TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) – The Tallahassee Fire Department says three children were rescued from a fire Monday morning.
Firefighters say they were on scene at a two-story, 4 unit apartment building on the 1400 Block of Fisher Lane around 8:45 a.m.
There was heavy smoke coming from the building and firefighters say three kids were found sleeping on the second floor while the building filled with smoke.
The fire was found in the kitchen of one of the apartments and firefighters say they quickly extinguished it.
An adult in another unit was taken to the hospital for minor smoke inhalation but no other injuries were reported.
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.
