Our CERT Academy is a golden opportunity for you to prepare yourself and family for an emergency event and find out a little bit more about CERT in your neighborhood. More About the Academy The CERT Academy covers a set of FEMA based personal safety and disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search […]
CERT Academy – August 2018
Our CERT Academy is a golden opportunity for you to prepare yourself and family for an emergency event and find out a little bit more about CERT in your neighborhood. More About the Academy The CERT Academy covers a set of FEMA based personal safety and disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search […]
3rd Annual Fire Watch Symposium
Please come and collaborate with us as we participate in this national 2018 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day event. The event is open to public participants interested or concerned about Wildfire Awareness in Orange County. Refreshments will be served throughout the event. Pre-registration is required for attendance at this event. Presentations and discussions will be led […]
Jessica Costescu to attend FBI National Academy Associates, Youth Leadership Program
West County CERT’s own Jessica Costescu has been selected to attend the FBI National Academy Associates prestigious 2018 Youth Leadership Program (YLP) in June. The National Academy’s YLP is an 8-day program for students ages 14-16 and is held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The program features classroom study, physical challenges, guest lectures, […]
CERT Basic Training – March 2018
West County CERT is holding a basic training course in March at the Joint Forces Training Base. This is a golden opportunity to find out more about CERT and prepare yourself and family for an emergency event. The CERT basic training course covers basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team […]
2017 – Leisure World Community Expo
The Leisure World Seal Beach Community Expo was terrific – the people, the weather, and the turn out. There were a good number of participants displaying their products along with a few classic cars and some of the best Barbecue Tri-Tip in the county – boy-o-boy could this guy cook. The West Orange County CERT […]
2017 National Night Out – Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Cypress & Rossmoor
“This was the best National Night Out we’ve ever attended” Even though the clouds threatened and it was an uncomfortably warm and humid (at least by Southern California standards) evening, the 2017 National Night Out in the Old Ranch Center in Seal Beach was a resounding success. The National Night Out (NNO) event is part of an annual community-building […]
Neighbor4Neighbor – Seal Beach
In Old Town Seal Beach, there are a good number of blocks that have adopted the Neighbor4Neighbor program. This past Sunday, 8th Street joined them. The block got together with Wink Chase, Pattie Laird, West Orange County CERT, along with the Seal Beach Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, and Edison to learn about how […]