HAMMOND | Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in the basement of a burning home Sunday in Hammond, an official said.
The woman was taken to Franciscan St. Margaret Health hospital in Hammond after being pulled from the home at 838 167th St., Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Margraf said. Information about the woman’s condition was not available Sunday night.
A man who had been inside the home also was taken to the hospital with a wrist injury, Margraf said. Fire investigators had not yet determined how the man was hurt
Firefighters responded to the home about 8:15 p.m., Margraf said. Several people outside the home told arriving firefighters that the woman was trapped in the basement, he said.
Conditions inside the home were hot and smoky, he said. Investigators determined the blaze started in the basement, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation, Margraf said.
Fire officials were still gathering information about how many people were displaced. Five or six people were outside the home when firefighters arrived, Margraf said.
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.
