NCJ Number
134704
Date Published
1988
Length
58 pages
Annotation
Emergency exercises are conducted to improve operational readiness by revealing planning weaknesses, revealing resource gaps, clarifying responsibilities, improving coordination and individual performance, and testing plans and systems.
Abstract
There are five basic types of emergency exercise: orientation, drill, tabletop, functional, and full scale. This manual describes each of these types and provides sample program schedules, scope characteristics, and requirements for conducting exercises. The manual outlines time tables for exercise planners and provides various checklists pertaining to exercise preparation, physical facilities, staffing, evaluation, critique, and evaluation report. Follow-up is a necessary area of exercise development and can be assured by drafting a memorandum to all exercise participants making specific assignments for follow-up, monitoring follow-up, and building the recommended improvements into the next exercise.