CANADIAN RED CROSS TRAINING PARTNER
Canadian Red Cross First Responder Training in Calgary
Canadian Red Cross First Responder training for fire applicants, industrial responders, remote workers, and students building toward higher-level responder training.
Canadian Red Cross Training Partner. Public courses in Calgary, with select Leduc dates and private onsite training available across Alberta.
First Responder Course Dates
Choose an available First Responder course date below. Registration is completed through our secure scheduling system.
First Responder is a serious multi-day course. Review the course format, prerequisites, and completion requirements before registering.
Not sure if Advanced First Aid is the right course for your workplace, fire application, school requirement, or responder pathway?
Quick Course Details
Certification:
Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid with CPR-C and AED
Canadian Red Cross Basic Life Support
Certificates issued:
Two digital Canadian Red Cross certificates
Certification length:
Advanced First Aid with CPR-C is valid for 3 years. Basic Life Support is valid for 1 year.
Course level:
Advanced First Aid
Best for:
Fire applicants, industrial responders, remote workers, designated workplace responders, and students building toward higher-level responder training
Location:
Calgary, with select Leduc and onsite options when available
Format:
Multi-day in-person or hybrid format, depending on available course dates
Prerequisite:
None. Standard First Aid with CPR-C is recommended
Recommended preparation:
Standard First Aid with CPR-C is recommended before Advanced First Aid, especially for students who are new to first aid or worried about passing.
Course Overview
Advanced First Aid is a Canadian Red Cross course designed for students who need training beyond Standard First Aid. It is built for people who may be expected to assess patients, manage emergencies, and provide care in higher-risk workplace, industrial, fire applicant, remote, or responder settings.
This course focuses on patient assessment, emergency care, practical skills, decision-making, and scenario-based response. Students should expect a more serious training environment than a basic workplace first aid course.
In Alberta, Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid with CPR/AED Level C is listed as Advanced First Aid on the Alberta OHS approved first aid training agency list.
Who This Course Is For
Advanced First Aid is best for students who need higher-level first aid training for work, applications, or responder progression.
This course is commonly taken by:
Calgary Fire applicants
Edmonton Fire applicants
industrial responders
remote workers
workplace first aid attendants
fire service candidates
students building toward EMR-level training
students preparing for selected PCP school prerequisite pathways
municipal, industrial, and private response teams
people who want training beyond Standard First Aid
If you are applying to a specific employer, fire department, school, or program, confirm the current requirement before registering.
Course Format
Advanced First Aid is a multi-day course. Red Cross lists Advanced First Aid as 80–120 hours based on jurisdiction. Delta Emergency’s public Advanced First Aid courses are typically built around the Alberta Advanced First Aid requirement and the specific course format listed in the registration calendar.
Traditional In-Person Format
Traditional Advanced First Aid courses are delivered fully in person over scheduled training days. This format is best for students who want all instruction, practice, scenarios, and evaluations delivered face to face.
Hybrid Format
Hybrid Advanced First Aid courses combine required in-person training with mandatory live online instruction or assigned online components, depending on the course date and structure.
Hybrid does not mean easier or shorter. Students are still responsible for the full curriculum, all required skills, scenario performance, participation, and evaluations.
Weekend or Alternating-Weekend Format
Some Advanced First Aid courses may be scheduled over weekends or alternating weekends to make the course more accessible for working students. Review the full schedule before registering.
Students must attend and participate in all required course components to be eligible for certification.
Course Content
Advanced First Aid course content may include:
The professional responder
Responding to the call
Infection prevention and control
Anatomy and physiology
Assessment
Airway management and respiratory emergencies
Circulatory emergencies
Shock
Hemorrhage and soft tissue trauma
Musculoskeletal injuries
Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries
Head and spinal injuries
Acute and chronic illnesses
Poisoning
Environmental illnesses
Pregnancy, labour, and delivery
Special populations
Crisis intervention
Reaching, lifting, and extricating patients
Transportation
Multiple-casualty incidents
Workplace response
Any additional content required by legislation
Prerequisites
None. Standard First Aid with CPR-C is recommended
Students should arrive prepared for a demanding course. Advanced First Aid is not a casual one-day first aid class. It requires attendance, preparation, practical participation, patient assessment, skills practice, and scenario performance.
If you do not currently hold Standard First Aid with CPR-C and are feeling worried about passing, complete Standard First Aid first before registering for Advanced First Aid.
Certification
Successful students receive a digital Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid certificate.
Certification length:
3 years
To receive certification, students must attend and participate in 100% of the course, successfully demonstrate the required skills, achieve the required mark on the written closed-book knowledge evaluation, and successfully complete required evaluated scenarios.
Two evaluated scenarios for Advanced First Aid: one medical scenario and one trauma scenario.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Advanced First Aid is a higher-level course. Standard First Aid is a shorter workplace first aid course that can help prepare students for Advanced First Aid, but it is not the same certification.
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No. Standard First Aid is not required before registering for Delta Emergency’s Advanced First Aid course. It is recommended for students who are new to first aid, worried about passing, or want a stronger foundation before entering a more demanding course.
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Yes. Delta Emergency’s Advanced First Aid course includes Basic Life Support. Successful students receive two Canadian Red Cross certificates: Advanced First Aid with CPR-C, valid for 3 years, and Basic Life Support, valid for 1 year.
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Basic Life Support certification is renewed yearly. This is normal for BLS providers, including healthcare providers, professional responders, EMRs, paramedics, firefighters, nurses, and students who are required to maintain current BLS certification.
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Students who successfully complete Delta Emergency’s Advanced First Aid course receive two digital Canadian Red Cross certificates: one Advanced First Aid certificate with CPR-C and AED, and one Basic Life Support certificate.
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Yes. Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid with CPR/AED Level C is listed on Alberta’s approved first aid training agency list at the Advanced First Aid level.
Advanced First Aid is also aligned with CSA Z1210-17, the national workplace first aid training standard. This is the workplace first aid standard that identifies Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced first aid training levels.
Students should still confirm their specific workplace, employer, contract, or site requirement before registering, especially for industrial, remote, municipal, fire, or out-of-province work.
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Yes. Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid with CPR/AED Level C is listed on Alberta’s approved first aid training agency list at the Advanced First Aid level.
This makes it suitable for many Alberta workplace first aid requirements where Advanced First Aid is required. Final requirements still depend on the workplace, employer policy, site hazard level, contract, role, and applicable OHS requirements.
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Advanced First Aid is commonly used by fire applicants, including students preparing for Calgary Fire and Edmonton Fire application pathways. Students should always confirm the current requirement for the specific department, posting, or application stage before registering.
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No. Advanced First Aid and Emergency Medical Responder are different certifications with different purposes.
Advanced First Aid is workplace-focused advanced first aid training. It is commonly used for fire applicants, industrial responders, remote worksites, designated workplace responders, and higher-risk workplace first aid roles.
Emergency Medical Responder is a professional responder program with a broader prehospital focus. EMR training goes further into responder operations, patient assessment, anatomy and physiology, airway and respiratory emergencies, medical and trauma emergencies, special populations, transportation, and multi-casualty response.
Advanced First Aid is a strong step toward EMR-level training, but it is not the same certificate. Students who complete Advanced First Aid may continue into Delta Emergency’s AFA to EMR Bridge when eligible and prepared. -
Students who successfully complete Canadian Red Cross Advanced First Aid may be eligible to continue into the AFA to EMR Bridge, depending on current course requirements, readiness, and available course dates.
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No. Hybrid delivery changes the schedule structure, not the certification standard. Students are still responsible for the full curriculum, all required skills, scenario performance, participation, and evaluations.
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Yes. Delta Emergency can provide private onsite Advanced First Aid training for workplaces, industrial teams, fire departments, municipalities, remote worksites, and private organizations when scheduling, group size, and location requirements can be met.
Registration Policies
Students must attend and participate in the required course components and successfully complete the required evaluations to receive certification.
Students are responsible for confirming that the selected course meets their employer, school, volunteer, application, or workplace requirement before registering.
Course transfers, cancellations, and refunds are subject to Delta Emergency’s registration policies.
Related Courses
Want a stronger foundation before Advanced First Aid?
Standard First Aid is not required before registering for Delta Emergency’s Advanced First Aid course.
If you have never taken first aid before, Standard First Aid is strongly recommended before Advanced First Aid. It gives you a better foundation in CPR, basic assessment, wound care, medical emergencies, and core first aid decision-making before entering a more demanding, scenario-based course.
If you have taken Standard First Aid or similar first aid training within the past 5 years, even if your certificate is now expired, you may be comfortable registering directly into Advanced First Aid.
If you are unsure, choose Standard First Aid first for better preparation and a smoother learning curve. Choose Advanced First Aid directly if you already feel confident with basic first aid and CPR.
Building toward EMR?
Students who successfully complete Advanced First Aid may continue into the AFA to EMR Bridge when eligible and prepared.
Booking for staff or a response team?
Delta Emergency can provide private onsite Advanced First Aid training for workplaces, industrial teams, fire departments, municipalities, and remote worksites.
Applying to fire services?
Advanced First Aid is commonly used by students preparing for Calgary Fire, Edmonton Fire, and other fire service application pathways. Always confirm the current requirement for the department or posting you are applying to.