Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program

Exercise Design Course

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II will be conducting training for emergency exercise design and evaluation (a combination of FEMA Courses I-120 and L-146). The course is a 4 day program which focuses on the design phase of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).

Course details:

Emergency managers, emergency services personnel, and other individuals who are part of the emergency preparedness and response or continuity of operations need to be able to use the fundamentals of exercise simulation and design as an integrated system of resources and capabilities. Skills learned during this program will enable jurisdictions to conduct NIMS required exercises.

The course will develop emergency response and continuity exercise skills in the following areas:

· Exercise programs

· Exercise process

· Exercise design steps

· Tabletop, functional and full scale exercises

· Exercise evaluation

· Exercise enhancements

· Designing a functional exercise

The course will conclude with students conducting and evaluating actual tabletop and functional exercises in a group/team environment.

Target Audience:

The target audience is any official having direct responsibility for developing and conducting emergency response or continuity exercises.

Dates:

Monday January 21-24. 0900 – 1530 Daily

Location:

26 Federal Plaza, 6th Floor, Conference Room TBD, New York, NY 10278