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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• [email protected]• 972-721-2100
• Esther Corwin, MEP• Texas Division of Emergency Management, Exercise Unit,
Exercise Training Officer• [email protected]• 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• 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
Training Prerequisites• 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
Importance of Exercise Evaluation & Improvement Planning
• Exercise evaluation– 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
Texas MEP Networking• http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/emiopt.asp• Texas Division of Emergency Management
5805 N. LamarPO BOX 4087Austin, Texas 78773-0220(512) 424-2138(512) 424-2444 or 7160 FAX
www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/