Essential Summer Beach Safety Tips: Protect Your Family and Yourself

Essential Summer Beach Safety Tips: Protect Your Family and Yourself Whether you’re a local or a visitor to Jacksonvilleโ€™s scenic beaches, knowing how to stay safe in the sun and surf is crucial for a fun, memorable summer. At Safety First CPR and Safety Training, our mission is to empower families and individuals of all […]

Why Every Parent Should Learn CPR Before Summer Swimming Season

As temperatures rise and summer approaches, families naturally spend more time around waterโ€”whether itโ€™s backyard pools, beaches, lakes, or water parks. While these moments create lasting memories, they also come with increased risks, especially for children. Thatโ€™s why learning CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) isnโ€™t just a good idea for parentsโ€”itโ€™s an essential life skill that can […]

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Babysitting Safety + CPR Certification Course

Saturday, September 28, 9a-1p, 2024Registration and further information at https://sept28babysitting.eventbrite.com. This is a great course for youth who already babysit, will start sometimes in the future, or who simply need to learn how to safely stay home alone or with younger siblings. Two official 2-yr certifications card will be issued from the American Safety and […]

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CPR and COVID-19

Is it safe to take a CPR class during the COVID-19 pandemic? You may be asking this question for yourself or for your organization. Leaders and employers, we understand your concerns about bringing your workers together for a class such as this. However, it is important to remember that sudden cardiac arrest emergencies have not […]

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Disasters Donโ€™t Wait. Make Your Plan Today

National Preparedness Month takes place each September as a way to promote family and community disaster planning. This year’s theme is: Disasters Don’t Wait. Make Your Plan Today. We encourage you to participate by taking small actions each week throughout the month to help your family stay prepared all year long. Ready.gov has outlined the following activities […]

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NEW! Remote Skills Verification Blended Learning Courses

As an approved training center of the American Safety and Health Institute, we can now take advantage of HSI’s new Remote Skills Verification (RSV) technology to safely continue to provide training and full certification to you. WHAT IS RSV? HSI’s fully integrated RSV portal allows you to learn at your own pace and demonstrate the […]

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Blended Learning and Social Distancing Safety Courses

Things are a bit (well, a lot!) different in our world right now and we are one of the many businesses that has been affected by COVID-19. Due to state and local government guidelines, we have not been running group courses as usual and business is down. However, we can still help you get certified! […]

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Life-Saving at Camp

What happens when a person suddenly becomes unresponsive due to a heart attack, drowning or other cardiac arrest situation?  They need an AED machine – and quickly – that’s what! Over the past couple of years, we have had the privilege of supplying AED (Automated External Defibrillator) machines to various organizations with monies they received […]

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Partnership with Night Lite Pediatrics Urgent Care

We have some exciting news to share!  We have a new venue for holding some of our most popular safety courses.  Long-time friends and clients of Safety First may remember that for many years we held our Community CPR classes at the two local Babies R Us stores.  Well, we obviously lost that venue when […]