Rothstein Associates Inc.

EXERCISE PLANNING AND EVALUATION
by Staff and Associates of Emergency Response Institute, Inc.

"Contains everything you will ever need to know about designing exercises. Designed as a
student manual for a 40-hour course and can be used as an independent step-by-step
workbook."

"Before we can begin to develop exercises, it is important to understand that exercises are
only a part of an overall emergency preparedness program. All too many times, the zeal to
create an exercise will lead participants into a developmental process that has no rhyme nor
reason. As a result, the exercise becomes itself a "disaster."

"Exercises must meet the individual needs of the jurisdiction and the community. They
should
be tailored to fit the various participating levels of government. This is true whether you
develop your own exercises or conduct a "canned" or "packaged" exercise provided by an
outside source. In either case, the exercise must be responsive to your specific objectives
and to the particular hazards and emergency
response capabilities of the jurisdiction and the community."

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Glossary

PART ONE
Chapter 1 - Overview of Community Emergency Management
Key Terminology
Community Emergency Management
Establishing a Local Emergency Management Council
The Crucials of Emergency Management
Chapter 2 - Basic Tenets of Managing Emergency Operations
What Disaster Research is Telling Us
Chapter 3 - The Community Disaster Plan as a "Standard of Care"
Why a Standard of Care?
Determining "Standard of Care"
What Should You Do With the Results of Your Program Profile?
What is Research Based Disaster Planning?
Major End Products of the Community Disaster Planning Process
Chapter 4 - Shortfalls In the Community Disaster Plan
Response Shortfalls
Training and Education Shortfalls
Chapter 5 - Why Exercise?
Exercises are Practical, Efficient and Proven
Fundamental Goal of Exercises
Emergency Actions Benefiting from a Practice Session
Outcomes of an Exercise
Review of SARA Title III Planning and Exercising

PART TWO
Chapter 6 - Emergency Management Exercise Process
Guidelines for a Good Exercise
What is an Emergency Management Exercise?
Exercise Tasks
Exercise Process Flow Chart
Chapter 7 - Task 1: Assessment
Task la: Assess the Needs and Capabilities of Your Jurisdiction
Task lb: Selection of Exercise Type
Task lc: Establish Exercise Design Team
Chapter 8 - Task 2: Exercise Date, Location, and Facility
Task 2a: Exercise Development Checklist
Task 2b: Exercise Development Timetable
Chapter 9 - Task 3: Exercise Objectives and Evaluation
Task 3a: Determine Purpose or Goal
Task 3b: Establish General Objectives
Task 3c: Establish Refined Objectives
Task 3d: Develop Evaluation Tool
Chapter 10 - Task 4: Exercise Scenario and Materials
Task 4a: Scenario Narrative
Task 4b: Master Sequence of Events
Task 4c: Detailed Sequence of Events
Task 4d: Messages, Problems
Task 4e: Exercise Agenda
Chapter 11 - Task 5: Pre-Exercise Notification
Task 5a: Ground Rules for Exercise Participants
Chapter 12 - Task 6: Numbers, Capabilities, and Assignments of Exercise Staff
Task 6a: Controllers and Simulators
Task 6b: Evaluators
Chapter 13 - Task 7: Logistics
Task 7a: Arrange Logistics
Chapter 14 - Task 8: Exercise Staff Packets
Task 8a: Prepare Controllers and Simulators Assignment Packets
Task 8b: Prepare Evaluators Assignment Packets
Task 8c: Establish Rules for Exercise Players
Chapter 15 - Task 9: Training
Task 9a: Train Controllers and Simulators
Task 9b: Train Evaluators
Chapter 16 - Task 10: Pre-Exercise Drills and Rehearsals
Task 1Oa: Conduct Training for Players
Chapter 17 - Task 11: Pre-Exercise Briefing
Task 11a: Conduct Briefing for Exercise Staff
Chapter 18 - Task 12: Exercise Activity
Task 12a: Conduct Exercise
Chapter 19 - Task 13: Post-Exercise Debriefing
Task 13a: Conduct Post-Exercise Debriefing
Chapter 20 - Task 14: Final Exercise Report
Task 14a: Prepare Exercise Report
Chapter 21 -Task 15: Exercise Deficiencies
Task 15a: Track Exercise Deficiencies
Chapter 22 - Task 16: Remedial Drills/Exercises
Task 16a: Conduct Remedial Drills/Exercises
Chapter 23 - Closing the Loop
Improving Preparedness, Planning, and Response
Implementing Change as a Result of an Exercise
Exercise Follow-up
Developing a Support System

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1990, 164 Pages Order #DR-241.
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