1. Exercise Name player Briefing
The player briefing for an exercise serves to explain the general scope of the exercise, roles and responsibilities, exercise logistics, and explain anything that the players need to know before the start of the exercise. This is also an opportunity for exercise players to ask any last minute questions.
Exercise Date

2. Briefing Agenda Introductions Exercise Overview Exercise Play
Exercise Documents
Wrap Up

3. Exercise Overview

4. CMS Exercise Requirement
CMS Requirement: “one full-scale, community-based exercise”
“Full-Scale:
“Operations-based”
Complete actions or tasks during the exercise
“Community-based”
Involve community partners

5. Exercise Objectives
This slide is where you will discuss the exercise objectives and let the exercise participants know what they are going to need to attempt to achieve during the exercise. Enter your exercise objectives here.

6. Exercise Scenario
Enter your scenario here.

7. Exercise Scope Schedule Exercise Location(s) Exercise Staff
Exercise Participants
Safety Considerations
Enter Exercise Scope information here. Add additional slides if needed to cover these topics.

8. Exercise Evaluation Exercise Evaluators and Exercise Evaluation Guides
Hotwash (after the exercise)
Participant Feedback Forms (after the exercise)
Evaluator notes, hotwash notes, and comments from the Participant Feedback Forms will be added to the After Action Report.
Discuss the evaluation of the exercise and introduce the Evaluators (if you haven’t already).