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What is TERA?

• A simulation that allows your staff to respond to
  and visualize the impact of their actions in a
  disaster that may affect your normal operations.
• Transportation version of the Emergency
  Management Staff Trainer (EMST)
• Developed by Engineering Computer Simulations,
  Inc.
• Created under the Cooperative Research Program
  (TCRP) Project A-36, Command-Level Decision
  Making for Transit Emergency Managers.
• Sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway
  Research Program 20-59, Surface Transportation
  Security Research.

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Cost Benefit

• EMST Facilitated Exercise Limited planning
  (soft cost) and resources (hard cost)
• Provided Scenarios with inject tailoring 0 to
  10 hours
• 1-2 support staff System tracks task completion
• Send injects through system
• Web-based can be geographically distributed if
  participants cant travel
• POC must perform system check (2 hours)
• Participants can rerun/reuse on their own
  (individual or small team)

• Traditional Exercise - Extensive planning (soft
  cost) and resources (hard cost)
• Injects from scratch 10s to 100s of hours
• Larger support staff Observer/Controllers needed
  to track task completion
• Need runners for injects
• Participants are in one location
• No system check needed
• One time event

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The SuperMemo Model - By Piotr Wozniak

• Long-term memory Retrievability Stability

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Training Benefit

• Individual Exercises
• Turnkey exercises can be run any time, anywhere
  even at home
• Trainees time is the only cost
• Repeatable to sustain brain muscle memory and
  retention
• Assists in properly acquainting, training, or
  refreshing new personnel on plans and procedures.
• Small Team Exercises
• Can be run at the same site or geographically
  distributed
• Easy for users to set up and run
• Trainees time is the only cost
• Assists in properly acquainting, training, or
  refreshing new personnel on plans and procedures.
• Large Team Exercises
• Establishes interaction and collaboration
  Transit Agencies and DOT work in one training
  environment
• Train-the-Trainer course and Scenario Builder
  course allow states to tailor scenarios and run
  exercises without contractor support

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Who does TERA train?

• TERA trains Emergency Operations Staff
• TERA takes the main training roles from the
  Incident Command System
• Command
• Operations
• Planning
• Finance/Administration
• Logistics
• Public Information
• Scenarios are available for
• Transit Agencies
• Department of Transportation
• Rail
• Airports

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How Can TERA Help You?
Conduct doctrinal training to standard every
single time regardless of the location.
Features Benefits
Web-Based Training Platform No software download (uses Flash Player) Cost effective and repeatable Wide variety of participants in a larger geographical area
Integrated Geo-Specific Mapping and Communication Tools Select incident/training location Select training scenario
Customized Tailored for specific organizations, facilities, and plans with Scenario Builder
Objective and Automated Performance Analysis Doctrine based training objectives Provides real time feedback Automatically captures trainees performance and lessons learned
On-Site Facilitation and Subject Matter Expert Support Proctored training events, train-the-trainer instruction and technical support NCHRP is providing FREE exercises!
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TERA Account Setup

• www.tera.train-emst.com
• Request account
• Put TERA webinar in How did you hear about
  TERA box
• Use .gov email for expedited approval

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Find Out
TERA Brochure
TERA Tutorial
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TERA Menus
FAQ Feedback Home
TERA Tutorials and Job Skill Tutorials
Individual Exercises
Group Exercises
Previous Exercise Storage and Account Settings
Information Guides and User Manuals
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Individual Training
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Individual Training

• Scenario
• A Tour of the Interface
• Active Shooter
• Blackout
• Earthquake
• Hazmat
• Hurricane
• Riverine Flood

• Role (might change per scenario)
• DOT Representative
• Emergency Manager
• Logistics Coordinator
• Operations Coordinator
• Planning Coordinator
• Public Information Officer
• TRB Law Enforcement

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Individual Training New Exercise Cont.

• Skill Level
• Novice
• Intermediate
• Expert

Location of Incident - State
Location of Incident County or City
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Documentation
Scenario Specific Documentation
Tasks by Accessed Capability
Tasks by Roles
Inject timeline for scenario
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Customization Wizard
Customization Wizard (Scenario specific
customization wizard)
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Customization Wizard
Click Begin Exercise
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Proceed to Exercise
Click
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TERA Interface
Exit
Play
Exercise Timeline and Progress Bar
Your Role
Current Progress
Help and Settings
Controls
Timeline Segment
News updates
Receive and respond to messages and communication
Phone
Tasks
How to complete task
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Complete Tasks
Click
Tasks
How
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Bulletin Board
Different Documents
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Email
Delete Recipient
Email Templates (scripted messages)
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Forms
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Map
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Exit
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AAR
Tasks
Individual task details
Exercise notes or Individual task notes
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Records Room Exercise Records
Individual
Team
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Staff and Multi-Organizational (Scalable) Training
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Staff Training Step 1
Exercise Name (You have to name scenario before
you can click next)
Organization
Scenario
Skill Level
Documentation (Same as Individual Training)
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Staff Training Scheduling Step 2
Date (Now or Future Time)
State
County/City (Location of incident)
VOIP (Turn on if they have headsets. Disable to
keep button from interface)
TV (Use Projector to save bandwidth, TV is about
1Mb per TV.)
Customization Wizard (Same as in Individual
Training)
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Staff Training Host Step 3
Drag and Drop (Rule of thumb- No less then 2 No
more then 3)
By Name/Organization
Hosts have play/pause button. Host has to be
running to run exercise. Host can end exercise
for everyone.
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Staff Training Roles Step 4
Drag and Drop
Multiple Players
By Name/Organization
Multiple Roles
Drag and Drop
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Staff Training Step 5
Details
Click to add another Organization
Email notice Read Aheads (This goes to their
real email)
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Staff Exercise Scheduled
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Calendar Schedule different views
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Joining A Created Exercise
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