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 […]
We never know when a disaster will occur or even what it will look or feel like to us or the people around us. At times this can make us feel powerless and out of control. Knowing what is “normal” and understanding how you and your family may feel before, during and after a disaster […]
The recovery position is one of the corner stones of first aid and refers to positioning the body of an unconscious person into a three-quarters prone position to help keep their airway open. An unconscious person may not be able to maintain an open airway like a conscious person does. This can lead to an obstruction […]
Our June training session was very well attended with more than 30 members and guests enjoying a great spread of food and fellowship. Thanks to Robin our Planning Lead, we had a great time with Detective Don Howell and his partner Barton Beam who discussed how to be aware and safe, especially when we are deployed. Being […]
This is the safest way to do rescue cribbing and reduces the likely hood of injury to the cribbing team while providing the very result for the victim. Thanks to the Burbank CA CERT program for providing the video. Rescue Cribbing – Safety First Remember as CERT members we are not to enter buildings that […]
The Cypress Village Neighbor 4 Neighbor event today was terrific. The HOA put on a very nice event for the 681 units in the complex and more that 100 residents attended. Our West Orange County CERT program had 4 tables/booths set up – Make Plan, Get A Kit, Get Informed and the doctors ran a […]
As many of you know, back in October, 2017 Cypress PD Officer Matt Ward was killed in an off duty multi-vehicle traffic collision on the 405 Freeway. Matt left behind his wife Allison and their sons Liam and Anderson; his brother Rob Ward, a Tustin PD Officer; and his parents, David and Gloria Opstad. […]
We had a fun meeting this past Wednesday. Ed taught the Stop The Bleed program and everyone who participated was certified. We also found out our CERT Trailer is out of commission for a while as some adjustments need to be made to it. For the time being the La Palma trailer will be our […]
It was a rare rain filled morning in Westminster, but by shortly after 9:00 the showers had stopped and the sun was shining down on the seventh annual Little Saigon Tet Parade. The parade celebrates the lunar new years and Year of the Pig. The annual event is hosted by the City of Westminster and […]