Shuttleworth Rescue & Firefighting Service

Shuttleworth Rescue & Firefighting Service

The Shuttleworth Rescue & Firefighting Service is a regulated Rescue & Firefighting Service (RFFS) responsible for providing fire, rescue, and emergency response across the Shuttleworth airfield and wider estate.

The Service operates within a complex and unique environment that includes licensed aviation activity, historic aircraft operations, large public events, and heritage assets. Our response capability is designed specifically to meet these risks and is delivered in accordance with relevant aviation, fire, and emergency service standards.

Role and Responsibilities

The Rescue & Firefighting Service provides:

• Regulated aviation rescue and firefighting cover for flying operations.
• Specialist fire and emergency response for air shows and major events.
• Emergency and medical response across the wider Shuttleworth estate.
• Incident command, coordination, and liaison with statutory partner agencies.

Operational Capability

The Service is made up of trained and competent crew drawn from aviation firefighting, local authority fire and rescue services, and other emergency service backgrounds. Operational readiness is maintained through structured training, exercises, and continual professional development.

This ensures a calm, effective, and proportionate response to both routine operations and larger protracted incidents.

Commitment to Safety

The Shuttleworth Rescue & Firefighting Service plays a key role in enabling safe aviation operations, and public events. Through a regulated, risk-based approach, the Service supports the protection of people, preservation of heritage, and resilience of operations across the site.

Further information, including role profiles, application details, and downloadable resources, is available below.