A man was rescued from the roof of a burning 104-year-old house in Koreatown Thursday.
He was saved after firefighters responded to the blaze at the 700 block of South Ardmore Avenue at around 8:14 p.m, Los Angeles Fire Department said.
When they arrived they saw the man standing on the roof as heavy flames raged below. He was ushered to safety down a ladder and suffered no injuries. The rescue was carried out as fire ripped through the second floor and attic.
Firefighters managed to limit the damage to the old two-story home, which housed a first floor business below the residential living space. They also looked for reported trapped occupants, however no one was found.
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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