The IFTC is a world leader in the provision of firefighting training.

We provide the skills, advice and resource to ensure your teams have the knowledge and confidence to respond effectively to an incident. This will help you to save lives, protect assets and maintain business operations.

IFTC offers the expertise and infrastructure since 1981 in supporting fire teams in the aviation, industrial, offshore, marine and civil defence sectors.

We have over 25 training simulators to guarantee fresh, challenging and scalable exercises for recruits and experienced leaders. These give you the choice of LPG and kerosene burns for authenticity and variety – preparing your teams for the real thing.

As well as practical training, you can develop, test and accredit your teams in our state of the art virtual reality suite to embed the understanding and application of incident command capability. We deliver accredited and tailored courses  to meet your needs now and in the future. Your teams will stay in our onsite accommodation for a convenient, immersive, firefighter-only learning experience.

Located at Teesside International Airport with easy access by road, rail and air.

As a graduate of our internationally renowned training centre you will become an elite firefighter of the highest calibre armed with the skills, knowledge and instincts necessary to deal with extreme emergencies at any location in any country.

The training we provide is thorough and rigorous and we set stringent and demanding standards. We have been training new and experienced firefighters from across the globe for decades and our facilities are second to none.

We are part of international service delivery specialists, Serco, offering integrated, cost-effective business transformation programmes to governments around the world.