A woman and two young children were rescued from their burning home in south Windsor early Tuesday morning.
Kayla Vaillancourt, 22, and her two children, a three-year-old girl and two-year-old boy were rescued from a bedroom in the back of their mobile home on Marlin Court.
The two children were treated at hospital and have since been released. Their mother, who is studying to be a personal support worker, is listed in stable condition.
Three firefighters were also injured while putting out the fire, including two who slipped and fell on ice.
The Red Cross is providing clothing for the children who are temporarily staying with their father.
Investigators, including one from the Office of the Fire Marshal, are on scene. No cause has been determined.
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.
