Welcome Back Alumni!

By now, we hope that you've realized how much we appreciate our alumni. You are truly important to us for a number of reasons! For example, did you know what our yearly allotted budget is for marketing is? We'll tell you. It's just enough to cover the cost of our website hosting and upkeep. How's that possible? We rely on our alumni to spread the word about our programs. A personal relationship with our alumni is what keeps new clients and organizations being refered to us year-round! You all are doing a great job - and doing some serious chatting!

YOU, our alumni, have been doing a lot of talking recently - and we've been diligently listening, making sure that we are offering the resources and products that YOU want! Take for example, moreinformation on First Aid Kits. After listening to many of you ask for more information about first aid kits and how to create a proper first aid kit, we created a whole section on just that!

Also, we have now opened our new Online Store, WildSafe: Systems, which will significantly help to address the many requests from alumni (and others) asking for first aid and related items for creating your own first aid kits from scratch. In fact, we're working hard to offer a new program through WildSafe: Systems which will allow you to build and create a full kit, step by step so that you can build the exact kit you want with nothing more or less than you need or want. This new feature should be available shortly, as it's still in the development phase.

Recertifying your Center for Wilderness Safety or American Red Cross training is not difficult—we offer numerous ways for you to stay current. You must however, begin the process before your current certification expires. Courses and enrollment are limited, so please don’t wait until the week before your card runs out to begin the recertification process! Check your certification card, check your schedule, and sign up early. If you are travelling for an extended period, or cutting things too close, call us before your certification expires to see what your options are at (703) 444-9468.

If you are recertifying in Wilderness First Aid, you must hold a current WFA certification from one of the following organizations in order to take the refresher course and recertify:

•  Center for Wilderness Safety
•  WMI of NOLS
•  SOLO
•  WMA

If your certification is not from one of these organizations, you will be required to take the course in its entirety because we simply cannot vouch for the curriculum taught or the quality of the training that you have received with another company*.

*Exceptions may be made if the organization you hold a current WFA certification with is a member of the Wilderness Medical Society.