Confined Space Rescue Specialists

Delivering operationally experienced confined space and technical rescue teams to support complex access requirements, maintenance projects and higher-risk environments across England and Scotland.

Our Service

Confined Space & Technical Rescue

Dedicated and specialist Confined Space Rescue teams across the UK

We provide dedicated confined space rescue teams for planned works and high-risk operations across the UK. Our service ensures that competent, fully equipped rescue provision is in place for confined space entry, maintenance, inspections and shutdown works.

Our teams combine operational fire service experience with specialist rescue qualifications, ensuring a practical, response-ready approach rather than purely theoretical compliance.

All of our personnel are serving or recently retired firefighters holding the relevant City & Guilds rescue qualifications, bringing real operational experience into live site environments.

About us

Supporting clients in the water, utilites, infrastructure and industrial sectors

AGO Fire & Rescue provides specialist confined space rescue and technical rescue cover across the UK. Our teams are made up of serving and recently retired firefighters with extensive operational experience in complex rescue environments.

We support clients in the water, utilities, infrastructure and industrial sectors, delivering practical, site-ready rescue capability designed to complement safe systems of work and enable high-risk operations to proceed safely.

Why choose us

Rescue capability beyond compliance

Our focus is on delivering practical confined space rescue capability for complex and higher-risk environments where experience, communication and effective decision-making are critical.

Drawing on extensive operational backgrounds, our teams work confidently within demanding settings, maintaining situational awareness and a coordinated approach to ensure effective response when incidents occur.

Operationally Ready Teams

We have dedicated confined space rescue teams trained in confined space and rope rescue, allowing us to support a broad range of operational environments and complex access requirements.

All rescue teams deploy fully equipped with specialist rescue equipment tailored to the specific operational requirements of each project. Personnel also hold additional qualifications including SHEA, EUSR Water Hygiene, Emergency First Aid at Work and FREC3.

Live Site Rescue Exercises

We undertake regular live-site rescue drills and operational exercises with our clients to test response arrangements, improve response times, identify unforeseen risks and reduce complacency within operational environments.

UK-Wide Flexible Coverage

AGO Fire & Rescue provide scalable rescue support across the UK for inspections, shutdowns, maintenance works and planned operational projects. Our flexible model allows rescue provision to be scaled in line with project requirements and workload.

Built on Integrity & Preparedness

Our approach is centred around professionalism, honesty, preparedness and allowing the quality of our operational delivery to speak for itself. We pride ourselves on providing objective and proportionate rescue provision, ensuring each project is assessed on its actual operational requirements to achieve safe and compliant working practices.

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Strengthen your site rescue provision

Speak to AGO Fire & Rescue today to arrange dedicated confined space & technical rescue support tailored to your project requirements. Our team will assess your operational needs and provide a proportionate, fully compliant rescue solution to support safe working at height and in confined spaces.

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