Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) provides a set of guiding principles for exercise programs, as well as a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. HSEEP exercise and evaluation doctrine is flexible, adaptable, and is for use by stakeholders across the whole community and is applicable for exercises across all mission areas – prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

Planning an Exercise

The initial steps to planning an exercise include identifying:

• Exercise purpose
• Proposed exercise scenario, capabilities, tasks, and objectives
• Available exercise resources
• Proposed exercise location, date, and duration
• Exercise planning team and exercise participants

An exercise Interim Planning Meeting can establish:

• The exercise planning schedule
• Clearly defined, obtainable, and measurable exercise capabilities, tasks, and objectives
• Identified exercise scenario variables (e.g., threat scenario, scope of hazard, venue, conditions)

For more information, visit the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Website.

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