Tag: Table Top Exercise

  • Universal Communications Card Tabletop

    In our first “professional” table top exercise, hub volunteers gathered to test out a Universal Communications Graphic Card. This is a tool being designed to help hub volunteers with communication barriers, such as another language, deafness or inability to speak due to shock. Deborah Witmer, the Vulnerable Populations Coordinator with Seattle’s Human Services Office, is…

  • First Table Top scheduled for April 29

    We will be holding a table top exercise on Saturday, April 29, from 9:00 am to noon. The purpose of the exercise is to test run new Universal Communications Cards being developed for our use. These cards are intended to help communications with people who’s first language is not English, people with speech difficulties, people…

  • Hub Roles Table Top Exercise snapshot

    On Oct 1, nearly 40 people gathered to improve some aspects of how hubs can best carry out their mission, should Seattle experience a devastating disaster.  We are compiling the suggestions and the Hub Captains will be reviewing at subsequent meetings.  Meanwhile, here are a couple of pictures of creativity and earnest discussion of the…

  • Volunteer Management Table Top After Action Review

    Volunteer Management Training   This Table Top exercise, held Nov 14, 2015, was intended to simulate volunteers showing up at the hub and to see how the groups assigned the volunteers, thought about their safety and managed them over time, especially if they had a reusable resource to share.   Each hub table had 10…

  • Emergency Hub Volunteer Management Tabletop Exercise

    Tabletop Exercise Nov 14, 9:00 am – noon Practice makes perfect! Date: Saturday, Nov 14 Time: 9:00 am to noon Location: Verity Credit Union, 11027 Meridian Avenue North   Join the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs as they hold a tabletop exercise to practice their skills. For this indoor, slow motion exercise, we will practice deploying…