Man Rescued from House Fire

FAYETTEVILLE — Fayetteville, Goshen, Round Mountain and Knob Hill firefighters responded to a house fire in the 3200 block of Rom Orchard Road around 10 p.m. Monday. Crews worked to put out the flames into the early morning hours Tuesday. First responders say neighbors alerted a man inside the home that it was on fire, and he was pulled out of the burning home through his bedroom window. No word at this time of his condition. He was taken to Washington Regional Medical Center for treatment. The Fayetteville Fire Department says it appears there were no smoke detectors in the home. The cause of the fire is under investigation. KNWA and Fox 24 has a crew at the scene, and will provide updates as they become available. Tune into KNWA Today starting at 5 a.m. and the Fox Morning Edge at 7 a.m. for the latest details.

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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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