In the fourth step of the planning process, you will plan training and exercise opportunities. Exercising is a critical step in ensuring that all stakeholders understand their responsibilities and are familiar with the plan, so it is important to consider training opportunities ahead of time.

The emergency management agency and public works should work together to develop and participate in training and exercises, so they are able to coordinate well when responding to and recovering from an event.

There should be community-wide training and exercises as well as those conducted by the public works agency.