Gordon Rodwell

Born and brought up on the outskirts of Glasgow, Gordon joined the Royal Navy at age 17. After serving at sea, Gordon then joined the Fire Service where he has served almost three decades as a Firefighter and Fire Trainer.

In 2000 he was seconded to the Warsash Maritime School as part of the Ship Firefighting instructor team. Gordon has remained in close contact with the world renowned college and continues to run many courses at their impressive site.

A specialist BA and CFBT instructor for over 20 years, and following his retirement from active firefighting duty, Gordon is an active instructor teaching ship Firefighting and is a valued trainer for the London Fire Brigade.

Gordon has been with Nautical Academy, as trainer and consultant, since we established in 2013. In addition we have run many onboard firefighting and prevention courses together on numerous vessels throughout the Mediterranean.

Gordon is passionate about “reassuring students and getting them to overcome their fear of fire and show them techniques to deal with the situation in a safe manner, passing on my knowledge that I have attained over the years”. It is with Gordon’s experience and commitment that we are delighted to relaunch Nautical Academy Europe in 2022.