PreparedEx Podcast Episode 2: 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises

Nov 3, 2015 | Exercises, Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSThe 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises was designed to help organizations improve their existing crisis simulation exercises or create new ones that are engaging and...

PreparedEx Podcast Episode 1 – Interview with Don Estes

Oct 14, 2015 | Exercises, Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSDonald Estes has over 20 years of experience conducting research, analysis, and war gaming support to the Department of Defense, DHS, other government agencies and commercial clients....

Crisis Exercise – The After Action Report

Apr 28, 2015 | Exercises

An After Action Report (AAR) is used to provide feedback on the exercise. It summarizes exercise events and analyzes performance of the tasks identified as important during the planning process. It also evaluates achievement of the selected exercise objectives and...

War-gaming – Part 1: The History

Jul 21, 2014 | Exercises

The term, “war-game” is simply a translation of the German term, “kriegspiel.” Because many are simply uncomfortable with the term “war-game,” feeling perhaps that war is too serious for “games,” you will often see every...

Could a Crisis Plan and Simulation Exercises Have Prevented The Canadian Railroad Catastrophe?

Feb 10, 2014 | Crisis Communications, Crisis Management, Emergency Management, Exercises, Preparedness, Uncategorized

Can a crisis plan that’s regularly tested through crisis simulation exercises help to prevent disasters such as the cataclysmic train derailment that occurred in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic last July?   The answer is — yes and no. Yes, if...