FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Fayetteville firefighters rescued a man from an apartment fire in the Seabrook Community early Wednesday morning, fire officials said.
The fire department was called to an apartment fire around 1:20 a.m. at 712 Wilma St. in the Seabrook Community off of Murchison Road.
Fire officials believe the fire originated in the main front apartment of the building. A man in an adjoining apartment that was filling up with smoke had to be rescued. No injuries were reported.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the main apartment and two additional units.
Two families were being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Fire officials did not say what sparked the fire. They also did not have an estimate on cost of damage.
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.
