Outbreak Anarchy - A Business / Community Influenza Pandemic Tabletop Exercise
November 7 2007
Exercise - Mission
With the mission of bringing business owners and community leaders together to work through how North Floridians should collectively help plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of an INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, the following organizations undertook the coordination of this very unique disaster exercise.
- Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Capital Area Citizen Corps
- Capital Area Medical Reserve Corps
- Capital Medical Society
- Capital Regional Medical Center
- City of Tallahassee
- Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce
- Leon County
- North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force
- Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
This four hour tabletop exercise provided participants an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when an influenza pandemic or any other disaster strikes. Participants worked within assigned groups as they undertook coordination of activities such as health care planning and preparedness, influenza pandemic response and recovery.
Exercise - Information
Business owners and community leaders from throughout North Florida were invited to participate in this exercise.
| Exercise Information | ||
| Date | Wednesday November 7 | |
| Time | 9:00AM - 1:00PM | |
| Location | Capital Regional Medical Center 2626 Care Drive # 109 Tallahassee Florida |
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Business owners and community leaders participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of three individuals to represent their organization.
| Document | Format | |
| Overview | PowerPoint | |
| Promotional Flyer | ||
Exercise - Method
In the days leading up to the exercise Situation Reports were e-mail to all of the registered participants to provide them with information of when and where the pandemic started as well as it progress around the world until it landed on the front door of North Florida.
The exercise was developed around the concept of participants working in fictitious neighborhoods, grouped eight to ten individuals per fictitious neighborhood, participants were provideD with a Master Sequence of Events List, neighborhood maps and demographics.
These tools allowed the participants to experience the four hour exercise from the perspective of individuals and families as they plan and prepare for, respond to and recover from an INFLUENZA PANDEMIC with a 35% attack rate.
Exercise - Situation Reports
| Situation Report | Date | Day | Time | Format |
| Number One | June 3 2007 | Wednesday | 7:04AM | |
| Number Two | July 7 2007 | Tuesday | 11:37AM | |
| Number Three | August 6 2007 | Thursday | 9:07AM | |
| Number Four | September 10 2007 | Monday | 3:55PM | |
| Number Five | October 9 2007 | Friday | 1:43PM | |
| Number Six | October 27 2007 | Saturday | 9:37AM | |
| Number Seven | November 4 2007 | Sunday | 10:38AM | |
| Number Eight | November 11 2007 | Tuesday | 6:45PM | |
| Number Nine | November 14 2007 | Thursday | 9:17AM | |
| Number Ten | November 15 2007 | Friday | 7:47PM | |
| Number Eleven | November 18 2007 | Monday | 8:45AM | |
| Number Twelve | November 19 2007 | Tuesday | 12:37PM | |
| Number Thirteen | December 11 2007 | Friday | 4:14PM | |
| Number Fourteen | December 24 2007 | Thursday | 9:53AM | |
| Number Fifteen | January 4 2008 | Friday | 10:17AM |
Exercise - Master Sequence Of Events Lists
| Document | Format | |
| Small Neighborhood | ||
| Mid-Sized Neighborhood | ||
| Large Neighborhood | ||
Exercise - Maps
Exercise maps of fictitious neighborhoods were provide to each work group to support planning, preparedness, response and recovery activities.
| Fictitious Neighborhood | Format | |
| Arvah Branch | JPG | |
| Betton Hills | JPG | |
| Florida A & M University | JPG | |
| Four Points | JPG | |
| Lafeyette Oaks | JPG | |
| Lafeyette Park | JPG | |
| Old Town | JPG | |
| Park Brook Crossing | JPG | |
| Plantation Woods | JPG | |
| Silver Ridge Estates | JPG | |
| Waverly Hills | JPG | |
| Woodland Drives | JPG | |
Exercise - Demographics
Demographics for the fictitious neighborhoods were provide to each work group to support planning, preparedness, response and recovery activities.
| Fictitious Neighborhood | Format |
| Arvah Branch | |
| Betton Hills | |
| Florida A & M University | |
| Four Points | |
| Lafayette Oaks | |
| Lafeyette Park | |
| Old Town | |
| Park Brook Crossing | |
| Plantation Woods | |
| Silver Ridge Estates | |
| Waverly Hills | |
| Woodland Drives |
Exercise - Benefits
In addition to the lessons participants learned by taking part in this unique exercise, each participant will receive a free INFLUENZA PANDEMIC RESPONSE KIT. Useful door prizes such as NOAA Weather Radios were also given away.Exercise - Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment
Business owners and community leaders who participate in the Outbreak Anarchy Exercise were required to complete a Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.Copies of completed Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessments can be found at:
| Document | Format | |
| Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment | HTML | |
Exercise - Preparedness Resources
Vital on-line information on how to prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods and the workplace for a wide variety of disasters can be found at:
| General Disaster Preparedness Information | Format | |
| Disaster Education, Preparedness, Planning and Mitigation Library |
HTML | |
| Hurricane Survival Guide For The Capital Area | HTML | |
| Pandemic Influenza Learning Center | Format | |
| Fight The Flu Bug - Poster | ||
| Home Care For Pandemic Influenza - Brochure | ||
| Preparing The Workplace - Presentation | PowerPoint | |
| Stopping Germs At Home and Work - Brochure | ||
| What You Need To Know Today - Presentation | PowerPoint | |
Exercise - Photo Expose
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