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The Exercise Planners Guide

Home Office Publication, 1998

• Part 1
  • Introduction
  • Emergency Planning Process
  • Types of Exercise
    • i) Seminar Exercises
    • ii) Table Top Exercises
    • iii) Control Post Exercises
    • iv) Live Exercises
• Part 2
  • Finance
  • Exercise Planning Group
  • Aim/Objectives
  • Scenario
    • Time Lapse
    • Controlled or Free Play
  • Exercise Location
    • Seminar or Table Top
    • Control Post
    • Live
  • Exercise Base
• Part 3
  • Safety
  • Welfare
  • Codewords
  • Public Information
  • Exercise Controller
  • Exercise Directors
  • Umpires
  • Observers
  • Identification
• Part 4
  • Communications
  • Logging and Recording
  • Media Participation
  • Media Coverage
  • Briefings
  • Pre-Exercise Final Arrangements
    • Live Exercises
    • Control Post Exercises
    • Table Top/Seminar Exercises
• Part 5
  • Debriefing
    • Single Service Debriefing
    • Multi-Agency Debriefing
  • Exercise Report
  • Exercise Check List
  • Annex A - guidelines for those taking part
    • Essential Briefing Points

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