I have been CPR and FirstAid certified three different times over the years from Alpine Fire. The first two times they sent out an instructor. He was South African, and a decent instructor. He seemed to ramble a bit, and his stories were usually only slightly related to the topic and more of an opportunity to pat himself on the back.
This last time I had Aaron as an instructor. We went to their sight, instead of them coming to us. He was very informative. A great presentation, really knew what he was talking about. Explained everything very well. He told stories from his current job, which is as a fireman in Kind County. He was well prepared, he brought his own great dummies.
He was a very informative, charming, polite, useful instructor. I highly recommend him.
The only down side was parking. We parked on the street, across from the place. In street parking with out a limit, in front of a little mini-mart. But still street parking. The grumpy owner of the mini-mart was complaining about the people from the class parking in front of his store, I heard him complaining when I stopped in for an iced tea on our break. He went over to Alpine and complained to them and we had to move our cars. I thought it was ridiculous, since it was unmarked or limited street parking. If that hadn't happened I would give them 5 stars.
Great instructor, crummy parking, but useful information in the class. read more