WFPD Programs

First Aid and CPR Class Schedules and More

Woodside Fire Protection District offers many programs to better prepare the public for emergencies as well as general fire safety, and injury prevention - including First Aid and CPR. For more information on classes and schedules, check the district site here.

Fire Prevention & Public Education

Find Holiday Fire Safety Tips here.  Stay safe! Fire Prevention/Public Education activities in the Woodside Fire Protection District are well rounded and community participation in current programs is flourishing. Foundation support will cover this area. The two most popular programs currently underway are the public CPR & 1st Aid training and the Chipper program.

CPR & First Aid Training

Each year the Fire District trains over 150 individuals in the life saving skills of CPR and 1st Aid. Its schools’ faculty members, local business employees and park rangers are among some of the most dedicated students. Fire District personnel, firefighters, paramedics, the fire marshal, the public education officer and others, take great pride in teaching these eight-hour classes and consider it to be one of their most important educational duties. The program, though extremely beneficial, is a costly endeavor. The Fire District, which purchases manuals, videos, student masks, and various training manikins, seeks to keep those materials and tools as up-to-date as possible to maintain and improve the effectiveness of its training.

Chipper Program

Reducing hazardous fire fuel is one of the community’s utmost needs. Funding for its popular and unique Chipper Program which helps meet this need can no longer be provided solely by the Fire District’s operational budget. Upgraded equipment as well as a multi-purpose vehicle is required to keep the program functioning at its present level. Established in 2005 and expanded over the years, most recently through partnering with the Town of Woodside and the Town of Portola Valley, this community outreach enterprise enables residents to reduce their fire hazard and create a defensible space around their homes by allowing the Fire District to chip the brush they cut from their property.