EARTH EX^®//18

EARTH EX will provide opportunities to evaluate planning for extreme risk scenarios, and to integrate cross sector requirements into the decision-making cycle in a way that adds realism and weight to the consequences. It is designed to enhance public/private sector partnerships in preparing for response, restoration, sustainment and recovery in Black Sky events and complex catastrophes

HIGHLIGHTS OF EARTH EX FOR ORGANIZATIONS

EARTH EX simulates global-scale disruption, with long duration power outages and cascading failures of all other infrastructures. It offers executive and senior level operational decision makers the opportunity to review critical decision-making policies, processes, roles and responsibilities – essential to the success of all other response and recovery operations.

The exercise is designed for self-evaluation, with distributed play conducted using electronic tools, and local facilitation for feedback and execution.

Prioritization and Coordination across Multiple Sectors:

Participants receive situational awareness updates from each of the critical sectors, providing a broad immersive environment simulating real world impacts of the scenario.

Different injects are provided for 30 sectors in three phases:

• Phase 1 – Initial impact and response
• Phase 2 – Cascading, multi-sector impact and response: Utilizes critical sector and cross-sector situational awareness and coordination
• Phase 3 – The Path Ahead: Facilitated dynamic analysis and feedback.

Participating Organizations and Sectors:

All Organizations will select the closest sector definition from 20 different inject lanes. Sectors will be grouped in six ‘hub” categories:

• Utilities (e.g., electric, water, ONG, communications)
• Government (e.g., Federal, State, local, defense, law enforcement, finance, regulatory, emergency management, first responders)
• Mass Care (e.g., NGOs, in-country and international)
• Health (e.g., Public and private health services, hospitals, specialized facilities)
• Cyber and Situational Awareness (e.g., cyber response, forensics)
• Private Sector (e.g., Transportation, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, finance, food, pharmaceuticals).