Unit Objectives

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Unit Objectives

• Identify the basic components of a comprehensive
  exercise program.
• Explain the importance of designing a
  comprehensive exercise program to meet the needs
  of your organization or community.

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Progressive Exercising

• Broad commitment Multiple groups involved in
  planning, preparation, and execution.
• Careful planning Each exercise carefully
  planned to achieve identified goals.
• Increasing complexity Increasingly complex
  exercises build on each other until mastery is
  achieved.

Success Breeds Success!
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Who Participates?

• Jurisdiction or organization decides
• Participants also determined by nature and size
  of exercise
• TabletopKey decision makers
• FunctionalParticular functions
• Full-scaleEntire community

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Types of Exercise Activities
Theoretical
Simple
Narrow
Inexpensive

• 1. Orientation seminar
• 2. Drill
• 3. Tabletop exercise
• 4. Functional exercise
• 5. Full-scale

Complex
Broad
Costly
Realistic
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Orientation Seminar

• An overview or introduction
• Familiarizes participants with roles, plans,
  procedures, or equipment
• Can also be used to resolve questions of
  coordination and assignment of responsibilities

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Conducting an Orientation

• Be creative
• Use varied methods.
• Make the session interactive.
• Plan ahead Do not try to wing it.
• Be ready to facilitate
• Help participants stay focused.
• Keep things positive and moving along.

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Drill

• A coordinated, supervised exercise activity
  normally used to test a single specific operation
  or function
• No coordination, no EOC
• Purpose Perfect one small part of response
  plan, help prepare for more extensive exercises

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Conducting a Drill

• Prepare Review operational procedures and
  safety precautions beforehand.
• Set the stage Present purpose, objectives,
  scenario.
• Monitor the action Intervene if necessary to
  keep the drill on track.

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Tabletop Exercise

• Facilitated analysis of an emergency situation
• Informal, stress-free environment
• Designed to elicit constructive discussion
• Participants resolve problems based on existing
  plans and identify needed changes

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Functional Exercise

• Fully simulated interactive exercise that tests
  the capability of an organization to respond to a
  simulated event
• Tests multiple functions in a coordinated
  response
• Time-pressured
• Realistic simulation

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Full-Scale Exercise

• Simulates a real event as closely as possible
• Evaluates operational capability of emergency
  management systems in a highly stressful
  environment
• Requires mobilization of all resources
• Should test and evaluatemost functions of the
  plan

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Building an Exercise Program

• Built by a team
• Based on operating plan
• Involves
• Analysis of capabilities and costs.
• Scheduling.
• Public relations.
• Development of long-term plan.
• Provides basis for individual exercise design

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Planning Team

• Community program
• Government agencies.
• Private companies.
• Volunteer organizations.
• Single organization
• All major functions or departments.

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Planning Tasks

• Team organization
• Goal setting Long-term goals, mission statement
• Sequence and scheduling
• Plan series of exercises to meet goals of all
  participating entities.
• Organize exercises into progressive sequence.
• Develop time schedule.

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Plan Elements

• Timeframe
• Problem statement
• Long-range goal(s)
• Functional objectives
• Schedule
• Exercise descriptions

• Type of exercise
• Participants
• Purpose
• Rationale

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Unit Summary

• In Unit 2, we
• Discussed the characteristics of and types of
  activities in a comprehensive exercise program.
• Reviewed the main tasks in building an exercise
  program.
• Initiated a comprehensive exercise program plan.

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