Sept. 15–A person was in critical condition after being rescued by the Fort Wayne Fire Department from a smoke-filled apartment early Monday morning.
At around 12:23 a.m. the Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a possible structure fire at 5653 Woodshire Drive. When they arrived they didn’t see any flames, but after they entered the two-story building firefighters saw smoke rolling from under the bottom of the door of a first-floor apartment. Crews forced entry into the apartment where they found one person in the heavy smoke-filled apartment.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. One other person and a dog were evacuated by the FWFD and the eight apartments cleared. The fire was found in the apartment’s kitchen area. Firefighters had the blaze under control by 12:55 a.m.
No additional injuries were reported. Those residents displaced by the fire were helped by the apartment complex management. As of press time, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. Three Rivers Ambulance Authority and Fort Wayne Police Department assisted at the scene.
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.
