NEVADA, Iowa —Firefighters from Nevada and Colo fought a fire at an apartment building in Nevada Thursday.
The fire was reported at 919 6th Street about 9:51 a.m., which is near the Story County Administrative Building.
“It was full of smoke, a lot of smoke and there was one man in his living room area and they had to pull him out,” said Richardo Martinez.
A man was rescued from the building. He was flown to a Des Moines hospital, but authorities said his injuries are believed non-life threatening.
He was later identified as Greg Krambeck, 53.
Firefighters report extensive damage in the apartment and smoke damage throughout entire first floor of the building.
Gwen Mosher has lived in the building for two year and was at work when she heard about the fire. The Red Cross is helping those displaced by the fire.
Crews fought the fire as temperatures hover near and just below zero.
The cause of the fire remains 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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