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Tool Kit
Pandemic Influenza Exercise
for the Health and Emergency
Social Services Sectors
Introduction to the Tool Kit
The purpose of this tool kit is to provide a user-friendly electronic package designed to assist exercise planners in the Canadian health sector plan, design and prepare a generic, scalable pandemic influenza tabletop exercise.
The tool kit contains four modules:
MODULE 1 − THE TABLETOP EXERCISE
This module consists of a short presentation on tabletop exercise design and development. It can be used by individual planners to familiarize themselves with the planning process or as a briefing package to train exercise planning staff.
MODULE 2 − EXERCISE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
This module contains a number of exercise planning and development tools, including key templates and guidelines for setting up and conducting exercises. Included are:
- a 10-step tabletop exercise development process;
- tabletop exercise document templates;
- tabletop exercise logistics, costing and setup guides; and
- tips on conducting a tabletop exercise.
MODULE 3 − PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESOURCES
This module identifies key reference material related to pandemic influenza planning and response in Canada, and contains information on Canadian pandemic phases.
MODULE 4 − GENERIC EXERCISE BUILDER
This module provides planning tools to assist with the design and conduct of a simple pandemic influenza tabletop exercise, scaled to meet a variety of requirements. It contains:
- a Generic Exercise framework, including Situation Summaries with associated key questions;
- an Inject Inventory which provides a variety of selectable discussion questions for exercises scaled to various levels; and
- a sample exercise schedule.
MODULE 5 − EXCERCISE BUILDER FOR FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND MÉTIS COMMUNITIES
This module provides planning tools to assist with the design and conduct of a simple pandemic influenza tabletop exercise, tailored to meet the requirements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and supporting organizations. Although this module is designed for aboriginal communities, many of the scenarios and questions would also be applicable to non-aboriginal communities that are small and/or remote.
The Tool Kit is available for downloading or viewing:
- Tool Kit
Pandemic Influenza Exercise
for the Health and Emergency
Social Services Sectors
(PDF Version, 683 kb, 67 pages)
* - The Module 1 Tabletop Exercise Presentation is also available as a separate document in the following formats:
- Module 1 − The Tabletop Exercise (PDF Version, 211 kb, 23 pages)
- Module 1 − The Tabletop Exercise
(Microsoft PowerPoint , 552 kb, 23 page)
- Module 1 − The Tabletop Exercise
For inquiries and recommendations for future editions, contact :
Exercise-Info-Exercice@phac-aspc.gc.ca
(613) 941-6620
Public Health Agency of Canada
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