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    The document provides guidance on planning emergency response drills to test and improve emergency plans. It recommends starting with a tabletop drill, where the emergency response team discusses their plan and potential problems in response to a simulated scenario. Based on lessons from the tabletop drill, specific functional drills can then be planned to allow team members to practice their assigned roles and emergency procedures. Conducting periodic drills is important to identify weaknesses in the plan before a real emergency and help ensure the response team is prepared.

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    The document provides guidance on planning emergency response drills to test and improve emergency plans. It recommends starting with a tabletop drill, where the emergency response team discusses their plan and potential problems in response to a simulated scenario. Based on lessons from the tabletop drill, specific functional drills can then be planned to allow team members to practice their assigned roles and emergency procedures. Conducting periodic drills is important to identify weaknesses in the plan before a real emergency and help ensure the response team is prepared.

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    Plan Your Drill

    Practice Makes Perfect


    How will your response team perform when a flood, fire,
    earthquake or another emergency occurs? How well does your
    plan identify skilled and trained personnel, equipment, supplies,
    etc, in the event of a disaster? Does everyone on the team
    understand his or her role and responsibilities?
    One way to find out how well your plans and procedures are
    going to work is to practice them! Plan a drill based on a makebelieve flood, fire, earthquake or other disaster. Testing your
    plans this way will help you identify and correct any weaknesses
    before a real emergency occurs.
    This ESP Focus sheet provides guidance for planning your own
    drills. Testing your teams response and correcting weaknesses
    is the next step in preparing and might save lives in the next
    flood, fire, earthquake or other emergency.

    Flyer funded in part by a contribution from:

    www.toyota.com

    D E C E M B E R

    E S P F OCUS

    Planning Drills

    P LAN Y OUR D RILL, S IDE 2

    To Conduct an Effective Drill:

    While members of your response team receive training in their


    assignments and work on their pre-emergency tasks, the training
    coordinator should begin planning a drill. A drill allows your team
    to practice your plan.

    Add new and more challenging problems to the scenario


    used in the tabletop.
    Set up separate drills for each function or team. For
    example:

    The drill should be designed to provide par ticipants with


    experience in their roles before a real emergency, increase the
    confidence of participants and identify weaknesses in your plan.

    Date

    Function or Team

    Jan. 19

    First Aid and Medical

    Apr. 24

    Damage Assessment

    July 27

    Light Search and Rescue

    Oct. 5

    Shelter

    Tabletop Drill
    Start by planning a tabletop drill. The tabletop will be based on a
    simulated earthquake or another disaster determined by the
    Planning Committee and will include problems that team leaders
    and their personnel are likely to face.
    To conduct the tabletop:
    Assemble participants around a table or in the same room.
    Distribute printed copies of the scenario.*
    Read the scenario aloud.
    Read each problem, one at a time.
    Encourage each team to respond as completely as
    possible to each question.
    As solutions and alternatives are discussed and evaluated,
    remind participants that comments are designed to identify
    problems and are not meant to criticize an individual person.

    Functional Drill
    The next step is planning your functional drill. Functional drills
    provide an opportunity for the members of your response team
    to practice their assignments, including make-believe searches,
    treatment of victims and the actual completion of applicable
    checklists.

    Explain the purpose and ground rules of the drill.


    Read the scenario aloud.
    Distribute packets containing new or additional information
    to be opened at designated times.
    Instruct participants to follow procedures outlined in their
    packets.
    Instruct participants to dress in appropriate gear, refer to
    applicable checklists and carry out their post-emergency
    functions.
    Begin the drill.
    Complete the drill when tasks are complete or after an
    hour.
    Designate experienced people to observe and evaluate
    your drill for strengths and weaknesses.

    * A written description of a simulated earthquake or another


    disaster that is used for tabletop drills is called a scenario.

    This action sheet is produced as part of the


    Emergency Survival Program (ESP). ESP is
    an awareness campaign designed to increase
    emergency preparedness at home, in the
    community, at work and at school. ESP was
    developed by the County of Los Angeles. The
    California Governors Office of Emergency
    Services (OES) and representatives from Southern California cities and
    counties assist in the development of campaign materials and
    coordination of the campaign.

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