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Drills and Excerises

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The Managing Director's Office of Emergency Management (MDO-OEM) works with local, regional, state, and federal partners to conduct preparedness exercises. These exercises serve to test plans, reinforce response and management techniques, identify areas for improvement, and promote better interagency coordination and cooperation. MDO-OEM also provides training to city and partner agencies.

MDO-OEM designs and conducts these exercises using a variety of emergency scenarios.

Disaster Preparedness Exercises

Date	Exercise
June 11th 2009	Operation Surge Command Tabletop Exercise
March 16th 2009	Operation UC Evacuation Ready Tabletop Exercise
March 10th 2009	Unified Spring Tabletop Exercise
January 13th 2009	Homeland Security Executive Education Seminar
November 11th 2008	EPEX
June 17th 2008	Center City Evacuation Tabletop Exercise (Mayor Nutter and Executive Team)
June 3rd 2008	Center City Evacuation Tabletop Exercise (Local/Regional First Responders and Private Sector)
May 20th 2008	South Philadelphia Evacuation Tabletop Exercise (Local/Regional First Responders and Private Sector)
August 4th 2007	Operation Parkway Safe