About us

HyFire Ltd directors Mark Bateson and Alan Walker come from the fire service with almost 60 years combined experience as operational firefighters / officers with a local authority fire service.

HyFire regularly deliver a range of fire-awareness training and fire extinguisher training. Past clients include Lancaster University, Kielder Newport West (KNW) and Nazareth House Care homes.

HyFire also work with energy company EDF, for whom we provide on-going fire-related initial and continuation training for the Incident Response Teams and Standby Emergency Rescue Teams at two of the company’s nuclear power stations.

We’ve also carried out a comprehensive and extensive fire-loading assessment, complete with written report, at two of their nuclear power stations to comply with the sites’ safety reviews.

HyFire is a forward-thinking company and is always looking at ways to advance our training capability and improve our service to our customers. One of these ways is by the use of the innovative Fire Studio computer simulation programme.

Co-Directors

Mark Bateson is a retired firefighter with over 30 years operational experience with a local authority fire service. Mark is a member of the Institute of Fire Engineers, and also holds the PGCE and a degree in Education and Training. He has recently passed the NEBOSH examination and also has extensive experience as an instructor assessor and examiner.

Alan Walker retired as a firefighter in 2013 after 30 years and joined Mark and Steve as a director of HyFire. Alan brings impressive qualifications and extensive experience to the company.

Administrative Staff

Katy Bateson is HyFire’s Office Manager. She is the first point of contact for course enquiries, bookings and finances.