This 2-day course is designed for experienced emergency exercise staff to perform tasks as
chief exercise controllers or control team leaders for emergency management exercises.
Participants are challenged to examine exercise concepts and objectives, develop exercise control
plans, and perform an examination of the tasks necessary to perform effective exercise control
and simulation for tabletop, functional, and fullscale exercises.
Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other federal agency staff, and local emergency management/emergency services staff who have the responsibility of functioning as chief exercise controller or exercise control team leader in their respective organization’s/jurisdiction’s comprehensive exercise program activities.
Prerequisites: Required: None.
Recommended: The participant must have substantial knowledge of emergency management operations and exercises within his/her organization and the assigned responsibility to function as chief exerc