DEVELOPING DISASTER EXERCISES: Simplifying the Process

This 2 day hands-on, activity-based training is designed to prepare participants to be the in-house disaster exercise design expert for their facility.
The course is modeled on the DHS/FEMA 3-week disaster exercise design course for emergency management and first responders and incorporates important elements of the 2-day HSEEP training.

Participants will learn about:

• 7 types of exercises including considerations involving cost, time frame and personnel

• Overview of a Comprehensive Exercise Plan

• Overview of the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Toolkit

• Overview of Hospital Incident Command Structure (HICS) Incident Planning and Response Guides

• Overview of HSEEP Exercise Evaluation Guides

• 8 Steps in the Exercise Design Process

• After Action Reports and Improvement Plans

• Exercise documentation including Player Manual, Controller/Evaluator Manual, Master Scenario Events List (MSEL), and Evaluator Tool

More than half of the course will be spent in skill building activities. Working in teams, participants will:

• Develop a tabletop exercise including all documentation

• Develop components of a full-scale exercise that can be adapted for use with a functional exercise including documentation

Who should participate?

Personnel tasked with developing and conducting disaster exercises for their facility or agency.
The goal is to give participants the information and tools they need to design and conduct exercises. The training will also better enable them to participate as members of the design team for multi-agency exercises.  

When and where?

March 13-14, 2012 - Scottsbluff, Hampton Inn - Register Now

This training is FREE to those working in Nebraska
The fee for out-of-state participants is $500

Lodging and Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

How to Register

Because of the hands-on nature of this training, class size is limited to 20 participants. - Register Now

What to bring?

It would be helpful to bring a laptop with wireless Internet capabilities if you have one.

Commitment required & Prerequisites

Because each module of the training builds on previous modules, participants are asked to commit to the full training period.

In addition, participants will need to have completed
IS-100.HC Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals,
IS-200.HC Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations and
IS-700 National Incident Command System (NIMS) an Introduction

During the registration process, participants will be asked to provide copies of their certificates of completion for these courses.

Cancellation Policy

No shows will be billed $389.