Blue Lake Rancheria hosts ICS 400 Emergency Management training
From 3/11 through 3/12, the ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ (๐๐๐ฅ) Resiliency Training & Innovation Center (RTIC) hosted an ICS 400 emergency management training. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a nationally recognized and standardized command response structure for the control and coordination of emergencies. The ICS structure has been implemented across government, public safety, and private […]
ICS 300 Emergency Management Course held at Blue Lake Rancheria
From 2/10 through 2/12, the Blue Lake Rancheria Office of Emergency Services hosted an ICS 300 emergency management training. This training session had a large turnout, bringing in over 30 participants from around the county. These advanced incident response courses are available to anyone in the community for FREE! If youโd like to start learning […]
MGT-415 Disaster Recovery Course Held at Blue Lake Rancheria
On 1/22/26, the Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) Office of Emergency Services (OES) hosted a FEMA funded MGT-415 Disaster Recovery in Rural Communities training held by the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC). This training brought in individuals from the Trinidad Rancheria, the Yurok Tribe, Humboldt Area Foundation, Public Works, local volunteer organizations, and Humboldt, Trinity, and […]
Office of Emergency Services hosts CERT training in Trinity County
On 10/18, Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) Office of Emergency Services (OES) visited the Nor-Rel-Muk Community and Cultural Center in the Trinity Alps to lead the first ever Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in Trinity County. Over two weekends, around 20 local community members came together to learn practical disaster-response skills, and how volunteers can […]
Department of Water Resources Flood Fight Training
On 10/9/2025, Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) Office of Emergency Services held a Flood Fight Training led by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). This Flood Fight training taught participants how to address flooding through the use of flood fight mitigation methods, including the construction of sandbag structures, diversion walls, muscle walls, and sack rings. […]
BLR Flood Awareness Tabletop Exercise
On August 23rd,ย Blue Lake Rancheriaย (BLR) and Blue Lake Casino Hotel department leaders and executives came together for a tabletop exercise in order to discuss the January 13th, 2024 Flood event, and how BLR can prepare for flooding events like this in the future. Along withย BLR & Casino leaders, other local emergency response professionals were also […]
CERT Instructor Meeting
On 8/11/2025,ย Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) leaders from around Humboldt County came together to discuss the latest updates, training opportunities, and resources available for CERT teams in the area.ย Linda Nellist, Humboldt Bay Fire CERT Lead Instructor, started the participants off with a round of introductions and ice breakers, getting the CERT leaders to become more […]
FEMA Courses held at Blue Lake Rancheria
On 7/15/2025-7/16/2025, Blue Lake Rancheria hosted RDPC instructors, who came to instruct FEMA emergency management courses. These courses included an all hazards in Tribal Nations course, as well as a hazardous material course on day two. On the second day, students had the opportunity to try on hazardous materials (HAZMAT) suits and learn more about […]
Blue Lake Rancheria hosts Green Cross Academy of Traumatology
On Wednesday, June 18th, ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ (๐๐๐ฅ) hosted a course held by ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ (๐๐๐๐ง). The ๐๐๐๐ง responds to requests from individuals, organizations, and other entities following a traumatic event. The requests can include any or all of the following: Crisis Assistance and Counseling Assessment and Referral Services Orientation and Consultation […]
ODART Airlift Exercise
On Saturday, June 14th, Blue Lake Rancheriaโs (BLR) Office of Emergency Services (OES) conducted a disaster response exercise with ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ (ODART) and McKinleyville Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Emergency Manager Andrew Bogar and OES Outreach Coordinator Brittaney Lewis participated in this response exercise to better understand the logistics of having supplies […]