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After Action Conference

After Action Conference. Exercise Name Date. National Urban Search & Rescue Response System Operational Exercise & Evaluation Program. Agenda. Introductions and Opening Remarks Exercise Summary Strengths Areas of Improvement After Action Report (AAR) Review

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After Action Conference

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  1. After Action Conference Exercise Name Date National Urban Search & Rescue Response SystemOperational Exercise & Evaluation Program

  2. Agenda Introductions and Opening Remarks Exercise Summary Strengths Areas of Improvement After Action Report (AAR) Review Improvement Plan (IP) Development Next Steps

  3. Introductions • Your name • Your organization • Your role during the exercise • One key success during the exercise • One key challenge during the exercise

  4. Exercise Summary Summary

  5. Exercise Objectives Mobilization Transportation of personnel and cache Establishing a Base of Operations (BoO) Onsite Operations Demobilization/Redeploy/AAR/IP

  6. Scenario Synopsis Scenario Synopsis

  7. 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.

  8. Key Strengths

  9. Key Areas for Improvement

  10. Report Approval Process • Decision by consensus • Unresolved issues (e.g., consensus not attained) • Consider compromises • Refer to exercise lead • Consult with applicable organization

  11. 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

  12. Improvement Plan (IP) Development Determine: Corrective action Responsible TF/agency(ies) Agency point of contact (POC) Start date Completion date

  13. 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

  14. 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)

  15. 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)___.

  16. Improvement Plan (IP) Matrix

  17. Action Brief Which items require no further action Recommendations with no change to actions Changed or new actions and why

  18. Wrapup • Next steps • Memo report • Followup progress meeting (optional) • Closing comments

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