NORTHWEST RESPONSE

Northwest Response provides First Aid training programs that cover everything from basic first aid to advanced and wilderness first aid.

We also offer standby first aid teams for special events, ensuring you’re prepared for any situation.

Northwest Response is a mobile first aid training company serving groups, agencies and corporations.

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2026 IS NOW IN SESSION!

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As of October 1, 2025
We now have to charge sales tax on classes.

As of October 1, 2025 Washington State has implemented a new tax on training classes/workshops (ESSB 5814) .  Attendees will now be charged tax on your registration. The tax rate is based off where the attendee is taking the class.

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New Rates for 2026

First Aid CPR/AED

$630.00per class*
  • *Course fee covers the first 6 students $100.00 ea additional student. Washington State Sales Tax is not included. All classes are now taxable.
  • Optimal Instructor to student ratio is 1:12
New Rate for 2026

Advanced First Aid

$1518per class*
  • *Course fee covers the first 6 students $253 ea additional student. Washington State Sales Tax is not included. All classes are now taxable.
  • Optimal Instructor to student ratio is 1:10
New Rate for 2026

Wilderness First Aid

$1794per class*
  • *Course fee covers the first 6 students $299 ea additional student. Washington State Sales Tax is not included. All classes are now taxable.
  • Optimal Instructor to student ratio is 1:10

Since 2012, Northwest Response has delivered First Aid courses throughout Washington & Oregon. Here are a few of our clients.

• Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife

• US Forrest Service

• Pacific Maritime Association

• The Boat Company

• National Parks Service

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Gig Harbor Police Department

• The City of Port Townsend

• Physicians Insurance Group

• US Department of Transportation

• Washington State Department of Agriculture

• West Fork Environmental

• Raytheon

• Kitsap Transit

• Behavioral Health Resources

• City of University Place

• SafeBoats 

• Washington State Health Care Authority

Responders Teaching Responders

Northwest Response (NWR) is an Emergency Medical Response Training and Stand-by First Aid Service Provider.  Our Instructors and Station Team Members are also Healthcare Professionals working in Hospital, Clinical and EMS.

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We’re an OSHA-Compliant Evaluator

When you take evaluations and fit tests with us, it’ll be according to official OSHA and Washington State Department of Labor & Industries requirements and guidelines.

Wilderness First Aid Training for WA State

By Thomas | 10/31/2021

Since COVID, Northwest Response switched gears from First Aid Training to respiratory protection training and qualitative fit testing of N95’s to full face respirators for Hospitals, Surgery Centers, Dental/Medical, Assisted Living Facilities and Adult Family Homes.  Starting in December of 2020, NWR has been working closely with the Washington State Department of Health to fulfill…

Welcome Change

By Thomas | 02/25/2021

With COVID disrupting just about every aspect of business, we have been fortunate to have skills that kept us going through it all. For the past year we have been laser focused on working with the healthcare, eldercare & Adult Family Homes to provide Respirator Fit Testing almost exclusively.  We are still under contract with the…

Boating Season Safety Tips

By Thomas | 04/17/2020

Most critical boating accidents stem from eleven events: Boating accidents make news. Maybe it’s a throwback to the great tales of misadventure at sea. Maybe it’s their novelty; many mundane activities are statistically riskier, but beyond the headlines, one or more of a relative handful of causes are usually to blame, says Randy Vance, editor-at-large…

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NWR is a multi program provider that offers classes from the American Red Cross, the American Safety & Health Institute’s Wilderness First Aid, Advanced First Aid, and the Health & Safety Institute’s Medic First Aid.

 

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