Transportation obstacles and facility closures created a variety of essential function performance challenges. Participants were encouraged to operate from a location other than their primary duty station. The exercise objectives were to:

• Test and evaluate the agency’s continuity plan.
• Validate alert notification procedures.
• Validate continuity communications, internally and interagency.
• Validate access to vital records from continuity site.
• Validate ability to perform essential functions from continuity site.
• Test telework policies and procedures.

Fourteen local agencies participated in some form, from full engagement at their alternate site to conducting it in a tabletop form with their leadership.

The exercise After Action Report (AAR) has been released. To obtain a copy of it or for additional information, contact Jeff Sargent at jsargent@oregonfeb.us.