The Functional Exercise

What is a Functional Exercise and When Should You Conduct One?

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A functional exercise is one of the most challenging types of exercises to plan, yet it is one of the most impactful types of exercises that an organization can use to assess its readiness for future disasters, disruptions, and crises. Focused on testing and evaluating multiple elements of an organization's disaster response through a simulation, functional exercises offer a unique opportunity to assess the decision-making and resource allocation processes that lead to well-coordinated and well-communicated disaster response and recovery efforts.