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Water and Wastewater Agency Response Networks (WARN) Exercise Facilitator Guide

A WARN can use these resources to prepare for a future emergency:

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  • WARN Tabletop Exercise Facilitator Guide (PDF)(64 pp, 2 MB)
    This guide provides instructions for planning, organizing and conducting a tabletop exercise to create or update a WARN operational plan or agreement. The guide includes sample materials such as scenarios, discussion questions and presentation slides.
  • WARN Tabletop Exercise Facilitator Guide Fact Sheet (PDF)(2 pp, 31 K)
    The Facilitator Guide Fact Sheet provides an overview of the Exercise Facilitator Guide and its benefits.
  • WARN TTX Lessons Learned (PDF)(2 pp, 84 K)
    The WARN Tabletop Exercise Lessons Learned fact sheet provides WARNs with information on how to improve their operations, based on lessons learned from former tabletop exercises.