J24 First Aid

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, ss. 3.14-3.21 and Schedule 3-A (re-enacted by B.C. Reg. 132/2023) (Occupational Health and Safety Regulation [BC], 2026, ss. 3.14-3.21, Sch. 3-A). Guideline G3.16 (WorkSafeBC, n.d.-c).

What must be covered.

• Assessment. A written first aid assessment of each workplace, reviewed with the joint committee or representative at least every 12 months and on a significant change (s. 3.16(2)-(3.1)).
• Classes and hazard ratings. Requirements depend on the workplace class (class 1 is accessible; class 2 remote, meaning an ambulance cannot reach it from its base in 30 minutes; class 3 less-accessible, meaning ambulance personnel cannot safely reach a work area; class 4 both), the number of workers present and the workplace’s hazard rating (low, moderate or high, relative to all other workplaces) (Sch. 3-A, s. 1).
• Class 1 examples (Table 3-1). 2-9 workers: a basic kit and basic attendant at moderate or high hazard; 10-19 workers: a basic kit and two basic attendants at high hazard; 20-49 workers: an intermediate kit, dressing station, and basic and intermediate attendants at high hazard; 50-99 workers: an intermediate kit, first aid room and two intermediate attendants at high hazard.
• Certificates. Basic, intermediate and advanced certificates replaced levels 1, 2 and 3 on 2024-11-01; an unexpired older certificate counts as its equivalent until 2027-11-01 (Sch. 3-A, s. 2).
• Procedures and drills. Up-to-date written first aid procedures, posted, and drills at least once a year and whenever the procedures change (s. 3.17).
• Records. A record of all injuries and exposures reported or treated, kept three years and confidential (s. 3.19).
• Kits and vehicles. The guideline aligns kits to CSA Z1220-17 (personal = Type 1; basic = Type 2 medium; intermediate = Type 3 medium; advanced = Type 3 medium plus oxygen) and recommends a personal kit in vehicles travelling more than 10 minutes from the central workplace (WorkSafeBC, n.d.-c).

Fire-service nuance.

• The hazard rating is the employer’s assessment, not an industry list; fireground work will usually rate high, a station office low (interpretation).
• Volunteer and paid-on-call firefighters are workers, so they count toward “workers present”.
• The guideline’s vehicle kit is a recommendation; apparatus carrying crews should carry at least the Type 1 personal kit by policy.

Status. Verified: ss. 3.14-3.21 and Schedule 3-A read on 2026-10-23 (consolidated to 2026-10-20). The guideline was read through the research.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Code, Part 11 (ss. 177-184) and Schedule 2 (Occupational Health and Safety Code [AB], 2025, ss. 177-184, Sch. 2).

What must be covered.

• Standards. First aiders trained by approved agencies to CSA Z1210-17 (s. 177); kits to CSA Z1220-17 (s. 178(3)).
• Hazard class. Fire operations are neither low nor high hazard in Schedule 2, Table 2, so they are medium hazard work by default.
• Close work site, medium hazard (Table 6). 1 worker: Type 1 personal kit; 2-9: 1 basic first aider and a Type 2 basic small kit; 10-19: 1 basic and 1 intermediate first aider and a basic small kit; 20-49: 1 basic and 1 intermediate and a basic medium kit; 50-99: 2 basic and 1 intermediate and a basic large kit.
• Transport. An emergency transportation plan before workers go to a work site (s. 180); an ill or injured worker is accompanied by a first aider unless three or fewer workers are present (s. 180(3)-(4)).
• Medical certificates count. Emergency medical responders, primary care paramedics and advanced care paramedics need no further first aid course to be designated first aiders (s. 181(3)).
• Records. Injury and first aid records kept three years (s. 183(3)), confidential (s. 184).
• Vehicles. No separate vehicle kit rule; a vehicle is a work site.

Fire-service nuance.

• Members certified as EMRs or paramedics meet the first aider requirement; firefighter medical responder certificates that are not one of those designations do not.
• Volunteers are workers but are not counted toward committee thresholds; count them as workers present for first aid (interpretation).

Status. Verified against the Code consolidated to 2025-03-31.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020, Part 5 (ss. 5-1 to 5-14) and Table 9 (The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 [SK], 2021, ss. 5-1 to 5-14, Table 9).

What must be covered.

• Standards. Kits to CSA Z1220-17, with the workplace classified by the risk assessment in its Annex A (ss. 5-1, 5-3); CSA Z1210 is not adopted, and attendants are provincial class A and class B.
• Attendants (Table 9). 2-25 workers: one class A at any risk level; 26-50: class A (low), class B (moderate), class A and class B (high); 51-100: class A (low), A and B (moderate), A and B and one licensed paramedic-level person (high); over 100: 2 A (low), 2 A and 2 B (moderate), 2 A, 2 B and one licensed person (high) (s. 5-5).
• Rescue work. Where the regulations require rescue personnel, a class A attendant must be available (s. 5-5(4)).
• Certificates and records. Certificates valid no more than three years (s. 5-6); first aid register kept five years after the last entry (s. 5-8).
• Rooms and transport. A first aid room for 100 or more workers at distant places (s. 5-9); transport of the injured by ambulance within 30 minutes or by a suitable vehicle (s. 5-12).
• Vehicles. A vehicle that transports workers carries a kit consistent with CSA Z1220 (s. 5-10).

Fire-service nuance.

• The rescue-personnel rule ties first aid to confined space and other rescue standby (see J17 Confined Space).
• Unpaid volunteers are workers only for the harassment and violence duties (see J11 Volunteer Firefighters); provide first aid coverage for every member by policy.

Status. Verified against the regulations consolidated to 2021-04-01.

Law. Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, Part 5 (ss. 5.1-5.19) and Schedule C (Workplace Safety and Health Regulation [MB], 2026, ss. 5.5-5.12).

What must be covered.

• Standards. First aiders at the CSA Z1210-17 levels (basic, intermediate, advanced) (s. 5.5(2)(c)), with certificates valid three years (s. 5.5(5)); kits to CSA Z1220-17 (s. 5.12(1)).
• Minimum first aiders per shift (close workplace, hospital within 30 minutes, other work). None at 1-10 workers; one intermediate at 11-40; two intermediate at 41-199; three intermediate at 200 or more. Distant (within two hours) and isolated workplaces need more, up to advanced first aiders (s. 5.5(1)).
• Posting and records. First aider list posted (s. 5.5(4)); injury and illness records kept five years (s. 5.7).
• Transport and clean-up. A means of reaching an ambulance service within 30 minutes or a stretcher-capable vehicle (s. 5.8); blood and body fluid clean-up by a competent person (s. 5.10).
• Vehicles. A vehicle, boat or aircraft used to transport workers is deemed a workplace, with kits sized to its seating capacity (s. 5.12(2)).

Fire-service nuance.

• A close station with 10 or fewer members on shift needs a kit but no designated first aider; most departments exceed this by policy because members are trained.
• Apparatus kits must be sized to seating, so a six-seat cab needs a larger kit than a two-seat utility.

Status. Verified against the regulation current to 2026-10-20.

Law. First Aid Requirements, Reg. 1101 (made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act) (First Aid Requirements [ON], 2026, ss. 5-16).

What must be covered.

• Standard. The regulation has never been amended and uses St. John Ambulance standards “or equivalent”, not CSA Z1210 or Z1220.
• By workers per shift. 1-5: a first aid box with prescribed contents, in the charge of a holder of an emergency first aid certificate (s. 8); 6-15: a larger box and a standard first aid holder (s. 9); 16-199: one stretcher, two blankets, a box and a standard first aid holder (s. 10); 200 or more: a first aid room with a registered nurse or qualified worker (s. 11).
• Inspection and records. Boxes inspected at least quarterly with the inspection card signed (s. 6); a record of every accident and first aid treatment (s. 5); the poster displayed (ss. 1, 3).
• Vehicles. A vehicle used to transport workers is a place of employment (s. 13(c)), and every employer using a vehicle to transport workers equips it with a first aid box with prescribed contents (s. 16(2)).

Fire-service nuance.

• Apparatus that carries crews needs the s. 16(2) box in addition to the medical response kit.
• Ontario has no certificate validity period in the regulation; adopt a three-year cycle to match CSA practice.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (no amendments).

Law. First-aid Minimum Standards Regulation (A-3.001, r. 10), amended by O.C. 37-2026 (First-aid Minimum Standards Regulation [QC], 2026, ss. 2.1-14).

What must be covered.

• Certificate. Issued by a CNESST-recognized organization for training to the CSA Z1210 intermediate level, including a practical demonstration, and valid for a maximum of three years from issue (s. 2.1). Under the transitional rule of the 2026 amendment, a certificate issued before 2026-02-12 stays valid until it expires.
• Numbers. At least one first aider present at all times during work hours where 50 or fewer workers are present simultaneously, and one more for every additional 100 workers or part (s. 3).
• Kits. An adequate number, close to the work and always accessible, complying with CSA Z1220 (s. 4).
• Vehicles. A vehicle used to transport or employ workers carries a kit where it travels in areas with no other accessible kit; the full s. 4 content where it can carry more than five workers who are more than 30 minutes from a medical service, otherwise a Z1220 Type 1 kit (s. 5).
• Room and other duties. A first aid room where there are more than 100 workers (s. 11); an emergency communication system (s. 12); signs and posting of first aiders’ names (ss. 13-14); a register.
• Prevention program. First aid is a required component of the prevention program (Act respecting occupational health and safety [QC], 2026, s. 59).

Fire-service nuance.

• The 2026 amendments moved Quebec to CSA Z1210 and Z1220; firefighters’ pre-hospital first responder training may not match the CSA intermediate curriculum, so check equivalence with a recognized organization.

Status. Verified: ss. 2, 2.1, 3, 4, 5 and 11 read on 2026-10-23 (consolidated to 2026-07-01). The prevention program link (LSST s. 59) comes from the research.

Law. First Aid Regulation 2004-130, amended by N.B. Reg. 2023-45 (First Aid Regulation: Occupational Health and Safety Act [NB], 2023, ss. 2-12, Sch. A).

What must be covered.

• Standards. CSA Z1210-17 (R2021) for training and CSA Z1220-17 (R2021) for kits (s. 7(0.1)). WorkSafeNB allows employers to comply with newer editions of these standards (WorkSafeNB, 2025).
• Level. Basic level for work that is not high hazard; intermediate level for high hazard work, which includes confined space and isolated work (ss. 2, 8(1)); training approved by the Chief Compliance Officer (s. 8(2)).
• Providers per shift (Schedule A). 2-19 employees: 1 (not high hazard) or 1 (high hazard); 20-49: 1 or 2; 50-99: 2 or 2; 100-199: 2 or 3, one with access to the first aid room; 200 or more: 3 or 4; above 200, one more per 1-100 employees.
• Room, kits and procedures. A first aid room at 100 or more per shift (s. 12); kits per Z1220 (s. 11); a written emergency communication procedure (s. 5) and a written transportation procedure (s. 6).
• Records. Treatment records kept three years (s. 10).
• Vehicles. The regulation does not apply to a vehicle used or likely to be used by an employee (s. 3).

Fire-service nuance.

• Firefighting is not named as high hazard, but confined space rescue and isolated work are; assess fireground work as high hazard by policy (interpretation).
• Because vehicles are excluded, apparatus kits are a policy decision; carry at least a Z1220 Type 2 kit.

Status. Verified against the regulation consolidated to 2023-08-09; the WorkSafeNB interpretation read through a secondary source.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 4 (ss. 4.1-4.20, rewritten 2024) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [NS], 2025, ss. 4.1-4.20). Guide: Workplace first aid (Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration, n.d.-i).

What must be covered.

• Standards. Certificates at basic, intermediate and advanced levels from training agencies that meet “the latest version” of CSA Z1210; kits that conform to the latest CSA Z1220 (s. 4.1), now the 2024 editions (CSA Z1210:24; CSA Z1220:24).
• Travel time. Close: surface travel time to a hospital or emergency care facility, or for emergency health services to arrive, of 20 minutes or less; distant: more than 20 and less than 40; isolated: 40 or more (s. 4.1).
• Headcount. All persons employed on any one shift count, full-time, part-time and casual, determined with the committee (s. 4.7).
• First aiders, close workplaces, other than offices. 2-25 per shift: 1 basic; 26-50: 1 intermediate; 51-99: 2 intermediate; 100-199: 2 intermediate; 200 or more: 3 intermediate (s. 4.8(2)). Distant and isolated workplaces need more and higher levels, for example 1 intermediate at 2-25 when distant and 1 advanced at 26-50 when isolated (s. 4.8(3)-(4)).
• Kits. Close and distant workplaces: 1 Type 1 for one worker; 1 small Type 2 at 2-25; 2 at 26-50; 3 at 51-99; 6 at 100 or more; isolated workplaces need Type 3 kits as well (s. 4.9); kits accessible, located by sign, clean, dry and checked for quantity and expiry (ss. 4.10-4.11).
• Room. A first aid room where 200 or more are regularly employed on a shift at a non-office workplace (ss. 4.12-4.13).
• Records, transport, cost. A written record of every injury treated (s. 4.14); safe and timely transport to hospital, with an attendant if needed (s. 4.15); the employer pays for the course and the wages (s. 4.4); certificates expire three years after issue unless the agency sets less (s. 4.6).
• Vehicles. A vehicle regularly used to transport employees carries a small Type 2 kit; one that carries only its driver carries at least a Type 1 kit (s. 4.17).
• Isolated workplaces. A written isolated workplace first aid plan, made with the committee (s. 4.18), unless an exemption applies (s. 4.19).

Fire-service nuance.

• A composite department counts every member employed on a shift at each station, including volunteers on duty, under s. 4.7.
• Rural response areas with long travel times to hospital make some incident and training sites “distant” or “isolated”, which raises the certificate level required on scene.
• “Emergency health services” in Part 4 means the service delivered by registered pre-hospital first responders and paramedics under the Emergency Health Services Act (s. 4.1), the same framework that governs medical first response (see J25 Infection Control and Medical First Response).

Status. Verified: Part 4 read on 2026-10-23 (consolidated to N.S. Reg. 163/2025).

Law. General Regulations, Part 9 (overhauled by P.E.I. Reg. EC126/21 and P.E.I. Reg. EC600/24) (Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations [PE], 2025, ss. 9.3-9.14).

What must be covered.

• Standards. CSA Z1210-17 for training and CSA Z1220-17 for kits.
• Assessment. A workplace first aid risk assessment by a competent person, with the committee or representative, considering workers per shift, distance from emergency medical services and transport, reviewed at least annually (s. 9.3).
• First aiders. Designated, with the level set by risk: a basic certificate on site at all times for low risk, intermediate for moderate, advanced for high (s. 9.7); names posted (s. 9.5).
• Kits and room. Type 1, 2 or 3 kits per Z1220-17, distributed proportionately above 100 workers (s. 9.11); a first aid room where more than 100 workers on a shift do work that is not low risk (s. 9.14).
• Vehicles. Vehicles and boats that transport workers carry a Type 3 intermediate kit sized to the legal seating capacity (s. 9.8).
• Records. Treatment records kept three years (s. 9.10).

Fire-service nuance.

• The Type 3 intermediate kit on every crew-carrying vehicle is a higher standard than most jurisdictions; check apparatus kits against it.
• EC600/24’s in-force date was not confirmed.

Status. Verified against the regulations consolidated to 2025-01-01, except the EC600/24 in-force date.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety First Aid Regulations, C.N.L.R. 1148/96, amended by N.L.R. 68/20 (Occupational Health and Safety First Aid Regulations [NL], 2020, ss. 3.1-14).

What must be covered.

• Standards. Kits meet CSA Z1220 (s. 4(1)); emergency, standard and advanced certificates meet criteria set by WorkplaceNL (s. 3.1); CSA Z1210 is not named.
• Staffing per shift. 2-14 workers: one emergency first aid certificate holder (s. 4(4)); 15-199: one standard first aid holder plus one emergency first aid holder for each 25 workers or part over 25 (s. 4(5)); 200 or more: an advanced first aid attendant, the same ratio, and a first aid room (ss. 4(6), 5); a worker working alone holds an emergency certificate where reasonable (s. 4(3)).
• Equipment. More than 15 workers: stretcher, blankets and splints (s. 14).
• Vehicles. Conveyances for workers carry a Type 3 intermediate kit sized to seating capacity (s. 8).
• Records. First aid register kept five years (s. 10(3)).

Fire-service nuance.

• Firefighters on duty may drive apparatus under the licensing exemption (see J30 Emergency Vehicles, Drivers and Licensing), but the first aid kit rule for conveyances applies to every crew-carrying vehicle.

Status. Verified against the regulations as amended to NLR 68/20.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 18 (minimum first aid requirements, effective 2012-06-30) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 18.02-18.14, Sch. 1-2).

What must be covered.

• Assessment and minimums. A risk assessment, plus supplies and attendants to the Schedule 2 minimums (s. 18.02), which vary with workers per shift and travel time: close (up to 20 minutes), distant (more than 20) and isolated (more than 40 minutes or no all-weather road).
• Hazard class. Schedule 1 classes A, B and C; “wildland fire operations” are class A; structural fire departments are not listed, so the class B default or an officer’s determination applies.
• Fire departments (s. 18.12). An automated external defibrillator, a Level 2 kit, oxygen therapy equipment, a bag and mask, airways and suction, and two sterile burn sheets; every firefighter holds standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy certificates, and AED training if the Board requires it.
• Vehicles. Vehicles that transport workers carry a Level 1 kit (s. 18.09).
• Records. Kept at least three years (s. 18.14).
• Standards. The Board recognizes CSA Z1210-17 certificates and accepts CSA Z1220-17 kits, mapping Type 2 basic to Level 1 and Type 3 intermediate (medium or large) to Levels 2 and 3 (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-c).

Fire-service nuance.

• Yukon is the only jurisdiction with a first aid rule written for fire departments: every firefighter, volunteers included, needs standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy.

Status. Partly verified: Part 18 read through the research from the Board’s rendering; the Board’s CSA mapping is an administrative position.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Part 5 (ss. 54-67, rewritten by N.W.T. Reg. 012-2020, in force 2021-01-01) (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [NT], 2024, ss. 54-67).

What must be covered.

• Standards. CSA Z1220-17 kits (s. 56) and CSA Z1210-17 training for intermediate and advanced qualifications (s. 1), both “as amended from time to time”, which brings in the 2024 editions (CSA Z1210:24; CSA Z1220:24).
• Assessment. A first aid risk assessment setting a low, moderate or high risk level (s. 57).
• Attendants (Schedule H). 1 worker: 1 intermediate; 2-10: 1 intermediate (low or moderate) or 1 advanced (high); 11-20: 2; at 41-50 high-risk sites add an emergency medical technician.
• Kits (Schedules B-D). 2-25 workers: one small Type 2 (low or moderate) or one small Type 3 (high); inspected every 90 days (s. 59.3).
• Certificates and records. Certificates expire after no more than three years (s. 60.1); register kept three years after the last entry (s. 63).
• Room. A first aid room at isolated work sites with 100 or more workers (s. 62).
• Vehicles and transport. Vehicles transporting workers carry a Type 2 kit, an emergency number list and, where possible, communications (s. 64); transport by ambulance within 30 minutes or an equivalent, with air arrangements where flying is the only way (s. 65).

Fire-service nuance.

• Most community fire halls are small; a high-risk rating for firefighting moves the requirement from intermediate to advanced.

Status. Verified against the regulations consolidated to 2024-09-26.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Part 5, rewritten by Nu. Reg. 003-2021 and identical to the Northwest Territories (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [NU], 2021, ss. 54-67).

What must be covered.

• Same rules as the Northwest Territories. CSA Z1220-17 kits and Z1210-17 training (s. 1); risk assessment (s. 57); kits per Schedules B-D; attendants per Schedule H (2-10 workers: 1 intermediate, or 1 advanced at a high-risk site); certificates no more than three years (s. 60.1); first aid room at isolated sites with 100 or more workers (s. 62); register three years (s. 63); Type 2 kit in worker-transport vehicles (s. 64).

Fire-service nuance.

• Nearly every Nunavut community is an isolated workplace for transport purposes, so the transport plan (including air) is part of the first aid program.

Status. Partly verified: checked against the Nunavut text through the research (consolidated to 2021-09-28).

Law. Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Part XVI (Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [CA], 2026, ss. 16.2-16.13, Sch. I).

What must be covered.

• Scheme. A federal scheme that does not reference CSA Z1210 or Z1220.
• Instructions. Written first aid instructions (s. 16.2).
• Attendants. Required where six or more employees are working, and at remote workplaces (ambulance response over two hours) where two or more are working (s. 16.3); at non-office workplaces, a basic certificate where ambulance response is under 20 minutes and a standard certificate where it is 20 minutes to two hours (s. 16.3(4)); certificates valid at most three years (s. 16.12(5)).
• Kits. Type A for 2-5 employees; Type B (basic attendant) or C (standard attendant) for 6 or more; Type D for a single remote worker or 1-3 travelling by snowmobile or small vehicle (Sch. I).
• Stations, rooms, vehicles. Stations inspected at least monthly (s. 16.5(4)); a first aid room at 200 or more employees (s. 16.9); in a motor vehicle, the first aid information is kept with the kit (s. 16.6(2)).
• Transport and records. Transport arranged before work is assigned (s. 16.11); first aid records kept two years (s. 16.13(3)).

Fire-service nuance.

• Airport and Department of National Defence fire services meet this scheme for their own members; most will exceed it because members are medically trained.

Status. Verified against the regulations consolidated to 2026-09-30.