This course will run as a 4-day WAFA, then a 4-day bridge with a day off in between.

The Wilderness First Responder is a comprehensive medical training for outdoor educators, guides, professional search and rescue teams, and others who work and adventure in remote settings. Learn the essential skills, knowledge, and critical thinking required to assess and manage medical problems in low-resource environments for days and weeks if necessary.

Take your wilderness medicine training to the next level in beautiful, sunny Washington state this summer! Free car or tent camping (including clean portable toilets and showers) is available, and the nearest grocery store is just 10 minutes away. Our location is just over an hour north of Portland, OR, and is nestled at the base of Gifford Pinchot National Forest

The Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course is the ideal medical training for anyone who spends a lot of time outside! This includes serious outdoor enthusiasts, outdoor educators, wilderness guides, members of the military, professional search and rescue teams, wildland firefighters, researchers, and those involved in disaster relief. The course provides essential training in wilderness medicine, leadership, and critical thinking for professionals and leaders working and traveling in outdoor, low-resource, and remote environments. The WFR curriculum is both comprehensive and practical and involves a minimum of 70 hours of instruction when taught in the United States (hours vary slightly in other countries). During the course, students learn the essential principles and skills required to assess and manage medical problems in isolated and extreme environments for days and weeks if necessary. To earn certification, students must meet the criteria set forth in our Functional Position Description as well as the minimum WFR performance and testing standards by the last day of course. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a Wilderness First Responder certification and certification of CPR taught to an equivalent health care provider level.

Course Location:
Located in the Willamette Valley, just outside of the Portland metro area, George Fox University provides a convenient setting with quick access to hotels, restaurants, and nearby camping. The city of Newberg is also just one hour from endless adventure on Mt. Hood and the Pacific Ocean on the Oregon coast.

Join us for a 5 day WFR Intensive taught at Loyola University in Baltimore by WMAI Instructor Jon Tierney. To register contact: Katie Benoit (she/her), Assistant Director of Outdoor Adventures, , C: (508) 579-4228, W: (410) 617-2270.

Teaching days for this course are May 4 – 7, and May 11 – 14

**Course dates are 04/12/25 – 04/15/25 & 04/24/25 – 04/27/25**

This course is taught in English. The course site, Ciel et Bois, is 20 minutes from downtown Ottawa in Cantley, QC. The beautiful property is surrounded by hundreds of acres of backcountry where you can hike, run, bike, cross-country ski and connect with nature.

Take your wilderness skills to the next level in the outdoor mecca of the Eastern Sierra. With snow-capped mountains, skiing, climbing, and camping galore, it’s a great place to soak in new skills.

Most of our students capitalize on the numerous dispersed camping options the Eastern Sierra has to offer!

This course is being held at the Crowley Lake Community Center (15 miles south of the incorporated town of Mammoth Lakes, CA).