Hartsdale Fire District To Offer Babysitting Course

HARTSDALE, NY — The Hartsdale Fire District will soon begin its 51st Annual Babysitters Course.

The course is available to anyone who has not taken the course before is is 12 years of age or older.

Officials said this valuable course is offered every year as a service to residents and neighbors. It provides basic training for students to be qualified babysitters.

The course will be given at the Hartsdale Fire Headquarters, 300 West Hartsdale Ave. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday evenings Sept. 26 to Oct. 17.

Instructors for the course will include a neo-natal nurse, a police officer, a paramedic and fire department training instructors.

The classroom lecture is combined with demonstrations and visual media. Students also participate in hands-on classes such as Stop the Bleed, Rescue Breathing, CPR with AED, Infant Care, Fire Extinguishers and much more.

All students receive a babysitter course handbook and supplemental literature.

Early registration is necessary. The class is limited to 35 students with Hartsdale residents receiving priority. Those accepted into the class will be contacted by phone or email.

At the completion of the course, a listing of Babysitter Course graduates, who grant the district permission to use their name, will be made available to the public by the district. Officials said this is done as a public service to those who are seeking the services of a qualified, responsible babysitter.

The registration can be found through this link.

For more information, contact the Hartsdale Fire District at 914-949-2325 or stop in at the district’s headquarters at 300 West Hartsdale Ave.