MANITOWOC – A 60-year-old Manitowoc County man was rescued at the Manitowoc Marina on Tuesday after capsizing in a kayak, according to Battalion Chief Ken Cayemberg of the Manitowoc Fire Department
Karl Stueck was fishing from a kayak when he reached behind him to retrieve an item, and the boat tipped and capsized, Cayemberg said in a news release. He was able to free himself from the kayak and hung onto it until firefighters arrived on scene at 5:03 p.m.
Stueck was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident, Cayemberg 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.
