What We Do

First Aid Ski Patrol (FASP) is a volunteer, non profit organization providing first aid to Grouse Mountain and Cypress Nordic.

Our responsibilities are much wider in scope than just first aid. Risk Management, Safety Operations, Customer Service, and Accident Investigation are also part of our duties. In the "off season" our patrollers provide first aid services and communications/logistics services for Grouse Mountain Summer operations and to various community sporting events.

Our Training

FASP runs an in-depth first aid program, and all members of the patrol receive in-house training from instructors with extensive professional experience in various emergency fields. All of our patrollers hold at the minimum an 80 hour course certificate in one of the following first aid courses:

  • Emergency Medical Responder (EMR - BCEHS)

  • Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC)

  • Occupational First Aid (OFA) Level 3

  • Non Urban Emergency Care Level 3 (NUEC 3)

  • Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

In addition, many of our patrollers hold higher levels of certification such as an RN, NP, LPN, PCP, ACP, CCP, or MD.

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Junior Patrol Program

We run a Junior Patrol program for students aged 16-17, who volunteer with us to develop their communication and learning skills and eventually "graduate" to the regular patrol.

Note: Junior Patrollers will require an 80 hour first aid course to participate as first aid response patrollers after their participation as a Junior Patroller. Their other option is to become a Mountain Safety.



“When an astronaut is envious of your job, that really says something”

- Scott Marland, National Ski Patrol

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