Blue Lake Rancheria Office of Emergency Services attends Tsunami Week public forum
On Thursday, March 26th, the Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) Office of Emergency Services (OES) attended a Tsunami Week public forum discussion at the Humboldt Grange. This event was focused on reflection following the recent flooding incidents in King Salmon, offering community members a space to ask questions, connect with emergency management & weather professionals and […]
Blue Lake Rancheria Office of Emergency Services hosts CERT training in Klamath
The Yurok Tribe and Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) Offices of Emergency Services (OES) recently completed another round of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic training in Klamath. CERT is a nationally recognized program teaching individuals the skills needed to help themselves and their communities in a disaster scenario. This training session brought together 13 individuals […]
Blue Lake Rancheria Office of Emergency Services hosts CERT training in Weitchpec
Both the Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) and Yurok Tribe Offices of Emergency Services collaborated to complete the first of three Tribally coordinated Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings this past weekend. Community members came together to learn the basics of disaster response, basics of disaster medical operations and psychology, fire safety, and more. These CERT […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 & […]