A man was sent to the hospital after he was found unconscious in the basement of Rooster’s Barn & Grill in Rochester.
Just before 10:00 Monday morning the Rochester Fire Department responded to a report of a man collapsed in the basement. Employees noticed a “hissing” sound coming from the basement of the bar. The carbon dioxide (CO2) system that puts the fizz into the carbonated beverages and powers the bar taps is housed in the basement and was said to be leaking.
The employees tried to shut off the CO2 tanks but found they were having trouble breathing and turned around. One employee, 63 year old male, was overcome by the lack of oxygen and high level of CO2 and collapsed.
Deputy Chief Belau says the patrons and other employees who became aware of the emergency, heroically tried to get into the basement and pull the victim out of the basement, but were turned back because they found they were unable to breathe. Firefighters placed the unresponsive man in the care of Gold Cross Ambulance who transported the man to Mayo Clinic Saint Mary’s Campus. No one else required medical care.
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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