Firefighters in Pacifica were able to save a man who was screaming for help Tuesday night after he became stuck at the bottom of a cliff.
It appears the man did not fall down the cliff, but most likely became stuck at high tide.
Firefighters and police rescued the man at about 11 p.m. They pulled him up in a rescue basket at Esplanade and Avalon. The woman who called 911 said she was out on a walk in her neighborhood at about 9 p.m. When she stopped to watch the waves, that’s when she heard a man screaming for help. She got out her flashlight but couldn’t see anything, so she called 911.
Police and firefighters arrived to find the man on the side of the cliff. They were able to put him in the rescue basket and pulled him up to safety. Police said he was treated by medical personnel at the scene, but the extent of his injuries has not been released.
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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