Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises for
Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems
Train-the-Trainers Workshop
EPA is making available a new CD product
entitled Emergency Response Tabletop
Exercises for Drinking Water and Wastewater
Systems. The tabletop exercises on this CD were
developed to help train water and wastewater
utility workers in the application of their
emergency response plans. In total, twelve
unique exercises can be created from the CD
from five basic event types: intentional
contamination, security breach, cyber security,
physical attack, and interdependency. Users are
also encouraged to adapt the materials on the CD
to meet their own needs and objectives.
The exercises also contain secondary roles for health officials, laboratories, fire, police,
emergency medical services, and local, state, and federal officials. The training goal of the
CD is to strengthen the relationships between a water supplier and their emergency response
team members and to enable water suppliers to "test" their emergency response plans before
an actual incident occurs.
In addition to the exercises contained on the CD, there are also "train-the-trainer" materials
aimed at helping users to conduct their own successful tabletop training. Ready-to-go training
presentations are provided with instructor notes. The presentations (which can be user-
modified) include:
1) Background, Purpose, and Value of Exercises;
2) How to Set-up for an Enhanced Tabletop Exercise;
3) How to Conduct an Enhanced Tabletop Exercise;
4) How to Conduct an After Action Review;
5) the Incident Command System;
6) the National Incident Management System;
7) the Response Protocol Toolbox; and
8) the National Response Plan.
To get a copy of the tabletop exercise CD, visit EPA's
website at http://www.epa.gov/watersecurity and look
under "Tools and Technical Assistance." To find out
more information about a free, EPA sponsored, 1-day
regional CD training seminar in your area, please click
on or visit www.horsleywitten.com/ttt.
EPA817-F-05-003
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