Simulation guides

This guide will help stakeholders working on disaster management and disaster risk at national level to plan, design and conduct table-top simulations that test and refine emergency telecommunication plans and policies.

A Simulation Exercise or SimEx is a fictional disaster event created with the purpose of testing the plans and procedures that would come into affect during a real emergency, helping to identify strengths and weaknesses.

This course material has been designed for emergency exercise staff to acquire in-depth knowledge and skills related to the exercise development process, including management, control, simulation and evaluation.

This handbook gives the guidelines for organizing, developing, and evaluating simulations and drills and describes different uses for the exercises in the context of emergencies and disasters.

This handbook describes how a staff and decision exercise, oriented towards crisis management may be evaluated.

This publication provides practical guidance to assist resident/humanitarian coordinators and humanitarian country teams in preparing to respond to potential emergencies with appropriate humanitarian assistance and protection.

This exercise manual has been designed to meet the needs of WHO, its Member States and its partners to support and develop exercise practitioners’ competency to plan, implement and evaluate simulation exercises.

The purpose of this simulation exercise handbook is to support organisations in the public health sector in strengthening their response to events involving communicable diseases, based on effective simulation exercises as a part of preparedness.