A woman and two children had to be rescued from their second-floor suite after a big fire broke out in an apartment on Young Street between Sargent and Ellice.
Platoon Chief Frank Leswik said it was a dramatic scene they arrived at around 5:30 am.
“They had one lady hanging out of the window. Got a ladder up, got her out and two children,” he says.
The Chief says it’s an intense moment for crews.
“It happens very quickly. You react to the training you’ve been given and the results were good,” he said.
The woman and children were taken to hospital, but Lewsik says they’re ok.
Early damage estimates are pegged at $500,000. The building is badly damaged by the smoke and flames
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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