Curt Isakson, Professional Speaker, Motivator, Educator, Consultant
Chief Curt “Ike” Isakson is a 30+ year veteran of the fire service, professional speaker, motivator, educator, and consultant with experience working in volunteer, career, and combination departments in urban, suburban, rural, and countywide settings.
He is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue in Florida where he has worked for the last 21 years. Before his time with Escambia, Curt was a Company Officer with the Pensacola Fire Department assigned to Heavy Rescue 31 for 9 years.
He also worked for the City of Mary Esther as a Fire Inspector. His fire service experience started at a young age as a Junior Firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain.

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Teaching & Speaking Request Availability
Teaching & Speaking Request no availability until 2024
Chief Isakson has no additional dates available in 2023 to deliver an all inclusive two day seminar for your group from his list of lecture series programs.
E-mail CountyFire201@gmail.com to inquire about availability at your location in 2024.
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• March 8-9, 2023 (Wed, Thu)
• March 14-15, 2023 (Tue, Wed)
• April 13-14, 2023 (Thu, Fri)
• April 19-20, 2023 (Wed, Thu)
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Chief Isakson’s Podcasts, Webcasts, Training Video's
Lecture Series
Curt has created these programs for delivery at your next conference, seminar, symposium, or as an in-house speaker at your fire rescue agency. Click the title to read more about these programs.
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CFT Conference Series
Curt identified the need for a series of specialty interest fire conferences. This spawned the development of County Fire Tactics, also known as CF Tactics, CFT, and CFT Fire Ops.
Pensacola Beach Florida now serves as the backdrop for these events. In 2023 a new series of conferences will be released, links to these new events are listed below.

National & Regional Lecture, Hands-on Instruction, Consulting
- Bowling Green State University
- Metro Atlanta Fire Conference
- Wichita Fire Conference
- UL Coordinated Fire Attack Panel
- U of Missouri State Fire School
- CFT Conference Series
- Managed Monthly Training Topic for multiple (automatic aid) departments for seven years
Firehouse Expo 2019 Opening Ceremony Keynote Speaker
CFT HROC 2014 Opening Ceremony Keynote
Commanding From The Sidelines
Published Articles in Firehouse Magazine
Featured Articles on County Fire Tactics
- The New Yorker “Urban Legend”
- Engine Company Articles
- Truck Company Articles
- Leadership Articles
- Archives (Every CFT Post)
- ** CFT is continuing to index past articles into the categories above **

'23 - '24 CONFERENCES
'23 -'24 SEMINARS NEAR YOU
CFT CONFERENCE VIDEO
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View a list of CF Tactics programs Chief Isakson can deliver at your next conference, seminar, symposium, or in house event. Utilize the links provided to reach Curt and Jessica for more information about booking Chief Isakson or our Pensacola Beach conference series.