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This exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in 2013.

The aim of the exercise was to provide ECDC staff with the opportunity to use and implement the Public Health Emergency Operational Plan (PHEOP) and to test supporting documents, tools and templates.

The objectives of exercise were:

to increase the knowledge of the PHE concept, procedures and command structure;
to familiarise ECDC staff with their roles and responsibilities during a PHE;
to identify any gaps in PHE response arrangements.

Duration: 1 day (8.5 hours)

Related keywords: Public Health Emergency Operational Plan (PHEOP), Public Health Emergency, Standard Operation Plan (SOP), Ebola, cross-border threat, algal bloom.

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Beaivi

This Exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in 2012.

The aim of the exercise was to test the Public Health Emergency Operation Plan (PHEOP) management system (including the intranet and supporting documents) in order to evaluate and refine it.

The exercise objectives were to:

Test the PHEOP including PHE Management Structure.
Test the command structure during PHE levels 1 and 2.
Test the escalation to PHE level 2. Test all the relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Test the use of checklists, job action sheets, log, report templates, minute templates and the rapid risk assessment template.
Test the new PHE intranet system.
Test the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to allow for routine epidemic intelligence and response duties to continue during a PHE level 2 event.
Test internal and external communications during a PHE.
Test BC arrangements during a PHE.

Duration: 2 days (17 hours)

Related keywords: Measles, H5N1, Public Health Emergency management, Standard Operation Procedures, Epidemic Intelligence, Polio, ECDC.

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Black Trapezium

This Exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in 2010.

The aim of the exercise was to test, evaluate and refine the use of EPIS as a communication platform tool. Focussing on the Food and Waterborne Disease (FWD) Network the exercise tested its use for the detection, assessment, response and communication of a FWD health threat with EU and international dimension.

Its objectives were focussed in two main points:

EPIS specific area for the FWD Network
Its contribution to the ECDC mandate on early detection, assessment, response and communication of public health events

Duration: 1 day (7 hours)

Related keywords: Food and Waterborne Disease (FWD), EPIS, Preparedness and Response Support Unit (PRU), Salmonella Typhi.

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Brown Lagoon

This exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in 2007.

Exercise Brown Lagoon was a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiative designed to provide an opportunity to review and practice internal procedures and systems to deal with major public health events.

The objectives of the exercise were:

To test the equipment of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
To test internal procedures (technical and functional) for all Public Health Event (PHE) phasing (alert phase, acute phase, maintenance phase and recovery phase) or at least the first two phases, as described in the PHE Operation plan
To test internal procedures for the up-scaling of activity from levels 0 to 2 including staffing and functions
To test command and control in a PHE

Duration: 2 days

Related keywords: Norovirus, Diphtheria, Outbreak Response, Cross-border

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Green Field

This exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in 2008.

The overreaching aim of Exercise Green Field was to test, evaluate and refine standard operating procedures in response to an emerging and escalating Public Health Emergency (PHE) involving EU Member States (MS). (This exercise was conducted after an internal exercise that took place in 2007 where the ECDC Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) facilities and Public Health Operations Plan were tested)

The objectives of the exercise were:

To test the internal procedures of the ECDC Public Health Event Operation Plan (PHEOP) (version 3) for all Public Health Emergency (PHE) phasing including the escalation process of the activity levels in line with the PHEOP and all relevant SOP’s.
To test the internal procedures for the levels of operation of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) including the upscale of operations and the allocation of staff and their functions.
To test the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) operating capabilities including some equipment and tools.
To test the internal Command and Control procedures mainly regarding internal and external communication and resource management in response to both activity levels and phase development during a Public Health Emergency (PHE) .

Duration: 1 day and half (11 hours).

Related keywords: Public Health Events (PHE), Public Health Event Operation Plan (PHEOP), Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), Meningitis, Outbreak response

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Purple Octagon

This exercise is a Functional Exercise (FX) created in the 2009.

The overarching aim of the exercise was to explore ECDC’s ability to communicate about early detection and risk assessment, with Member States (MS) and international partners in a public health event at a mass gathering.

The overarching objectives of this exercise were:

To test the internal and external communications between ECDC’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the equivalent structures of emergency centres in participating countries and organisations through tools, communications systems and equipment.
Test the ECDC Public Health Event Operation Plan (PHEOP) up to Level 2, including staff planning, rotation, handover and support arrangements.
Test the mass gathering algorithm currently under development by EpiConcept at National level.

Duration: 2 days (30 hours)

Related keywords: mass gathering events, public health events, H1N1, Flu, Legionella pneumophila, EOC, International communications.

Category: Functional Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Blue Triangle

This exercise is a Tabletop Exercise created in 2008.

The overarching aim of Exercise Blue Triangle was to test the standard operating procedures for the response to a food and waterborne disease threat at an EU level, developed by the ECDC Preparedness and Response Unit together with the Food and Waterborne Disease Horizontal Programme.

The agreed objectives of the exercise can be summarised as following:

To test the capacity/co-ordination for early detection and response of a food and waterborne disease (FWD) threat at an EU level
To test the functionality of ECDC guidelines for response to a FWD threat (Guiding Principles, in particular, Part II: Food and Waterborne Disease Threats at EU level).
Examine how a FWD is detected in the early stages and how subsequent co-ordination and response is managed.
To test how the threat assessment is developed from different sources of information.
Test the co-ordination and response with other stakeholders.
Test how ECDC coordinates with Member States and the European Commission in the response to an incident of this nature
Test the capabilities of the European ad hoc response team to produce a timely initial threat assessment
To analyse the existing internal ECDC command, control and communication structure during an EU level FWD outbreak

Duration: 1 day (8 hours)

Related keywords: non-O157 Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, food and waterborne diseases, Early detection, Outbreak Response, Cross-border, Co-ordinated response, .

Category: Tabletop Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Bulgaria Dengue

This exercise is a Table Top Exercise (TTX) created in 2016.

This exercise differs from the other exercises in this library in its approach. With a strong focus on capacity building, it takes participants through the various steps in a facilitated fashion.

The aim of this exercise was: To exercise the public health emergency preparedness of the participating countries to a major outbreak of mosquito-borne viral disease, of both national and international dimensions.

The objectives of the exercise were:

In-country emergency recognition and management: detect and risk assess the situation, activate emergency organisation and plans, manage and monitor the emergency;
Inter-sectoral collaboration: work effectively between the health and key related sectors, to assess the risks and manage the emergency;
International collaboration: interact effectively with contiguous and other countries in the wider region, and international authorities, to assess, manage, communicate and work collaboratively to address, mitigate and resolve the international emergency;
Risk communication: to communicate effectively regarding the health risks, between stakeholders, professionals and the public.
Review and evaluation: for each country to reflect on potential lessons from the exercise relating to their present state of preparedness for public health emergencies, involving mosquito borne viral diseases in particular, and for communicable disease events more generally.

Duration: 1 days (7.5 hours)

Related keywords: International; National; Mosquito-borne; Viral disease; Inter-sectoral collaboration

Category: Tabletop Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Orange Circle

This exercise is a TableTop Exercise (TTX) created in 2009.

The aim of Exercise Orange Circle was to explore procedures and functions regarding early detection, assessment and communication associated with events related to a Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) or immunisation programmes.

The objectives of exercise were:

To test the coordination and internal communication among ECDC units and horizontal programme, and external communications with Member States and relevant stakeholders.
To explore early detection mechanisms.
To assess internal and external coordination of the threat assessment.
To manage the closure of a VPD event.

Duration: 1 day (7 hours).

Related keywords: Vaccine Preventable Disease, VPD, meningococcal disease, meningococcal vaccination, vaccine.

Category: Tabletop Exercises

Simulation Exercise: Rome 2018

This exercise is a Table Top Exercise (TTX) created in 2018.

The overreaching aim of this Exercise was to explore the response to the emergence of a novel strain of a difficult-to-treat, pandrug-resistant bacterium in a healthcare setting, with the potential threat for a cross-border spread.

The objectives of the exercise are:

To develop a greater awareness of the subject of epidemic antimicrobial resistance threats;
To identify gaps in current arrangements to detect, verify, ascertain the public health impact and assess risk associated with an unusual cluster of serious healthcare-associated infections caused by a difficult-to-treat, pandrug-resistant bacterial strain;
To consider the cross-border implications of such an event and suggest strategies for mitigation;
To consider how the healthcare and public health community can work more closely together at national and international level taking into account EU legislation, such as Decision 1082/2013/EU on serious cross-border threats to health, Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and any other EU legislation, as well as the European One-Health Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance;
To consider the interaction and coordination between the EU healthcare and public health community with international partners and third countries in case of a crisis of international significance beyond the EU;
To consider the role of International agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in relation to its mandate regarding risk identification, risk assessment and surveillance.

Duration: 1 day and half day (12 hours).

Related keywords: pandrug-resistant bacterial, Anti-Microbial Resistence, EWRS, EPIS, IHR, cross-border spread, healthcare setting.

Category: Tabletop Exercises

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