Exercises
Division of Emergency Management
Exercise Form
We like hearing about all the great things happening throughout the state. Please use the Exercise Form to tell us about your upcoming exercises, to request support, or to reserve a game.
I Wonder Webinars
Exercise Templates
HSEEP TOOLS – New Exercise Starter Kits aligned with the 2023 – 2024 National Exercise Program Principals’ Exercise Priorities.
Latest release of HSEEP Doctrine
2020 HSEEP Information Sheet
2020 HSEEP Frequently Asked Questions
The Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Preparedness Toolkit is a website with all of the available templates related to the HSEEP policy & guidance. DEM has adopted HSEEP as a best practice for exercise design and development, conduct, evaluation and improvement planning. A graphic representation of the HSEEP Exercise Cycle includes over 18 elements to include in an exercise process (pdf graphic). HSEEP is part of the National Preparedness System (pdf graphic).
THIRA/SPR and Unified Reporting Tool (URT)
DEM has created versions of some of the HSEEP templates to include instructions and links to relevant supporting documents. These templates include:
- Exercise Plan
- Exercise Overview
- After Action Report
- Improvement Plan
- Executive Summary
- Participant Roster
- Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) ~ This template replaces the Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan
Exercise Types
There are seven exercise types. Four are discussion based and three are operations based. These exercises increase in their complexity. Here are a few exercise tools that may be used as aids for determining which exercise type is appropriate.
- How to Create an Exercise
- Exercise Types (list with descriptions)
- Exercise Types Cheat Sheet (pyramid graphic)
Other Training & Exercise Program Management and TEPW Tools
- Core Capabilities – Graphic
- Core Capabilities Definition – Graphic
- Core Capability Development Sheets – FEMA Resource
- Other Capabilities for Exercise Design Consideration
- Outdated – Target Capabilities List (2007) – Target Capabilities are based on the old Core Capabilities from the 2007 HSEEP Guidance. Although these are outdated, there are some valuable “tasks” that you can consider in your exercise design and evaluation planning processes.
- Public Health Development Capabilities – CDC Resource (2011)
- Universal Task List (UTL) – A tool that describes the tasks that may be used in the development of EEGs.
- THIRA Process – Graphic
- Key Elements of a TEP – Graphic – The TEP is now known as an Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP)
- POETE – Graphic
Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW) – Formerly known as a Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW)
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- 2020 Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop – Worksheet
- This worksheet can be used as a guide to support your Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop.
- The Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop should be used to support the creation of an Integrated Preparedness Plan.
- 2020 Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop – Worksheet
- FEMA Independent Study Course on Exercises
- IS-120.c – An Introduction to Exercises New 2/12/2018
- IS-130.a – How to be an Exercise Evaluator New 2/12/2018
DEM recommends the use of HSEEP for all exercises conducted at the local, county, tribal and state level.
The table below includes links to the DEM versions of HSEEP exercise templates.
HSEEP Exercise
|
Exercise Plan
|
After Action Report
|
Participant Roster* |
Seminar
|
No |
Either AAR/IP or
|
At a minimum, names of participants
|
Workshop
|
No |
Either AAR/IP or
|
At a minimum, names of participants
|
Tabletop |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Drill
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Functional |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Full-Scale |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Planned Event |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Real World Event |
No |
Yes |
At a minimum, names of participants
|
