Firefighters today rescued a mobility-impaired male resident from a house fire in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles, a fire official said.
The man, who was on the first floor, suffered some smoke exposure and was in good condition, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.
Firefighters were dispatched at 11:31 a.m. to the two-story home at 4226 Scandia Way, and reported that one room on the second floor was on fire, Humphrey said.
It took 34 firefighters 12 minutes to put out the fire, which was confined to one room on the northeast corner, he said.
A cause of the fire and damage estimates were under investigation.
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.
