THE BRONX – A woman was rescued after a two-alarm fire broke out in a Bronx apartment building on Friday.
Witnesses say the fire broke out in apartment 6F, which is on the top floor of a six-story residential building at 2769 Matthews Ave.
The resident was rescued by firefighters who got her out of her apartment and brought her down on a ladder. The woman says she is doing OK.
A witness called 911 when she heard the woman’s screams and saw the blaze. The witness says firefighters arrived on scene very quickly and put out the fire in less than 10 minutes.
The fire reportedly reached two alarms shortly before 4:30 p.m.
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.
