BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Firefighters have rescued several people from an early-morning apartment fire in Battle Creek.
The fire department says crews were called around 3 a.m. Friday and arrived to find the fire at the 36-unit building through the roof. The Battle Creek Enquirer says a firefighter was treated at the scene for a minor injury. No serious injuries were reported.
Fronza Swift, a care worker who was staying with a client, tells the newspaper she was watching TV when she smelled the fire. She says her client uses a wheelchair, so she helped him to safety.
Several apartments in the 3-story building were heavily damaged. WOOD-TV reports a shelter has been set up.
WWMT-TV reports the fire appears to have started in the middle of the building. The cause 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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