NORTHFIELD, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) – A man had to be rescued after he became wedged in a tree about 20 feet above the ground Monday afternoon in north suburban Northfield.
Firefighters responded to a call about a person stuck in a tree about 2 p.m. in the 0-100 block of Regent Wood Road, said Northfield Deputy Fire Chief Tom Burke.
“When we arrived he was definitely stuck,” Burke said. “We secured him with ropes and Northbrook fire came to assist us with their tower ladder.”
The 55-year-old man was a contractor performing tree trimming when he suddenly had a medical emergency, Burke said. The man was taken to Evanston Hospital, but his condition was not immediately known, Burke said.
The entire ordeal took about 20 minutes.
“He’s very lucky people saw him stuck up there,” Burke 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.
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