Guidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Exercises (2006) / Chapter Skim
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First, a debrief is performed among participants to gather their assessments regarding the tabletop. Then, an AAR will be developed to document the tabletop, and an improvement plan will be prepared to integrate recommendations into the transportation agency emergency planning, training, and exercise programs.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIMELINE Based on the progressive exercise program established for the transportation agency, timelines for developing discussion-based exercises should be established. In the transportation environment, planning for games and tabletops typically takes 3 to 6 months.
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Guidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Exercises designed to finalize exercise organization and staffing, scheduling documentation, control, evaluation, logistics, and administration. During this conference, the assembled representatives may also rehearse the discussion-based exercise to ensure that the personnel responsible for managing the exercise are comfortable with their roles.
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Participants from both the transportation agency and responder agencies may also assist with facilitation as subject matter experts during the tabletop exercise. ▪ Exercise Objectives: Identify the stated goals of exercise activities (i.e., the desired end results that participants should achieve with respect to the problem being exercised)
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VI. Instructions for Exercise Conduct VII.
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The news release may include the following information: ▪ Introduction to exercise, ▪ Identification of the sponsoring transportation agency, ▪ Brief overview of the transportation agency's progressive exercise program, ▪ Exercise purpose and expected outcomes, ▪ Exercise scope and duration, ▪ General scenario information (e.g., location, goals, and objectives) , and ▪ List of participating agencies.
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▪ After Action Analysis and Report: The after action report (AAR) is the key postexercise document developed by the exercise planning team, in partnership with transportation agency departments and key participants.
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It is not appropriate to call off an exercise for the convenience of evaluators or controllers. It is appropriate, however, if exercise players can no longer contribute to the exercise as it was designed.
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