A plan on paper isn't enough. Ascenttra designs, conducts, and evaluates all seven HSEEP exercise types — from discussion-based tabletops to multi-agency full-scale events — so your people know exactly what to do when it matters.
Every Ascenttra exercise is built from your actual plans, policies, and procedures — not generic scenarios. Our Plans-to-Practice Analysis ensures every evaluation opportunity is captured, every participating organization is engaged, and your After-Action Report (AAR) is defensible from day one.
Dedicated project and deputy project leads. Concept and Objectives meetings. Plans-to-Practice Analysis. Player-Objectives Matrix. Custom exercise branding and scenario development.
Ascenttra News Network (ANN) custom news videos. PRAXIS exercise management system. Real-time player communications. Redundant controller networks. Immersive simulation — no one else does this.
Evaluator Reference Guides. Observations Console. Root-cause analysis. Bulletproof AARs and Improvement Plans (IPs). Corrective Action Tracking System (CATS) included.
Exercise programs are progressive. Ascenttra designs and conducts the full spectrum — so you can build capability at every level, from the first seminar to a multi-agency full-scale event.
Discussion-based exercises
Orients participants to new or updated plans, policies, or procedures in an informal setting. Ideal for introducing changes and building shared awareness across agencies.
Builds specific products — draft plans, policies, or Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshops (IPPWs). Collaborative and outcome-focused.
Key personnel discuss simulated scenarios in an informal setting. Ascenttra's Poll Tool and ANN videos keep players engaged and the discussion focused. No generic PowerPoints.
A simulation using rules, data, and procedures to depict real-life situations. Games enable evaluation of decision-making and — critically — the consequences of those decisions. Scenarios can be replayed and rewound to examine different outcomes in a safe environment.
Operations-based exercises
A coordinated, supervised activity employed to validate a single, specific operation or function. Focused, efficient, and measurable.
Examines and validates coordination, command, and control between multi-agency coordination centers without deploying field resources. Conducted in real time with simulated inputs.
A multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional, multi-discipline exercise involving functional coordination centers and boots-on-the-ground field response operating simultaneously. Ascenttra has designed and conducted some of the largest full-scale exercises in the country, with unmatched realism through ANN video, custom graphics, social media simulation, and PRAXIS exercise management.
Ascenttra has built and maintained its own exercise technology since 2007. These aren't purchased platforms — they're proprietary tools designed specifically for how exercises actually work.
Ascenttra's integrated exercise management platform — covering design, conduct, evaluation, and corrective action tracking. Purpose-built. Nothing else like it.
Realistic simulated news broadcasts, custom-produced for your scenario. Engages public information officers, senior leaders, and elected officials like nothing else can.
ASTRID™ is grounded in your plans and 1,000+ authoritative doctrinal references. Purpose-built for emergency management — not a commercial chatbot repurposed for exercises.
Real-time player directories, redundant controller communications including private push-to-talk, FCC-licensed radio cache, and SMS-based evaluator notifications.
We talk through your requirements, objectives, budget, and timeline. No long procurement process — just a direct conversation with an experienced exercise professional.
We review your actual plans, policies, and procedures to build exercise objectives and evaluation criteria grounded in what your organization has committed to on paper.
Concept and Objectives Meeting, Initial Planning Meeting, Mid-Term Planning Meeting, Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) Meeting, and Final Planning Meeting — all facilitated by your dedicated Ascenttra project team.
Ascenttra manages the full exercise — scenario delivery, player communications, simulation cell, controller network, real-time evaluation, and ANN news broadcasts.
A defensible, root-cause AAR and actionable IP — delivered on your timeline. CATS tracks corrective actions and milestone reminders so improvements actually happen.
Ascenttra's AARs are designed to withstand scrutiny — from grant reviewers to accreditation bodies to your own leadership. Our Observations Console captures evaluator input in real time, so the AAR reflects what actually happened — not what was remembered days later.
I don't think in all of my career have I ever seen the high level of kudos going on as I am seeing now with this exercise.
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