Rescues in Austin, Tx

Early Tuesday morning firefighters were called out to a house fire at 4521 Sidereal Drive in Northwest Austin. They arrived just after two to find flames coming from the back of the house. A woman in her 40s was rescued and taken to UMC Brackenridge in critical condition. Later in the morning she had to be flown to San Antonio for further treatment. The extent of those injuries is still unknown. “Smoke is what is the killer in most fires. That’s why smoke alarms are so important. Much quicker than the fires going get to you the smokes going get to you,” said Palmer Buck, Austin Fire Department. Throughout the morning firefighters searched for a man and a child who are also linked to the home. They were eventually found around 4:52 a.m. The cause of this house fire is under investigation.

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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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