Sentence examples for tabletop drills from inspiring English sources

Commanders have also been running "tabletop" drills with representatives of several local agencies.

The local officials, who would bear immense responsibilities as the first responders to an attack anywhere in Nassau or Suffolk before state and federal resources could be brought to bear, are also scrutinizing existing emergency plans tested only in so-called tabletop drills with no deployment of personnel.

He said planning and tabletop drills involving those governments and state and federal agencies simulating response to chemical and biological attacks had been "going on for a long period" and described them as vitally important for preparing for a real event.

A 9-item questionnaire was completed by the 59 EMTs before (for field exercise) and after undergoing the tabletop drills.

For disaster exercises, limitations of field operation drills such as communications, coordination, assignment of responsibilities, and postevent mitigation priorities were noted, and tabletop drills provided additional benefits for these settings.

The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) toward tabletop drills to determine the effect of tabletop simulation on the EMT student perception of disaster preparedness and management.

Tabletop drilling provided better performance for these 2 issues.

The FTA has awarded grants to about 80 transit agencies to conduct tabletop and full-scale drills in an effort to improve emergency response.

The other condition is that Shell, along with the Coast Guard and other agencies, conduct extensive spill response drills — in the open ocean, not "tabletop" exercises — to test the booms, skimmers, support vessels and all the other moving parts necessary to collect whatever oil escapes before a blowout is plugged.

Drill four holes through the base of your tabletop.

Drilling of micro-holes is performed by using a tabletop electrical discharge machine.