Exercise Overview

The Association of Sacramento Area Planners undertook an effort to develop, facilitate and evaluate a workplace fire exercise entitled "Operation ASAP - A Workplace Fire Tabletop Exercise".

This exercise served as an opportunity for businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies throughout Sacramento County to assess the capabilities of Continuity of Operations Plan in the aftermath of a commercial fire.

The Operation ASAP Tabletop Exercise was facilitated via an internet based application entitled ON-Line eXercise (ONX) System.

Information on the ONX System can be found at ONXSystem.com.

Exercise Scenario

At 10:37PM on Sunday a motorist driving past your organizations workplace notices smoke coming from a vent on the top of the building. Using his cell phone the motorist calls 9-1-1 to report a fire.

Within several minutes of notification the fire department has arrived. Upon sizing up the scene and establishing an Incident Command firefighters begin to battle the conflagration that is consuming the building.

Because the fire is proving more difficult to extinguish than originally thought, the Incident Commander asked for additional resources. A second alarm is sounded and the supplementary firefighters and equipment arrive. It takes another 21 minutes before the fire is extinguished.

Exercise Conclusion