Escambia County E4 Makes Grab at PD Fire

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Escambia County Fire Rescue, Florida
Engine Company 4 under the Command of Lt. Bryan Caro arrived at single family dwelling before 2100 hours on 11-2-2018 to observe heavy smoke and fire venting through the roof of a newer single story private dwelling. After completing a 360 Lt. Caro decided to make an Aggressive Interior Fire Attack through the back door “charlie side” on a Working Kitchen Fire that had already extended to the attic and was rapidly spreading. Lt. Caro confirms his nozzle Firefighter gets water on the fire and then breaks off to start an Engine Attack Search of the unburned portion of the house and located an unconscious female in the hallway leading to the bedrooms. He rapidly locates an exterior door “front door” and removes her to the exterior where she received medical care. Lt. Caro reenters to complete search and confirm extinguishment. Lt. Caro performed based on his 20 + years of experience with Escambia County Fire Rescue and his commitment to training over that 20+ years. Lt. Caro credits the Training and Trust of his entire company to this successful fire attack and rescue operation. Engine 4 crew Lt. Brian Caro , Driver Brandon Chambless, Nozzle FF Matthew Callahan, Irons Eric Irigoyen.

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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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