HSEM Exercise Program
Realistic exercise of core capabilities prepares emergency management organizations for real world events. The HSEM Exercise Program offers support through:
- Exercise training courses
- Assistance with exercise planning, conduct and evaluation
- Planning resources and documentation materials
Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW)
HSEM conducts annual regional and state workshops to produce an Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP). The IPP outlines state training priorities and establishes a calendar of proposed training and exercise events.
See the Integrated Preparedness page for my details.
HSEEP Methodology
HSEM uses and recommends the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) methodology for emergency management training and exercise. This methodology:
- Challenges participants with increasingly advanced courses and exercise scenarios
- Includes, strengths and confirms lessons learned
- Identifies a jurisdiction's capability strengths as well as those in need of improvement
- Provides a means of evaluation and corrective action for exercises
- Ensures a method to share lessons learned and best practices from training courses and exercises
For HSEEP information and materials, visit the FEMA Preparedness Toolkit.
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