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RESIDENT COURSES—
MASTER EXERCISE
PRACTITIONER PROGRAM
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Operations-Based Exercise Design and
Evaluation Course (E133)
This second required course for Master Exercise
Practitioner Program (MEPP) Candidates focuses
on the knowledge, skills, and proficiency demonstrations
necessary to successfully complete the
five phases of the exercise process for an operations-based
exercise. A wide variety of instructional
strategies—including classroom lectures, exercise
workshops, and performance-based proficiency
demonstrations—are used to challenge the participants
to function effectively in exercise planning
teams using HSEEP tools and templates. Participants
must master basic control/simulation concepts and
principles to structure a simulation cell (SIMCELL),
design and develop a simple functional exercise, and
then successfully conduct the exercise in a simulated
exercise environment. Team members are
also challenged to complete exercise evaluation
and improvement planning phases of the exercise
process. At the conclusion of this course, participants
are given instructions and guidance to complete
the second take-home Proficiency Demonstration
(PRODEM), which must be completed and
submitted at the beginning of the final course in the
MEPP Series.
Selection Criteria: Participation in this course is limited
to EMI Resident MEPP Candidates who have successfully
completed the E132, Discussion-Based Exercise
Design and Evaluation, course. 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
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in emergency services/emergency management
exercise planning teams, design and development,
control/simulation, and evaluation teams or manage
exercise programs.
Prerequisites:
Required: E132, Discussion-Based Exercise Design and
Evaluation.
Course Length: 4 days
CEUs: 2.5
Operations-Based Exercise Development
Course (E136)
This third and final course in EMI’s Resident Master
Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP) focuses on
complex Functional Exercises (FX) and Full-Scale
Exercises (FSE). Participants must develop a complex
functional exercise and successfully conduct the
exercise in a simulated Emergency Operations
Center environment. This course primarily consists
of performance-based workshops and proficiency
demonstration activities. HSEEP tools and templates
must be used to complete the five phases of the
exercise process for a major complex functional
exercise. After the completion of the FX activities,
participants must establish the foundation for and
complete exercise plans for a full-scale exercise. At
the end of the course, individuals who have met all
the requirements are awarded the MEPP title and
certificate of completion.
Selection Criteria: Participation in this course is
limited to EMI Resident MEPP Candidates and to
Non-Resident MEPP Candidates who have successfully
completed the G138, Exercise Practicum for the Master
Exercise Practitioner. 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