At least four injuries are reported from an early-morning fire at an apartment complex.
Two alarms were called around 1:35 a.m. to the 4900 block of East Lincoln, near the intersection with Oliver. The building which caught fire has three floors. Firefighters say the top two stories were in flames when crews arrived.
Several people were trapped and had to be rescued from balconies. Others were able to knock on nearby doors to wake up residents and alert them to the danger.
“We had multiple rescues to perform,” said Battalion Chief Joe Bickel. “Crews on the scene ended up rescuing a total of seven people out of their apartments using ladders.”
The fire caused extensive damage to the Parklane Alley Apartments. One person has critical injuries from smoke inhalation, but neighbors are thankful the situation wasn’t worse.
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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