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Health & Safety General Information

Health & Safety Training

     From First Aid, CPR and AED training to swimming and lifeguarding to "Babysitting Training", American Red Cross programs help people lead safer and healthier lives. Programs and materials are developed in collaboration with leading medical authorities.   Between July 2006 through June 2007 3,541 individuals learned lifesaving skills through classes offered by the Henderson County Chapter.

     Our chapter offers regularly scheduled courses in Adult CPR/AED, Infant/Child CPR, and First Aid. Courses in Lifeguarding, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, Water Safety, and Babysitting are scheduled periodically. For Pet lovers, try our new Pet First Aid Class so you can help your pet in an emergency. For outdoors enthusiasists, our NEW Wilderness First Aid course may be just the what you need. Click here for a Wilderness First Aid class description. In a time crunch, but wanting to be informed? Try our new First Aid and CPR For Everyone class which is just an introduction to Compression-only CPR and First Aid so you don't have to be a helpless bystander. The class is only an hour or if you want you can purchase the materials and learn at home. For more information, call us at (828) 693-5605. You can also see a class schedule list under the Health & Safety: Class Schedules tab on the left.

     Employers, schools, organizations and groups: Could your team benefit from health and safety training? If you have 6 or more people that could form a class, we can bring the class to you. Please call our office at (828) 693-5605 to schedule a time for an instructor to come to your location and provide training. You provide the participants, the space for class, a TV/DVD player and we bring the rest. Health and Safety Training- To Go! Call today for more information or to schedule your training!

Class Registration Information

Please contact our office at (828) 693-5605 to register for a class or for more information. Payment is expected at time of registration and we ask that you understand that we are unable to hold a place in a class without advance payment. We accept cash, check or Visa/MasterCard. Due to bank charges, we must apply a returned check fee of $25 applies to all NSF checks.

Need-based Financial Aid: We believe that learning life-saving skills is important for anyone, regardless of how much money you may or may not have! If you do not feel that you can affort the cost of a class, please ask us for a financial aid application. Don't let cost keep you from being prepared with lifesaving training...apply today! Our financial aid program is made possible through funding from the United Way of Henderson County.

En espanol: ?No habla ingles? ?Quiere una clase? Por favor, llame Senora Cristina Hull a 828-234-2200.

There must be 6 paid participants registered in order for a class to be held. In the event of cancellation, we will make every effort to reschedule the participant. Refunds will be granted if we cancel a class or if we receive written notice of the class participant's cancelation at least one business day before the scheduled class. Notices may be delivered to the office, faxed to (828) 693-3234, or emailed to andream@hcredcross.net. Refunds can not be granted for participants that register but do not attend. Businesses who have an approved account with us will be billed for participants that are registered but do not attend. The chapter reserves the right to suspend billing accounts due to non-payment.

Inclement Weather Policy

Night Classes: If Blue Ridge Community College does not hold night classes, our evening classes will be cancelled.

Day Classes: If Henderson County Public Schools are closed or on a two hour delay, classes are cancelled. If schools are on a one hour delay, class will go on as scheduled.

Always use your best judgement about travel conditions.
Call us (828) 693-5605 if you have questions or feel you must cancel.