Shreveport firefighters rescue a man from a burning house Saturday. The fire started inside a house in the 2000 block of Looney street around 2 a.m. Firefighters arrived within two minutes, and found Alton Mayes lying on the floor by the back door. His girlfriend said he’s in University Health’s Intensive Care Unit listed in serious condition.
“He’s doing fine,” said Sherronda Williams. “He’s still in ICU but he’s breathing on his own. So his breathing is good. When they got him out of there, the doctor said he was barely breathing.”
The Red Cross has provided the couple with hotel stay until Tuesday, some financial assistance, and vouchers for food and clothing. If you’d like to help the couple, call Sherronda Williams at 318-404-8910 or her sister Latoya Moore at 318-540-3895.
Firefighters said the fire started in the front of the house. It took crews 16 minutes to get it under control. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
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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