ARFF Driving Academy

22/12/2025

2025 – A Year That Set New Standards! Here’s to a Strong 2026!

> 10.000 km 411 Training!
> 10 Airports!
> 200 Participants!

2025 was a year full of meaningful encounters, inspiring conversations, new partnerships, and major milestones in our young company’s journey.

We are proud to now support a double-digit number of international and domestic airports with our driver training programs. In doing so, we not only share knowledge but also learn something new every single day – and that’s what makes us strong together.

We’re especially excited that our expertise in organizing and shaping ARFF Response is increasingly in demand. Our mission: to continuously enhance safety, performance, and efficiency in ARFF Response – together with you as our partners.

But above all, it’s about the people we have the privilege to work with. Thank you for your trust, your friendship, your partnership, and your constructive collaboration. Thank you to all supporters, advisors, and contributors – this year wouldn’t have been possible without you!

We wish you a wonderful Christmas season, relaxing holidays, and a fantastic start to 2026. We can’t wait to take the next steps together!

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TrainingExcellence Efficiency Partnerships ThankYou 2026Ready

26/07/2025

🚨 3 in a row – ARFF Driver Training at Memmingen Airport
Three days. Three groups. One goal: ARFF safety & efficiency at the highest level.

With our program 411 Safe Efficiency, we delivered:
✅ Initial training (411 & 411+)
✅ Annual refresher (411R)
✅ Proficiency Check (ARFFDA system)
✅ Full documentation – compliant & ready for the real world.

Developed with engineering methods and our experience as test engineers –
That’s what makes us unique worldwide.

🧯 Real added value for future-ready airport fire services.
📩 Do you also need support in training your ARFF operators?
We’d be happy to hear from you!

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10/03/2025

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02/03/2025

Bob’s Insights – 2/4: "Setting up the vehicle for a turn before the turn is absolutely essential."

There is tremendous potential for safety and performance in proper corner preparation.

Sharing Bob’s insights on driver training and accident root causes, drawing from 50+ years of experience in the ARFF world.

At the 2023 ARFFWG Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, a major airport presented a serious accident, analyzing its root causes and lessons learned.

In this context, Bob Relyea shared his personal view on the causes of ARFF vehicle accidents, necessary countermeasures, and the crucial role of proper driver education.

Bob has been a well-respected figure in the global ARFF community for over 50 years and is one of the founding fathers of the ARFF Working Group.

The ARFFDA philosophy and origins align with his motivational speech: reducing key risks, ensuring response times, and increasing efficiency—by providing firefighters and fire departments with high-value support, clear action guidelines, and a data-driven approach.

Want to learn more? Get in touch with us!

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Many thanks to Bob Relyea of Airport Professional Services, LLC, Dallas, TX (www.apspast.com) for allowing us to share his thoughts.

21/02/2025

19/02/2025

14/02/2025

Mental Load During Emergency Responses? – Learning from Aviation

Yesterday, we had a special guest at our 411 driver training session:
Angela de Beaufort from Lufthansa Aviation Training Group joined us for one of our training exercises.

As specialists in driving and operating airfield rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles, our focus is on training personnel to operate these largest of all firefighting vehicles as safely, swiftly, and efficiently as possible—while minimizing wear and tear. A key aspect for us is ensuring that “driving” remains smooth and intuitive despite numerous parallel tasks, preserving cognitive resources for additional responsibilities.

From the very beginning, we have placed great emphasis on integrating Human Factors into our training and analysis. This includes understanding how various influences, individual predispositions, and additional stressors contribute to stress levels—each uniquely experienced by different operators—and how these impact performance.

Aviation has long established a strong culture of support and training in this field. Beyond technical mastery, mental aspects play a central role in pilot training.

At ARFF Driving Academy, we want to harness this knowledge—learning from aviation, integrating proven approaches into our work, and supporting airport fire departments as a strong and knowledgeable partner.
To establish an initial connection and facilitate targeted knowledge exchange, Angela joined us for an inside look at the challenges faced by airport firefighters behind the wheel and our training methodologies.

Additionally, she had the opportunity to engage directly with fire department leadership and training participants.

A big thank you to Angela for making the trip to Frankfurt to join us! And our sincere gratitude to the airport fire department for making this visit possible.

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13/01/2024

28/07/2023

Swiss Air Force and ARFF Driving Academy collaborate for resource-efficient ARFF driver training of the future

The central training facility of the Swiss Air Force Fire Department (CFR-Campus Phénix) and the ARFF Driving Academy are joining forces to develop and test a groundbreaking hybrid ARFF driver training.
With a strong focus on resource conservation and environmental protection, the utilization of CFR-Campus' state-of-the-art simulator center will incorporate innovative technologies and teaching methods into the training to make the ARFF driver training for airport firefighters even more sustainable – another pioneering step towards environmentally conscious training design.

Schweizer Luftwaffe LW und ARFF Driving Academy kooperieren
für ressourcenschonendes ARFF-Fahrertraining der Zukunft

Die zentrale Ausbildungsstätte der Feuerwehr der Schweizer Luftwaffe (CFR-Campus Phénix) und die ARFF Driving Academy vereinen ihre Kräfte, um ein wegweisendes, hybrides ARFF-Fahrertraining zu entwickeln und zu erproben.
Mit einem klaren Fokus auf Ressourcenschonung und Umweltschutz werden durch die Nutzung des hochmodernen Simulator Zentrums des CFR-Campus innovative Technologien und Lehrmethoden in das Training integriert, um die ARFF-Fahrausbildung der Flughafenfeuerwehrleute nachhaltig zu gestalten – Ein weiterer wegweisender Schritt in Richtung einer umweltbewussten Trainingsgestaltung.

Swiss Air Force Crash and Fire Rescue Team