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FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM -DECEMBER 2, 2005 Exercise Plan will be produced from the workshop and submitted to G &T through the G &T Secure Portal located at httns: / /ody.esportals.com. States are encouraged to develop a Multi -year Plan and Schedule that takes into consideration anticipated training needs of the State for at least the immediate year, with exercises being timed to provide responders the opportunity to utilize training received. This combined schedule should also ensure that training and exercises complement each other. The purpose of this combined approach is to coordinate training and exercises for the State, and to ensure the scheduling of both training and exercises which are based on national and State priorities and their associated capabilities as found in the TCL. An example of a combined Multi -year Training and Exercise Plan can be found at the HSEEP Website or the G &T Secure Portal. Further guidance concerning Training and Exercise Plan Workshops can be found in the HSEEP Volumes. Exercise Scenarios The scenarios used in MMRS exercises must focus on catastrophic incidents with national impact (i.e. catastrophic natural hazard, terrorist incident.). The parameters for what is considered a catastrophic national impact exercise scenario is outlined in the FY 2006 Program Guidance, Section D: Allowable Cost. Grantees are allowed flexibility to develop exercise scenarios that apply to their jurisdiction within these parameters with a focus on medical issues related to preparedness and response, and should be targeted to the MMRS Capability Focus Areas provided above. Grantees that need further clarification on exercise development, conduct, or scenarios should consult with their G &T Exercise Manager for assistance and/or approval. Citizen participation in exercises is strongly encouraged and should be coordinated with local Citizen Corps Councils. Citizen roles and responsibilities to include, but not limited to, backfilling non - professional tasks for first responders deployed on exercise planning and implementation, providing simulated victims, press, and members of the public; functioning in a range of surge capacity roles; and participating in the after - action review. CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Exercise Requirement The FY 2005 CDC PHEP Cooperative Agreement Guidance provides, under "Additional Requirements ": During the award year, awardees ability to respond to events will be evaluated through assessments, site visits, drills, exercises, and responses to real events. In year one of this cooperative agreement CDC will initiate a series of drills to test components of a comprehensive response system. In years 2 -5 of this cooperative agreement, CDC will require the demonstration of a broader set of measures that are consistent with the TCLs through full -scale exercises at the State and local level. Further guidance on the development and evaluation of exercises and drills will be forthcoming from CDC. To the extent possible, public health exercises should use standards set by the DHS Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program ( HSEEP) as well as other recognized exercise programs including those used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING 103