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Training and Exercise Planning Workshop
(TEPW)
Phillip Serrin
National Exercise Division
FEMA Region X Liaison Officer
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Creating a Unified Exercise Strategy
In response to presidential and congressional requirements, the Homeland Security Council—in
coordination with DHS and FEMA—created and put into place the National Exercise Program (NEP) to unify
homeland security preparedness exercise strategies
§ Meets requirements laid out in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8,
Homeland Security Act of 2002 and The Federal Response to Hurricane
Katrina: Lessons Learned
§ Provides the USG a national, interagencywide program and a multiyear
planning system to focus, coordinate, plan, conduct, execute, evaluate, and
prioritize national security and homeland security preparednessrelated
exercises activities
§ Works as the primary mechanism to improve delivery of Federal
preparedness assistances to State and local governments
§ Strengthening preparedness capabilities of Federal, State, and local entities
§ Incorporates Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
(HSEEP) methodology
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NEP Purpose
§ NEP IPlan establishes the NEP under the leadership of the Secretary of
Homeland Security
§ NEP shall serve as the principal mechanism for:
§ Examining the preparation of the USG and its officers and other officials
§ Adopting policy changes that might improve such preparation
§ NLEs and PLEs will reflect U.S. Governmentwide priorities, not single
Department or Agency programs
§ Focus of NEP exercises:
§ Designed for participation of heads of Federal departments and agencies
and other key officials
§ Examine and evaluate emerging nationallevel policy issues
§ NEP directs Agency’s to adequately resource for and participate in exercises at
directed levels
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NEP Overview
§ The National Exercise Program (NEP) components include:
§ Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP);
§ FiveYear National Exercise Schedule;
§ Corrective Action Program (CAP);
§ Lessons Learned Information Sharing System
§ Homeland Security Council’s (HSC) Deputies Committee unanimously
concurred with the NEP Charter and approved a FiveYear National
Exercise Schedule on January 26, 2007
§ President approved the NEP Implementation Plan on April 11, 2007
§ It is currently under revision
§ Department and Agency designees coordinate their roles and
responsibilities through the NEP Executive Steering Committee, chaired
by the Director of the FEMA National Exercise Division
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NEP Exercise Tiers
Tier I: White House directed, Tier I
1 NLE
U.S. Governmentwide Strategy 4 PLE
and Policy Focus
Tier II
Tier II: Federal Strategy and 3 Tier II
Policy Focus Exercises
Tier III: Other Federal Exercises
Operational, Tactical or Tier III
Regional or Other
Organizational Focus Federal Exercises
Tier IV: State, Territorial,
Local, Tribal or NonFederal Exercises Tier IV
Private Sector Focus
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NEP Guidance
§ National Level Exercises (NLE), Principal Level Exercises (PLE), and NEP Tier
II exercises will reflect USGwide priorities, not single department or agency
programs
§ Full Homeland Security Council (HSC) Disaster Readiness Group’s Exercise &
Evaluation SubPolicy Coordination Committee (E&E subPCC) recommends
exercise priorities/goals/objectives, schedule, and corrective action issues to the
Deputies Committee for approval
§ DHS/FEMA chaired NEP Executive Steering Committee supports daytoday
coordination
§ Develops proposed exercise priorities/goals/objectives, schedule, and
corrective action issues for the E&E SubPCC
§ Charged with ensuring that all NEP exercises are successfully coordinated
and conducted
§ Comprised of representatives across the U.S. Government
§ Defining and drafting a NEP FiveYear Exercise Schedule
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FiveYear Exercise Schedule Coordination
§ DHS/FEMA NED solicited input from all Federal Departments/Agencies
§ Exercise mandates and requirements
§ Existing Department/Agency exercise schedules
§ Prioritized Department/Agency capabilities to exercise and evaluate
§ Prioritized Department/Agency exercise objectives
§ NEP Executive Steering Committee developed a proposed FiveYear NEP
exercise plan and schedule based on
§ National Priorities
§ Current Threat Analysis
§ NEP Implementation Plan guidance
§ Lessons Learned from actual incidents, TOPOFF 4 and other NEP exercises
§ Department/Agency prioritized input
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Coordinating NEP FiveYear Schedule with
Federal, Regional and State Priorities
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Tier I PLE Recommended Exercises
FY 2009:
§ PLE 109: January (Improvised Explosive Device IED)
§ PLE 209: April (Major Hurricane)
§ PLE 309: June (Preparatory for NLE 09 – International Terrorism)
§ PLE 409: September (Homeland Security Council Assigned)
FY 2010:
§ PLE 110: November (Attack on Mass Transit System)
§ PLE 210: January (Olympic Games Preparation)
§ PLE 310: April (Preparatory for NLE 10 – Major Earthquake)
§ PLE 410: July (Homeland Security Council Assigned)
FY 2011:
§ PLE 111: October (WMD or ManPortable Air Defense System)
§ PLE 211: January (Food Security)
§ PLE 311: April (Preparatory for NLE 11 – Improvised Nuclear Device)
§ PLE 411: July (Homeland Security Council Assigned)
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Tier I PLE Recommended Exercises
(continued)
FY 2012:
§ PLE 112: October (Chemical)
§ PLE 212: January (Biological)
§ PLE 312: April (Preparatory for NLE 12 – Cyber Attack)
§ PLE 412: July (Homeland Security Council Assigned)
FY 2013:
§ PLE 113: January (Improvised Explosive Device)
§ PLE 213: April (TBD)
§ PLE 313: June (Preparatory for NLE 13 – Major Hurricane)
§ PLE 413: September (Homeland Security Council Assigned)
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Tier II Recommended Exercises
FY 2009:
§ EMPIRE 09 (FEMA Region II – Albany, NY) (DOE sponsored FRMAC
exercise)
§ United Support (Proposed FEMA Region IV– FL) (DHS sponsored)
FY 2010:
§ SONS 10 (TBD: Proposed FEMA Region X – Arctic Slope) (DHS/EPA
sponsored)
§ Cyber Storm III (DHS sponsored)
FY 2011:
§ Pandemic Influenza (TBD: HHS/DHS sponsored)
§ DoD exercise (undetermined)
FY 2012:
§ FRMAC 12 (DOE sponsored)
§ DoD exercise (undetermined)
FY 2013:
§ Diablo Bravo 13 (DOE sponsored)
§ SONS 13 (DHS/EPA sponsored)
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FY 09 Election Cycle
Transition Exercise/Training Series
§ An 18month series of briefings, seminars, and exercises for senior officials of
the incoming Administration to address:
§ USG policies, plans, capabilities
§ Incident management and crisis coordination procedures and challenges
§ Events designed to motivate intense, early interaction between heads of
departments and agencies and the emergency program staff who will support
them within their organizations.
§ Series Goals
§ Reduce vulnerabilities during the transition period
§ Transition knowledge of NRF and NIMS, and roles and responsibilities in
prevention, protection, response, and recovery to newly elected officials
§ Provide state and local governments with exercise and training support
through the Election Cycle and Transition Exercise and Training Series
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Tier I NLE 09 Overview
§ Focus Terrorism Prevention
§ Scope
§ An exercise series consisting of one PLE and one fullscale NLE
§ NLE 09 will have a broader geographic scope than T4
§ Regional play will require more State participants, but each with smaller
commitment than T4 partners, with focus on prevention and protection
mission areas rather than incident response and recovery
§ Objectives
§ Intelligence and Information Sharing and Dissemination
§ CounterTerror Investigation and Law Enforcement
§ Border and Maritime Security
§ Homeland Security Advisory System
§ Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Tier I NLE 09 Scenario
§ Adversary teams attempt to enter the United States, via the
Southwest border and/or maritime means
§ Play will focus on:
§ Preventing their entry through border security, maritime security, and
the sharing of information and intelligence between Federal, State,
and local participants
§ Critical infrastructure protection and associated decisions and
activities, including the Homeland Security Advisory System
§ Limited response or recovery activities
§ Exercise will allow for terrorism prevention efforts to proceed to a
logical end (successful or not), with limited requirement for large
scale response or recovery activities
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Tier I PLE 309
§ Scenario
§ An international terrorism incident will occur, on the scale of an
embassy bombing or attack on mass transit (e.g. London or Madrid)
§ There are indications that the adversary may attempt a followon
attack on domestic U.S. critical infrastructure
§ Focus
§ U.S. seniorlevel reaction, including potential response, protective
measures in CONUS, and intelligence issues
§ Assessing indicators of upcoming attempts by adversary teams to
infiltrate U.S. borders, as well as reports of suspicious activity within
CONUS
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Tier I NLE 09
Proposed Cycle of Events
NLE 09 NLE 09 NLE 09 NLE 09 NLE 09 AAC
FSE C&O FSE IPC FSE MPC FSE FPC Oct
Jul Sep Feb May
AAR
NLE 09 Dec
35 days
in July
2008 2009
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FY 09 National Exercise Program FiveYear Exercise Schedule (NLE / Tier I)
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Elections Transition Inauguration Confirmation
Principal Level Principal Level
NLE 09 Principal Level
Principal Level
Exercise 109 Exercise 209 Exercise 309 International Exercise 409
Prep for Terrorism
IED Major HSC
Hurricane NLE 09 Assigned
Prevention
NSSE: Focus
Presidential
Inauguration Regions IV & VI
Administration Transition Training Program
FY 10
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Olympics in Vancouver
Principal Level Principal Level Principal Level
NLE 10 Principal Level
Exercise 110 Exercise 210 Exercise 310 Domestic Exercise 410
Terrorism
Attack on Olympics Prep for HSC
Transit Prep NLE 10 Improvised Assigned
Nuclear Device
Region VIII & IX
FY 11
Oct Nov Dec Jan
Elections Transition Inauguration Feb Mar Apr
Confirmation May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Congressional Elections & Transition
Region (TBD)
FY 13
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Elections Transition Inauguration Confirmation
NLE 13
NSSE: Principal Level Principal Level
Domestic
Principal Level
Presidential Exercise 213 Exercise 313 Exercise 413
Inauguration
NonTerrorism
TBD Prep for HSC
Principal Level NLE 13 Major Hurricane Assigned
Exercise 113
National Level Exercise For Official Use Only National Special Security Events
Principal Level Exercise Version: 041608
Regional Exercise Support Program
(RESP)
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Regional Exercise Support Program
(RESP) Background
§ One of the overarching National Priorities is “Expanded Regional
Collaboration,” as any major incident will require regional
collaboration
§ The goal of this priority is to “expand regional collaboration
through mutualaid agreements and assistance compacts to meet
the target levels of capability in the most effective and expedient
manner”
§ The NEP Regional Exercise Support Program (RESP)
encourages “Expanded Regional Collaboration”
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RESP (continued)
§ The goal of the RESP is to utilize the ten FEMA Regions to meet
program needs and facilitate interaction with regional
counterparts
§ The exercises conducted will be designed and developed to
validate Federal, State, and Urban Area strategies, plans,
policies, procedures, and synchronized capabilities
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RESP Contact Information
FEMA
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
Region
Sherry
FEMA Chris Dave Karin Wayne Mike Wainwright Al Steve Bill
Fred
Regional Lynch Fenton Crawford Hancock Dombroski 9408985152 Garrison Cochrane Wehrenberg Webb
Exercise
John Roberts 8162837021 3032354975 5106277020 4254874605
Officer 6178324795 2126803686 2159315550 2292254911 3124085516
9408985220
NED Paul Phillip Paul John John Dan Phillip Nathan Nathan Phillip
Regional Bertovich Serrin Bertovich Aucott Aucott Edmundson Serrin Rodgers Rodgers Serrin
Exercise
Manager 2027869682 2027869853 2027869682 2027869689 2027869689 2027869592 2027869853 2027869685 2027869685 2027869853
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Proposed Regional TEPW Timeline
§ FiveYear Exercise Schedule Presented – January
§ Regional TEPW – February through April
§ Federal TEPW – April and May
§ NEP Executive Steering Committee (ESC) – June
§ Updated FiveYear Exercise Schedule Presented – July
§ State TEPWs – August through January
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Regional TEPW
§ Following the Regional TEPW, the exercise schedule will be
loaded into the National Exercise Schedule (NEXS), an
application that serves as the Nation’s tool for scheduling and
synchronizing all national, Federal, State, local, tribal, and
territorial exercises
§ This centralized training and exercise schedule is critical to
implementing any training and exercise plan and enhances
collaboration among all levels of government
§ The NEXS will help the U.S. Government review progress toward
achieving expanded regional collaboration
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Tools and Resources
HSEEP
§ Homeland Security Presidential Directive8 (HSPD8): establish a
“national program and multiyear planning system to conduct
homeland security preparednessrelated exercises that reinforces
identified training standards, provides for evaluation of readiness,
and supports the National Preparedness Goal”
§ Help homeland security professionals assess capabilities built
through planning, training, and equipment procurement, by
providing them with the tools to plan, conduct, and evaluate
exercises to improve overall preparedness
§ HSEEP AAR/IPs document and summarize performance as part
of the comprehensive preparedness assessment described in the
National Preparedness Guidelines
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National Exercise Schedule (NEXS)
System
§ Facilitates cooperation and collaboration among Federal, State,
territory, tribal, and local agencies conducting exercises
§ Tool used to track the scheduling of all exercises, regardless of
the supporting Federal response agency
§ Comprehensive calendar for all Federal, State, regional,
territorial, tribal, and local exercises
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Design and Development System
(DDS)
§ The DDS is equal parts project management tool and
comprehensive tutorial for the design, development, conduct,
and evaluation of exercises.
§ Provides users with:
§ Customizable timelines
§ Exercise task lists
§ Templates and reference documents
§ Exercise planning tips
§ Interactive HSEEP guidance
§ Ability to email planning team tasks, updates, guidance,
and alerts
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Corrective Action Program (CAP)
§ The Corrective Action Program (CAP) provides the basis for
systematically identifying, analyzing, and monitoring the
implementation of initiatives aimed at resolving deficiencies
uncovered in exercises, training events, realworld events,
and policy discussions.
§ The CAP provides a systematic means for overcoming the
perennial problem of observing the same issues repeatedly
characterized as “lessons learned” in reports compiled
following NEP exercises and major events.
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LLIS.GOV
§ LLIS.gov is the national, online network of lessons learned
and best practices for the emergency response and
homeland security communities
§ Online since April 19, 2004
§ Currently consisting of over 50,000 members from the
emergency response and homeland security community
§ Over 12,000 documents currently available, including:
§ AfterAction Reports
§ State and local plans
§ LLIS original content documents
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National Exercise Master Scenario
Events List (NxMSEL)
§ The NxMSEL is an element of the Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Program
§ Used to support NationalLevel Exercises
§ The tool was developed to assist exercise planners with:
§ MSEL development: Webbased technology to support
the creation of new events
§ MSEL management: During the exercise design and
planning phase as well as enhance the MSEL
management
§ Provides a common operating picture during exercise
conduct
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Secure Portal
§ In order to meet the guidance laid forth in the HSGP, states
must upload exercise documentsincluding AAR’sto the
Secure Portal
§ Once the document is uploaded, States and UASI’s are to
notify their FEMA Region Exercise POC as well as the NED
Regional Exercise Manager via email. We also encourage
states to cc: their Investment Officer on this notification
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HSEEP Access
§ Visit http://hseep.dhs.gov
§ For access, contact:
HSEEP Toolkit Help Desk
(877) 612HELP (4357)
support@hseep.net
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Links and Contact Information
§ HSEEP: https://hseep.dhs.gov
§ HSEEP Questions: hseep@dhs.gov
§ NEP Questions: nep@dhs.gov
§ NEXS Questions: nexs@dhs.gov
§ Exercise Evaluation or CAP Questions: hseep@dhs.gov
§ Bill Webb, DHS/FEMA Region X Exercise Officer
§ bill.webb@dhs.gov
§ Office: (425) 4874605
§ Phillip Serrin, DHS/FEMA National Exercise Division Regional
Exercise Program Manager
§ phillip.serrin1@dhs.gov
§ Office: (202) 7869853 Cell: (202) 3602114
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