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Reading 14: Extracts from Australian emergency manual: Training management, Chapter 9, paragraphs 9.01 and 9.02.

The reading lists several general reasons for conducting an exercise. Thinking about specific areas in your own plan and SOP that you might like to test, what other reasons might you come up with? List the reasons that you have for undertaking these exercises.

Essentially your answer will have highlighted the need to test or validate a part of new or revised plans or SOP. Remember that we have established that it will not generally be possible to test a whole plan or SOP in one exercise. Keep these needs in mind as you work through the rest of this topic.