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Emergency management provides the coordination needed to develop an effective community response to disasters. This critical public safety function is typically performed in mobile command posts in the field and in the jurisdiction's emergency operations center. Preparing individuals who will work in these facilities to perform their tasks under emergency conditions requires effective and realistic exercise training.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides a five model exercise design for progressive training of emergency management staffs. This study examines the history and theoretical basis for exercises. From this background, it suggests alternatives to these five models to provide greater flexibility in delivery, options for specialized training in decision making, exercises that will support all phases of emergency management, and options for increased realism. Among the alternatives suggested are Tactical Decision Games, What-If Exercises, Postal Exercises, and a variety of simulation tools. The book is accompanied by a detailed appendix that provides specific instructions for each exercise type.
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If you are a planner or trainer that deals with teams of people who must respond to emergent, rare, extraordinary and/or complex events, this book is an outstanding value. Covering the spectrum of tabletop discussions or exercises, "paper" drills, and full field drills, this book offers lots of insight into design and effective use, and tons of ideas on how to develop low-cost approaches that you can use to get people together to discuss, plan, train for, or "pre-experience" almost any type of event or incident you can conceive. I have recommended this book to others, and lent my copy to someone who hasn't yet returned it! My background is in emergency medical services and I am currently active in designing training approaches to some unique "homeland security" scenarios in other fields, and this book has and will continue to be a valuable aid.
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This is an excellent reference source for the student of emergency management. The information contained within is very simple yet detailed. Whoever has taken the IS-120 or IS-239 courses through FEMA than this book is a must from which to build on that knowledge.
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This book fills much needed gaps in the strict HSEEP hierarchy. Too often the HSEEP models are like trying to kill a fly with a shotgun. The suggested alternatives provide for effective and efficient training and evaluation events. Short-staffed offices with minimal budgets will find these to be the ticket.
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What alternatives are available to provide low cost options, in time, personnel, and funding, for training emergency management personnel in decision making in response to disasters? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tactical Decision Games, Tabletop Exercise, Floortop Exercises, Discussion Seminars, United States, Functional Exercise, Skull Session, National Guard, Number Of Personnel Required, Participant Supplies, Required Facilities, Discussion Exercise, Environmental Protection Agency, In-Basket Exercises, Map Exercise, Emergency Management Institute, What-If Exercises, The What-If Exercise, Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services, Civil Air Patrol, Orientation Exercises, Research Alternatives, Research Review, Stress Level New!
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What alternatives are available to provide low cost options, in time, personnel, and funding, for training emergency management personnel in decision making in response to disasters? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tactical Decision Games, Tabletop Exercise, Floortop Exercises, Discussion Seminars, United States, Functional Exercise, Skull Session, National Guard, Number Of Personnel Required, Participant Supplies, Required Facilities, Discussion Exercise, Environmental Protection Agency, In-Basket Exercises, Map Exercise, Emergency Management Institute, What-If Exercises, The What-If Exercise, Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services, Civil Air Patrol, Orientation Exercises, Research Alternatives, Research Review, Stress Level New!
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- Fire Command by Alan V. Brunacini on page 19, and Back Matter
- Emergency Preparedness: Disaster Planning for Health Facilities by Jerome S. Seliger on page 38, and Back Matter
- Emergency Management by Michael K. Lindell Ph.D. on page 19, and Back Matter
- in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Training and Development Handbook (Sponsored by the American Society for Training and Development ASTD) by Robert L. Craig in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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