CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

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...
CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

CC Series Short: Creating Exercise Visuals

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,...
CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

CC Series Short: The MSEL (Master Sequence of Events List)

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...
CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

CC Series Short: Step 2 – Exercise & Scenario Design

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...
CC Series Short: The Pre-Read Video and the Trusted Agent

CC Series Short: Functional Exercise Objectives

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...