Managing Exercises (2023)

AIDR’s Managing Exercises provides guidelines and a national reference for the design, planning, conduct and evaluation of exercises.

An exercise is a controlled, objective-driven activity used for testing, practising or evaluating processes or capabilities. This handbook provides guidelines and a national reference for the design, planning, conduct and evaluatin of exercises. Exercises are an essential component of preparedness and should be used to enhance capability and contribute to continuous improvement. An exercise can be as simple as a planning group discussing an emergency plan, or as complex as a major multi-agency event involving several organisations and participants. Exercising is integral to the development of capability, as well as to the preparation of personnel to carry out their functions during actual events. This handbook is designed for any organisactions of community groups that seeks to conduct emergency management exercises, as well as providing guidance to the emergency management sector and emegency management organisations.

 

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