Industrial Firefighter Training
Hands-on Instruction, Real-world Conditions & Proven Results
Every program at RTFC is custom-built to your facility’s specific hazards and compliance requirements — delivered by the only organization to receive the Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s Safety Excellence Award for 16 consecutive years. This is not classroom theory. From live-fire evolutions to complex rescue scenarios, trainees are immersed in the heat, stress, and realism that develop the technical skill and decision-making required when failure is not an option.
Industrial Firefighting & Emergency Training Classes
RTFC delivers elite, hands-on training across the full spectrum of industrial emergency response. Every program is designed to simulate real-world conditions and build decision-making under pressure.
Emergency Medical Training
All instructors are certified as Texas Dep. of Health EMT-B or Paramedic and experienced in facilitating a variety of EMS courses.
Process Unit
Firefighting
Realistic and live, hands-on firefighting training that resembles the potential hazards that may occur in that member’s facility.
Custom Training
Programs
Tailored, NFPA- and OSHA-compliant courses built around your facility’s unique emergency response plan and operational risks.
Confined Space & High-Angle Rescue
Hands-on training focused on rope systems, rigging, and safe rescue operations in confined or elevated environments.
LNG Firefighting
Live fire scenarios where students learn to control and extinguish LNG fires. Students focus on dry chemical and high expansion foam applications to accomplish their objectives.
Marine Firefighting
At RTFC, we are well trained and skilled with the newest innovations in marine firefighting, offering a variety of instruction in marine vessel and facility-related emergencies.
Hazardous Material
Our training props available for Hazardous Material courses allow us to place trainees in a range of real life scenarios and prepare them to think quickly under pressure.
Structural Firefighting
Custom courses that encompass a variety of structural firefighting responsibilities, that include/exterior fire attacks, apparatus placement, interior fire attacks, etc.
Trench Collapse Rescue
RTFC training courses uses trenches that are purposely collapsed during the scenarios to provide real-world training. Trainees must use appropriate techniques to extricate the patient.
RTFC Training Academy Facility
Set across nine purpose-built acres in Corpus Christi, the RTFC Training Academy is engineered to replicate the most demanding real-world industrial environments — where every structure, system, and scenario is designed to bridge the gap between training and the field.
Built to Match Industrial Scale
The academy operates at true industrial scale, with infrastructure purpose-built to match the complexity of modern petrochemical and energy operations.
- 250,000-gallon water supply delivering up to 10,000 GPM with fully integrated hydrant, sprinkler, and foam suppression systems
- Dedicated kerosene and LPG fuel systems powering 22+ live-fire props
- Four-story burn building and high-angle rescue towers up to 45′
- Environmentally responsible 275,000-gallon wastewater treatment system
- Classrooms accommodating up to 100 trainees, full on-site medical clinic, and rehab facilities
Advanced Training Simulators
Purpose-built simulators, with real risks. Exactly what your team will face.
- Pump Alley: Fire approach, valve isolation, and coordinated suppression across simultaneous LPG fires.
- Truck Terminal: Large-volume dry chemical and hydrochemical attacks for high-risk loading and transfer incidents.
- Multi-Story Structure: Search and rescue, ventilation, standpipe operations, and forcible entry under live fire.
- High Angle & Confined Space: 29 CFR 1910.146-compliant training using industrial props — plus exclusive access to the USS Lexington.
- LNG: Containment, control, and extinguishment training for high-consequence LNG events.
Enrollment & Requirements
Before scheduling, all participants must complete a membership application and submit proof of financial responsibility via Certificate of Insurance. Download the required forms below to begin the enrollment process.
Ready to take the next step?
Equip your team with the skills, discipline, and readiness that save lives. For organizations seeking to elevate readiness, reduce risk, and build elite response capability — there is no substitute for RTFC