Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

Immersive learning reinforces knowledge by applying it in realistic, contextualized environments. RSM delivers fully immersive Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) courses, validated through the internationally recognized City & Guilds Assured program — a mark of global excellence.

What sets us apart is Pandora, our purpose-built, 85-acre HEAT training facility. Pandora includes a range of hyper-realistic environments such as a customs checkpoint, UN military base, 17-building village, bullet penetration testing zone, mine lane, refugee camp, and hamlet. We’ve invested over $200,000 in training assets, including blank-firing weapons, explosive and smoke simulation systems. The site also features specialized zones for active shooter scenarios and hotel-based simulations.

Our courses are tailored specifically for the NGO sector and focus on equipping personnel to identify, respond to, and recover from a broad spectrum of operational risks. Core modules include small team leadership, LGBTQIA+ and gender-based security awareness, casualty stabilization, self-defense, and other real-world, practical survival strategies.