PORTLAND, Ore. – Fire crews rescued a woman who fell on Powell Butte on Friday afternoon.
Officials said the woman fell down a steep embankment at the nature park while walking with a friend just after 3 p.m.
Firefighters from Portland Fire & Rescue’s specialty rope-rescue crew were called in to assist. They put her on a stretcher with injuries to her hip and her ankle.
She was taken to Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham. She is expected to be OK
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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From:”FIREFIGHTER RESCUES” Date:Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 11:31 Subject:[New post] Rope Rescue in Portland, OR
countyfiretactics posted: ” PORTLAND, Ore. – Fire crews rescued a woman who fell on Powell Butte on Friday afternoon. Officials said the woman fell down a steep embankment at the nature park while walking with a friend just after 3 p.m. Firefighters from Portland Fire &”