Experienced emergency service professionals providing expert management, control and support 
11/01/2025
Tabletop Exercises…. Do you have them for your events?��
Benjamin Franklin once said: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”��
We are now over a week into the new year and it’s the time when the planning ramps up for many of our clients. Hours of work goes into ensuring things are just as needed for the big event delivery periods. However, how many organisers have plans in place but don’t look to test these plans?�
Our tabletop exercises over the past decade have caused many healthy debates and seen some great solutions to the scenarios posed. These have then helped inform revisions to plans and contingencies that were already in place.
No one wants an event to fail and sadly on too many occasions our scenarios have become reality, especially with the great weather challenges that the UK can experience. By having a tabletop exercise our clients have had confidence in their own ability to deal with not only the scenarios tested but also their internal management and communication structures to deal with whatever issue comes up.
Tabletop exercises or ‘readiness testing’ can be conducted in person or online with ease and can be as simple or complex as required. Some opt for a 2 hours on line package for a small group, while others may choose a much longer time window for larger groups in person at a venue of their choice.
As we have already got many of our usual event’s tabletop exercises booked in for 2025, it’s time for us to prompt others to consider whether they wish to have their own tabletop exercise.
