Exercises and Drills
HSPH-CPHP has created the "Toolkit to Assist Public Health in Conducting Preparedness Exercises". The purpose of this document is to summarize the federal guidance on preparedness exercises and make this information readily accessible to local public health. The detailed background information and instructions are specifically intended to guide local public health agencies through the process of developing their own successful exercise program. Additionally, the Toolkit provides ready-made exercises that communities can conduct themselves, with local partners. Click on the links below to download a PDF version of the Toolkit.
In September 2007 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Department of Public Health, together with the Executive Office of Public Safety, engaged the assistance of the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness to design and implement a tabletop exercise to examine the following issue areas: restrictions on the movement of persons, curfew, inter-jurisdictional cooperation, closure of public places, and mass prophylaxis readiness. The following presentations from this exercise are available below.
- Exercise Scenario: Social Distancing Law Project Workshop
(If you plan to use this scenario by Dr. Paul Biddinger to conduct an exercise please notify our office by contacting Chris Beaurpere: cbeaurpe@hsph.harvard.edu)
- Workshop Presentation: Legal Authority in Declared Public Health Emergency
- Workshop Presentation: Public Health Legal Authority in the Absence of Declared Emergency