A 20 year old woman is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital after DC Firefighters brought her back to life.
According to sources familiar with the story the woman was trapped inside a smoke filled house in the 700 block of 19th Street NE a week ago Friday and was not breathing when she was found.
In this photo, Paramedic Zak Wright is breathing life into the woman as firefighters Jayme Heflin, Adam Turner and Lt. Scott Richardson assist.
The woman was pulled out of the house by firefighter Gerell Lockett.
We’re told the Paramedic who saved the woman paid her a visit in the hospital today.
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.
