HSEM 210 - Exercise Design and Evaluation

3 Credits

This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to develop, conduct, evaluate and report effective exercises that test a community’s operations plan and operational response capability. Throughout the course, participants will learn about topics including exercise program management, design and development, evaluation, and improvement planning. It also builds a foundation for subsequent exercise courses, which provide the specifics of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and the National Standard Exercise Curriculum (NSEC).

Pre-requisite(s) HSEM 102 and HSEM 120
Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online
Fall Online
Winter Online
Spring Online

Designed to Serve Those wishing to serve or already serving in the emergency management role in both the public and private sectors
Active Date 2015-11-20

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 33 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
A. Introduction to Exercise Design
B. Comprehensive Exercise Program
C. The Exercise Process
D. Exercise Design Steps
E. Tabletop Exercise
F. Functional Exercise
G. Full-Scale Exercise
H. Exercise Evaluation
I. Exercise Enhancements
J. Designing a Functional Exercise

Student Learning Outcomes
Examine the value of exercises to improve the four phases of comprehensive emergency management.

Outline the basic components of a comprehensive exercise program based off of area risk assessment.

Examine the importance of designing a comprehensive and progressive exercise program to meet the needs of your organization or community based off the Target Capabilities List (TCL)/Universal Task List (UTL).

Describe the organization of an exercise design team.

Distinguish the purposes and characteristics of a tabletop exercise, functional exercise and full-scale exercise.

Outline the steps in facilitating a tabletop exercise

Differentiate designing a functional exercise from designing a tabletop exercise.

Recognize the physical requirements and participant roles in a functional exercise.

Differentiate designing a full-scale exercise from designing a functional exercise.

Determine planning considerations for site selection and scene management for a full-scale exercise.