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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
complete the five phases of the exercise process for
discussion-based exercises. Participants are intro-
RESIDENT
duced to the Homeland Security Exercise and
Evaluation Program (HSEEP) doctrine, terminology,
and practices. A wide variety of instructional strat-
COURSES—
NOTE: If you are a Category 1 MEPP Applicant and
send your MEPP package directly to Admissions or to
EMI, this may result in a delay or a determination of
ineligibility as an MEPP Candidate.
MEPP applicants from Federal Agencies, private
sector, and others who are NOT eligible for reimbursement
for travel expenses and lodging at no
charge should send their completed MEPP application
packages directly to:
NETC Admissions Office
EMI Master Exercise Practitioner
Program (MEPP)
16825 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
If you are accepted as an MEPP candidate, you will
be enrolled in a specific MEPP series. You are not
permitted to enroll in other MEPP series. Each MEPP
series consists of three (3) resident courses at EMI
on the campus of the National Emergency Training
Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. You must
complete the training requirements in this order:
1. E132, Discussion-Based Exercise Design and Evaluation
2. E133, Operations-Based Exercise Design and Evaluation
Course
3. E136, Operations-Based Exercise Development Course
CEUs: 2.5 CEUs for each course, total 7.5 CEUs.
If you need more information on the MEPP, please
contact Lowell Ezersky, MEPP Manager, e-mail lowell.
ezersky@dhs.gov, toll free 1-800-238-3358, extension
1355, or direct phone (301) 447-1355, or Paul
Ganem, Training Specialist, e-mail paul.ganem@dhs.gov,
toll free 1-800-238-3358, extension 1172, direct
phone (301) 447-1172.
Discussion-Based Exercise Design and
Evaluation (E132)
This course is designed for Master Exercise
Practitioner Program (MEPP) Candidates exercise
staff to acquire knowledge and skills and to
demonstrate proficiencies necessary to successfully
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egies—including classroom lectures, exercise case
studies, exercise workshops, and performancebased
proficiency demonstrations—are used to
challenge the participants to function effectively
in exercise planning teams using HSEEP tools and
templates. Team members must then conduct these
exercises in simulated exercise environments, and
complete the exercise evaluation and improvement
planning phases of the exercise process. Exercise
activities include the conduct of exercise seminars,
workshops, and tabletop exercises. At the
conclusion of the course, participants are given
instructions and guidance to complete a take-home
Proficiency Demonstration (PRODEM), which must
be completed and submitted at the beginning of the
second MEPP course.
Selection Criteria: Participation in this course is limited
to EMI Resident MEPP Candidates. EMI Resident
MEPP Candidates are selected from all levels of
government (local, State, Trust Territories, Tribal
Nations, the Department of Homeland Security
[DHS], and other Federal agencies) and are representative
of emergency management/emergency
services personnel whose responsibilities include
emergency management exercises. This includes
exercise training officers; emergency managers;
emergency services personnel from fire, emergency
medical, hospitals, public/environmental health,
law enforcement, public works/utilities, community
service/volunteer agencies; and private entities
who participate in emergency services/emergency
management exercise planning teams, design and
development, control/simulation, and evaluation
teams or manage exercise programs.
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 2.5
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MASTER EXERCISE
PRACTITIONER PROGRAM