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EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s
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
complete the five phases of the exercise process
for discussion-based exercises. Participants are
introduced to the Homeland Security Exercise and
Evaluation Program (HSEEP) doctrine, terminology,
and practices. A wide variety of instructional
strategies—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.
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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
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