GREENSBORO, N.C.– Firefighters rescued a small child from a burning building on Monday morning.
According to Chris Wilson with Guilford County Emergency Services, the young boy was transported to Moses Cone Hospital shortly after 10 A.M.
He is currently listed in “serious” condition, according to Wilson.
Battalion Chief Pat Henley said the fire broke out in an apartment in the 1400 block of Glenside Drive.
Henley confirmed that the young boy was trapped inside and firefighters had to rescue him after arriving on scene.
Neighbors like Terrence Lynch watched anxiously.
“I can only imagine, if it was my little boy, I would hate for him to be in that situation where he has to face life and death,” said Lynch. “I’m sitting here in my own window as I’m watching before I came outside, I’m just like, ugh, I really hope he’s okay.”
Henley said the fire was extinguished within a matter of minutes. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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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