be injured and climbed down from the firetruck on his own.
The facility is located at 2725 Premier Street, east of Interstate 35W near Sylvania Avenue and Northwest 28th Street.
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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