GASTONIA, N.C. — Gastonia firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a house fire Tuesday afternoon.
Fire officials said a fire broke out at a home on Jay Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived on the scene to a one story home, with heavy smoke and flames coming from the dwelling.
When firefighters entered the home they found an elderly woman unconscious. Firefighters rescued the woman by bringing her out of a window, and administered life support, according to officials.
Gastonia Firefighters extinguished the flames in approximately 20 minutes.
The woman of the home was transported by Gaston Emergency Medical Services to Caromont Regional Medical Center with life threatening injuries, and then transported by air ambulance to the Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center in Winston Salem.
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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