A Fort Worth firefighter using a thermal imaging camera found a man inside a burning mobile home Sunday.
Engine 29 arrived in the 1800 block of Edgecliff Road at 4:06 p.m. and reported heavy smoke coming from the structure.
Fort Worth Firefighter Kurt Howard was using the thermal imaging camera to search the home when he located an unconscious male, according to Battalion Chief Richard Harrison.
Crews from Engine 17 and Quint 17 rescued the unconscious and unresponsive man from the structure and passed him to Engine 10’s crews, who began resuscitation efforts.
Harrison said the crew revived the man at the scene. He was breathing and regained consciousness before MedStar transported him to JPS Hospital.
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.
