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OUR PROGRAMS

The Harvard Fire Protection District regularly offers CPR, Automated External Defibrillator (AED), First Aid, and Health Care Provider Classes. Group classes are available upon request. We follow American Heart Association guidelines for CPR classes.

THE FOLLOWING CLASSES ARE OFFERED:

HEARTSAVER CPR/AED:

This is a classroom, video –based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking on an adult. This course teaches skills with AHA’s research proven Practice-While-Watching (PWW) technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback and guide the students’ learning of skills.

This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training who needs a course completion card in CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory or other requirements.

This class is perfect for new parents, grandparents, teachers, day care workers, babysitters, coaches, everyone.

Cost:
$35.00 This course includes book, pocket mask, and completion card.
Payment due at the time of class

BLS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

This course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner.

This course is for the healthcare professionals who need to know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills, in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings.

This class meets the requirement for all medical personnel, such as MD, RN, PT, RT, CNA, pre-hospital employees, techs, and students in the healthcare field.

Cost:
$35.00 This course includes book, pocket mask, and completion card.
Payment due at the time of class

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Schedule a group tour of the Fire Station
Kids of all ages can come for a tour of the building and see what a day at the firehouse is like. Some activities that you can expect on the tour are lessons in fire safety, a demonstration of the gear worn to a fire and a close look at all of the fire apparatus’s.
Contact harvardfire@hfpd.org to schedule a tour.

SCHOOL VISIT

Members of the crew will come to educate the students on Fire Safety and Fire Prevention. Contact harvardfire@hfpd.org to schedule an assembly.
Schedule a blood pressure screening, meet with a crew member to discuss preparing escape plans.

FIRE ALARM BATTERY REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

Call 815-943-6927 to have batteries replaced in household fire alarms.

SENIOR SERVICES

Contact harvardfire@hfpd.org

KNOX BOX

A Knox box key vault gives first responders access to your home or business for the quickest entry in an emergency. KnoxBox.com

2018 CPR COURSE SCHEDULE

Contact harvardfire@hfpd.org

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