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Sample tabletop exercise

Coordinated Threat Response

Protect people and sustain essential care.

Explore leadership, protective decisions, partner coordination, and continuity during a reported threat at a healthcare facility.

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Duration
Flexible
Format
Facilitated tabletop
Design
HSEEP-aligned

The starting point

A challenge to work through together.

Reports of a possible active threat reach several departments with conflicting details. Leaders must coordinate protective decisions, account for people, and maintain essential care while responders establish the situation. All events are fictional and discussed only.

Who takes part

Healthcare leaders, security, clinical operations, emergency preparedness, communications, and participating responder representatives.

What teams practice

Decisions with a purpose.

  1. Activate & notify

    Clarify activation thresholds, response authority, and approved staff and responder notifications.

  2. Protect & account

    Apply local protective-action plans and account for patients, visitors, staff, and access needs.

  3. Coordinate care

    Identify continuity priorities, partner support, and handoffs between clinical and response leaders.

  4. Communicate & recover

    Agree on authorized updates, family assistance, staff support, and conditions for resuming services.

How the exercise unfolds

Three stages, tailored to your team.

  1. Recognize & notify

    Clarify reports and activate.

  2. Protect & coordinate

    Account for people and care.

  3. Stabilize & support

    Plan updates and recovery.

Flexible duration, with modules adapted to local plans and the audience. In person, remote, or hybrid. Discussion only; no weapons, surprise enactments, or actual emergency notifications.

Facilitated discussion focuses on coordination under approved local plans. Security and clinical subject matter experts help tailor the scenario. It does not teach tactical engagement or stage an attack.

Put the learning to work

What your team takes forward.

Observations on roles, notifications, accountability, and care continuity, informing an After-Action Report/Improvement Plan with owners and target dates.

Planning establishes the objectives, participants, resources, and evaluation criteria using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) framework.

Make it relevant to your team.

Bring your risk assessment, plans, and the decisions or capabilities you want to practice.

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