Led by certified Safe Sitter® Instructors, this program equips grandparents with essential knowledge and life-saving skills. You'll learn the most current practices for safely caring for infants and children, including first aid, injury management, choking rescue, and CPR and AED demonstrations.

Beyond these critical skills, you'll also explore how to build strong, positive relationships with your grandchildren from the start. The program offers practical advice on navigating the balance of saying no to babysitting requests when necessary, ensuring you can enjoy your role as a grandparent while maintaining healthy boundaries.

What you'll learn:

• Infant and Child Care Best Practices
• Behavior Management for All Ages
• Choking Rescue
• First Aid and Injury Management
• CPR and AED Demonstrations
• Building Positive Relationships
• Setting Boundaries in Caregiving

By participating in Grandparents: Getting Started, you'll gain the confidence and skills to create lasting memories with your grandchildren while ensuring their safety and well-being.

The Winter Park Fire Department offers a free, one-hour Fire Extinguisher Overview Class exclusively for businesses within the City of Winter Park.

This session provides essential training on the types of fire extinguishers, their proper usage, and key fire safety techniques. Participants will learn the PASS method (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and engage in hands-on practice to ensure they are well-prepared for fire emergencies.

For more information or to schedule a class, please contact Rachel Mattingly at rmattingly@cityofwinterpark.org.

Is AHA PALS the right course for me?

PALS is geared towards healthcare providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care and critical care units. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years. Please contact your employer to ensure that you are selecting the correct course.

• Includes realistic, clinical scenarios that encourage active participation – delivered through actual pediatric patient videos and lifelike simulations
• Comprehensive and includes our systematic approach to assess and treat pediatric patients in emergency situations
• Hands-on class format to reinforce skills proficiency
• Co-branded with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

*Refunds will not be given but you can move to a class at a later date if needed. Take home books are not included in the price of this class.

This class is held at Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Headquarters located at 343 W. Canton Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789.

The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).

Who should take this course?

The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.

Age requirement: 13 years old

*Refunds will not be given but you can move to a class at a later date if needed. Take home books are not included in the price of this class.

*The American Heart Association (AHA) strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

This class is held at Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Headquarters located at 343 W. Canton Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789.

Safe Sitter® Essentials with a full CPR Certification is a 1-day class designed to prepare students to be safe when they're home alone, watching younger siblings, or babysitting.

Do you feel ready to stay home alone, watch your brothers and sisters while your parents are gone, or babysit for younger children? Then maybe it’s time for Safe Sitter®. Safe Sitter® is for young teens  who are ready to learn the skills they need to care for themselves and younger children.

In addition, Safe Sitter® teaches young teens life and business skills, so that they know how to be prepared, be responsible, and be considerate whether they are babysitting or doing odd jobs for family, friends, or neighbors.

Each student will participate in earning their Heartsaver certification through American Heart Association. Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for job. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting. For many Heartsaver courses, students receive a course completion card that is valid for 2 years.

What you'll learn: 

• Indoor Safety
• Outdoor Safety
• Online Safety
• Personal Safety
• Handling Emergencies
• Injury Prevention

• First Aid and Injury Management
• Choking Rescue
• Hands-only CPR
• Child Development
• Child Care Duties
• Behavior Management
• Job Screening
• Setting a Wage
• Canceling Jobs
• Meeting Employers

Girl Scout Patches are available upon completion, if requested prior to the class.

Please pack a lunch for your child! 

Please note, this course will require students to learn first aid topics where a small amount of blood will be shown on a video and students will learn what to do if a child they are babysitting throws up. If your child is sensitive to these topics, please reach out before scheduling class.

You’ll have fun. You’ll learn a lot. And at the end of the day, you can proudly say, “I am a Safe Sitter®!”

*No refunds will be given. If students are unable to attend they can transfer their class to a different date.

*The American Heart Association (AHA) strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.

Which course is right for me?

ACLS or ACLS is for Experienced Providers

ACLS:

• For healthcare professionals who either direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies and for personnel in emergency response

What does this course teach?

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to

• Define systems of care
• Apply the BLS, Primary, and Secondary Assessments sequence for a systematic evaluation of adult patients
• Discuss how the use of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) may improve patient outcomes
• Discuss early recognition and management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), including appropriate disposition
• Discuss early recognition and management of stroke, including appropriate disposition
• Recognize bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
• Perform early management of bradycardias and tachycardias that may result in cardiac arrest or complicate resuscitation outcome
• Model effective communication as a member or leader of a high-performance team
• Recognize the impact of team dynamics on overall team performance
• Recognize respiratory arrest
• Perform early management of respiratory arrest
• Recognize cardiac arrest
• Perform prompt, high-quality BLS including prioritizing early chest compressions and integrating early automated external defibrillator (AED) use
• Perform early management of cardiac arrest until termination of resuscitation or transfer of care, including immediate post–cardiac arrest care
• Evaluate resuscitative efforts during a cardiac arrest through continuous assessment of CPR quality, monitoring the patient’s physiologic response, and delivering real-time feedback to the team

As we reopen our life safety classes to the public we understand the importance of taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

• Prior to each class the room will be disinfected
• Upon arrival students will sanitize, be provided with a mask, and have their temperature taken
• Each student will maintain a minimum distance of 6ft from others within the classroom
• There will be handwashing and sanitization stations available to students throughout the course
• No food or drinks will be permitted in the classroom

*Refunds will not be given but you can move to a class at a later date if needed. Take home books are not included in the price of this class.

This class is held at Winter Park Fire-Rescue Department Headquarters located at 343 W. Canton Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789.