CINCINNATI — The quick response of Cincinnati firefighters saved the life of one Bond Hill resident shortly after midnight Saturday.
Crews went to 4906 Paddock Road after a person called Cincinnati dispatchers to report a fire in the two-story, single-family home, the fire department reports.
Once on scene, firefighters saw smoke coming from the second floor and heard an elderly man crying for help.
The crew then initiated what they called an “aggressive victim rescue operation” and was able to pull him from the house.
Emergency medical staff took the unconscious man to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treatment. The man was revived at the hospital, the fire department said.
The fire that caused an estimated $12,000 in damage also displaced six people.
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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