GULFPORT — Chief Mike Beyerstedt said the man rescued from a mobile home fire on Switzer Road was taken to USA Medical Center in Mobile on Friday afternoon.
Beyerstedt said the man was initially taken to Memorial Hospital at Gulfport but was moved to USA Medical Center’s burn unit.
“Doctors have told us his condition is serious but guarded,” he said.
Beyerstedt said the fire started about 7 a.m., and nearby Fire Station 7 crews saw smoke billowing over some trees. When crews arrived, one man and his dog were trapped inside. The man was pulled out of the front of the home and was not breathing.
Crews performed CPR and resuscitated the man, but could not reach the dog, who died in the fire.
“Crews worked to bring him back and hopefully he can make it,” Beyerstedt said of the man. “I’m just glad we got there in time to do what we could to save this man’s life.”
Firefighters had the fire out in about 30 minutes.
Sun Herald will update this story as more information becomes available.
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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