Master Exercise Practioner Workshop

Agenda Introductions and recognition of MEPs Why MEP? MEP Program Overview E/G-131 Exercise Evaluation & Improvement Planning Course – Review Q&A

Presenters Patrick McMacken, CEM, TEM, MEP EMC City of Irving Chair NCT Exercise & Training Committee pmcmacken@cityofirving.org 972-721-2100 Esther Corwin, MEP Texas Division of Emergency Management, Exercise Unit, Exercise Training Officer esther.corwin@dps.texas.gov 512-424-2198

MEP Introductions If you have completed or are enrolled in the Master Exercise Practitioner Program, please introduce yourself Name Jurisdiction

Why MEPP? Why should one become a Master Exercise Practitioner? Better exercise quality Improved outcomes Increased professionalism

MEP Program Overview To improve the capabilities of emergency management exercise personnel in exercise program management and in every phase of the exercise process. By improving the knowledge, skills, and abilities, both the quantity and quality of exercises can be improved Created in 1999 as a non-resident program to recognize those individuals who completed prescribed training and demonstrated, through hands-on application, a high degree of professionalism and capability in exercises In 2004, EMI began offering this title certificate program in a resident series of courses at the NETC in Emmitsburg, Maryland

MEP Program Overview Target Audience Training Prerequisites Exercise training officers Emergency managers Emergency services personnel Fire Emergency Medical and Hospitals Public and Environmental Health Coroners Law enforcement Public Works and Utilities Community Service and Volunteer agencies Private entities Local, Tribal, State, Territorial, and other Federal agency personnel IS-100.b, Introduction to ICS IS-120.a, An Introduction to Exercises IS-130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning IS-200.b, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents IS-230.a, Fundamentals of Emergency Management IS-235, Emergency Planning IS-700.a, NIMS, An Introduction IS-775, EOC Management and Operations IS-800.b, NRF, An Introduction

G-131 & E/L-131: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning Unit 1: Exercise Evaluation Overview

Importance of Exercise Evaluation & Improvement Planning Assesses a jurisdiction or organization's performance by identifying strengths and areas for improvement Improvement planning Leverages the outputs of the evaluation process by developing Improvement Plans (IPs) Provides a disciplined process for implementing corrective actions and socializing best practices

Course Goal To familiarize individuals with exercise planning or evaluation responsibilities with the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program’s (HSEEP) exercise evaluation and improvement planning process, and to provide those students opportunities to practice key exercise evaluation skills.

Course Objectives (1 of 2) Describe the need for a systematic approach to exercise evaluation List the eight steps of the exercise evaluation and improvement planning process Identify pre-exercise activities necessary for a successful evaluation Explain the function of Exercise Evaluation Guides and their relationship to the Target Capabilities List /Universal Task List

Course Objectives (2 of 2) Practice evaluation observation, data analysis, and report writing skills Describe post-exercise analysis activities Explain the purpose and format of the After Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) Describe how a Corrective Action Program (CAP) translates exercise outcomes into continual improvements to preparedness

Course Structure (1 of 2) Unit 1: Exercise Evaluation Overview Unit 2: Exercise Evaluation Process Unit 3: Planning and Organizing the Evaluation Unit 4: Observing the Exercise and Collecting Data Unit 5: Analyzing Data Unit 6: After Action Report and After Action Conference Unit 7: The Corrective Action Program

Course Structure (2 of 2) Unit 8: Introduction to Evaluator Skill Practice Unit 9: Customizing EEGs from TCLs and Objectives Unit 10: Exercise Evaluation: Skill Practice #1 Unit 11: Exercise Evaluation: Skill Practice #2 Unit 12: Exercise Evaluation: Skill Practice #3 Unit 13: Exercise Evaluation: Skill Practice #4 Unit 14: Course Summary

Exercise Training with TDEM G-920, Texas Exercise Design and Evaluation Provides students the opportunity to “learn by doing” each step of the design process creating a functional exercise to be conducted in class L-146, HSEEP Training DHS/FEMA developed this intermediate-level training course that incorporates exercise guidance and best practices from the HSEEP Volumes www.PreparingTexas.org

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