Our Full Scale Exercise service is a simulated training event that incorporates all operational aspects of a business, including external parties such as critical vendors, government agencies as appropriate, and other key stakeholders. Full Scale Exercises are the closest thing to a real event and demand a high degree of physical participation and wide scale communication. Our team of experts designs each exercise to help identify weaknesses and gaps in processes, procedures and plans in order to propel the organization to achieve an even higher level of preparedness. This service can be designed to benefit organizations that are conducting their first ever exercise of this sort as well as for the most experienced companies that require ongoing systematic evaluation of the most critical threats. Typically, Full Scale Exercises are the culmination of previous drills and exercises that have helped refine the enterprise’s awareness of the risks that require a near-real, comprehensive exercise.

A full scale exercise is a live physical rehearsal for implementing a new plan, or preparing for events that may impact an organization’s ability to continue to operate. Full scale exercises are generally intended to evaluate the operational capability of an organization’s incident / emergency management system, and to evaluate their ability to coordinate and communicate response efforts with government agencies and other critical vendors and stakeholders. In certain sectors, such as energy and education, these types of exercises are regulated by government and must be conducted according to very specific standards to maintain certifications and operational compliance. 

Full scale exercises are particularly useful for testing logistics, communications, notification, and physical response capabilities of organizations and their critical partners. They test the mobilization of all - or as many as possible - of the response components, they take place in “real time,” deploy real equipment, and test several emergency functions. In the emergency management domain, a full-scale exercise often involves local, state and federal agencies along with communities and corporations. Live exercises demand the most extensive preparation because of the range of issues tested and the number of participants.