Since 1969, ETC has been creating products that serve the needs of mankind and the environment. ETC specializes in simulating authentic environments in products such as disaster management simulation systems, aircrew training systems and entertainment systems. ETC also builds high performance sterilization systems, clinical hyperbaric systems, and environmental testing and simulation systems, with a worldwide presence in industrial and medical applications. ETC is proud to offer clientele the experience of a well-established company where product design, development, manufacture and testing occur under one roof.

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To contribute to safety and the environment by providing authentic innovative simulation to emergency response organizations for research, preparedness and response. With passion and dedication, we create products in close cooperation with our worldwide customers. Our core values are quality and integrity.

Following a disastrous in Manchester, England, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) commissioned the Cranfield Institute of Technology to study Airport Fire & Rescue training needs.

The resulting study found that responders needed a training system to practice command & control in a real airport crash environment where realistic simulations of the visual and aural cues are presented. This system needed to reproduce the stress of a real incident and trainees should be able to practice in a safe, controlled environment, and should have the ability to repeat exercises.

The study recommended interactive technology-based training. The Royal Air Force's (RAF) Defence Fire Service required improved training & assessment methods through the application of interactive technology. In 1992, the RAF's Defence Fire Service awarded a contract to ETC to design and develop such a system. In 1994, the system was completed and installed at the RAF's Manston facility.

For over a decade, ADMS has been used at major emergency response training facilities worldwide, and is an industry-proven, mature and robust solution for meeting the training needs of 21st Century emergency responders.