Bedford County Wilderness Search Team Inc.

Public Education Committee

The Public Education Committee is made up of the teams top educators in the field of search prevention. Members of the committee have received formal education in Education Methodology and have considerable experience in outdoor education. Many have taught and guided hiking, backpacking, white water rafting, and climbing trips. Many of the committee members work for community colleges as local level instructors teaching search and rescue skills, rope rescue, water rescue, and wilderness medical classes. Committee members are certified through the Pennsylvania Department of Health as First Responders, Emergency Medical Technicians, and Paramedics. The members have also upgraded their medical training in the appropriate wilderness medical upgrades - Wilderness EMT and Wilderness ALS certifications.

The Committee Provides the Following Classes:

1-Hour Lectures and Classes

The 10 Essentials for Outdoor Activities

Wilderness First Aid

Navigation

Emergency Shelter Building and Signaling

Backcountry Safety

4 - Hour Classes

Basic Survival

Basic Navigation

8 - Hour Classes

Navigation 101

Wilderness First Aid

For Scouting Merit Badges

Orienteering

First Aid

Survival

Current Class Schedule

Date	Course	Location	Time
June 24, 2007	Backcountry Safety	Po Paddy State Park	11 AM
June 25, 2007	Navigation	Camp Sequanota	9:30 AM
June 25, 2007	Wilderness First Aid	Camp Sequanota	10:30 AM
June 30, 2007	10 Essentials for Outdoor Activities	Blue Knob State Park	7 PM
July 16, 2007	Navigation	Camp Sequanota	9:30 AM
July 16, 2007	Wilderness First Aid	Camp Sequanota	10:30 AM
July 20, 2007	10 Essentials for Outdoor Activities	Colonel Denning State Park	7:30 PM
August 11, 2007	Navigation	Reeds Gap State Park	11 AM

Click on Public Education Flyer for more information.

Bedford County Wilderness Search Team, Inc.

PO Box 445

New Paris, PA 15554

bcwst@bcwst.org

Website designed and maintained by Jacob Berkey

Revised: June 8, 2007