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Extreme heat and prolonged power outage

An extended outage during extreme heat tests wellness checks, backup communications, relocation thresholds, and continuity for medical and accessibility needs.

Scenario version 1 · Canonical guide: https://hazardnow.com/tools/emergency-exercise-builder/heat-power-outage

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Session length
45–60 minutes
Objectives
3
Private workspace
No account or server save

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Intended audience

HouseholdNeighborhoodSmall organization

What the group practices

Recognize escalating heat risk

Use planned wellness checks and clear escalation criteria for people who may be more vulnerable to heat.

Protect essential continuity

Prioritize communications, medication, powered medical equipment, water, and other essential needs during an outage.

Make a safe relocation decision

Use verified destinations, transportation, and explicit departure triggers before indoor conditions become unsafe.

Suggested roles

Exercise coordinator

Paces exercise decisions and ensures real heat illness or power hazards stop exercise play.

Wellness-check lead

Coordinates planned check-ins while avoiding diagnosis or treatment beyond training.

Continuity lead

Tracks essential power, water, transportation, medication, and destination needs.

Five-stage workflow

One exercise, through improvement

  1. 1

    Configure

    Choose objectives, audience, roles, and private facilitator notes.

  2. 2

    Conduct

    Release each checked-in scenario update manually when the group is ready.

  3. 3

    Evaluate

    Record strengths and areas for improvement against the selected objectives.

  4. 4

    Hotwash

    Capture immediate participant, facilitator, and observer feedback.

  5. 5

    Improve

    Assign corrective actions, owners, target dates, and status.

Participant ground rules

  • Real symptoms of heat illness or an unsafe electrical condition stop the exercise and use normal emergency procedures.
  • Do not operate generators, transfer switches, or improvised power equipment for exercise play.
  • Use verified public information for actual cooling locations and outage status.

Simulation only

Facilitator injects, controller notes, expected actions, and evaluation criteria stay inside the private workspace. If a real incident interrupts the exercise, stop play, use the Live Dashboard, and follow official instructions.

HSEEP-informed, intentionally simplified

HazardNow provides a compact tabletop workflow for small groups. It is not an official HSEEP package, certification, or replacement for local procedures.

FEMA HSEEP overviewOfficial HSEEP resources
EXERCISE / SIMULATION — NOT A REAL INCIDENT. HazardNow checked-in scenario v1; HSEEP-informed and intentionally simplified. Follow official instructions during a real event.

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