SOP · SAFETY
Crisis Drill Conduct & After-Action
ActiveSafetyRev C
Purpose
To ensure THE RESET personnel rehearse emergency response — containment breach, invasive escape, field-team compromise, and facility evacuation — under realistic conditions, and that every drill produces a documented after-action review with tracked corrective actions. The procedure guarantees that readiness is verified, not assumed, and that lessons from each drill measurably close gaps before a real emergency tests them.
Scope
All THE RESET emergency drills across field and facility operations.
In scope:
- Drill scheduling and scenario design
- Drill conduct under realistic conditions
- Performance observation and timing
- After-action review and corrective-action tracking
Out of scope:
- Live emergency response, which follows the relevant operational SOP
- GOVERNOR alarm handling, which follows SOP GOVERNOR Alarm Triage & Escalation
Definitions
Drill Scenario
A designed emergency situation rehearsed under realistic conditions to test response readiness.
After-Action Review
The structured post-drill analysis of what went well, what failed, and what must change.
Corrective Action
A tracked task arising from a drill, assigned an owner and a due date until closed.
Readiness Gap
A shortfall in response capability surfaced by a drill, requiring corrective action.
Responsibilities
Safety Officer (Owner)
Owns the drill program; designs scenarios and chairs the after-action review.
Drill Participants
Respond as in a real emergency and report observations honestly in the review.
THE RESET Doctrine Board
Approves the drill schedule and reviews unclosed corrective actions.
GOVERNOR
Time-stamps drill events, logs response timings, and tracks corrective actions to closure.
Procedure
Preparation
- Schedule drills on the approved cycle covering each major emergency scenario.
- Design the scenario to test response under realistic conditions without endangering personnel or techniques.
- Brief safety boundaries and the stop-drill signal before commencing.
Conduct
- Run the drill as if the emergency were real; do not coach participants through the response.
- Observe and time the response against the expected standard with GOVERNOR logging events.
- Halt the drill immediately on any genuine safety hazard via the stop-drill signal.
After-Action
- Chair an after-action review capturing what worked, what failed, and every readiness gap.
- Assign each corrective action an owner and a due date.
- Track corrective actions to closure; report any unclosed action to the Doctrine Board.
PPE & Controls
PPE appropriate to the drilled scenarioHigh-visibility marker vest for drill observersStop-drill signaling deviceFirst-aid kit staged for genuine injury during a drill
Records Generated
- Drill schedule and scenario design (retained 3 years)
- Response-timing log
- After-action review report
- Corrective-action tracker with closure status
References
- SOP: Field Cell Deployment & Extraction
- SOP: GOVERNOR Alarm Triage & Escalation
- SOP: Facility Containment-Security Zoning & Entry
- THE RESET Emergency Response Plan
Revision History
| Rev | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2089-06-18 | Initial issue; drill scheduling and after-action review established. |
| B | 2090-07-25 | Added corrective-action tracking with owners and due dates. |
| C | 2091-03-08 | GOVERNOR event timing and corrective-action closure tracking formalized. |