Northport firefighters rescued a man from a burning apartment building early Saturday morning.
Crews from Northport Fire Rescue were called to the two-story building at 2701 37th Street, just off McFarland Boulevard, at 12:54 a.m., said department spokesman Capt. Jason Norris.
The first firefighters on the scene noticed a man trapped by the flames in his doorway, he said. The man retreated back into his apartment, which was adjacent to the unit where the fire started.
Firefighters were able to force entry and take the man to safety while they extinguished the fire, Norris said.
The apartment was a total loss, he said, and several other apartments were seriously damaged. None of the residents or firefighters were injured. The cause is still under investigation, Norris 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.
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