This is a TEST: Community Reception Center (CRC)

At a glance

This toolkit is for the This is a TEST CRC Edition training and exercise simulation tool for community reception centers. Rulebook and playthrough video resources cover how to use this tool in your jurisdiction.

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Overview

This is a TEST CRC Edition (TEST CRC) is a training and exercise simulation tool that helps participants understand specific roles and responsibilities at a community reception center (CRC) during a radiation emergency. The game uses a serious collaborative design to bridge the gap between discussion and operational exercises. It uses narrative-based problems to foster teamwork and discussion of resource management.

Purpose

  • Provide pressures or situations similar to a real emergency
  • Highlight the need to work together to process the population effectively

Objectives

TEST CRC was designed with several learning and exercise objectives:

  • Provide realistic scenarios that introduce difficult choices
  • Highlight the complexity of an emergency response
  • Facilitate discussion of access and functional needs and health equity considerations
  • Create engaging experiences that foster collaboration
  • Facilitate understanding of organizational responsibilities
  • Provide ways to visualize process flow and resource needs for a radiation response
  • Enable players to feel more confident transitioning to operational-based exercises

Who should use TEST CRC?

Emergency preparedness and response professionals who may be involved with setting up and operating a CRC to respond to a radiation emergency.

Player roles include:

  • Communications
  • Emergency management
  • Fire and police
  • Hospitals
  • Public health
  • Radiation control
  • Volunteer coordinators

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NACCHO article - How Austin Prepares

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What's included in this toolkit?

Disclaimer‎

Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, or assume any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information and instructions in this game, including its rulebook. Use of specific trade names and commercial sources does not constitute an endorsement by the authors or by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Images and content may be subject to copyright.

All game components and instructions on how to print.

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This is a TEST CRC Game Content

This is a TEST CRC Edition game components and print formats.

Provides gameplay rules for using TEST CRC.

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TEST CRC Rulebook

Downloadable PDF of game rules and frequently asked questions.

Overview video for how to setup and play TEST CRC.

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Access the This is a TEST main page and other TEST versions by using the links below.

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