Jun 28, 2022 | Crisis Management
Scenario security is important: It helps ensure that the participants react in a realistic way. The team preparing the exercise should not share information on the scenario with the players. The controllers and evaluators should know the scenario very well. Everybody...
May 20, 2022 | Crisis Management, Tabletop Exercises
The saying “a picture paints a thousand words” has never been as true in the world of simulation exercises. The only difference is that it’s not just pictures that can create realism and keep participants engaged. It has never been easier to create simulation videos,...
May 18, 2022 | Crisis Management, Tabletop Exercises
The exercise facilitator and control team will control the exercise through the Master Scenario Events List (MSEL). The MSEL is the primary document used to conduct the exercise, providing the framework for monitoring and managing the flow of exercise activities. It...
May 12, 2022 | Crisis Management, Tabletop Exercises
Once the main objectives of the exercise are decided, the exercise scenario can then be developed. A scenario provides at least two important services. First, it supplies a plausible starting point or setting for the exercise participants to examine particular...
May 10, 2022 | Crisis Management
The Functional Exercise is a fully simulated interactive exercise that tests the capability of an organization to respond to a simulated event. This exercise focuses on the coordination of multiple functions of organizations and takes place in an Emergency Operations...
May 5, 2022 | Crisis Management, Tabletop Exercises
One of the most important, if not the most important step, in the design and preparation of an exercise is to determine the exercise objective(s). It is not unusual for individuals planning an exercise to want to begin by focusing on a specific scenario. While the...
