Table 2 Tabletop Exercise Design Variability
Design Element | Variability |
|---|---|
Exercise length | • 2–8 hours |
Number of participants | • 10–40 participants |
Types of participants | • Public health (local and state) |
|  | • Law enforcement and fire |
|  | • Emergency preparedness (local and state) |
|  | • Elected officials and policymakers |
|  | • Health care providers and administrators |
|  | • Emergency medical services (EMS) |
Agent/disease exercised | • Plague |
|  | • Anthrax |
|  | • Smallpox |
|  | • Botulism |
|  | • Hypothetical or Novel |
|  | • Pandemic influenza • Avian Influenza |
Facilitator involvement | • Limited |
|  | • Moderate |
|  | • Active |