Emergency Management Exercises

by Regina Phelps

Author	: Regina Phelps
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 223
Release	: 2010
Genre	: Emergency drills
ISBN	: 9780983114307

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Exercises are a mainstay in the field of emergency management and business continuity planning. Although many companies conduct exercises, and the organizers may be emergency response subject matter experts, they do not excel in the discipline of designing and conducting the actual exercise – which means they simply don't get the best results out of their effort. This thoughtful book starts with a "silly little question": Why are we doing this? What seems like a simple query is actually one of the keys to get the most out of every exercise you design. This text peels back the design process with the goal of creating the best experience possible. Whether you are developing a simple tabletop exercises or working on a full-scale extravaganza that resembles a Hollywood movie, this book will provide you with gems of wisdom that will make your next exercise sizzle. An internationally recognized expert in exercise design, Regina Phelps shares many of her secrets to ensure your exercise success.

An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation

by Robert McCreight

Author	: Robert McCreight
Publisher	: Bernan Press
Total Pages	: 203
Release	: 2016-12-07
Genre	: Self-Help
ISBN	: 1598888935

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An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process. Emergency exercises are an important component of an organization's emergency planning and preparedness, yet few emergency managers and practitioners have training in designing or evaluating them. In this updated and practical handbook, author Robert McCreight explains the essential elements and core principles of exercise design and evaluation. This book focuses on natural disasters and technological emergencies that occur in communities of any size. It provides emergency planners, public health professionals, emergency managers, police officers, and fire fighters with an in-depth look at exercise design issues and an accessible guide to designing and evaluating emergency exercises.

Instructor's Guide

by Regina Phelps

Author	: Regina Phelps
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 66
Release	: 2012-07-20
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9780983114321

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Exercises are a mainstay in the field of emergency management and business continuity planning. Although many organizations conduct exercises, and the organizers may be emergency management/business continuity subject matter experts, they do not excel in the discipline of designing and conducting the actual exercise - which means they simply don't get the best results out of their effort. This comprehensive and highly interactive course provides everything that an instructor needs to teach - and inspire - students to create great exercises. The course begins with a "silly little question": Why are we doing this? What seems like a simple query is actually one of the keys to get the most out of every exercise design. The course then peels back the mysteries of the design process with the goal of creating the best experience possible. Whether your students are developing simple tabletop exercises or working on a full-scale extravaganza that resembles a Hollywood movie, this course will provide you and them with gems of wisdom to make their exercises powerful and pack a punch. An internationally recognized expert in exercise design, Regina Phelps whispers her secrets into your ear week by week to ensure your course success.

Tabletop and Full-scale Emergency Exercises for General Aviation, Non-hub, and Small Hub Airports

by James Fielding Smith

Author	: James Fielding Smith
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 168
Release	: 2016
Genre	: Airports
ISBN	:

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"ACRP Synthesis 72: Tabletop and Full-Scale Emergency Exercises for General Aviation, Non-Hub, and Small Hub Airports provides small airports with the tools and practices needed to practice emergency response. The report provides sample exercise tools and plans, a checklist of effective practices for tabletop and full-scale emergency exercises, and a road map for developing an effective exercise program."--Publisher's description.

Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning

by Kay C. Goss

Author	: Kay C. Goss
Publisher	: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages	: 277
Release	: 1998-05
Genre	:
ISBN	: 078814829X

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Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.

Business Continuity Exercises

by Charlie Maclean-Bristol, MA (Hons), PgD, FBCI, FEPS, CBCI

Author	: Charlie Maclean-Bristol, MA (Hons), PgD, FBCI, FEPS, CBCI
Publisher	: Rothstein Publishing
Total Pages	: 193
Release	: 2020-11-01
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1944480692

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An Unexercised Continuity Plan Could Be More Dangerous Than No Plan At All! Is exercising your continuity program too time-consuming, costly, or difficult to justify in the face of conflicting organizational priorities or senior management buy-in? What if you could use quick, cost-effective, easy exercises to get valuable results with only a relatively modest commitment? Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or just getting started, Charlie Maclean-Bristol provides you with expert guidance, a practical framework, and lots of proven examples, tools, tips, techniques and scenarios to get your business continuity exercise program moving! You can carry out any of the 18 simple yet effective exercises detailed in this book in less than an hour, regardless of your level of experience. Plus, you will find all the support you will need to produce successful exercises. Build your teams’ knowledge, experience, confidence and abilities while validating your business continuity program, plans and procedures with these proven resources! Business Continuity Exercises: Quick Exercises to Validate Your Plan Will Help You To: Understand the process of planning and conducting business exercises efficiently while achieving maximum results. Develop the most appropriate strategy framework for conducting and assessing your exercise. Overcome obstacles to your business continuity exercise program, whether due to budget restrictions, time constraints, or conflicting priorities. Choose the most appropriate and effective exercise scenario, purpose and objectives. Plan and conduct your exercise using a straightforward, proven methodology with extensive tools and resources. Conduct exercises suitable for responding to all types of business interruptions and emergencies, including cyber incidents and civil disasters. Conduct exercises for newcomers to business continuity as well as for experienced practitioners. Create a comprehensive post-exercise report to achieve valuable insights, keep management and participants in the loop, and to further your objectives.

Exercise Alternatives for Training Emergency Management Command Center Staffs

by Walter G. Green, III

Author	: Walter G. Green, III
Publisher	: Universal-Publishers
Total Pages	: 203
Release	: 2000
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1581127480

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Emergency management provides the coordination needed to develop an effective community response to disasters. This critical public safety function is typically performed in mobile command posts in the field and in the jurisdiction's emergency operations center. Preparing individuals who will work in these facilities to perform their tasks under emergency conditions requires effective and realistic exercise training. The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides a five model exercise design for progressive training of emergency management staffs. This study examines the history and theoretical basis for exercises. From this background, it suggests alternatives to these five models to provide greater flexibility in delivery, options for specialized training in decision making, exercises that will support all phases of emergency management, and options for increased realism. Among the alternatives suggested are Tactical Decision Games, What-If Exercises, Postal Exercises, and a variety of simulation tools. The book is accompanied by a detailed appendix that provides specific instructions for each exercise type.

Preparing for Terrorism

by Institute of Medicine

Author	: Institute of Medicine
Publisher	: National Academies Press
Total Pages	: 330
Release	: 2002-07-11
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 0309169364

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The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) program of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides funds to major U. S. cities to help them develop plans for coping with the health and medical consequences of a terrorist attack with chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) agents. DHHS asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assist in assessing the effectiveness of the MMRS program by developing appropriate evaluation methods, tools, and processes to assess both its own management of the program and local preparedness in the cities that have participated in the program. This book provides the managers of the MMRS program and others concerned about local capabilities to cope with CBR terrorism with three evaluation tools and a three-part assessment method. The tools are a questionnaire survey eliciting feedback about the management of the MMRS program, a table of preparedness indicators for 23 essential response capabilities, and a set of three scenarios and related questions for group discussion. The assessment method described integrates document inspection, a site visit by a team of expert peer reviewers, and observations at community exercises and drills.

Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans

by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

Author	: United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 75
Release	: 2010
Genre	: Emergency management
ISBN	:

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Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 provides guidelines on developing emergency operations plans (EOP). It promotes a common understanding of the fundamentals of risk-informed planning and decision making to help planners examine a hazard or threat and produce integrated, coordinated, and synchronized plans. The goal of CPG 101 is to make the planning process routine across all phases of emergency management and for all homeland security mission areas. This Guide helps planners at all levels of government in their efforts to develop and maintain viable all-hazards, all-threats EOPs. Accomplished properly, planning provides a methodical way to engage the whole community in thinking through the life cycle of a potential crisis, determining required capabilities, and establishing a framework for roles and responsibilities. It shapes how a community envisions and shares a desired outcome, selects effective ways to achieve it, and communicates expected results. Each jurisdiction's plans must reflect what that community will do to address its specific risks with the unique resources it has or can obtain.