LCRCIP Full Scale Exercise Positions
June 19, 2010Observers (Default Position): Observers view all or selected portions of exercise play. Observers do not participate in exercise play or in exercise control functions. Observers will be stationed in the Grainger auditorium and will be able to view the live feeds.
Players: Players are agency personnel who have an active role in responding to such an emergency by performing their regular roles and responsibilities during the exercise scenario. Players will also include communications personnel who may be offsite but have an integral role in directing agency responses and actions. Players initiate actions that will control and mitigate the simulated emergency.
Controllers: Controllers are highly experienced exercise participants who plan and manage exercise play, set up and operate the exercise incident site, and act in the roles of response individuals and agencies not actually playing in the exercise. Controllers give key data to players and may prompt or initiate certain player actions to ensure exercise continuity.
Controllers are the only participants who will provide information or direction to the players. Controllers may employ compressed time or space to ensure exercise continuity and completion. All controllers will be accountable to the Senior Controller. A controller may also serve as an evaluator. This requires someone who is able –bodied due to the amount of standing and possible climate conditions.
Evaluators: Evaluators are chosen from various agencies to evaluate and comment on designated functional areas of the exercise. They are chosen based on their expertise in the functional area(s) they review during the exercise. Evaluators have a passive role in the exercise and only note the actions of players; they do not interfere with the flow of the exercise.
Actors: Actors are volunteer exercise participants who simulate specific roles during exercise play. An actor may serve as an evaluator during role play.