L146 HSEEP

L-146
This is a two day course

Student manuals and other course material may be downloaded at any time from the PEMA web page (www.pema.gov).

Purpose and Goal

The HSEEP Training Course is an intermediate-level training course that incorporates exercise guidance and best practices from the HSEEP policy documents. The course prepares participants for exercise planning activities through identification of the five phases of the exercise process, the tasks associated with each phase, where exercises fall within the cycle, and the critical role exercises play in preparing the whole community to respond and recover from major emergencies. The course is designed to convey the importance of utilizing HSEEP resources as a primary planning tool for the Nation’s emergency preparedness officials when engaged in the management, design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement of their Emergency Response programs.

The HSEEP Training Course is a classroom instructor delivered course to field public and private sector organizations where participants learn about topics including:

• Program management

• Design and development

• Conduct

• Evaluation

• Improvement planning

The goal of the course is to provide professions with a set of guiding principles for exercise programs, as well as a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Through the use of HSEEP, exercise program managers can develop, execute, and evaluate exercises that address the priorities established by their organization’s leaders.

Target Audience

HSEEP implementation for exercise planning involves participants from a wide variety of agencies, partner organizations, jurisdictions, and disciplines. Each brings a unique perspective and has particular concerns related to their role in the planning process. As such this course is designed for local, State, Federal, trust territories, tribal nations, volunteer organizations, and private industry emergency management/response personnel with the responsibility for exercise program management and/or who serve as a member of an exercise planning team, and it is designed to meet the needs of this varied audience including the following:

State Administrative Agency (SAA)– The SAA is comprised of one or two persons per State who interact with the DHS Preparedness Directorate’s Office of Grants and Training (G&T), oversee a statewide exercise program, and ensure the program is funded and managed. The SAA primarily needs the program management view of HSEEP and a working knowledge of the full program management cycle.

Exercise Planning Team Leader– The Exercise Planning Team leader is responsible for overseeing the planning process and adhering to the planning timeline for a single exercise. The Exercise Planning Team leader also interacts with the SAA to receive funding, facilitates exercise planning conferences, and distributes funding to the participating agencies. The Exercise Planning Team leader needs a general understanding of the program management function and detailed knowledge of all aspects of exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning, including resources and available support tools.

Exercise Planning Team Members– Exercise Planning Team members are responsible for the successful design, development, and conduct of an exercise. They may be SMEs from the agencies participating in the exercise. The Exercise Planning Team members require general knowledge of the single exercise cycle and specific knowledge of the steps in the process they will be called on to execute. Any Exercise Planning Team member is potentially an Exercise Planning Team leader and needs the same detailed knowledge of exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning as the Exercise Planning Team leader.

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Controllers/Facilitators– Controllers and facilitators are responsible for the successful control and conduct of an exercise. They provide scenario injects and simulation to participants, answer questions that may arise, and are also included in evaluation activities.

Evaluators– Evaluators are SMEs responsible for observing the exercise, taking notes on the observed tasks or deviations from standard operating procedures (SOPs) and plans, and evaluating the performance of the participants. Evaluators need to understand the evaluation processes, the supporting Core Capabilities and Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs), and be familiar with exercise conducted.

Senior Officials– Senior officials are responsible for the continued operation of the agencies within their jurisdictions and facilitate improvement planning through increased funding and specific attention to necessary areas. In light of their role, they require only a high level understanding of HSEEP and its methodology.

Prerequisites

The Independent Study (IS) 120 course,An Introduction to Exercises, 3 offered through the FEMA’s EMI is the prerequisite course identified for the HSEEP Training Course. The IS 120 web-based course provides an overview of the basics of emergency management exercises and introduces management, design and development, and conduct and evaluation concepts used for the development and implementation of improvement plans.

The IS 130 course, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning, _4_offered through FEMA EMI is a recommended prerequisite course identified for the HSEEP Training Course; however, it is not required. The IS 130 web-based course introduces the basics of emergency management exercise evaluation and improvement planning. It also builds a foundation for exercise evaluation concepts as identified in the HSEEP.

Please ensure you have a copy of the IS-120 certificate upon arrival on the first day of the course as well as a completed FEMA application form 119-25-2.