What is TOPOFF 4?
Taking place from October 15–24, 2007, the Top Officials 4 Full-Scale Exercise (TOPOFF 4 FSE/T4 FSE) will involve thousands of Federal, State, territorial, and local officials. They will engage in various activities as part of a robust, full-scale simulated response to a multifaceted threat. The exercise will address policy and strategic issues that mobilize prevention and response systems, require participants to make difficult decisions, carry out essential functions, and challenge their ability to maintain a common operating picture during an incident of national significance. As in a real-world response, agencies and organizations will deploy staff into the field and will face realistic incident-specific challenges, including the allocation of limited response resources and exercise actions needed to effectively manage conditions as they emerge. Planning and preparation for the exercise will also help strengthen working relationships between departments and agencies that are critic
Like the previous exercises, TOPOFF 4 involves top officials at every level of government, as well as representatives from the international community and private sector. The exercise will take place from October 15–19. Because it is a “Full-Scale Exercise,” TOPOFF 4 will involve thousands of federal, state, territorial, and local officials. Government agencies at every level will mount a full-scale simulated response to an urgent threat that presents a variety of complex challenges. The exercise will address issues in public policy and strategy, including mobilization of systems that prevent disasters, as well as those that respond to disasters when they occur. The exercise will require participants to make difficult decisions and carry out essential functions. It will challenge their ability to maintain a common, coordinated response to an incident of national significance. Agencies and organizations will deploy staff into the field, just as they would in a real-world situation. They
