LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Firefighters in suburban Atlanta were able to rescue a woman from a burning home by pulling her through a window.
Gwinnett County fire officials said the woman, in her 80s, was unconscious when they found her inside a bedroom of the Lawrenceville home shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday.
Firefighters found the woman unconscious. Authorities say she suffered severe smoke inhalation and a burn injury. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Gwinnett County fire officials say the residence was a personal care home for elderly people, and there were a total of eight people inside at the time of the fire.
A second occupant was found outside the home with moderate smoke inhalation. He was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. Their names were not released.
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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