Training

Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

October 1-5, 2026
This comprehensive 80-hour hybrid course blends foundational knowledge with hands-on application. Students complete approximately 35 hours of self-paced online learning to build core medical understanding, followed by 45 hours of in-person instruction focused on skill development and real-world application. The in-person portion emphasizes hands-on labs, patient assessment practice, treatment simulations, and realistic medical scenarios that strengthen critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership under pressure.

At the end of the 80-hour WFR course, participants will have both the knowledge and skills to:

    Confidently assess injured and ill individuals
    Stabilize life-threatening injuries
    Create and manage patient care in limited resource environments
    Coordinate evacuation
    Lead under pressure ​

IMPORTANT STEPS TO FOLLOW:

This is a two step registration process

Please fill this form below. This is the registration with Lake County Search and Rescue (LCSAR), it will help us to keep logistics of number of attendees.

After clicking on "Send" you will be redirected to the LCSAR confirmation and the actual registration with Longleaf Wilderness Medicine. If you do not see the Longleaf icon, please contact us via email at info@lcmtsar.org
All fields are mandatory

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Print the application and bring it by a SAR meeting Thursdays at 7:00pm.  Meet some of the team members and see our facilities and equipment. 

You will need to pay a $10.00 application fee.  This fee is used to cover the background investigation conducted by Lake County Sheriff’s Office. 

Once your application and fee are submitted you may start attending regular meetings and trainings; however only team members are permitted on mission call outs. 
Once your background investigation is cleared; you will be invited to a formal interview with the SAR board of directors. 

Completion of the background and interview is only the beginning for new SAR members.  The more you participate in meetings and trainings, the more you will learn the greater benefit you will be to the team, Lake County, and the State of Montana. 

Bring your unique skills or let SAR train you for general membership and one or more of our specialty teams.