Firefighters rescued a family trapped on a roof after their house caught fire on the 900 block of Black Rock Road late Tuesday evening. The family crawled out their second floor window to escape the flames, according to fire officials.
Gladwyne firefighters, Captain Bart Rose, engineer John Robb, firefighter Tillerman Dave Watrous, firefighters Tom C. Hayden, Jr., Andy Culbertson and Mike Newell arrived and raised ladders to rescue the father and two children, according to Gladwyne Deputy Chief Andy Block.
Crews then entered the home and found the family dog and removed it safely from the home.
The family was transported to the hospital for evaluation by Narberth Ambulance.
Bryn Mawr, Ardmore and Narberth fire companies assisted against the blaze.
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.
