Firefighters have released dramatic body camera video and 911 audio from a devastating Valentine’s Day apartment fire in Modesto.
At least 20 people were left homeless after the fire.
In the video, a woman can be seen dropping her dogs from her second-story window into a dumpster below, placed there by firefighters. The animals were unharmed.
The audio for the video is a 911 call from a mother and daughter trapped inside. Both were rescued.
Two firefighters involved in the rescue, Jesse Miguel and Jason Wyatt, will be honored at a Modesto City Council meeting Tuesday, March 3.
Witnesses at the scene told FOX40 that neighbors had jumped from their windows to escape the flames. Some were injured, but no deaths were reported.
Investigators estimate $500,000 in damage was caused by the fire. It was still unclear what caused the fire to break out.
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.
