LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — Three children were pulled from a sediment pond in Montgomery County Monday afternoon, authorities say.
One child, according to Montgomery County Fire spokesperson Scott Graham, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The conditions of the other two children are not yet known.
Graham tweeted one of the children rescued from the water was reportedly missing.
Rescue units were called to the scene near Reprise Drive in Rockville, Md. — just off Great Senece Highway — around 4:30 p.m.
Officials have not yet released information on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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.
