The short route back to a current First Responder certificate for people who already hold one.
Course details
- Certificate
- Canadian Red Cross First Responder (recertification)
- Certificate valid for
- 3 years (BLS component 1 year)
- Issued by
- Canadian Red Cross
- Duration
- 20 hours over 3 days (class days 9:00-5:00, breaks included)
- Format
- In-person (Calgary)
- Prerequisites
- A current or recently expired Canadian Red Cross First Responder certificate
- CPR / BLS
- BLS included
- Price
- $400.00 + GST & applicable taxes (charged at checkout for your province)
When this runs
This one is new and we are still setting dates for it. Tell us you are interested and we will come back with them, along with your expiry date checked against the window, before you commit to anything.
What you’ll be able to do
- Hold a current Canadian Red Cross First Responder certificate
- Refresh the assessment and airway skills under supervision
- Renew the Basic Life Support component alongside it
Whether you can use it
Your expiry date determines your eligibility. Recertification is available while your certificate is valid or within the permitted renewal window. Wait too long, and you may need to retake the full course at a higher cost and with twice the classroom time. Check your expiry date and book early.
If the date has already gone by some margin, tell us anyway. We would rather look at it with you than have you book the wrong thing, and the answer is sometimes better than people expect.
What it covers
The First Responder skill suite, run as a renewal rather than as a first teaching: patient assessment, airway and breathing management, oxygen and ventilation, bleeding control, spinal considerations and the scenario work that ties them together. Basic Life Support is included and issues its own certificate on its own one-year clock.
Who this course is for
- First Responder certificate holders inside the renewal window
- Fire, industrial and security responders whose employer requires the certificate current
- People who took First Responder as the exit from an EMR week and want to keep it live
Where we teach this course
We teach this course in Calgary. No public dates are posted at the moment.
We also deliver this course at your worksite for groups, useful for crews who can’t release staff to travel. Onsite delivery carries an additional fee on top of per-person pricing. Request an onsite quote.
We travel for private and group training across Canada, and internationally by arrangement. If you’re outside Alberta, tell us where you are and we’ll price it.
Common questions
- What does a class day look like?
- Three weekdays in a row, 9:00 to 5:00, with breaks. That is a full teaching day each time, which is how the course fits into three days instead of spreading across four. The total hours and the fee are in the course details above, and the dates are still being set.
- My certificate expired last month. Can I still recertify?
- Possibly. Recertification is for a certificate that is current or recently expired, and how much grace there is comes from the programme standards rather than from us. Send us your expiry date and we will tell you honestly which course you need.
- Do I get Basic Life Support with it?
- Yes. BLS is included and issues its own certificate, valid one year, on its own clock inside the three-year First Responder certificate.
Where to go next
Cancellation, transfer, and refund terms are shown before payment and confirmed at registration. Not sure which course fits? Email us and we’ll help.
Sources
- On successful completion you receive a Canadian Red Cross First Responder certificate. Canadian Red Cross (verified 2026-07-23).
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