Emergency Preparedness Training, Exercises, After Action Reports, and Hotwashes

Training

• ICS for Local Public Health
  Training for local public health practitioners with responsibilities during responses to disasters and events with public health implications.
  
  
• Public Health Incident Leadership Training
  Training for public health practitioners with leadership responsibilities during responses to disasters and events with public health implications.
  
  
• MN.TRAIN (Training finder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network)
  Login to access over 3,000 online training opportunities designed to help health professionals in Minnesota improve knowledge and skills for public health preparedness. The system can also be used to track the trainings that employees of a particular organization have completed.

Exercises

• Exercise Design and Development
  • Introduction to Exercises (PowerPoint) (PDF)
    What are they and how should I plan them?
    
    
  • Exercises: Identifying Goals and Developing a Scenario (PowerPoint) (PDF)
    
    
  • Exercises: Conducting the Exercise (PowerPoint) (PDF)
    
    
  • Exercises: Evaluating & Creating an After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (PowerPoint) (PDF)
    
    
• FEMA Preparedness Toolkit: HSEEP Policy and Guidance
  The Preparedness Toolkit is an online portal that provides the whole community with tools to aid in implementing all six areas of the National Preparedness System. Find resources and templates for developing exercises and the full Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) policy and guidance document at this link.

After Action Reports and Hotwashes

Conducting hotwashes and writing after action reports are important components of public health emergency response quality improvement. The documents in this section provide planners with all the documents they need to plan and conduct a hotwash and to write an after action report with an improvement plan.

Email Message Templates

• Reaching Out to New ICS Groups to Hold a Hotwash (DOC)
• Sending Hotwash Materials (DOC)
• Soliciting Information from ICS Team Lead (DOC)
• Completing Follow-Up Survey (DOC)

Preparing for a Hotwash

• Org Chart Template (DOC)
• Hotwash Roles Team Training (PPT)
• Pre-Hotwash Logistics Meeting with ICS Leader (DOC)
• Planners Position Description / Job Action Sheet (DOC)

Conducting the Hotwash

• Agenda Template (DOC)
• Facilitator Script Template (DOC)
• Presentation Slides Template (PPT)
• Notetakers' Template (DOC)

After Action Report Improvement Plan (AAR-IP) Templates

• AAR-IP COVID-19 Response (short template) (DOC)
• AAR-IP COVID-19 Response, Including Health Equity and Innovation Sections (template) (DOC)