An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation

by Robert McCreight

Emergency exercises address and reveal the significant gaps between plans and capabilities. They are an important component of an organization's emergency planning and preparedness, yet few emergency managers and practitioners have training in designing or evaluating emergency exercises. In this practical handbook, author Robert McCreight explains the essential elements and core principles of exercise design and evaluation. The book focuses on natural disasters and technological emergencies that occur in communities of any size. It provides emergency planners, public health professionals, emergency managers, police officers, and fire fighters with an in-depth look at exercise design issues and an accessible guide to designing and evaluating emergency exercises.

237 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2011

Reviews

[Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is really designed for small communities who want to run emergency exercises for disasters, hazmat spills, etc. Its quite useful to people who may not be used to thinking through these kinds of exercises, but if you have, a lot of it seems a bit straightforward and repetitive.