Rural & Ready
The 2025 Rural & Ready Conference will be held September 24th and 25th at the Kewadin Casino in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Wednesday, September 23rd will feature a full day session, and Thursday, September 25th will be a morning session.
Rural & Ready is an interdisciplinary conference aimed at discussing emergency preparedness and response with a focus on rural settings. Conference topics include best practices, resource overviews, planning and response tactics, and real event case studies. The 2025 keynote will feature a response review and lessons learned from the 2023 East Palestine Train Derailment, provided by Jeff Kimble from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
2025 Conference Sponsors!
Rural & Ready planning is a collaborative effort between MyMichigan Medical Center Sault; Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community; Chippewa County Emergency Management; US Coast Guard; US Customs and Border Protection; Chippewa County Health Department; and the Region 8 Healthcare Coalition
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.