CERT classes start next week
The public is welcome to register for the Newport Beach Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team classes, which start the first week of October.
The program, recognized by the Department of Homeland Security, trains residents on how to prepare, organize and respond to unexpected disasters. The department offers classes every Tuesday and Thursday or once-a-week classes Saturdays.
Instruction is free to Newport Beach residents and $40 for nonresidents. The classes teach students the basics in first aid and basic search-and-rescue techniques, among other skills, department officials said.
Weekday classes start Thursday and go every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and end Oct. 29. Saturday classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and begin Oct. 10. Both classes share the same graduation day, with a full-scale disaster drill, Nov. 7.
The lessons are at Newport Beach Fire Station No. 7, 20401 Acacia St. For more information, call the Fire Department at (949) 644-3112.
— Joseph Serna
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