Tabletop Exercises for an Earthquake

• 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