FORT DODGE FIREFIGHTERS PERFORM DARING RESCUE USING LADDER SPLICING TECHNIQUE!
countyfiretactics November 20, 2024 1
🚒 📹 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗖𝗨𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 📹🔥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘❗ With heavy smoke pouring from a third-floor window and a trapped woman running out of time, Fort Dodge firefighters took bold action. Unable to wait for additional equipment, they improvised with the advanced and rarely-seen ladder splicing technique, typically reserved for training scenarios.
This 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧-𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 highlights the ingenuity and courage of the crew. Combining a 24-foot and a 14-foot ladder, one firefighter climbed the makeshift structure, 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 as he brought the woman to safety—risking everything if it failed.
About Author
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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.
OUTSTANDING!!!