Resiliency Training & Innovation Center (RTIC)
Brittaney Lewis
OES Director
Jose Hernandez
OES Coordinator
Our Mission
Blue Lake Rancheria Resiliency Training & Innovation Center (RTIC) provides quality education and training that enable a diverse student population to achieve its educational goals. Programs are enhanced by developing and maintaining partnerships with business, industry, and the community. Staff are dedicated to working to serve the RTIC and the whole community.
The Resiliency Training & Innovation Center
RTIC works to build capacity across these topics:
- Emergency preparedness
- Lifeline sectors (e.g., power, water, food, transportation, communication)
- Community Planning and Capacity Building
- Health and Social Services development and recovery
- Natural and cultural resources development and recovery
- Continuity of Operations
- Clean energy skill sets (technology and operations)
- Economic development and recovery
- Infrastructure development and protection
- STEAM education (science, technology, engineering and math)
- Other skill building (e.g., GIS, career readiness, environmental literacy, civic engagement activities)
Upcoming Courses
We offer many types of resiliency training at the Blue Lake Rancheria.
ICS 300: May 12-14th, 2026
DART (Drone Assessment and Response Tactics): June 4th, 2026
WTTAP Child Passenger Safety Technician Training: June 9th – 12th
Cultural Fire Symposium
ICS 400: June 17-18, 2026
Homemade Explosives (HME) Awareness, Recognition, & Response: July 22nd, 2026
Flood Fight Training: September 30, 2026
Quarterly Training Bulletin
This informational bulletin produced to provide opportunity for resiliency training of many types at the Blue Lake Rancheria, to strengthen preparedness, enhance effectiveness, and improve response levels, and to meet the needs of the overall community for resiliency.