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Exercise Section

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Total Solar Eclipse Exercise in a Box

The IDHS Exercise Section has developed exercise materials for organizations or agencies that want to host a facilitated discussion with partner organizations in preparation for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

About the Exercise Section

Map of Indiana counties with color-coded districts with numbers and people's contact info
Exercise Section Staff (select for contacts)

The Exercise Section provides first responders, volunteers, elected officials, emergency managers, private industry and others a chance to implement the skills necessary to protect lives and property during a simulated catastrophic event. This is accomplished by providing all-hazards training that emphasizes the importance of prevention, protection, response and recovery. The goal of the Exercise Section is to improve the overall readiness and core capabilities of emergency response by validating training, emergency plans and procedures to reveal strengths and weaknesses, demonstrate operational capabilities and to prepare personnel for real-world events. This readiness is implemented through a building block process of exercises defined by the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP):

Discussion-Based Exercises
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Tabletops
  • Games
Operations-Based Exercises
  • Drills
  • Functional exercises
  • Full-scale exercises

Map of Indiana counties with color-coded districts with numbers and people's contact info
Exercise Section Staff (select for contacts)

Upcoming Exercises

View full IDHS calendar

Note: Not all events on the IDHS calendar are organized, hosted or sponsored by IDHS or other state agencies. Some events are included for informational purposes as events that the public or first responders may find beneficial.

Templates, Kits and Resources

Exercise Gallery

Take a look at a few past exercises.

  • Damage Assessment
    2023

    Red Cross workers chatting

    People entering Red Cross shelter

    Workers setting up green cots in shelter

    People in auditorium

    Damage Assessment
    2023

    Red Cross workers chatting

    People entering Red Cross shelter

    Workers setting up green cots in shelter

    People in auditorium

  • Train Derailment
    2023

    Man on phone

    People in vests by fire truck

    Person in hazmat suit near train car

    People in meeting room

    Train Derailment
    2023

    Man on phone

    People in vests by fire truck

    Person in hazmat suit near train car

    People in meeting room

  • Total Solar Eclipse Seminar
    2023

    Director Thacker speaking at podium

    Seminar room on left side

    Seminar room in middle

    Seminar room on right side

    Total Solar Eclipse Seminar
    2023

    Director Thacker speaking at podium

    Seminar room on left side

    Seminar room in middle

    Seminar room on right side

  • Civil Unrest Tabletop
    2023

    Civil unrest exercise leaders

    Civil unrest exercise participants at tables

    Civil unrest exercise participants listening to leader

    Civil unrest exercise observers and evaluators

    Civil Unrest Tabletop
    2023

    Civil unrest exercise leaders

    Civil unrest exercise participants at tables

    Civil unrest exercise participants listening to leader

    Civil unrest exercise observers and evaluators

  • Damage Assessment Game (District 8)
    2023

    IDHS staff speaking

    FEMA staff speaking

    Man spinning wheel

    Participants enjoying game

    Damage Assessment Game (District 8)
    2023

    IDHS staff speaking

    FEMA staff speaking

    Man spinning wheel

    Participants enjoying game

  • Indianapolis 500 Tabletop
    2023

    Pagoda

    Executive speaking

    Man speaking with microphone

    People listening at table

    Indianapolis 500 Tabletop
    2023

    Pagoda

    Executive speaking

    Man speaking with microphone

    People listening at table

  • Multi-Agency Resource Center
    2022

    People at table talking

    People talking near a table

    Volunter handing out a package to a person

    Multi-Agency Resource Center
    2022

    People at table talking

    People talking near a table

    Volunter handing out a package to a person

  • Power Grid Outage
    2022

    Man speaking into handheld radio mic

    Soldier unwrapping pallet of boxes

    People working in EOC

    Power Grid Outage
    2022

    Man speaking into handheld radio mic

    Soldier unwrapping pallet of boxes

    People working in EOC

  • Terrorist Attack
    2021

    Police tend to injured people

    Police applying tourniquet

    Patient being loaded into ambulance

    Incident command personnel speaking

    Terrorist Attack
    2021

    Police tend to injured people

    Police applying tourniquet

    Patient being loaded into ambulance

    Incident command personnel speaking

  • School Explosion
    2019
    Flood
    2018
    Blizzard
    2018
    School Explosion
    2019
    Flood
    2018
    Blizzard
    2018