Exercises are a key component of national preparedness — they provide the whole community with the opportunity to shape planning, assess and validate capabilities, and address areas for improvement. HSEEP provides a set of guiding principles for exercise and evaluation programs, as well as a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
Through the use of HSEEP, the whole community can develop, execute, and evaluate exercises that address the preparedness priorities. These priorities are informed by risk and capability assessments, findings, corrective actions from previous events, and external requirements. These priorities guide the overall direction of an exercise program and the design and development of individual exercises.
These priorities guide planners as they identify exercise objectives and align them to capabilities for evaluation during the exercise. Exercise evaluation assesses the ability to meet exercise objectives and capabilities by documenting strengths, areas for improvement, capability performance, and corrective actions in an After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP). Through improvement planning, organizations take the corrective actions needed to improve plans, build and sustain capabilities, and maintain readiness.
Please view the follwing notice regarding HSEEP training and deliveries.
All revised E/L/K0146 HSEEP training material from the 2020 HSEEP doctrine updated is approved by EMI for release and use within the HSEEP community. The documents are uploaded to the EMI Instructor Materials Download Application (IMDA). All Regional Training Managers (RTMs) and State Training Officers (STOs) will be added to the Approved Instructor List (using their First Name, Last Name and Email Address) by COB April 2, 2021. All RTMs (FEMA staff) will use their PIV card for access and STOs (non FEMA staff) will use their Student Identification number (SID) to access the K/L0146 HSEEP course material (IG, POI, SM, Pretest, Posttest, Videos, PowerPoints, Activities Guide and Reference Material). You will receive an email with the link and instructions to access the IMDA.
If you are planning on delivering a K/L0146 course, you will need to identify your instructors and submit your request NLT six weeks prior to course delivery to the EMI HSEEP Course Manager steven.cardinal@fema.dhs.gov and cc fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov. The 2013 K/L0146 training material is still being used to deliver approved courses into 3rd quarter FY 2021, please monitor this webpage and NED HSEEP webpage: https://www.fema.gov/hseep for updates on sunsetting the 2013 K/L0146 training material.
Exercises play a vital role in national preparedness by enabling whole community stakeholders to test and validate plans and capabilities and identify both capability gaps and areas for improvement. A well-designed exercise provides a low risk environment to test capabilities, familiarize personnel with roles and responsibilities, and foster meaningful interaction and communication across organizations. Exercises bring together and strengthen the whole community in its efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from all hazards. Overall, exercises are cost effective and useful tools that help the nation practice and refine our collective capacity to achieve the core capabilities in the National Preparedness Goal.
HSEEP exercise and evaluation doctrine is flexible, scalable, adaptable, and practical aid to stakeholders across the whole community. HSEEP doctrine is applicable for exercises across all mission areas: prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Using HSEEP supports the National Preparedness System.
HSEEP doctrine is based on national best practices and is supported by training, technology systems, tools, and technical assistance. The National Exercise Program (NEP) is consistent with the HSEEP methodology. Exercise practitioners are encouraged to apply and adapt HSEEP doctrine to meet their specific needs.
The target audience for this training is those involved in planning, budgeting, management, design, development, conduct and evaluation of exercises or those involved in the following roles at all levels of the planning process including:
Applicants are required to have completed IS-120: An Introduction to Exercises. It is also recommended that participants take IS-0130: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning.
This course introduces the basics of emergency management exercises. It also builds a foundation for subsequent exercises courses, part of the National Standard Exercise Curriculum (NSEC), which provides the specifics of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
This course introduces the basics and key concepts required to be an effective exercise evaluator. It also discusses tools and documentation necessary to be an effective evaluator.
The 0146 Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Training Course offer several delivery methods. These include classrooms at EMI campus (E type), in local jurisdictional classrooms (L type), and EMI anywhere via virtual classrooms (K type).
For each type, student and instructor information are identical, only delivery methods are different. Each are 16 hours in duration and offer 1.6 CEU credits.
Delivered at EMI in the Emergency Management Professional Program Basic Academy. Contact fema-empp-basic-academy@fema.dhs.gov with any course questions
Delivered in a traditional classroom environment at a local jurisdiction, and managed through the State Training Officer.