DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) – When the Detroit Fire Department got to the scene of a duplex fire, first responders were quickly alerted a woman was trapped inside.
Late Wednesday morning, firefighters rescued the woman from the upper level of the building on Washburn, which was engulfed in flames.
Moments earlier, Detroit Police tried their best to save her, but the flames were too hot and the smoke too thick. Officers had to retreat — then firefighters rushed in.
Sgt. Antwone Perkins was among the first at the scene.
“It was a lot of smoke, I felt heat and an lot of flames,” he said.
There were no other injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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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.
