Download or read book Emergency Exercise Handbook written by Tracy Knippenburg Gillis and published by Pennwell Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every company with reportable hazardous materials is required to have an emergency plan validated by exercise. This comprehensive handbook provides instructions and guidance on how to design, develop, implement, and evaluate emergency response drills and/or exercises. Emergency Exercise Handbook presents various types of drills and exercises, which type of drill or exercise best meets which requirements, the purpose of developing sound objectives, and the steps needed to coordinate between various departments and organizations to effectively implement the drill/exercise. The reader will learn to access current crisis and emergency management capability; create a multi-year exercise program to accomplish specific objectives; design, develop, and conduct effective exercise activities; enhance exercise conduct skills - control, evaluation, and simulation; become familiar with exercise evaluation methodologies, tools, and techniques; and track exercise results and sustain improvements.