BLR Flood Awareness Tabletop Exercise
On August 23rd, Blue Lake Rancheria (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 with BLR & Casino leaders, other local emergency response professionals were also […]
CERT Instructor Meeting
On 8/11/2025, 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. 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, 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 (𝗕𝗟𝗥) hosted a course held by 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗚𝗖𝗔𝗧). The 𝗚𝗖𝗔𝗧 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 Rancheria’s (BLR) Office of Emergency Services (OES) conducted a disaster response exercise with 𝗢𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 (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 […]
Leadership Redwood Coast Panel Discussion
Last week, Blue Lake Rancheria’s Emergency Manager, Andrew Bogar joined a panel discussion for Leadership Redwood Coast, focused on regional disaster preparedness and response. Moderated by Nancy Olsen, CEO/President of the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce, the panel also included CAL FIRE Unit Chief Kurt McCrea (Humboldt, Del Norte, and Western Trinity counties), Rio Dell […]
Final Teen CERT Training
This week at the 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐇𝐂𝐎𝐄), Blue Lake Rancheria’s 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐎𝐄𝐒) offered their final 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 (𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓) Training for local students for this year. Emergency Manager 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐫, OES Programs Assistant 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐲, and OES Outreach Coordinator 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 led the training session, giving students […]
ICS 400
Blue Lake Rancheria’s Resiliency Training & Innovation Center (RTIC) recently hosted an Incident Command System (ICS) 400 course. ICS 400 or Advanced Incident Command for Command and General Staffs class is the highest level of training across the whole ICS organization. Further training is available for specific roles, such as Operations, Logistics, Planning, Finance & […]