Wilderness Water Safety
Developed in 1989, Wilderness Water Safety is a response to a request from camp directors for an alternative to traditional Lifeguarding. Pools, beaches, wave pools etc. are designed for the purpose of providing a recreational setting in a safe manner. Life Guards are training to function in these designed facilities. Wilderness settings provide a diverse set of conditions and circumstances very different than traditional recreational facilities. Wilderness Water Safety applies many of the traditional lifeguarding techniques to these settings in addition to the application of risk management skills for a wilderness environment.
Course Pre-requisite – Provider level CPR course and minimum of eight hours of first aid training – preferably Wilderness First Aid.
Dates: June 11-12, 2011
Cost: $250. Includes meals, lodging and course
