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
Exercise management resources
Exercise management resources reflect and align to the Managing Exercises Handbook, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (2023) East Melbourne, Australia.
1. Choosing an exercise type
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 2.5 MB
2. Writing an aim and objectives
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 840 KB
3. Developing the scenario
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 2.7 MB
View the Exercise Night-Bird video here
4. Conducting the exercise
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 1.4 MB
5. Establishing the exercise team
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 1.2 MB
6. Undertaking a debrief and evaluation
View the gallery below or download the PDF here (PDF) 2 MB
A collection of animations depicting the emergency management arrangements for a variety of scenarios.
Additional resources
Generic Exercise Case Study Template (DOCX) 85 KB
Generic Exercise Report Template (DOCX) 262 KB
Exercise Grim Spectre (PDF) 213 KB
Exercise Huon (PDF) 172 KB
Fire and Rescue NSW - Urban Search and Rescue USAR Exercise (PDF) 681 KB
LEMC Spontaneous Volunteer Exercise Toolkit (PDF) 247 KB
Appendix 1A - concept DISCEX (DOCX) 265 KB
Appendix 1B - concept ACTEX (DOCX) 531 KB
Appendix 1C - project plan (DOCX) 281 KB
Appendix 1D - scenario guide (DOCX) 294 KB
Appendix 2 - invitation (DOCX) 249 KB
Appendix 3 - exercise agenda (DOCX) 247 KB
Appendix 4 - facilitator guide (DOCX) 261 KB
Appendix 5 - supporting presentation (PPTX) 1.7 MB
Appendix 6 - feedback sheet (DOCX) 279 KB
Appendix 7 - report (DOCX) 262 KB
Appendix 7A - report quantitative data (XLSX) 24 KB
Other resources