Firefighters rescued a man from a northeast Portland apartment Monday morning.
Portland Fire & Rescue crews were called out to the 6400 block of Northeast Simpson Street at 9:20 a.m.
Firefighters arrived to find an apartment fire that was extending to the attic space. Witnesses reported that several people may have been inside the home.
One man was located during a search of the building and brought out by firefighters. Paramedics at the scene treated him for smoke inhalation.
No other injuries to people or pets were reported.
Fire investigators listed the cause as, “smoker’s material improperly discarded in a garbage can.” The fire caused $11,000 in damage to the apartment complex.
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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