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,
Our initial CMAP class for West Orange County CERT was a complete success, This class was based on the updated July 2018 CERT Mutual Aid Program materials released by Orange County CMAP, and it produced 6 new WOCC Level A candidates. A huge thanks to our class facilitators Kris Moskowitz, Michelle Hosejsi, Art Remnet from […]
It was a warm day at the Leisure World Expo last Saturday (9/15) and the Expo was very well attended. At the West Orange County CERT booth we were busy with visitors and answered numerous questions about safety, preparedness and how they could get trained. Nearly 20 people signed up to be notified of our […]
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 […]
La Palma played host to the West CERT meeting in August and as usual, the City was terrific. After catching up with Team Members and sampling from a delicious set of food items, we had a terrific Team meeting on the evening pf August 8th. After being welcomed by the City of La Palma Police […]
West County CERT helped to staff three different 2018 National Night Out events and had a good time doing it. Of course, having a good time while getting the job done (whatever that job entails) is one of the best parts of being a part of West Orange County CERT. The La Palma event was on […]
It was warm and a bit muggy at least for Southern California, yet with the breeze it was one of the nicest days weather wise in a couple of weeks. The crowd seems a bit smaller than past years but the music, food, and fun were terrific. From the bands playing all day, to the […]
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 […]