Fire & Smoke Rescue Training in China

Modern fire rescue training must prepare firefighters to understand the fire environment before asking them to operate inside it.

HAVOSPARK coordinates professional fire and smoke training opportunities in China for international firefighters, emergency response organizations and institutional rescue teams.

A major focus is Compartment Fire Behavior Training (CFBT) — understanding how heat, smoke, ventilation and fuel conditions influence fire development inside enclosed structures.

Yunnan Zhaotong National Indoor Fire Behavior Training Base

The Zhaotong facility is officially designated by China's National Fire and Rescue Administration as a National Indoor Fire Behavior Training Base as well as a National Water Rescue Training Base.

Its professional facilities include:

• Compartment Fire Behavior Training
• Structural Fire Attack
• Small-Scale Fire Simulation
• Search & Rescue
• Emergency Withdrawal
• Fireground PPE
• Building Firefighting Systems
• Fire Appliance Operations

According to the base, its professional fire-training system was developed following approximately 2,000 fire training sessions, and includes China's first multi-storey civilian-building interior firefighting comprehensive training facility and a specialized container-based fire behavior training system.

Fujian Sanming Fire & Smoke Training

Sanming provides another major fire behavior training environment.

The base's CFBT facility occupies approximately 5,000 m² and is divided into experimental, practical training, teaching/research and management areas. Local government sources describe it as a major indoor fire-behavior training installation capable of supporting 51 training subjects.

Training environments can address areas such as:

Reading the Fire

Understanding smoke, heat, flame behavior and changing compartment conditions.

Smoke Layer Observation

Recognizing smoke movement and changing thermal conditions.

Rollover / Fire Gas Ignition

Understanding indicators associated with rapidly deteriorating fire conditions.

Backdraft Recognition

Recognizing potentially dangerous ventilation-limited fire environments.

Thermal Imaging

Using thermal imaging technology during search and firefighting operations.

Search & Rescue

Operating in reduced visibility and complex structural environments.

Proven International Training Environment

Sanming is already being used for international firefighter development.

In August 2026, officials and frontline firefighters from Kenya trained at Sanming in fire behavior, earthquake rescue, water rescue and rope rescue. The fire component included indoor fire-behavior theory and practical fire experiments.

Sanming has also hosted international firefighting competition and technical-exchange activities. The 2025 Sanming fireground survival challenge included teams from the United States, Germany, France and multiple Chinese regions, using realistic fire simulation and practical challenge environments.

Fire Rescue Training Programs

Programs can be discussed around:

• Fire Behavior
• Compartment Fire Behavior Training (CFBT)
• Smoke Behavior
• Fireground Survival
• Structural Firefighting
• Search & Rescue
• Thermal Imaging
• Firefighter Emergency Escape
• Interior Fire Attack
• Fireground Command
• Advanced Firefighter Development

Rather than treating every international group identically, HAVOSPARK can discuss training content according to the participants' existing firefighter qualifications and desired competencies.

Contact HAVOSPARK to discuss professional Fire & Smoke Rescue Training in China.