Emergency telecommunications table-top simulation guide

This guide has been designed to assist ITU Member States and stakeholders working on disaster management and disaster risk reduction at a national level, to plan design and conduct table-top simulations that test and refine emergency telecommunication plans and policies and verify whether networks, redundant communications capacity, personnel, and other telecommunication systems are in place. These activities increase preparedness when disasters strike. This guide will help the emergency communications sector of Member States to create a contextualized and country specific simulation. It outlines the key steps and phases of planning, designing, conducting and following up of an emergency simulation exercise.