MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A person was rescued after a South Florida home caught fire Friday morning.
The blaze broke out just before 9 a.m. at 8005 Noremac Ave.
Rescue crews helped remove an 89-year-old bedridden woman from the scene after her caretakers were unable to get her out. She was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition. “Being that she’s a bedridden patient, under our primary search, we were able to locate the patient in the rear bedroom in a hospital bed,” said Miami Beach Fire Rescue Chief Timothy Howarth. “Caretakers were on the scene directing us to where she was located.”
Fire Rescue said the blaze started in the garage of the home and grew quickly. “Upon our unit’s arrival, we had a fully evolved structure of the garage at the front of the house,” said Howarth.
Officials believe there was no foul play and the fire may have started from a faulty electrical wire. They are investigating.
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.
