Tech Rescue in Montgomery County, MD

On January 14th at approximately 0130 hours units from the 1st Battalion were dispatched for a high angle rescue at the FDA complex in FS12’s first due. The type of call and the time of day make this a very unusual incident.

Units arrived to find two window washers trapped in a disabled lift bucket approximately 100′ up. Fortunately, the work was being performed inside the atrium of the building so inclement weather did not become an issue for the rescue.

Technical Rescue Team (TRT) members responded from FS25, FS31, and FS29 to assist with their expertise should a high angle rope rescue become necessary. Personnel were able to break out an atrium window and remove the workers onto the roof. After an initial size up and discussing available options this was determined to be the quickest and safest way to effect a rescue.

Although this type of incident is unusual, Montgomery County is fortunate to have the technical resources readily available for these types of operations.

From the Montgomery County Battalion 1 Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/The1stBattalion?fref=photo

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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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