Foxfire Wilderness LLC is a Licensed Training Company of Wilderness Medical Associates, the industry-leading provider of wilderness and remote medical training. Foxfire Wilderness offers Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Advanced First Aid, and Wilderness First Aid courses throughout the USA and internationally.
Our Mission:
Foxfire Wilderness shares lifesaving wilderness medicine skills. We are committed to providing positive educational experiences to ALL who seek them. We work to increase access and create a learning experience that fits your needs.
We all bleed red.
We welcome people of all races, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. For us, this statement isn't political. This is just good educational practice. Our instructors are selected for their ability to support all of their students with humility and professionalism.
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As part of this mission we offer affinity programing to groups that often feel marginalized by the outdoor industry or greater medical culture. Check out our course page for trainings designed specifically for women and LGBTQ+ folks.
Community is essential.
Foxfire Wilderness is currently designing courses that create opportunities for the hundreds of volunteer search and rescue members across the state of Colorado to gain more medical training. Our goal is to make it possible for as many of these unpaid volunteers as possible to access training for minimal cost.​
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Owens Strawinski
Owner & Lead Instructor
My goal is to teach high quality courses that prioritize my students' needs above all else. I work to create welcoming spaces in which students can feel safely challenged, find confidence in their skills, develop accurate self-assessment, and realize how they can help others.
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Owens (she/they) has worked in the outdoor industry for 10 years in a variety of roles. She has worked as a commercial sea kayaking and climbing guide domestically and abroad, and as an instructor for Outward Bound in the North Cascades. She currently works in a hospital setting as a EMT, responds to wildland fires as a medical resource, and volunteers with Chaffee County North Search and Rescue at home in Colorado. She has spent almost 1000 days in the field teaching and caring for others in a variety of remote environments in her career as a guide and outdoor educator. Owens has a deep personal understanding of the value of wilderness medical training, and the challenging conditions within which professionals are operating in the field.
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Owens is based in Colorado, but travels to provide instruction, adventures, and wilderness medical training nationally and internationally.
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Certifications and past trainings:
Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and De-escalation
Mental Health First Aid for Youth
CO EMT-IV, NREMT, and WFR
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
AAI Avalanche Pro 1, AIARE Instructor
BCU Sea Kayak Leader / 4-Star
Justice, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Trainings (Avarna Group, Justice Outside, and more)