FORT WAY(WANE) – A child is in critical condition after being rescued from a house fire Saturday afternoon.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was called to the fire in the 300 block of Fleming Avenue after 10 a.m.
Crews could see the heavy smoke and fire throughout the two story home immediately upon arrival. Three adults and one child had been able to get out of the home with the help of a neighbor, but one child was still inside when firefighters arrived.
They went inside and were able to pull the child to safety. Firefighters treated the child until medics got to the scene. The child was then taken to the hospital in critical condition. An adult was also treated for minor injuries before being released from the hospital.
It took firefighters 32 minutes to get the fire under control. The home was heavily damaged by fire, smoke and water. The cause of the fire is 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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