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After Action ConferenceExercise Name

Date

N AT I O N A L U R B A N S E A R C H & R E S C U E R E S P O N S E S Y S T E MO P E R A T I O N A L E X E R C I S E & E V A L U A T I O N P R O G R A M

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Agenda

• Introductions and Opening Remarks

• Exercise Summary

• Strengths

• Areas of Improvement

• After Action Report (AAR) Review

• Improvement Plan (IP) Development

• Next Steps

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Introductions

• Your name

• Your organization

• Your role during the exercise

• One key success during the exercise

• One key challenge during the exercise

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Exercise Summary

Summary

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Exercise Objectives

• Mobilization

• Transportation of personnel and cache

• Establishing a Base of Operations (BoO)

• Onsite Operations

• Demobilization/Redeploy/AAR/IP

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Scenario Synopsis

Scenario Synopsis

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Evaluation

Trained evaluators used Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs) during the exercise to track activities.

Feedback forms and a participant Hot Wash were used to gather information from participants for evaluation.

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Key Strengths

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Key Areas for Improvement

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Report Approval Process

Decision by consensus

Unresolved issues (e.g., consensus not attained)

Consider compromises

Refer to exercise lead

Consult with applicable organization

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AAR Review and ApprovalReport Sections:Section 3: Analysis of CapabilitiesSection 4: ConclusionAppendix A: Improvement PlanAppendix B: Lessons Learned (optional)Appendix C: Participant Feedback (optional)Appendix D: Exercise Events Summary Table

(optional)Appendix E: Performance Ratings (optional)Appendix F: Acronyms

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Improvement Plan (IP) Development

Determine:

Corrective action

Responsible TF/agency(ies)

Agency point of contact (POC)

Start date

Completion date

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Writing Corrective Actions

Determine action needed to fix the problem.

Choices:

No further action; already fixed

No further action; not worth fixing

Accept recommendation as is

Choose new action—add to AAR

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Writing Improvement ActionsGenerally plans, policies and procedures, training,

equipment and facilities, outreach and task force coordination, exercises

All follow-up actions must have: What must be done

Who will do it (group and POC)

When it will be done (specify reasonable date)

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Sample Improvement Action Template

• (Who) will prepare/revise ________ plan to (correct what?) by (when).• (Who) will prepare/revise ________ policy or procedure to (correct

what?) by (when).• (Who) will conduct training for (group) in (what?) so that ______ by

(when).• (Who) will obtain/repair _______ equipment/facilities so as to

__________ by (when).• (Who) will conduct _________ study/analysis to __(action required)__

so as to _______________.• (Who) will convene a working group of __(people/agencies)__ to

__(action required)__ so as to correct ___(what)___.

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Improvement Plan (IP) Matrix

CapabilityObservation

TitleRecommendation

Corrective Action

Description

Capability Element

Primary Responsible

Agency

Agency POC

Start Date Completion

Date

[Capability 1: Capability Name]

Observation 1.1

Insert Recommendation 1

Insert Corrective Action

Planning

Insert Corrective Action

Planning

Insert Recommendation 2

Insert Corrective Action

Training

Insert Corrective Action

Task Force Leaders

Observation 1.2

Insert Recommendation 3

Insert Corrective Action

Logistics

Insert Corrective Action

Logistics

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Action Brief

Which items require no further action

Recommendations with no change to actions

Changed or new actions and why

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Wrapup

Next steps

Memo report

Followup progress meeting (optional)

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