TABLETOP EXERCISES: COOPERATIVE TRAINING FOR TRANSPORTATION INCIDENTS

Responding to transportation incidents frequently involves the cooperative efforts of local, state, and federal officials. Rarely do they get the opportunity to work together before the stress and strain of a real incident. Tabletop exercises provide part of the solution. They are an effective method for cooperative training of emergency Tabletop excercises assemble the right people together and mentally simulate a problem that requires their collective response to mitigate. They don't require the high resource and budget costs of full-scale budget costs of full-scale exercises. We've worked with emergency managers and responders at all levels. We understand the usefulness of tabletops and how to design them to fit specific applications. Our paper addresses why tabletops are particularly suited to the special problems of training people for transportation incidents and gives "how-to" guidance in the form of checklists for preparing and conducting tabletops.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products.
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Agronomy
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Authors:
  • Walker, J A
  • Ruberg, G E
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Federal government; Local government; Problem solving; State government; Traffic incidents; Training
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Tabletop exercises
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600958
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-900210-48
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM