Firefighters rescued a woman who was unconscious in her bedroom after a fire started in her sixth floor apartment.
Just after 6:30 Sunday morning, the fire department responded to a call for alarm conditions in the 16-storey highrise at 121 Hunter St. W.
Firefighters found the lone occupant in her bedroom and brought her to the lobby, where paramedics took over. The woman, believed to be in her early 80s, was unconscious but with vital signs.
EMS platoon commander Carmen D’Angelo said she suffered from serious smoke inhalation but had regained consciousness before arriving at Hamilton General Hospital.
The fire was quickly extinguished and crews immediately started ventilation procedures to clear the building of smoke.
All residents have returned to their units.
The damage is estimated at $30,000 and the cause is unknown. The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office has been called in to investigate.
The Hamilton Fire Department asks residents of highrise buildings to review the fire safety plan posted on each floor and know how to get out of the building in an emergency
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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