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The Oregon Prepared Conference provides participants with training and information on programs, current issues, lessons learned and best practices related to all phases of emergency management. It also offers several days of networking opportunities.
This annual conference is open to tribal, county, city, special district, state and federal emergency management staff; public safety and health preparedness staff; DHS/FEMA preparedness grant recipients; and non-profit and private sector partners with a role in mitigation, preparedness, response, or recovery.
For more information, please email the Oregon Prepared planning team at oregon.prepared@oem.oregon.gov.
Questions about attendance, registration, or accommodations for the upcoming conference? Please get in touch with the Oregon Prepared Planning Team at: oregon.prepared@oem.oregon.gov
Wednesday, April 15 - Friday, April 17, 2026 (Pre-conference offerings on Tuesday, April 14)
Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Drive, Sunriver, OR 97707
Attendees are responsible for their lodging. There is a conference block of rooms at Sunriver Resort. To make reservations at the resort, contact the hotel directly at 855-420-8206. When calling to make your reservation, please be sure to say you are reserving for the Oregon Prepared Conference to be adding to our lodging block.
We are now accepting submissions for topics and presenters that will inform, inspire, and connect our community of emergency management professionals.
Deputy chief Sasha Larkin, a 22-year veteran of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department teaches first responders a proactive approach that addresses people before they enter the crime-cycle, while they are in the system, and after they rejoin their community.
She shares the story of how a drug dealer on the run led to the development of one of the most robust community policing efforts in the US.
She also advocates programs that foster community resiliency because she has seen first-hand that pain will either go towards anger or healing. In fact, she and her team developed and implemented a Fusion Liaison Officer program that is now being modeled around the US.
After hearing the program, police executives are heard saying they have to implement these programs in their jurisdictions.
On a personal note, Sasha also teaches yoga classes, in part to decompress from the chaos of life, with her son and twin girls.
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