Emergency simulations and tabletop exercises

The question to address

A plan describes responsibilities and procedures. An exercise lets you observe how people interpret them when information changes, resources are limited and several organisations must coordinate. The work starts with a precise operational question: which decision, handover or dependency needs to be exercised?

Who it is for

Public administrations, civil protection organisations, education providers, universities and teams working on emergency preparedness and continuity of operations.

How we work

• Agree objectives, roles, participants and the scenario with the lead contact.
• Design the scenario, sequential updates, resource constraints and participant and controller materials.
• Run a briefing, facilitated session and debrief; record decisions, requests and reasoning.
• Analyse decisions made during the exercise and identify priorities to explore in the debrief.

What you receive

• Exercise brief and observable objectives.
• Scenario, roles, event sequence and facilitation guide.
• Decision log and agreed observation sheets.
• Debrief and report on decisions, issues and actions to explore.

Format and objectives

A tabletop exercise is a facilitated discussion around a scenario. Rules, maps or game components can be added when they serve the objectives. Duration, group size, location, materials and the depth of analysis are agreed for each project.