MEETINGS

Humboldt COAD convenes (virtually)
in these three ways:

Quarterly General Meetings - These meetings are open and attended by our member and partner core, working group members and chairs, the general public, local elected officials and outside organizations and agencies. Major project updates are shared along with debriefs from recent major events.
Working Group Meetings - These convenings are held monthly and organized by each individual working group, led by their self elected internal group Chairs. During time of disaster these groups take direction and disseminate information to their members from the COAD leadership, coordinate their resources on the ground, and report back to the larger group. During Blue Sky periods (when disasters are not active) the working groups focus on preparedness projects, share sector/industry updates, and work on chronic-disaster (ie, ongoing food insecurity, etc. that arent related to one singular event) projects.
Time of Disaster Convenings/Huddles/Debriefs - Immediately following a disaster event, the COAD may engage its entire list of contacts to meet and share information and discuss the developing community impacts and unmet needs. Huddles are ongoing meetings that occur at a daily or otherwise frequency following the initial Convening around an event with the intention to share daily updates, provide virtual meeting space for local and outside partners to share resources and data, and coordinate ongoing efforts. Debriefs meetings take place after the relief and response stage has sunset around a disaster event, at these meetings lessons learned are shared and preparations for a documented after action report begins.

Screenshot of a virtual meeting with multiple participants, some with video on, including individuals, nature backgrounds, and logos.

Humboldt COAD leverages the power of digital meeting spaces to efficiently coordinate communications, resources and build networks from the local to national levels. If you are seeking information about a specific meeting not shown here, please reach out directly.

Videos

Oct. 19th 2026 Humboldt COAD | Record Year, Ready Network: Humboldt’s El Niño Winter

Recorded Monday, October 19, 2026, this Full Network Meeting covers the latest forecast from the National Weather Service and what it means for the North Coast, COAD’s plan to prepare our most vulnerable communities for the season, what to expect when recovery begins, and what your organization can do this month so the people you serve are not caught off guard.

View and download: Meeting Slides
National Weather Service: October El Niño Outlook

➜ The latest El Niño numbers and what they mean for Humboldt, from Ryan Aylward, National Weather Service Eureka

➜ What this means for our shoreline: the January record tide, water levels at the North Spit right now, and the king tides ahead

➜ COAD’s community engagement plan: four community preparedness forums, sandbag stations and flood fighting workshops, the King Salmon king tide walk, and Listos block party kits

➜ Cal Poly Humboldt Living with Water: the team embedded in King Salmon with us

➜ Prepositioning recovery: recovery literacy, the five phases of disaster recovery, and the recovery pipeline and where your organization sits in it

➜ How needs are shared during an activation and how to request assistance from COAD

➜ The sheltering gap: emergency housing and placement with our partners

➜ Household flood fighting basics you can pass along to the people you serve

➜ The storm supplies map at findsandbags.org, and how to add your site

➜ What we need from member organizations this month, and dates for your calendar

➜ Updates from COAD member and partner organizations, including the new North Coast ADRC partnership

January 26th 2026 Humboldt COAD | King Salmon Flood Recovery & Coastal Resiliency Briefing

Meeting presentation PDFs:

This special session regarding the historic flooding events recently experienced in King Salmon. As the community transitions from immediate emergency response to a recovery phase, this session will serve as a venue for cross-sector information sharing and long-term strategic alignment. Our objective is to share situational reporting with a foundation of years of academic research, ensuring that recovery efforts are both immediate in impact and sustainable in design, and to learn more about current adaptation planning efforts. COAD was joined by the CalPoly Humboldt Sea Level Rise Institute and the National Weather Service.

November 2025 Humboldt COAD | Quarterly Meeting

The Humboldt COAD end of year Quarterly Meeting shared updates on various COAD initiatives as we look towards 2026. Guests joined to discuss current the SNAP/CalFresh benefits crisis, working group updates, Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services, and our region’s 2025-2026 Winter Weather Outlook from our friends at NWS/NOAA; along with a review of the COAD NCHIIN Community Information Exchange project to drive efficient data and case management during recovery operations and the Long-Term Recovery Guide development.

May 2025 Humboldt COAD | Quarterly Meeting

During this Humboldt COAD Quarterly Meeting led by Executive Director Nick Bown-Crawford, organizational updates were shared along with key collaborators reporting out on projects, current disaster outlook in our region, and upcoming events. During this meeting a large portion was dedicated to Long Term Recovery as the Humboldt Eel River Valley LTRG begins to sunset its services.

April 2024 Humboldt COAD | Quarterly Meeting

Meeting presentation slides can be found HERE.

At this Humboldt COAD Quarterly Meeting, Executive Director Nick Bown-Crawford convened members and partners of Humboldt COAD along with other community and agency leaders. The focus of this meeting was to announce the new 501c3 non-profit designation, the newly formed Board of Directors, report out from select working group chairs, and governmental partner updates including Cal OES. Project updates were also given by the North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership and Nuestra Comunidad.

July 2023 Humboldt COAD | Quarterly Meeting

During this Quarterly Meeting, Nick Bown-Crawford discusses the upcoming changes and trajectory for the Humboldt COAD along with its Executive Committee members. Working Group Chairs gave report outs on the their ongoing areas of focus, and updates were given regarding the progress of the Long Term Recovery Group established to partner with impacted citizens of the December 20th 2022 Rio Dell Earthquake

Feb 16th 2023 Earthquake Debrief (pre-recovery)

During this meeting, the Humboldt COAD convened to debrief with local COAD members/partners, government and other organizations to review some of the outcomes of the response to the December 2022 Earthquake in Rio Dell. During this meeting we received testimony from local Rio Dell leaders and discussed the road to recovery and the ongoing unmet needs in the community.

December 2022 Humboldt COAD | Quarterly Meeting

During this Humboldt COAD Quarterly Meeting, Celeste Giunta, Executive Director of the Napa Valley COAD joined the Humboldt COAD Working Group Chairs and many representatives from the Member and Partner pools to give a comprehensive overview of hot Napa Valley COAD came to be, what the obstacles were, successes, and answered questions.

August 2022 Humboldt COAD | Business Meeting

At this Humbodlt COAD meeting, a comprehensive overview of how the COAD will operate with Member, Partner and Working Group functions is discussed. Regional businesses and organizations were present to learn more about the value of community driven disaster response through collaboration and communication.

September 2021 Humboldt COAD | Launch Meeting

During this initial launch meeting, preliminary coordinator Alison Sterling walks attending community leaders, potential members and partners through the goals, intentions and benefits that a COAD will bring to the unique rural region of Humboldt County.

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