Woman Rescued from Fire in Dearborn

DEARBORN — Firefighters rescued a woman, a cat and a dog out of a burning house on Saturday morning.

They were called to the house on Westland Street, south of Hubbard Drive, at 7:55 a.m. and were told that the woman and pets were in the house. Two other people had gotten out of the house.

The house was fully involved when firefighters arrived three minutes after receiving the call, and they went in to find the woman. She was unresponsive in a back bedroom and was brought out through the front door.

She was taken to a hospital in serious condition, and the two others also were transported with minor injuries.

The cat and dog were found, and the cat had to be revived. The dog appeared to be fine.

Fire Chief Joe Murray called the damage “pretty substantial,” with fire and water damage throughout the house. The Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause.

Sixteen firefighters and eight rigs were sent to the scene. The last firefighters left at about 10:30 a.m., though investigators stayed longer. No firefighters were injured.

Murray was very pleased with the firefighters, especially since they had to rescue the woman.

“These are very stressful situations,” he said. “It takes a lot of coordinated effort and communication and hard work.

“My crews really impressed me with their level of professionalism.”

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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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