ERSA - Expedition Readiness & Safety Academy

🇨🇦 ERSA TRAINING — ORNO, ONTARIO 🇨🇦

ERSA is headed to Orono, Ontario for another delivery of our
Polar Bear Theory & Firearm Safety Program.

Built for expedition teams, outdoor professionals, researchers, guides, and individuals operating in remote environments, this course focuses on developing the mindset, safety awareness, and operational skills required to work responsibly in high-risk wildlife regions.

Over three days, students will train in:

• Polar bear behaviour & situational awareness
• Wildlife deterrence & response strategies
• ACTS & PROVE firearm safety principles
• Safe firearm handling & manipulation
• Range safety & live-fire fundamentals
• Field preparedness & operational discipline

At ERSA, we believe training should go beyond the classroom. Our programs are designed to build confidence, accountability, and real-world capability through professional instruction and hands-on application.

📍 Orono, Ontario
📅 May 26–28, 2026

Train with purpose.
Operate with confidence.
Lead with discipline.

🌐 www.ersa.ca
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🇨🇦 ERSA TRAINING — ORNO, ONTARIO 🇨🇦

ERSA is headed to Orno, Ontario for another delivery of our
Polar Bear Theory & Firearm Safety Program.

Built for expedition teams, outdoor professionals, researchers, guides, and individuals operating in remote environments, this course focuses on developing the mindset, safety awareness, and operational skills required to work responsibly in high-risk wildlife regions.

Over three days, students will train in:

• Polar bear behaviour & situational awareness
• Wildlife deterrence & response strategies
• ACTS & PROVE firearm safety principles
• Safe firearm handling & manipulation
• Range safety & live-fire fundamentals
• Field preparedness & operational discipline

At ERSA, we believe training should go beyond the classroom. Our programs are designed to build confidence, accountability, and real-world capability through professional instruction and hands-on application.

📍 Orno, Ontario
📅 May 26–28, 2026

Train with purpose.
Operate with confidence.
Lead with discipline.

🌐 www.ersa.ca
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🌍🐻‍❄️ THAT’S A WRAP — PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO 🇨🇦

Another incredible ERSA Polar Bear Safety & Fi****ms Handling Program is officially complete.

A huge congratulations to everyone who attended and successfully pushed themselves through days of fi****ms safety, range training, polar bear theory, scenario-based learning, and real-world expedition readiness development. All while raining!

From classroom discussions to live-fire exercises, every participant demonstrated professionalism, growth, and a commitment to safety under pressure. We are proud to have welcomed another strong group into the ERSA training network.

Thank you to everyone who trusted ERSA with your training.

The 2026 season continues — and we’re just getting started.

📍Peterborough, Ontario
🌎 Expedition Readiness & Safety Academy
🔗 www.ersa.ca

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Day 2 at ERSA focuses on one thing above all else — safety.

Before any fi****ms training begins, the entire team comes together with students to review safety procedures, operational protocols, communication standards, and emergency response plans.

From proper equipment checks to ensuring adequate first aid supplies and qualified personnel are always present, every detail matters. Safety isn’t just part of the training at ERSA — it’s the foundation of everything we do.

Train responsibly. Operate professionally.

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Day 1 of ERSA’s Flagship Course is all about building the foundation.

Students spend the day in the classroom learning polar bear theory, wildlife behaviour, risk assessment, expedition safety, and real-world lessons drawn from decades of Arctic field experience.

Preparation starts with knowledge — because confidence in the field begins in the classroom.

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🇨🇦 ERSA TRAINING — PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO 🇨🇦

The Expedition Readiness & Safety Academy is proud to bring our
Polar Bear Safety & Pre-Season Basic Fi****ms Handling Course
to Peterborough, Ontario this May.

This intensive three-day program is designed for expedition personnel, guides, researchers, northern operators, and professionals working in remote or polar environments.

Students will develop critical knowledge and hands-on skills in:

• Polar bear behaviour & threat recognition
• Non-lethal deterrence strategies
• Firearm handling & range safety
• ACTS & PROVE safety principles
• Team response drills & field preparedness
• Emergency protocols & operational readiness

ERSA training combines academic theory with practical field application to prepare students for real-world wildlife encounters and high-risk expedition environments. Every module is designed with professionalism, discipline, and mission readiness in mind.

📍 Peterborough, Ontario
📅 May 21–23, 2026

Train with purpose.
Operate with confidence.
Lead with discipline.

🌐 www.ersa.ca for program information and upcoming training dates.

That’s a wrap on our ERSA training session in Reykjavík, Iceland. 🇮🇸

We want to congratulate everyone who attended and thank you for being such an incredible group to work with throughout the course. Your professionalism, engagement, and commitment to learning helped make this training experience a great success.

From classroom discussions to field scenarios, every participant brought energy, discipline, and a strong willingness to grow — exactly what expedition readiness is all about.

Thank you for trusting ERSA to be part of your training journey. Safe travels, and we look forward to seeing you again in the field.

Last Day Of our Flagship Program!

Scenario training at ERSA is where preparation becomes practical application.

After classroom instruction, students move into realistic field-based scenarios designed to test communication, awareness, teamwork, decision-making, and response under the pressure and unpredictability of expedition environments.

From wildlife encounters and emergency response drills to field movement and safety protocols, every scenario is built around real-world expedition situations and lessons learned from experienced professionals in the field.

Train with purpose. Adapt in adversity. Respond with confidence.

When working in polar bear environments, it is a regulatory requirement to carry fi****ms. At ERSA, fi****ms training is not treated as a checkbox — it’s treated as a critical, perishable skill that requires constant development, discipline, and hands-on instruction.

Our instructors work directly alongside students throughout the training process, ensuring every participant develops a safe, confident, and solid foundation with their firearm handling skills.

Students spend over a day and a half focused on fi****ms fundamentals, safety, manipulation, and live-fire development, followed by additional scenario-based training designed to apply those skills under realistic conditions.

We believe strong fundamentals create confident decision-making.
That’s why we dedicate significant time to reinforcing firearm safety, proper handling, marksmanship fundamentals, and repetition through practical training.At ERSA, we don’t rush the process.

We build capability through structure, coaching, and hands-on experience.

The classroom portion at ERSA is where real-world expedition knowledge meets operational readiness.

Led by experienced polar expedition specialists, Bill Davis and Boomer Jerritt — with over 50 years of Arctic and Antarctic expedition experience and around 3.600 days spent operating in polar regions.

With hundreds of polar bear encounters, they have the first-hand experience to help our students learn to evaluate, understand and identify polar bear behaviour.

We use tools and videos from real life bear encounters to demonstrate various strategies for avoiding and managing unwanted behaviour, using non-lethal methods.

The ultimate goal is to ensure all potential interactions are safe for both humans and bears. We help students understand how to avoid unnecessary risk through a better understanding of the polar bears environment and their behaviour through constant risk assessments, evaluation and critical decision-making strategies.

This isn’t textbook theory. It’s practical knowledge built from decades of real expeditions operating in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

Preparation starts before you ever step into the field.

NEXT STOP:

🇮🇸 ICELAND 2026 🇮🇸

ERSA is proud to announce that the Polar Bear Safety & Firearm Handling Course is heading to Reykjavik, Iceland — May 12–14, 2026.

As ERSA continues to expand internationally, we remain committed to delivering professional expedition readiness, wildlife safety, and firearm handling training for those operating in remote and demanding environments.

We are honoured to continue building relationships within the expedition, maritime, research, and adventure communities around the world.

Next stop: Reykjavik.

Train with purpose.
Operate with confidence.
Lead with discipline.

📍 Reykjavik, Iceland
📅 May 12–14, 2026
🌐 www.ersa.ca