Tabletop Exercises for an Earthquake
It starts with a rumble and the ceiling tile is rattling, then it becomes apparent you're having an earthquake.
The power goes out and people are injured. When you evacuate, people are missing.
Earthquake for Banks
Overview: Participants work as the management team for a fictional community bank headquarters in a fictional office building. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, deadlines that need to be met, your customers are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation
Earthquake for Credit Unions
Overview: Participants work as the management team for a fictional credit union headquarters in a fictional office building. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, deadlines that need to be met, your members are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Shelter-in-place / Evacuation / Business Recovery
Earthquake for Facility Management
Overview: Participants are the Crisis Management Team (CMT) for a bio-tech company. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, clinical trial deadlines that need to be met, your employees are upset - how would a CMT handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation / Initial Operational Recovery
Earthquake for General Business
Overview: Participants are the management team for a fictional organization. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, deadlines that need to be met, your employees are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Shelter-in-place / Evacuation / Business Recovery
Earthquake for Hotels and Conference Centers
Overview: Participants are the management team of a fictional hotel with a conference facility located near a regional convention center. The day starts with a group protesting a company holding its annual meeting in your hotel and then an earthquake hits! Employees and guests are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked guests, medical problems, missing staff and media issues. How would the management team handle such a disaster - are they prepared, equipped, staffed? See how your management team will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Evacuation / Crisis Communications / Media Relations
Earthquake for Law Firms
Overview: Participants are the management team for a law firm in a fictional building. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, and everyone is upset - how would a management team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond. What about those court appearances?
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation / Initial Operational Recovery
Earthquake for Property Management
Overview: Participants are the property management team for a multi-tenant fictional building. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, tenants are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked tenants and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, and everyone is upset - how would a property management team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation
Earthquake for Security Firms
Overview: Participants are the security team for a multi-tenant fictional building. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, tenants are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked tenants and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, and everyone is upset - how would the security guards handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation / Security
Earthquakes for Associations
Overview: Participants work as the management team for a fictional association. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, deadlines that need to be met, your members are upset...
How would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Shelter-in-place / Evacuation / Business Recovery