1. Master Exercise Practioner Workshop

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

3. Presenters Patrick McMacken, CEM, TEM, MEP EMC City of Irving
Chair NCT Exercise & Training Committee
Esther Corwin, MEP
Texas Division of Emergency Management, Exercise Unit, Exercise Training Officer

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Texas MEP Networking http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/emiopt.asp
Texas Division of Emergency Management 5805 N. Lamar PO BOX 4087 Austin, Texas (512) (512) or 7160 FAX