Transcript After Action Conference Brief (operations

N AT I O N A L U R B A N S E A R C H &
RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM
O P E R AT I O N A L E X E R C I S E & E VA L U AT I O N
P ROGRAM
After Action Conference
Exercise Name
Date
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Agenda
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Introductions and Opening Remarks
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Exercise Summary
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Strengths
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Areas of Improvement
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After Action Report (AAR) Review
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Improvement Plan (IP) Development
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Next Steps
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Introductions
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Your name
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Your organization
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Your role during the exercise
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One key success during the exercise
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One key challenge during the exercise
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Exercise Summary
 Summary
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Exercise Objectives
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Mobilization
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Transportation of personnel and cache
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Establishing a Base of Operations (BoO)
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Onsite Operations
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Demobilization/Redeploy/AAR/IP
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Scenario Synopsis
Scenario Synopsis
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Evaluation
Trained evaluators used Exercise Evaluation
Guides (EEGs) during the exercise to track
activities.
Feedback forms and a participant Hot Wash were
used to gather information from participants for
evaluation.
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Key Strengths
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Key Areas for Improvement
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Report Approval Process
Decision by consensus
Unresolved issues (e.g., consensus not attained)
 Consider compromises
 Refer to exercise lead
 Consult with applicable organization
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AAR Review and Approval
Report Sections:
Section 3: Analysis of Capabilities
Section 4: Conclusion
Appendix A: Improvement Plan
Appendix B: Lessons Learned (optional)
Appendix C: Participant Feedback (optional)
Appendix D: Exercise Events Summary Table
(optional)
Appendix E: Performance Ratings (optional)
Appendix F: Acronyms
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Improvement Plan (IP) Development
Determine:
 Corrective action
 Responsible TF/agency(ies)
 Agency point of contact (POC)
 Start date
 Completion date
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Writing Corrective Actions
Determine action needed to fix the problem.
Choices:
 No further action; already fixed
 No further action; not worth fixing
 Accept recommendation as is
 Choose new action—add to AAR
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Writing Improvement Actions
Generally plans, policies and procedures, training,
equipment and facilities, outreach and task force
coordination, exercises
All follow-up actions must have:
 What must be done
 Who will do it (group and POC)
 When it will be done (specify reasonable date)
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Sample Improvement Action Template
• (Who) will prepare/revise ________ plan to (correct what?) by (when).
• (Who) will prepare/revise ________ policy or procedure to (correct
what?) by (when).
• (Who) will conduct training for (group) in (what?) so that ______ by
(when).
• (Who) will obtain/repair _______ equipment/facilities so as to
__________ by (when).
• (Who) will conduct _________ study/analysis to __(action required)__
so as to _______________.
• (Who) will convene a working group of __(people/agencies)__ to
__(action required)__ so as to correct ___(what)___.
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Improvement Plan (IP) Matrix
Capability
[Capability 1:
Capability
Name]
Observation
Title
Observation
1.1
Recommendation
Insert
Recommendation 1
Insert
Recommendation 2
Observation
1.2
Insert
Recommendation 3
Corrective
Action
Description
Capability
Element
Insert Corrective
Action
Planning
Insert Corrective
Action
Planning
Insert Corrective
Action
Training
Insert Corrective
Action
Task Force
Leaders
Insert Corrective
Action
Logistics
Insert Corrective
Action
Logistics
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Primary
Responsible
Agency
Agency
POC
Start
Date
Completion
Date
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Action Brief
 Which items require no further action
 Recommendations with no change to
actions
 Changed or new actions and why
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Wrapup
Next steps
 Memo report
 Followup progress meeting (optional)
Closing comments
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