HSEEP Workshop

Emergency Management Association of Georgia

Your Hosts Tracy Sargent

Program Director – Terrorism Emergency Response and Preparedness Division.

Jeff MorrisonProgram Director – Statewide ExercisesGeorgia Emergency Management Agency

Objectives Define an exercise. HSEEP Overview Identification of exercise types and

formats The “Building Block Approach” HSEEP Performance Requirements

What Is An Exercise?

A focused practice activity that places the participants in a simulated

situation requiring them to function in the

capacity that would be expected of them in a real event.

Exercises

Why Do We Exercise?

Test and evaluate plans, policies, procedures, and resources.

Train personnel.

Improve coordination and communication.

Satisfy regulatory requirements.

How Do We Get Started?

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program - HSEEP

Capabilities and performance based exercise program.

Standardized policy. methodology and language.

Guidance in designing, developing, conducting and evaluating exercises.

Building capabilities that can be applied to a wide variety of incidents.

Incorporates planning, staffing, equipment, training, exercising, improvement planning

Develops a strategic approach to training & exercising.

Capabilities-Based Program

Types of Exercises and the Building Block Approach

Discussion Based: Seminars Workshops Tabletops Games

Operations Based Drills Functional Full-Scale

Progressive Exercise Program

Full Scale

Functional

Tabletop

Drill

Orientation

Progressively Complex

Building on previous successes

HSEEP PerformanceRequirements

Conducting an annual Training and Exercise Plan Workshop and developing and maintaining a Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan.

Planning and conducting exercises in

accordance with the guidelines set forth in HSEEP Volumes I-III.

  Developing and submitting a properly formatted

After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP). The format for the AAR/IP is found in HSEEP Volume III.

Tracking and implementing corrective actions

identified in the AAR/IP.

HSEEP Compliance

Annual Training and Exercise Plan Workshop

Develop Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan

Should reflect capabilities-based planning Should follow “building-block approach”

Multi Year Training & Exercise Schedule

HSEEP Compliance

Exercise Planning and Conduct Use common terminology Should include appropriate documents

Develop and submit a properly formatted After Action

Report/Improvement Plan

Track and Implement corrective actions

Exercise Evaluation After Action Report

Information provided by: Exercise evaluators Exercise participants

Improvement Plan Developed from information provided

within the AAR. Assigns corrective actions to include

personal responsibility and timelines.

HSEEP Access

HSEEP.DHS.GOV

Objectives Define an exercise. HSEEP Overview Identification of exercise types and

formats The “Building Block Approach” HSEEP Performance Requirements

QUESTIONS

Thank You