West Orange County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team for Western Orange County California)
West Orange County CERT serves the Western Orange County CA communities of Seal Beach, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, La Palma, Buena Park, and Westminster,
We kicked off our 2019 CERT Academy* with an amazing group of community members and leaders. This is a great class representing all six cities who sponsor our program and a half dozen surrounding communities. Our first weekend we covered disaster psychology, fire safety, utility control for your home, search and light rescue, and disaster […]
Congratulations and a warm welcome to the 60 new CERT Academy graduates and thank each of you for showing up and digging in to the weekend. We all learned a lot and had some fun and met some new friends while we were at it. And a HUGE thanks to all the CERT Members who […]
On the second weekend we start off with a always great pot-luck dinner with the class and then dive into both disaster psychology and how CERT responds to terrorism (hint: report what you see happening and then leave the terrorist activity to the professionals) with some tips on how to keep yourself and family safe. […]
The first weekend of our August CERT Academy went very well with more than 60 participants taking part. If you have been watching our West County CERT Facebook group, you would have seen some near live updates from both Friday and Saturday. Check out the the fun photos from Friday evening and Saturday below. Upcoming CERT Academy If you are interested […]
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 […]
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 […]
West County CERT is holding a basic training course in April 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 […]