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LESSON 7:   Training and Testing Your Plan
FEMA Emergency Management Institute
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  People conducting a tabletop exercise of a Plan

After your Emergency Operations Plan is developed, the next critical steps are training key players and testing the Plan. Without testing a Plan in a simulated emergency, it is impossible to tell if the Plan's assumptions, assignments, and other details would be effective in a real emergency situation.

This lesson presents information on training and testing your plan. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Explain the distinction between testing and training.
  • Describe the two common ways of testing a Plan, and the proper application of each.
  • Explain procedures for various types of drills.

Clock This lesson should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
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