Exercise and Drills
To facilitate Health Care Coalition (HCC) wide collaboration to support family reunification preparedness and response following an emergency or disaster, a new Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) deliverable was introduced for CY 2022 – “Conduct Family Reunification Center (FRC) training and tabletop exercise”.
This new deliverable is intended to build upon the previously developed Family Information Center (FIC) guide and the previously implemented HPP deliverable of, “maintain participation with the Family Reunification Center system.”
The goals of the FRC exercise include:
- Facilitate the development of processes needed to operationalize the use of the FRC system during an activation of the Hospital Family Information Center (FIC) plan
- Promote FRC end-user familiarity
- Assess FRC information sharing capabilities
The achievability of the overall goals will be assessed by tasking end-users (players) to test accessing the FRC application, data entry, data gathering, and information sharing to support family reunification efforts.
2025 Family Reunification Center Training and Exercise
Important Date:
FRC Exercise
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Exercise Documents and Resources:
Pre-Exercise:
- FRC Exercise Briefing: 2025 Family Reunification Center Exercise Brief
Exercise Documents:
- Exercise Plan
- Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG)
- Controller Evaluator Handbook
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL for Non-ED)
- Patient and Seeker Data (EMO Access Only)
- How to Create Prompts for the 2025 FRC Exercise
Post – Exercise Documents:
Other Resources
- Family Information Center (FIC) Guide
- Los Angeles County Family Assistance Center (FAC) Plan
- ReddiNet Resources:
Please contact Darren Verrette at dverrette@dhs.lacounty.gov or (562) 378-2451 with any questions.
The Medical Response and Surge Exercise (MRSE) is an annual requirement of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) cooperative agreement. The MRSE is a functional exercise designed to examine and evaluate the ability of Healthcare Coalitions (HCC) and other stakeholders to support medical surge. Placing stress on the health system is important for testing current response systems, identifying gaps in preparedness, and informing improvement planning.
- Hospital Evacuation Policy Reference 1112 – Pending
Pre-Exercise:
Earthquake Resources:
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- Stephanie Meeks of Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 2023 presentation of “Major Earthquake Response and Lessons Learned by a Critical Access Hospital” (2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake)
2023 BCP Event Presentation – Video
2023 BCP Event Presentation – Power Point
Participant Webinar (Event Date: September 23, 2025)
- Registration: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/1dc450d3-418d-48e3-8490-d7ef66c2b78d@07597248-ea38-451b-8abe-a638eddbac81
- Participant Webinar Flyer: (2025 Participant Webinar Flyer)
- Participant Webinar Agenda
Post-Participant Webinar Resources
Exercise Registration (Exercise Date: November 20, 2025)
- Registration opens following the conclusion of the Participant Webinar
- Exercise Registration
Exercise Objectives:
- Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC)
- Clinics
- Dialysis Centers
- EMS Agency
- Home Health & Hospice Agencies (HHH)
- Hospitals
- Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities
- Mental Health – Pending
- Office of Emergency Management (OEM) –Pending
- Provider Agencies (Private and Public)
- Public Health
- Urgent Care Centers
Exercise Documents:
- Exercise Plan (ExPlan)
- Situation Manual (SitMan)
- Controller Evaluator Handbook
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – ASC
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Clinics
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Dialysis
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – EMS Agency MCC and MHOAC
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – HHH
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Hospitals
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Evacuating Hospitals
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Long Term Care
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – OEM – Pending
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Mental Health – Pending
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Network Hospitals
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Provider Agencies
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Public Health
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Urgent Care
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
- 2025 – Hospital Capacity Survey
- Patient Allocation Table
Earthquake Documents:
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Resources:
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- M6.3 (PV fault) PAGER (Scenario)
- M6.3 (PV fault) Macro seismic Intensity Map
- M6.3 (PV fault) Peak Ground Acceleration Map
- M6.8 (NI fault) PAGER (Scenario)
- M6.8 (NI fault) Macro seismic Intensity Map
- M6.8 (NI fault) Peak Ground Acceleration Map
- USGS Resource Page for M6.3 Earthquake
- USGS Resource Page for M6.8 Earthquake
Victim Lists:
Post Exercise Documents:
Exercise Evaluation Conference:
The Exercise Evaluation Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
The conference will be held at City of Hope Medical Center located at 1500 Duarte Road, Duarte, CA. 91010 in the Cooper Conference Room.
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the event begins at 8:00 a.m. This is an in-person only event.
Conference Presentations:
2024 Medical Response and Surge Exercise – Burn Surge:
Pre-Exercise:
Participant Webinar / September 24, 2024, 8:00am to 12:00pm:
- Participant Webinar Power Point Presentations:
- Break Out Session Power Point Presentations:
- ASC and Dialysis Sectors
- Clinics and Urgent Care Sector
- Home Health Hospice Sector
- Hospital Sector: Pending
- Long Term Care Sector
- Participant Webinar Recording – WebEx Link: https://lacountyhealthservices.webex.com/lacountyhealthservices/ldr.php?RCID=ea05dce53495de1fe28c11d928b5a2ed Password: vEyNP6WF
- Registration: Registration Closed
- 2024 MRSE Participant Webinar Flyer
- Participant Webinar Agenda
MRSE Registration / November 21 2024
- MRSE Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7J9YCTX
Exercise Objectives:
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC)
- Community Clinics
- Dialysis Centers
- EMS Agency
- Home Health and Hospice Agencies (HHH)
- Hospitals
- Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities
- Mental Health
- Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
- Provider Agencies (Private and Public)
- Public Health
- Urgent Care Centers
Exercise Documents:
- Exercise Plan (ExPlan)
- Situation Manual (SitMan)
- Controller Evaluator Handbook
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – ASC
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Clinics
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Dialysis
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Health Care Coalition
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – HHH
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Hospitals
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Provider Agencies
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Long Term Care
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Urgent Care
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – EMS
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
- 2024 MRSE – Hospital Capacity Survey
- 2024 MRSE – Hospital Decompression Survey
Victim Lists:
Post Exercise Documents:
- After Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP)
- Participant Feedback Form
- After Action Report / Improvement Plan Survey – Survey Monkey
Exercise Evaluation Webinar Scheduled for December 10 2024