MODESTO, Calif. (KCRA) —Firefighters in Modesto saved an elderly man from a burning home in the early-morning hours Monday.
The Modesto Regional Fire Authority said that it responded to reports of a house fire in the 200 block of West Rumble Road in central Modesto around 2 a.m.
When fire crews got there, they noticed heavy smoke coming from the townhome. Neighbors reported that an elderly man who lived inside was unaccounted for.
Crews confronted heavy smoke, heat and low visibility as they searched for the man. The man was located and rescued. He regained pulse and began to breathe on his own shortly after. He was alert at the hospital.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation and no other injuries were reported.
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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