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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...

The Newport Beach City Council will hold a study session about the updated flood map next week. City staff will share the revised Federal Emergency Management Agency flood map with Council and the public during a study session at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Council chambers. The revision...

The city of Newport Beach will conduct a test of its emergency outdoor warning system at a higher decibel level compared to the regular monthly testing next week. The higher volume test, scheduled for May 4 at noon, will allow staff to monitor and ensure that the sound is...

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...

The recent Las Vegas shooting rampage was a tragic event that reminds everyone that violent incidents have become all too frequent in modern society. Consider these statistics: There were more than 350 mass shootings in the United States in 2015. That same year, more than 12,000...

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...

A group of residents was introduced to the new fire chief this week and received a history lesson, and learned about some more recent programs, and facts and figures. Newport Beach Fire Department Chief Chip Duncan spoke to about 40 people Wednesday during Speak Up Newport’s...

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...

Morse code and radio messages from all over the world were received loud and clear over the weekend by a group of volunteers at Coastal Peak Park as part of a nationwide event. Messages from as far as Belgium came in as volunteers from Newport Beach Radio Amateur Civil Emergency...

Emergency rooms may soon be a little less busy tending to minor injuries as a newly implemented pilot project allows 911 patients to be transported to urgent care facilities instead of the ER. During Tuesday’s study session, Newport Beach City Council members heard a...

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...

Nearly 2.5 million Orange County citizens, including Newport Beach residents, received an alert this week as part of an emergency mass notification test. Residents received a phone call and e-mail at 10 a.m. Thursday to test AlertOC, the county’s public mass notification system....

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...

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...

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...

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...