Curt Isakson, Professional Speaker, Motivator, Educator, Consultant
Curt “Ike” Isakson is a 30+ year veteran of the fire service, 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.

Chief Isakson’s Podcasts & Webcasts
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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.

- Officer Development Program (ODP) Jan ’22
- CFT Fire School, Leadership & Tactics Conference Feb ’22
- Command Officer Boot Camp (COBC) May ’22
- Water On The Fire Conference (WOFC) Aug ’22
- High Rise Operations Conference (HROC) Dec ’22
- The Fire Conference Jan ’23
- Command Officer Boot Camp (COBC) May ’23
- Beyond Minimum Standards Conference (BMSC) Dec ’23
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
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 **


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