Make no mistake about it. Safety is what Compartment Fire Behaviour Training (CFBT) is all about.

In the early days of this training, there were some people who were ignorant of the true nature of the strict procedures and the significant improvements in operational safety and efficiency that can be achieved. There are still a few detractors around, but their numbers are decreasing as the global adoption of these techniques results in positive benefits.

In the early days of firefighter training, live fire training usually involved using large fire loads to show firefighters how punishing conditions could be. But what did this teach firefighters about fire behavior? In the late 1970's, Swedish Firefighters (and Fire Protection Engineers) Krister Giselsson and Mats Rosander began to question the value of this approach. Their pioneering re-analysis of firefighting training and tactics built the foundation for what is know referred to as CFBT. A method of training that focusses of building a sound knowledge of fire behaviour that allows the firefighter to recognise the stage of fire development and the likely changes. This forms the foundation for the development of an incident action plan that is based on a sound understanding of fire behaviour.