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At a community presentation earlier this month, a longtime local resident recapped his recent experience volunteering to help following what many consider the most devastating wildfire in California’s history. It was a pretty incredible experience, Newport Beach Community...

For the past 20 years, Newport Beach Community Emergency Response Team members have been training, preparing, and teaching, in case of a disaster. Life Safety Specialist Matt Brisbois, who has headed up the program since 2006, said the program has evolved over the years. “The...

Following hours of training over several weeks, local resident volunteers tested out their ability to respond to a potential disaster during a weekend event. Newport Beach Fire Department’s bi-annual Community Emergency Response Team “Drill the Skills” was held on Saturday The...

California is beset with wildfires, Florida and Puerto Rico are still reeling from hurricanes and Mexico is recovering from a devastating earthquake. No surprise that disaster is a hot topic of conversation. Newport Beach is well-prepared for an emergency, according to Newport...

Newport Beach officials are helping spread the message of disaster preparedness across the globe. A recent trip to China showed that other foreign communities are hearing that message, loud and clear, and embracing it. Newport Beach Fire Department Life Safety Specialist and...

Corona del Mar resident Marilyn Broughton, an active volunteer for the Newport Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team, died Saturday. She was 72. Friends and family describe Broughton as a wonderful person who was passionate about giving back to the community...

Authorities often warn that disaster may strike at any time and it’s important to be prepared. Some Newport Beach residents heeded that message this weekend and took steps to get ready in case of an emergency. The 7th Annual Disaster Preparedness Expo was held Saturday at the...

Following the 8.3 earthquake in Chile, which prompted tsunami warnings in Newport Beach on Wednesday, the city’s annual informational expo to help residents learn how to prepare for a disaster is especially timely. The 7th Annual Disaster Preparedness Expo will be held in the...

The Newport Beach Police Department has invited the community out to their annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 4 as they “Give Crime and Drugs a Going Away Party!” The barbecue and fair, organized by NBPD Crime Prevention Specialist Andi Querry, showcases NBPD...

Call for Entries: Sculpture in Civic Center Park Exhibition Artists, private collectors, galleries and museums/non-profit institutions are invited to submit pre-existing artworks for consideration for temporary exhibition at the City’s Civic Center Park. This is a unique...

About 120 Community Emergency Response Team volunteers responded to a simulated 7.2 magnitude earthquake centered in Newport Beach over the weekend. It was all part of the CERT program’s bi-annual Drill the Skills event, which doubled as graduation day for 54 of the participating...

The first set of fall 2014 classes for the Community Emergency Response Team started last week Groups of Newport Beach locals and other Orange County residents gathered at the Santa Ana Heights fire station on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to learn how to become better prepared...

More than 500 people are more prepared in case of an emergency after an event at the library last weekend. The city hosted its Sixth Annual National Preparedness Expo Saturday in conjunction with National Preparedness Month. The event is also held a few weeks before the fall...

About 40 Corona del Mar residents are better prepared for an emergency after am informational discussion this week. Corona del Mar Residents Association hosted an Emergency Preparedness Expo and Workshop Wednesday in the Evelyn Hart Event Center at Oasis Senior Center in CdM....

Newport Beach volunteers spent 24 hours straight at Coastal Peak Park last weekend, communicating via ham radio with people around the world. Volunteers from NB Police Department’s Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service and NB Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team...

Groups of residents gathered in neighborhoods throughout the city over the weekend, assessing and responding to the “damage” created by an “earthquake.” It was all part of the Newport Beach Fire Department’s first ever Community Emergency Response Team multi-neighborhood drill on...

City to Hold Earthquake Drill The Newport Beach Fire Department Community Emergency Response Team will conduct its first multi-neighborhood emergency preparedness drill on Saturday, a press release announced on Wednesday. The drill will simulate a 7.2 earthquake on the...

More than 100 residents tested their emergency preparedness skills over the weekend with the help of some professionals at a local fire station. Newport Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team held their semiannual “Drill the Skills” event on Saturday at NBFD...

As part of National Tsunami Preparedness Week, the city held two events to prepare both residents and city staff for a disaster. A group of about 30 residents gathered in the Evelyn Hart Event Center at the Oasis Senior Center in Corona del Mar Wednesday evening to learn more...

An event last week honored a group of volunteers that are prepared to help the community in the event of a disaster. Members of the city’s Community Emergency Response Team attended the Newport Beach Fire Department’s Sixth Annual State of CERT dinner and awards banquet at Oasis...