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.
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 New 2023 & 2024 Availability
E-mail CFTactics@gmail.com to inquire about this limited availability opportunity at your location in 2023 and 2024.
Updated April 28th, 2023
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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 and 2024 a few new conferences themes 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 Keynote
HROC 2014 Keynote
Commanding From The Sidelines
Published Articles in Firehouse Magazine
- When to Deviate from Foundational Tactics
- Accountability: Beyond the Tags
- Water On The Fire Preparation For Fire Attack
- Fireground Commander: Understanding the Impact
- “Below 2,000: Saving Lives, Civilian Lives”
- “Command Post Location”
- “People Before Water”
- “All Hands Operations, Depth on the Bench”
- “Tactics Put Out Fires”
- “First Due: It’s Worth The Risk”

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 **

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