Phoenix firefighters rescued a man Sunday morning who was trapped on a Papago Park cliff overlooking an approximate 300-foot drop, an official said.
The Phoenix Fire Department responded at about 9:30 a.m. to a call near 625 N. Galvin Parkway after hikers dialed 911 because a man was stuck on a steep cliff without hand or foot holds, Phoenix fire spokesman Capt. Jonathan Jacobs said.
Rescue crews used a rappel system and safety harness to get the man off the mountain.
Jacobs said the man, who was combative during the rescue, was then taken to a hospital.
No firefighters were injured during the two-hour operation, Jacobs said.
There were three other rescues Sunday, one in the Dreamy Draw Recreation Area and two at South Mountain Park, Jacobs said.
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.
