Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP)

An actual emergency tests the integrated capability and a major portion of the basic elements existing within emergency preparedness plans and training for organizations. In exercises, players respond to an accident scenario as they would in an actual emergency. By design, each TEPP exercise scenario package provides the items necessary to conduct an evaluated exercise. The TEPP transportation exercises are formatted to meet Department of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. The TEPP exercise templates provide: basic response organization objectives, a comprehensive accident scenario, master sequence of events timeline, supporting radiological, medical messages, and logistical information examples.

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The medical message index was developed to provide exercise/drill developers a selection of medical injury and messages that can be used during exercises/drills. The medical messages index offers 40 varying types and seriousness of injuries. The medical messages are formatted for easy use, have a patient complaint, symptom timelines table, and expected responder actions as part of the formatted medical message.

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This scenario provides the planning instructions, guidance, and evaluation forms necessary to conduct an exercise involving a highway shipment of spent nuclear fuel. This exercise manual is one in a series of five scenarios developed by the Department of Energy Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program. Responding agencies may include several or more of the following: local municipal and county fire, police, sheriff, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel; state, local, and federal emergency response teams; emergency response contractors; and other emergency response resources that could potentially be provided by the carrier and the originating facility (shipper).

This scenario provides the guidance for conducting the exercise in a safe, efficient, coordinated manner, and provides a historical record of the exercise.

Download the Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Accident Exercise Scenario

This scenario provides the planning instructions, guidance, and evaluation forms necessary to conduct an exercise involving a highway shipment of Low Specific Activity (LSA) material. This exercise manual is one in a series of five scenarios developed by the Department of Energy Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program. Responding agencies may include several or more of the following: local municipal and county fire, police, sheriff, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel; state, local, and federal emergency response teams; emergency response contractors; and other emergency response resources that could potentially be provided by the carrier and the originating facility (shipper).

This scenario provides the guidance for conducting the exercise in a safe, efficient, coordinated manner, and provides a historical record of the exercise.

Download the Low Specific Activity (LSA) Transportation Accident Exercise Scenario

This scenario provides the planning instructions, guidance and evaluation forms necessary to conduct an exercise involving a highway shipment of radiopharmaceuticals (Class 7 - Radioactive). This exercise manual is one in a series of five scenarios developed by the Department of Energy Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP). Responding agencies may include several or more of the following: local municipal and county fire, police, sheriff, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel; state, local, and federal emergency response teams; emergency response contractors; and other emergency response resources that could potentially be provided by the carrier and the originating facility (shipper).

This scenario provides guidance for conducting the exercise in a safe, efficient, coordinated manner, and provides a historical record of the exercise.

Download the Radiopharmaceuticals Transportation Accident Exercise Scenario

This scenario provides the planning instructions, guidance, and evaluation forms necessary to conduct an exercise involving a highway shipment of a soil moisture/density gauge (Class 7 - Radioactive). This exercise manual is one in a series of five scenarios developed by the Department of Energy Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP). Responding agencies may include several or more of the following: local municipal and county fire, police, sheriff and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel; state, local, and federal emergency response teams; emergency response contractors; and other emergency response resources that could potentially be provided by the carrier and the originating facility (shipper).

This scenario provides guidance for conducting the exercise in a safe, efficient, coordinated manner, and provides a historical record of the exercise.

Download the Soil Moisture/Density Gauge Transportation Accident Exercise Scenario

This scenario provides the planning instructions, guidance, and evaluation forms necessary to conduct an exercise involving a highway shipment of a radiography device (Class 7 - Radioactive). This exercise manual is one in a series of five scenarios developed by the Department of Energy Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program. Responding agencies may include several or more of the following: local municipal and county fire, police, sheriff, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel; state, local, and federal emergency response teams; emergency response contractors; and other emergency response resources that could potentially be provided by the carrier and the originating facility (shipper).

This scenario provides guidance for conducting the exercise in a safe, efficient, coordinated manner, and provides a historical record of the exercise.

Download the Radiography Device Transportation Accident Exercise Scenario