1. TABLETOP EXERCISES
Importance: HIGH!

2. What is a Tabletop Exercise?
A group exercise which is designed to test the theoretical ability of how to respond to particular situation.
Tabletop exercises can be used to identify weak points that need to be addressed so that if the event comes to life, the agencies would be better prepared to respond.

3. How Often Should Tabletop Exercises Be Conducted?
In a school setting it is good to try and conduct small scale tabletop exercises on a frequent basis with Administrators and Staff that have key roles in your ICS command structure.

4. What Kind of Tabletop Exercise Should We Do?
You can exercise any type of scenario that you think may occur at your schools or other facilities. It is best to exercise high probability incidents on a more frequent basis so that when these incident occur staff will be better prepared.
You can also exercise past incidents and use debriefing notes from those incidents to complete the exercise.

5. Tabletop: Thunderstorm