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Post-storm neighborhood damage assessment

A neighborhood team practices a safe, observation-only size-up, consistent damage records, and a concise internal summary after official warnings have ended.

Scenario version 1 · Canonical guide: https://hazardnow.com/tools/emergency-exercise-builder/post-storm-neighborhood-damage-assessment

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Session length
50–70 minutes
Objectives
3
Private workspace
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Intended audience

NeighborhoodCERT / volunteer team

What the group practices

Conduct a safe size-up

Use simulated observations from safe locations without entering damaged structures, touching debris, or approaching utility hazards.

Document observations consistently

Record location, observable conditions, access limitations, source, and confidence without diagnosing hidden damage.

Build a concise neighborhood summary

Separate immediate life-safety concerns, access problems, and lower-priority observations for internal exercise review.

Suggested roles

Exercise coordinator

Manually releases simulated observations and keeps the exercise separate from real assessment or response.

Safety lead

Screens every simulated observation for boundaries that prevent hazard entry or work beyond participant training.

Assessment recorder

Maintains consistent observation records and prepares the internal exercise summary.

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

  • The facilitator releases every observation manually; participants do not conduct a real neighborhood survey for exercise play.
  • Describe observations only from a safe location; never enter damaged structures, cross barriers, touch debris, approach downed lines, or investigate odors or leaks.
  • Do not call emergency services, utilities, property owners, or outside organizations during the exercise; real urgent hazards stop play and use normal emergency procedures.
  • Confirm that official warnings have ended before any real post-storm activity, and continue following current official instructions.

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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