SKI PATROL COMPREHENSIVE TEST SCRIPT
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Who was the founder and first National Director?
Answer: Charles Minot Dole
●● In what year were women admitted to the NSP?
Answer: 1942
●● Before the advent of Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), from what
organization did patrollers get their first aid training from?
Answer: American Red Cross(1938 Winter First Aid Manual)
●● Dole and other NSP members helped form and train what famous US
Army group?
Answer: 10th Mountain Division
●● In what year was the first "Rusty" jacket introduced?
Answer: 1948 (Rainier Red)
,●● Where was the first NSP national office and where did it move to in
1949?
Answer: New York and moved to Denver, Colorado
●● In what year was the gold cross adopted as the official NSP emblem?
Answer: 1964
●● When was Nordic skiing added to the NSP?
Answer: 1974
●● What US President granted the NSP its federal charter and when?
Answer: Jimmy Carter 1980
●● In what year did Winter Emergency Care, later renamed OEC, come
into being
Answer: 1985-87
●● The national office moved to its current location in 1987
Answer: 138 South Van Gordon, Lakewood, CO
●● At its 50th anniversary, how many patrols and patrollers did the NSP
have?
Answer: 625 Patrols and >24,000 members
, ●● What year saw the addition of snowboarding patrollers?
Answer: 1994
●● How many members did the NSP have as the spring of 1997?
Answer: >28,000 (now >27,000 and 650 patrols
●● What is the NSP's Vision @2000 statement?
Answer: We are a leading partner in the ski and outdoor recreation
community as an adaptable resource of valuable individuals benefiting
this community
●● What is the NSP's mission statement?
Answer: We are a member-driven association. Our members support and
participate in the ski and outdoor recreation community by providing
emergency care, rescue, and education services. Our association
supports us by surpassing member expectations through:
An esprit de corps that inspires members to belong;
Exceptional education programs;
Dynamic communications;
Outstanding membership support services
Energetic interagency relations; and
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Who was the founder and first National Director?
Answer: Charles Minot Dole
●● In what year were women admitted to the NSP?
Answer: 1942
●● Before the advent of Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC), from what
organization did patrollers get their first aid training from?
Answer: American Red Cross(1938 Winter First Aid Manual)
●● Dole and other NSP members helped form and train what famous US
Army group?
Answer: 10th Mountain Division
●● In what year was the first "Rusty" jacket introduced?
Answer: 1948 (Rainier Red)
,●● Where was the first NSP national office and where did it move to in
1949?
Answer: New York and moved to Denver, Colorado
●● In what year was the gold cross adopted as the official NSP emblem?
Answer: 1964
●● When was Nordic skiing added to the NSP?
Answer: 1974
●● What US President granted the NSP its federal charter and when?
Answer: Jimmy Carter 1980
●● In what year did Winter Emergency Care, later renamed OEC, come
into being
Answer: 1985-87
●● The national office moved to its current location in 1987
Answer: 138 South Van Gordon, Lakewood, CO
●● At its 50th anniversary, how many patrols and patrollers did the NSP
have?
Answer: 625 Patrols and >24,000 members
, ●● What year saw the addition of snowboarding patrollers?
Answer: 1994
●● How many members did the NSP have as the spring of 1997?
Answer: >28,000 (now >27,000 and 650 patrols
●● What is the NSP's Vision @2000 statement?
Answer: We are a leading partner in the ski and outdoor recreation
community as an adaptable resource of valuable individuals benefiting
this community
●● What is the NSP's mission statement?
Answer: We are a member-driven association. Our members support and
participate in the ski and outdoor recreation community by providing
emergency care, rescue, and education services. Our association
supports us by surpassing member expectations through:
An esprit de corps that inspires members to belong;
Exceptional education programs;
Dynamic communications;
Outstanding membership support services
Energetic interagency relations; and
