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<br />COSTS — TRAINING CLASSES AND EXERCISES
<br />EXERCISES
<br />A) Discussion -Based Exercises - focus on strategic, policy -oriented issues; facilitators and/or
<br />presenters usually lead the discussion, keeping participants on track towards meeting exercise
<br />objectives. (*Note: Estimated costs are example costs only and depict a range that an
<br />exercise may fall within. Actual costs can vary and is dependent on the size, scope, and
<br />variables involved with a particular exercise)
<br />Exercise Type
<br />Description
<br />Variables
<br />Range or
<br />Cost
<br />(Estimated)
<br />Seminar
<br />Seminars generally orient participants to, or
<br />Participants
<br />$25,000
<br />provide an overview of, authorities, strategies,
<br />(30),
<br />plans, policies, procedures, protocols,
<br />Facilitation,
<br />resources, concepts, and ideas. Seminars can
<br />Hours,
<br />be valuable for entities that are developing or
<br />Materials,
<br />making major changes to existing plans or
<br />Location
<br />procedures.
<br />Workshop
<br />Although similar to seminars, workshops differ
<br />Participants
<br />$25,000
<br />in two important aspects: 1. participant
<br />(30),
<br />interaction is increased, and 2. focus is placed
<br />Facilitation,
<br />on achieving or building a product. To be
<br />Hours,
<br />effective, workshops should have clearly
<br />Materials,
<br />defined objectives, products, or goals, and
<br />Location,
<br />should focus on a specific issue.
<br />Plans
<br />Tabletop
<br />Tabletop Exercises (TTX) are intended to generate
<br />Participants
<br />$35,000
<br />discussion of various issues regarding a hypothetical
<br />(30),
<br />simulated emergency. They can be used to enhance
<br />Facilitation,
<br />general awareness, validate plans and procedures,
<br />Hours,
<br />rehearse concepts, and/or assess the types of systems
<br />Materials,
<br />needed to guide the prevention of, protection from,
<br />Location,
<br />mitigation of, response to, and recovery from a
<br />Reporting/Plans
<br />defined incident. The effectiveness of a TTX is
<br />derived from the energetic involvement of
<br />participants and their assessment of recommended
<br />revisions to current policies, procedures, and plans,
<br />therefore facilitation is critical to keeping participants
<br />focused on exercise objectives.
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