Welcome to our LECMgt blog site, which we will routinely update with new industry-related stories thought to be of interest and importance to you. Our objective is to expand your knowledge and awareness of best practices in wargaming exercises, threat assessment and emergency planning.

Simulations for Complex Decision Making

In 2013 Dr. Mason and his colleague, Eric Patterson wrote an article for the journal Simulation and Gaming based on their Afghan Provincial Reconstruction Exercise. The article describes the use of an innovative game to provide practice in decision making and relationship building. While this game focuses on reconstruction and stabilization operation in the highly…

Emergency Operations Center Section Chiefs: know your role

Today’s blog continues our series on emergency response planning. We will address the 5 key tasks that Incident Command System (ICS) Sections Chiefs need to address once they receive notice that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be activated. This checklist is a handy review for city governments, but it is also a useful tool…

Begin before the beginning

“Begin at the beginning.” This quote from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is often used to suggest a common sense approach to life. But the problem with critical incidents, disasters and large scale emergencies is that you don’t always know when you are at the beginning or when the beginning will be. Earthquakes and terror…

Could FEMA’s Ready Response toolkit help avoid another Snowpocalypse?

Snowmaggedon. Snowpocalypse. Snow out. Kids spending the night at school, spending the night on school buses, residents spending the night in cars, vehicle accidents numbering in the thousands. This week’s winter weather incident highlighted a multitude of readiness and preparedness issues. There will be plenty of conversations in the media and in professional emergency management…