Porter Firefighters Rescue Man

Porter firefighters pulled an unconscious man from his burning home near Ford Road in Porter early Saturday morning.

Montgomery County Fire Marshal Jimmy Williams stated in a release that the fire was reportedly started from a space heater.

The man, in his mid-50s, was revived and treated by the Montgomery County Hospital District EMS. Porter Fire Department Captain Richard Mixx said the man was taken to Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble.

“I spoke with his wife and she said he’s still in the hospital and that he’s doing fine and that they’re supposed to release him (today),” Mixx said.

Mixx said the Porter fire crew found the man on the floor outside a bedroom in a single-wide mobile home.

“They arrived on scene with fire showing,” Mixx said.

Mixx said the man’s wife was at home at the time of the fire and went outside and called 911.

“The reason he survived is because of how quick we got the call and how quick (the fire department) got there,” Mixx said. “They made a quick entry into the house and got him outside quick.”

Mixx said the crew that responded to the fire felt good about how everything went.

“They were feeling pretty good about themselves (Saturday) morning,” Mixx said. “That doesn’t happen very often in the fire service unfortunately.”

Williams stated that the home did have two smoke detectors, but neither were working at the time of the blaze.

“I want to stress how important it is to have working smoke detectors in your home,” Mixx said. “Early detection and timing is everything. The survival rate is greatly increased when there are working smoke detectors in the home.”

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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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