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09 — Municipal crisis exercise

Test your PCS before a real crisis tests it for you.

An untested PCS or PICS is just a hypothesis. ELISK. designs and runs municipal and inter-municipal crisis exercises, from scenario to after-action review, to make sure the plan actually works on the day it's needed.

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Three formats, one goal: making sure it works

Tabletop, field and communication — the right format for the right goal.

Each exercise targets a specific goal — testing coordination, mobilization or alerting — and is built from the risks actually diagnosed for your territory.

Tabletop format

Tabletop exercise

A discussion-based simulation: the crisis unit is walked through an evolving scenario to test decision-making, coordination and role allocation, without deploying resources in the field.

Field format

Field exercise

A full-scale mobilization of teams and, if the scenario calls for it, the population: testing material resources, real response times and field logistics under near-real conditions.

Communication format

Crisis communication exercise

Testing the alert chain, public information and media handling: the right message, at the right time, through the right channel.

The legal framework

What the Internal Security Code provides.

Beyond drafting them, municipalities must test their PCS and PICS regularly — at least once every 5 years, under Decree No. 2022-1532 of 8 December 2022.

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Expected effects of an exercise
What a crisis exercise typically improves, before / after.
BeforeAfter
Uncertain Mastered Knowledge of the plan Role allocation Mobilization time Alert chain reliability Team confidence
Illustration of the expected effects of an ELISK. exercise — not a measured statistic.
Our support

An exercise built on your real risks, not a generic scenario.

ELISK. designs each exercise from your territory's risk diagnosis, runs the session on the day, then formalizes the lessons learned to help your PCS or PICS evolve.

  • Scenario scoping based on the risks actually diagnosed for the territory
  • Logistics preparation: participants, date, resources involved
  • Running the exercise, tabletop, field or communication
  • Formal after-action review and update recommendations
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How it works

Four steps, from scenario to after-action review.

A structured exercise, built on your real risks and followed by a formal after-action review.

01

Scenario scoping

The scenario is built from the risks actually diagnosed for your territory.

02

Logistics preparation

Participants, date, resources: everything is set before the day itself.

03

Exercise day

The exercise is run by ELISK., whether tabletop, field or crisis communication.

04

After-action review

A formal RETEX report and concrete recommendations to update your PCS or PICS.

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Maximum years between two exercises, under the Internal Security Code.

Realistic

A scenario built on risks actually diagnosed, not a textbook case.

RETEX

A formal after-action review after every exercise, to keep the plan evolving.

In practice

What you leave with.

Four deliverables to turn a legal obligation into a genuinely operational plan.

Sheet 01/04

Tailored scenario

An exercise scenario built from the risks actually diagnosed for your territory.

Sheet 02/04

A run exercise day

A tabletop, field or communication session, run by ELISK. with your teams and, if needed, the public.

Sheet 03/04

After-action review report

A formal RETEX report, in line with Articles D. 731-12 and D. 731-13 of the Internal Security Code.

Sheet 04/04

Update recommendations

Concrete recommendations to update your PCS or PICS in light of the exercise.

See also

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