WFAC History
It all started with first-hand experience
After being involved in a mountaineering incident, WFAC founder, Neil Ritchie, realised how critical it is for outdoor enthusiasts to have wilderness-specific first response training
Neil has been working in the industry since the early 2000s, initially for the world’s largest provider of wilderness medicine, the Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in the USA. He soon seen need for a program that meets the specific needs of the Australian environment. Drawing on his extensive field experience, he founded Wilderness First Aid Australia. Neil continued to use WMI's evidence-based curriculum to assist in developing the Australian courses. WFAA has grown to be the largest provider of remote area first aid training in Australia.
In 2013 WFAA purchased Wild Aid training. Founded in Sydney, Wild Aid was renowned for providing excellent remote area first aid courses throughout Australia. We have been able to combine the exemplary service and geographical outreach of both companies to provide quality WFA training Australia-wide.
In 2018 WFAA entered a partnership with the Australian Institute of Leadership and Safety (AILS), a leading Australian registered training organisation (RTO), to assist with compliance and qualification delivery.
In 2019 Wilderness First Aid Consultants joined the family of companies. WFAC has seen many changes over the years and its future lies in filling a gap in availability of more flexible training delivery. WFAC now offers a fully online first aid training program for those needing wilderness specific competencies.
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