INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (January 3, 2015) — Firefighters rescued a woman from a burning home on the north side late Saturday night.
Indianapolis Fire Department crews arrived to smoke coming from the rear of the home in the 400 block of West 41st Street.
Inside, they found a 55-year-old woman, passed out and suffering from smoke inhalation. She was carried outside and given ventilations. She regained consciousness before being taken to Eskenazi in serious but stable condition.
Meanwhile, IFD Captain Rita Reith says they are investigating whether the woman was even supposed to be in the home. The windows were boarded up, a realtor’s lock was on the door and the utilities were shut off, leading them to believe the home was vacant and the woman may have been squatting.
Efforts to get the fire under control were complicated when crews had to search for a nearby hydrant, which was blocked by a parked car. They the had to route the hose around the car to attack the fire. That car was later removed.
Crews are still investigating the cause of the fire.
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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