An emergency management exercise is a simulation of an emergency event, developed through a formal process, which uses discussion and/or the actual deployment of personnel and resources for training purposes and to validate capabilities, plans, processes, policies, and procedures.
This section contains a variety of materials that may be used to help plan for, design, develop, conduct, and evaluate an exercise . These materials do not replace the need for formal training; rather, they are a reminder of the activities and tasks that may be completed in designing an exercise.