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Emergency Management Capability Hub
Enhancing emergency management capability

Exercise management

Learn more about exercises, in which members of various agencies perform the tasks that would be expected of them in a real emergency.

Exercises are an essential component of the emergency management arrangements in NSW to:

  • validate plans, and procedures and to prepare for emergencies
  • develop competencies of staff and volunteers and for them to carry out roles and responsibilities and to assess and improve performance
  • test well-established plans and procedures and reveal gaps that exist and opportunities for improvement

Guidance material and resources to assist with the designing of exercises.

A series of readily available toolkits to support the delivery of emergency management exercises.

A collection of case studies based on exercises that were conducted as part of the Emergency Management Exercise Program.

A collection of animations depicting the emergency management arrangements for a variety of scenarios.

Other resources

AIDR - Managing Exercises Handbook