Two fires within a 24-hour period remain under investigation today after Georgina fire crews rescued a woman from a burning home and doused a burning boat in unrelated incidents.
A Georgina woman remains in hospital after an overnight blaze in Island Grove.
Firefighters battled heavy smoke and flames to locate and rescue the lone occupant of a Norval Road home after responding to the call at 1:36 a.m. Monday.
The woman was treated at the scene and transported to Southlake Regional Health Centre for suspected smoke inhalation.
Estimated total damage is $160,000, said Georgina Fire Chief Steve Richardson, who commended the quick response of firefighters for rescuing the woman and bringing the blaze under control.
The cause of the fire, as well as if there were working smoke alarms in the home, remains under investigation today.
The cause of a second fire, in the south end of Keswick Sunday, is being treated as suspicious.
York Regional Police and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a boat blaze after fire crews doused a burning boat parked on a trailer at a Dovedale Drive residence at around 4:30 a.m.
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.
