Rescue in Providence, R.I.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Firefighters extinguished a fire in a house on Early Street Monday morning and rescued an occupant inside.

The fire at 152 Early St. was reported around 1:10 a.m. and when crews arrived it was mostly in the front porch and front exterior of the house, said Providence Deputy Assistant Chief James P. Mirza.

Firefighters were able to make it inside the house, wake a man who had been sleeping there and escort him outside, Mirza said. The man was uninjured and was not taken to the hospital.

The fire was contained mostly on the porch with minimal spread further inside the house. It was under control within 25 minutes, Mirza said.

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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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