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 […]
Leadership Redwood Coast Panel Discussion

Last week, Blue Lake Rancheriaโs Emergency Manager, Andrew Bogar joined a panel discussion for Leadership Redwood Coast,ย focused on regional disaster preparedness and response. ย 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 ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐๐), Blue Lake Rancheriaโs ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐) offered their final ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ (๐๐๐๐) Training for local students for this year. Emergency Manager ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ, OES Programs Assistant ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ฒ, and OES Outreach Coordinator ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ led the training session, giving students […]
ICS 400

Blue Lake Rancheriaโs 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 & […]