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FACT SHEET (UPDATED 8/23/10)
National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011)
Private Sector Participation
National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 2011) is scheduled for May 2011. The purpose of the
exercise is to prepare and coordinate a multiple-jurisdictional integrated response to a national
catastrophic event.
NLE 2011 is designated as a Tier I National Level Exercise. Tier I exercises (formerly known as
the Top Officials exercise series or TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the
National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation’s overarching exercise program for
planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating national level exercises. The NEP was
established to provide the U.S. government, at all levels, exercise opportunities to prepare for
catastrophic crises ranging from terrorism to natural disasters.
NLE 2011 is a White House directed Congressionally-mandated exercise that includes the
participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies and
staff; and key operational elements. NLE 2011 will focus on regional catastrophic response and
recovery activities between federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector participants
(For information about private sector participation, please see contact information below) .
EXERCISE FOCUS
NLE 2011 will simulate the catastrophic nature of a major earthquake in the central United
States region of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). The year 2011 is the bicentennial
anniversary of the 1811 New Madrid earthquake, for which the NMSZ is named. NLE 2011 will
be the first NLE to simulate a natural hazard.
NLE 2011 activities will take place at command posts, emergency operation centers and other
locations to include federal facilities in the Washington D.C. area and federal, regional, state,
tribal, local and private sector facilities in the eight member states of the Central United States
Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC). The eight member states of CUSEC encompass four
different FEMA regions: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee (FEMA Region IV);
Illinois and Indiana (FEMA Region V); Arkansas (FEMA Region VI); and Missouri (FEMA
Region VII). NATIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING GROUP
The Department of Homeland Security intends to fully incorporate the guidance and
participation in NLE 2011 from a diverse range of private sector partners throughout the
business, not-for-profit, academic and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) communities
including stakeholders from across the critical infrastructure and key resources community.
Private sector participation is coordinated through national, regional, and state Private Sector
Working Groups. The Private Sector Working Groups represent and coordinate the interests and
activities of the various private sector stakeholders at the national, regional, state, and local
levels in order to ensure improved collaboration during the design, planning and execution of a
national level exercise intended to test preparedness and resiliency.
The National Private Sector Working Group will include subgroups that align with the other
exercise national working groups, and will work to ensure that private sector stakeholders at all
levels of participation are linked in order to facilitate the requisite coordination, communication,
and collaboration.
During the planning phase, working group members will contribute to the development of both
national and private-sector-specific exercise goals, objectives, and scenarios.
Private sector entities also have the opportunity to leverage NLE 2011 to test organizational
emergency preparedness and business continuity plans.
The formation of Private Sector Working Groups that include all aspects of the private sector is a
significant step in the direction of recognizing the importance of collaboration between
government and the private sector during times of national emergency, as well as the planning to
test national preparedness and resiliency.
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
The National Private Sector Working Group is seeking ideas and comments from the private
sector. Possibly the extent of interest is to test business continuity plans and procedures. In any
case, the National Private Sector Working Group encourages involvement and joining the effort
to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in testing private sector preparedness and
resiliency at the national, regional, state and local level.
To participate in the National and/or Regional NLE 2011 Private Sector Working Groups,
please contact Private.SectorNLE@dhs.gov. Please indicate the desired level of
participation i.e. the national or region/state level. Also, please include which states are of
interest to ensure assignment to the appropriate Working Group.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we
work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against,
respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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