Training and Exercises


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  • Flood - Pocatello, ID Region, United States

    14 minutes ago WARNING

  • Thunderstorm - SE of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

    37 minutes ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - NW of Mystic Island, New Jersey, United States

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Fort Chipewyan Airport, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Fort Smith, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Peace River Airport, British Columbia, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Fort Providence Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Hornepayne, Ontario, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Buffalo Narrows Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - , S of Côte, Nord, Quebec, Canada

    56 minutes ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - S of Canada, Northwest Territories, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - Pass Fire, New Mexico, United States

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Buffalo Narrows Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Fort Liard Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Jean Marie River Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - N of Fort Chipewyan Airport, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - W of Fort Chipewyan Airport, Alberta, Canada

    56 minutes ago INFORMATION

  • Highwind - Advisory (Hawaiian Islands)

    57 minutes ago ADVISORY

  • Floods - Somalia

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Thunderstorm - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 hour ago WATCH

  • Flood - Tahoka, TX Region, United States

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa and Northern Africa

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Tropical Storm - Mawar

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Air Quality - La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 hour ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Battle Mountain, NV Region, United States

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada

    2 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Severe Weather - North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

    3 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    3 hours ago WARNING

  • Air Quality - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    3 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Air Quality - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    4 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Air Quality - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

    4 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - N of Camp Ridgeway, Queensland, Australia

    8 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Extreme Heat - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Air Quality - Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada

    9 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Nabire, Papua and Papua Barat, Indonesia

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Nasir, Upper Nile, South Sudan

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dnieper Basin, Ukraine

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Air Quality - Sept-Iles, Québec, Canada

    12 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Villarrica, Chile

    13 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

    14 hours ago WATCH

  • Severe Weather - Sumatra, Indonesia

    15 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Northwestern India

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ciudad Guayana, Monagas, Venezuela

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Campana, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos and Santa Fe, Argentina

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Temperature - Vietnam

    15 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Lewotolo, Indonesia

    15 hours ago WATCH

  • Wildfire - SE of Buffalo Narrows Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada

    16 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada

    16 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Southeastern Greece

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Portugal

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Southern Greece

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Central America

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.3 - 166 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

    17 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Earthquake - 5.2 - Seram, Indonesia

    20 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfires - Halifax, Nova Scotia

    20 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Flood - Yerington, NV Region, United States

    20 hours ago WARNING

  • Forest Fire - Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

    21 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Middle Africa and Eastern Africa

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Trois Rivieres, Ontario and Québec, Canada

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dryden, Manitoba and Ontario, Canada

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, South America

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Suchiate Basin, Coatan and Suchiate Rivers, Guatemala and Mexico

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Dolores, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Pedro Luro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Raba, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Griffith, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bengawan Solo Basin, Indonesia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Langsa, Aceh and Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bulungan Basin, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Indus Basin, India and Pakistan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - S of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada

    21 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Ganges Basin, India and Bangladesh

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ca Mau, Cà Mau, Vietnam

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia and Central Asia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Pakchan Basin, Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Brahmaputra Basin, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia and South-eastern Asia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Karachi, Baluchistan and Sind, Pakistan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Golmud, Qinghai, China

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Burylbaytal, Almaty, Qaraghandy and Zhambyl, Kazakhstan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Stoeng Treng, Stœng Trêng, Cambodia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Bangladesh and Myanmar

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Yangtze Basin, China and Taiwan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Har Us Nuur Basin, China, Russia and Mongolia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Izmayil, Odessa, Ukraine

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lake Turkana Basin, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, NW of Karun River, Iran and Iraq

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chad Basin, Middle Africa and Western Africa

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bolama, Bolama, Guinea-Bissau

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Orange Basin, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bandama Basin, Côte dIvoire, Guinea and Liberia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Dem Rep of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Senegal Basin, Mauritania

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Antsiranana, Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Toamasina, Madagascar

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Buizhou, Shandong, China

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Baraka Basin, E of Baraka River, Eritrea and Sudan

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ma Basin, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

    22 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Cotopaxi, Ecuador

    22 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.8 - 125 km WSW of Myitkyina, Myanmar

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Jordan

    23 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Landslides - Bulambuli District, Uganda

    1 day ago INFORMATION

  • Flood - Hailey, ID Region, United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 6.3 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Earthquake - 5.5 - off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Flood - W of Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zhu Basin, Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, Ecuador and Peru

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Remanso, Northeast Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Indore, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SW of Balikpapan, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah and Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Southern Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Central and Southern Vietnam

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Serbia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Extreme Temperature - Hong Kong

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Southwest Germany

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Mexico

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

    1 day ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - Aira, Japan

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Rincon de la Vieja, Costa Rica

    4 days ago ADVISORY

  • Drinking Water - NW of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

    6 days ago ADVISORY

  • High Water Level - SE of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

    6 days ago ADVISORY

  • Extreme Heat - Dominican Republic

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northwestern United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - High Plains United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southeastern United States

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - US Virgin Islands, United States of America

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Puerto Rico, United States of America

    6 days ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central Asia

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Heavy Snow - Central Asia

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Drought - Tuvalu

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Drought - Uruguay

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Marburg Virus Disease - Tanzania

    3 weeks ago WARNING

  • Measles - American Samoa

    1 month ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Haiti

    6 months ago WARNING

  • Drought - Djibouti

    2 months ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Mozambique

    3 months ago WARNING

  • Ebola Virus - Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

    9 months ago WARNING

DisasterAWARE® Training and Preparedness Exercises

Using our extensive hazard data and unique DisasterAWARE platform, we can help you simulate realistic hazard scenarios to help gain a deeper understanding of hazard impacts on communities. We also can assist with exercising preparedness plans in advance of real-world events. Our exercise program can help test complex networks of organizations and response activities—making sure stakeholders respond effectively under high-pressure and ever-changing circumstances. Our experts can support any type of exercise and hazard scenario. We also provide online training and instructor-led training on our DisasterAWARE platform.

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Disaster Preparedness Exercises

Let us help you design and conduct scenario-based exercises in a simulated environment ahead of a real-world crisis. We support tabletop exercises, functional exercises, and full-scale exercises. Our capabilities include:
Scenario development and design
Event scripting and integration
Data integration
Training
DisasterAWARE communications
Subject matter expertise / best practices

Exercise Options

Exercises help decision makers identify as much about what goes right with disaster preparedness plans as what goes wrong. We’ve helped organizations around the world design and conduct exercises and incorporate lessons learned into planning and preparedness activities.

Scenario-based Training

  • Often focused on policy or strategic issues
  • Smaller scope, less complex

Tabletop Exercises

  • Provides facilitated analysis of an emergency situation
  • Examines policies, procedures, and operations to validate and refine plans as needed.
  • Informal, stress-free environment

Functional Exercises

  • Fully simulated exercise
  • Realistic event, testing response capabilities in time-pressured environment
  • Involves multiple functions, agencies, and organizations

Full-scale Exercises

  • Tests regional, national, subnational disaster management systems
  • Simulates real event as closely as possible.
  • Mobilizes emergency personnel and victims (actors), equipment, and resources

Benefits of our exercise
support program

  • Leverage the best information to solve problems and make life-saving decisions using DisasterAWARE
  • Accurately simulate real-world hazards and impacts based on DisasterAWARE historical hazard data
  • Identify planning weaknesses and time-saving measures
  • Reveal gaps in resources and information
  • Improve organizational coordination and communications
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities
  • Enhance individual and team performance

Learn more about our customized exercises and training solutions

Recent Training Events and Exercises

2020 – 2021 EXERCISE SUPPORT DURING COVID-19

PDC continues to support training and exercises throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Most activities have been transitioned to a virtual platform to ensure the health and safety of all participants.

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