Form 1 of 2: Liability Waiver Wilderness Courses
RELEASE OF LIABILITY, WAIVER OF CLAIMS, ASSUMPTION OF RISKS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
All participants attending a FACT Plus Inc. (FACTPlus.ca) Wilderness Course must complete this Liability Release Form before they can participate.
Please note that this is a "generic" waiver that encompasses ALL activities done in a variety of FACT Plus Inc. courses. Some courses may not encounter or participate in many of the activities listed in this waiver of liability.
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* THIS RELEASE OF LIABILITY, WAIVER OF CLAIMS, ASSUMPTION OF RISKS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE VARIOUS RISKS INVOLVED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED COURSE/EXPEDITION.
** ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT AS A CONDITION OF THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEREBY RELEASING FACT Plus Inc. (FACTPlus.ca) AND ALL OTHER RELEASED PARTIES FROM ANY FUTURE CLAIMS WHICH MIGHT ARISE AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED COURSE/EXPEDITION.
In this Agreement,
“RELEASED PARTIES” means FACT Plus Inc. (FACTPlus.ca) and its members including but not limited its officers, Owners, employees, assigns, volunteers, agents, representatives, contractors, instructors and participants including other students/participants.
“FACT” refers to the FACT Plus Inc.
BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, I AM NOT RELYING UPON ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS OR STATEMENTS MADE BY THE RELEASED PARTIES OTHER THAN WHAT IS STIPULATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
In consideration of the educational services and programs offered by FACT Plus Inc. (herein after referred to as “FACT”), I (joined by my parents or legal guardian if I am a minor attending any courses other than the Wilderness & Remote F), herein after referred to as the “participant” or “student”, agree to the following terms and conditions and acknowledge the following:
This document is to be completed as my acknowledgement that I understand that ACTIVITIES AND RISKS associated with my participation in the above course, and that I understand that FACT Plus Inc. considers it important for me to know in advance what to expect and to be informed of the activities’ inherent risks.
The following describes some, but not all, of those risks associated with my electing to participate in this course.
Activities & Risks May Include:
FACT Plus Inc. activities may include strenuous activities both, physically and emotionally. Physical activities may include running, hiking, repetitive lifting and carrying. Certain activities will require travel by foot and other means, over unimproved roads, hiking trails and rugged off-trail terrain including downed timber, river crossings, snow, ice, steep slopes, slippery rocks and other features, Students/Clients may (in rare cases) be moved via Snowmobile, ATV, Boat, Car or Other Motorized Vehicles. These travel risks include falling, Collisions, Injuries, drowning, becoming lost and others usually associated with such travel, including environmental risks. Environmental risks and hazards include flowing, deep and cold water; Falling Through Ice, insects, snakes, animals; falling and rolling rock; lightning, falling timber, and unpredictable forces of nature, including weather which may change to extreme conditions without notice.
Possible injuries and illnesses include hypothermia, frostbite, sunburn, heatstroke, dehydration, Heart Arrhythmia, Sudden cardiac Arrest, and other mild or serious conditions. Students/Clients will participate in realistic simulated injury and illness scenarios and will at times act the role of patient, being handled, carried and otherwise treated as patients of a medical emergency in simulated situations.
Students/Clients will also use and practice with various medical equipment. Training, under close staff supervision, may include the option of injecting, and being injected, by fellow Students/Clients. Risks associated with this training include being inadvertently stuck by a needle, being dropped or otherwise mishandled while being carried; unwelcome touching while acting the role of patient in a scenario; and emotional distress in response to training scenarios.
Decisions made by the instructors, other staff (including volunteers), contractors and Students/Clients will be based on a variety of perceptions and evaluations which by their nature are imprecise and subject to errors in judgment. Misjudgments may pertain to, among other things, a student’s capabilities, environment, terrain, water and weather conditions, natural hazards, routes and medical conditions.
FACT Plus Inc. Students/Clients, including minors, may have “free” time before, during and after their FACT Plus Inc./FACT Wilderness & Remote First Aid courses, or other courses in which they have chosen to participate in. FACT has no responsibility for Students/Clients during this free time. FACT staff may from time to time provide assistance or even accompany Students/Clients in these free time activities, but in doing so, they are acting as private individuals, and FACT is not responsible for their conduct. Even during the wilderness medicine course, FACT cannot continually monitor the behavior and activities of Students/Clients and Students/Clients must accept responsibility for themselves and others whether or not under the direct supervision of FACT staff.