NEW PORT RICHEY — A fire early Thursday morning left a woman injured and killed three animals.
Pasco Fire Marshal Don Campbell said the blaze started just before 3 a.m. at 5019 Trouble Creek Road. A woman called for help and said she would try to leave the home that was on fire, but then the telephone line went dead, he said.
Firefighters arrived in less than 10 minutes and forced open the front door. They found the woman unconscious in a front bedroom and pulled her out of the home, Campbell said. She was taken to a nearby hospital, but Campbell could not say which one. He would not release her name or condition. Business records show a Laura Salazar operated a business in the home called Genie Pro and Manufacturing Garage Doors.
A dog, a cat and a puppy died in the fire. Three other puppies and a snake were rescued, Campbell said.
Campbell estimated the fire caused $100,000 damage to the home and its contents.
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.
