PHOENIX — Phoenix firefighters rescued two people who were trapped inside a burning apartment building in Phoenix Sunday morning.
“We were able to put the fire out a little bit, go in and rescue the victims, and pull them out,” said Capt. Adam Garday with the Phoenix Fire Department.
Crews got a call around 3:30 a.m. Sunday of an apartment fire near 35th Avenue and Greenway Road.
“When we’re responding to a fire, we’re always thinking that somebody is possibly trapped inside, especially with apartment complexes or houses where people are living,” Garday said. “Our first priority is life safety, so we’re going in there; we’re risking our lives to save these people’s lives.”
Garday said their unit was not on fire, but they were trapped by flames outside their front door.
After the two people were rescued, they were given some medical treatment at the scene. They are expected to be OK.
“We’re here to save people’s lives and fight fire and do anything we can to help anybody out,” Garday said.
Fire investigators are trying to piece together how the fire started.
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.
