Exercise Design

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Exercise Design
FEMA Professional Development Series
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Exercise
A focused practice activityusing a simulated
situation

• Requires participants to function in the same
  capacity as they would in a real event
• Promotes preparedness
• Tests policies and plans
• Trains personnel

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Unit Objectives

• Explain how a comprehensive exercise program is
  used to improve the four phases of emergency
  management.
• Identify the five major accomplishments in
  designing and implementing an exercise.
• Define the purpose of the four exercise documents.

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Course Objectives

• Describe and apply the eight exercise design
  steps.
• Explain the purposes and characteristics of
  tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises.
• Compare and contrast the design considerations
  for tabletop, functional, and full-scale
  exercises.

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Course Objectives

• Identify the tasks involved in a systematic
  exercise evaluation process.
• Describe the purpose, benefits, and potential
  sources of exercise enhancements.
• Design and implement a small functional exercise
  using the eight-step design process.

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Course Content

• Unit 1 Course Introduction
• Unit 2 The Comprehensive Exercise Program
• Unit 3 The Exercise Process
• Unit 4 Exercise Design Steps
• Unit 5 The Tabletop Exercise
• Unit 6 The Functional Exercise
• Unit 7 The Full-Scale Exercise

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Course Content

• Unit 8 Exercise Evaluation
• Unit 9 Exercise Enhancements
• Unit 10 Designing and Implementing a
  Functional Exercise
• Unit 11 Course Summary

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Why Exercise?

• UAL 232 crash Problems revealed in full-scale
  exercise had been corrected
• Loma Prieta earthquake Effective response was
  preceded by earthquake exercise

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Why Exercise?

• Oklahoma City bombing
• If an integrated emergency management system
  is to be utilized and effective in future
  disasters, all levels of government must be on
  the same page of the book.

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Why Exercise

• 2000 Denver building collapse scenario preceded
  2001 World Trade Center collapse.

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Benefits of Exercising

• Provides individual training
• Leads to system improvement

What are some specific reasons to conduct
exercises?
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Regulatory Requirements

• FEMA and other agencies providing Federal funds
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• SARA Title III (chemical facilities)
• Licensing of public facilities (e.g., airports,
  hospitals)
• OSHA

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Functions

• Alert Notification (Emergency Response)
• Warning (Public)
• Communications
• Coordination and Control
• Emergency Public Information
• Damage Assessment

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Functions

• Health and Medical
• Individual/Family Assistance
• Public Safety
• Public Works/Engineering
• Transportation
• Resource Management
• Continuity of Government

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Unit Summary

• In Unit 1, we
• Previewed the course.
• Considered benefits gained from exercising and
  reasons to exercise.
• Completed a needs assessment.

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