Guidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Exercises (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Within this sample structure, the management or executive planning committee may ▪ Develop or manage the exercise master schedule, ▪ Develop the scope, ▪ Identify objectives for the organizational exercise, ▪ Identify limitations, ▪ Develop guidelines to direct the preparation of exercise materials, ▪ Approve simulations, ▪ Develop a public information plan, ▪ Ensure quality control, ▪ Invite VIPs and evaluators, ▪ Ensure compliance with grant programs, ▪ Approve exercise packages, and ▪ Approve exercise evaluation reports. The scenario committee may ▪ Develop the scenario narrative, ▪ Develop the timeline of key scenario events, and ▪ Develop the message injects.
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Guidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Exercises 42 FIGURE 8 GENERIC PROCESS FOR OPERATIONS-BASED EXERCISES Corrective Action Plan EVALUATE Exercise Develop Concept Exercise Purpose and Objectives Initial Planning Conferences Concept and Objectives After- Action Report Data Collection and Analysis EXERCISE CONDUCT Coordinate Objectives. Identify Broad Scenario.
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Controllers are the only nonplayers who will provide information or direction to the players. ▪ Chief Controller: The individual responsible for the preparation of the control staff instructions and for coordination and oversight of the exercise control group, lead controllers, and all individual controllers.
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Evaluation has the aim of improving future efforts through recommendations arising from the exercise; its aim is not to judge. ▪ Chief Evaluator: The individual responsible for preparation of the evaluation plan, management of the overall evaluation or observation process, oversight of the evaluation team, and compilation of evaluation data for incorporation in an evaluation report.
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Specifically, the exercise planning team and other attendees agree on the exercise scope, determine an exercise location, define the overall objectives, determine the major participants, and select a date for the IPC. Exercise concept development is usually based on the transportation agency's stated purpose in conducting the exercise, prior experience, operations, and historical precedence.
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An implementer is the vehicle that places an MSEL item into exercise play. The second conGuidelines for Transportation Emergency Training Exercises 46
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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Building on the exercise foundation, the design and development process should focus on identifying objectives, designing the scenario, creating documentation, developing policies, planning exercise conduct, and selecting an evaluation methodology. OBJECTIVES Exercise objectives are the foundation of design and development.
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. Thought should be given to creating a scenario that involves local incidents and local facilities and is based on exercise objectives derived from risk and vulnerability assessments conducted at the transportation agency.
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In addition to addressing exercise objectives and scope, the EXPLAN assigns tasks and responsibilities for successful exercise execution. The EXPLAN should not contain detailed scenario information, such as the hazard to be employed.
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The purpose of COSIN is to detail the scenario for the duration of the exercise, develop guidelines for control and simulation support of the exercise, explain the exercise concept as it relates to controllers and simulators; and establish and define the control structures, communications, logistics, and administration. Its level of detail will vary and can include the following: ▪ Exercise overview, ▪ Exercise control organization and scheme, ▪ Controller roles and responsibilities, ▪ Control communications plan, ▪ VIP/observer management plan, ▪ List of key exercise events, ▪ Short MSEL and long MSEL, and ▪ Exercise safety plan.
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Message No. Message Summary Expected Response -90 1 From senior controller to transportation supervisor: Permission to open exercise window.
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Level of detail varies and can include the following: ▪ Exercise overview, ▪ Evaluation control organization, ▪ Evaluation methodology and observation techniques, ▪ Evaluator roles and responsibilities, and ▪ Evaluation communications plan. FEMA provides guidelines for the selection of evaluation methodologies at http://training.fema.gov/ emiweb/downloads/HMEEM%20R-VI%20UPDATE%20JULY%202000.DOC.
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• Be responsible for suspending, restarting, and terminating. Follow the instructions from the senior controller.
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Action messages provide event information to players during the exercise. These messages are usually scripted in the MSEL.
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Controllers monitor and manage exercise activities to ensure that exercise objectives are being met, interact with players to determine the status of ongoing activities, and communicate with players by following the MSEL and injecting implementer messages. Controllers must ensure that they do not disrupt play when communicating with players.
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A sample checklist for managing the conduct of a full-scale exercise is presented in Table 13. EVALUATION Exercise evaluation refers to the act of observing and recording exercise activity or conduct; applying the behavior or activity against exercise objectives; and noting strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies, or other observations.
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Determining how the exercise objectives were met allows evaluators to answer the following important questions about the transportation agency's performance: ▪ Are parts of the plan in need of revision? ▪ Is current equipment adequate?
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▪ How effectively did independent agencies cooperate to resolve the problem? Evaluators record what they observe during the exercise, the hot wash sessions, and the after action review.
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AFTER ACTION REPORT To prepare this report, the exercise evaluation team will analyze data collected from the hot wash and/or debrief, participant feedback forms, and other sources (e.g., plans and procedures) and compare the actual results with the intended outcome.
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▪ Analysis of outcomes for each participating agency: -- Analysis of how well the transportation agency and other participating agencies and jurisdictions performed their functions during the exercise. Examples include a few paragraphs on how well each participating agency performed its functions in response to the exercise scenario.
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This information can aid transportation exercise coordinators in developing scenarios and in designing evaluation measures for exercises. Improvement planning ensures that identified weaknesses in the response are adequately addressed and resolved through corrective action by the transportation agency.
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