social media functional exercise
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Social media functional Exercise. Participant Briefing – July 27, 2012. Administrative Tasks. Welcome Food & Beverage Bathrooms Sign in/Sign Out Parking Information Emergency Exits Injury, Illness, or Real Emergency. Exercise Safety. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PA RT I C I PA N T B R I E F I N G – J U LY 2 7 , 2 0 1 2
SOCIAL MEDIA FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE
ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS
• Welcome• Food & Beverage• Bathrooms• Sign in/Sign Out• Parking Information• Emergency Exits• Injury, Illness, or Real Emergency
EXERCISE SAFETY
• A safety officer is responsible for participant safety• Immediately report safety concerns, unsafe acts
or conditions, injuries and/or accidents to the nearest controller• Stop activity if situation appears unsafe• Real world emergencies take priority over
exercise• “CODE RED” is the designated phrase that
indicates there is a real emergency.
EXERCISE FUNDAMENTALS• This is a No-Fault exercise. • There is no single right response to scenario events, and
open discussion is encouraged. • Systems and processes, not individuals, will be evaluated. • Exercise play will run with no planned breaks. Meals and
breaks will occur as if this were a real incident.• Please do not ad lib or fight the scenario• Do not use texts or email to resolve exercise injects.• Exercise time and real time are the same.• There are no “hidden agendas.”• Actions must be documented• Use only resources you actually have (Simulation Deck)
• Lucas County• Emergency Management• Public Health• HazMat
• State of Ohio• Emergency Management• Public Health
• Ottawa County• Public Health
• Federal• Dept. of Energy• Health & Human Services
• NGO• American Red Cross
• City of Toledo• Mayor’s Office
• Hospitals• Mercy Children’s• St. Anne’s Mercy
(Review Description)
SIMULATED ORGANIZATIONS IN PLAY
TIMEFRAME
• 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM – Introduction & Overview• 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
– Exercise• 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
– Hotwash & After Action Review
SCOPE OF PLAY
• No-fault learning environment • Evaluation of existing plans & procedures • Response to a SIMULATED tornado outbreak and
several other events affecting the region• Regional participation
SCENARIO
• Severe Weather• Multiple tornados• Initially Impacted
areas of Ohio include:• Plymouth• Fostoria• Strongsville• Perry
EXERCISE ASSUMPTIONS
• Response agencies in affected areas will need to request assistance from other jurisdictions
• Emergency services personnel who respond to incident scenarios will operate in accordance with existing plans, procedures, and practices.
• The scenario is realistic and plausible and will contain sufficient detail from which to respond.
• The exercise will be conducted in real time.• Exercise players will react to information and
situations as they are presented, in the same manner as if the exercise were a real incident.
• Risk communication activities via social media only
ARTIFICIALITIES
• Structure of JIC• Multiple representatives per unit• Organizations represented
EXERCISE FUNDING & SUPPORT
• Advanced Practice Center (APC)• Toledo-Lucas
County Public Health Department• NUSURA
EXERCISE OBJECTIVES
• To evaluate the information gathering capability of participants via social media systems• To test the integration of social media messaging
into ICS, NIMS, and EOC structured environments• To measure the effectiveness of disaster-related
response messaging distributed via social media systems
EXERCISE COMMAND & CONTROL
• Controllers• Physical• Virtual
• Evaluators• Players• Simulation (“Sim”) Cell• Site Coordinator• JIC Manager• Safety Officer
CONTROLLER/EVALUATION ROLES
• Controllers• Monitor exercise progress and coordinate any required
modifications• Introduce, maintain, and coordinate exercise events in
accordance with the Master Scenario Events List• Observe and report on exercise artificialities that interfere with
realism• Evaluators• Observe, record, and report player actions• Observe whether exercise objectives were tested and met• Inform Controller of problems related to exercise design • Ensure collection of all evaluation data, evaluation forms, and
materials after the exercise
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PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS
• Participant Feedback Form• In the folder you
received during check in, you will find an evaluation form for today’s exercise• We ask that you
complete this before you leave today
EXERCISE COMMUNICATION
• Players will use routine agency systems and protocols to communicate• Players will communicate and coordinate only
with other players or the Sim Cell• Simulation Deck Social Systems Only• Participant Phonebook
SIMCELL 101:WHAT IS THE SIMCELL?
• To role-play or simulate nonparticipating organizations, departments, and agencies.• Provides information or enacts roles (e.g., as media
reporters or next of kin) in order to drive exercise play or respond to questions from Players.• Ensures realistic, real-time, two-way
communications between the players and simulated response and support agencies.
SIMCELL 101: WHEN TO CONTACT THE SIMCELL
• Players should contact the SimCell to:• Obtain or provide information regarding an inject• Contact a department of agency that is not playing during the exercise• Contact private sector/vendors
• Communications should not be sent to any entities or agencies not participating in the exercise.
• What to expect when contacting the SimCell• Accurate and realistic answers to inquires• Situational information and updates
• What not to expect when contacting the SimCell• All the answers to your inquires• Misinformation• Immediate resolution
RULES OF CONDUCT
• 1. Notify Safety Officer if actual emergency occurs• 2. Act in a professional manner at all times• 3. Understand the scope of the exercise• 4. If parts of the scenario seem implausible, do
not complain• 5. Do not engage in casual conversations with the
controllers or evaluators
CHECK-IN & IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
• All participants were given a number on your ID badge when you checked in• This corresponds to the group you will simulate
playing• Consult group description for more information
EXERCISE ROLES
• All participants have been mixed regardless of their discipline• Participants will be representing
local/regional/federal organizations invested in scenario• One person per group will serve as the
representative to the JIC• JIC Manager role
OV E RV I E W
SIMULATION DECK
EXERCISE SCENARIO