Emergency managers make critical decisions in uncertain conditions, often with limited resources and rapidly evolving consequences. Effective preparedness requires more than awareness, it requires practice in coordination, resource prioritization, situational awareness, and decision-making under pressure.
CAPTRS provides a practical, engaging way to exercise these skills. Our games create immersive, repeatable experiences that help teams practice real-world decision-making and coordination without the time and cost required to build custom exercises from scratch. Teams gain meaningful discussion, actionable insights, and documented learning outcomes that support preparedness and continuous improvement.
Our Emergency Management Cascading Effects (EMCE) games were designed specifically for emergency managers. Players navigate realistic incidents, manage competing priorities, respond to cascading impacts, and experience the consequences of their decisions. These exercises support capabilities including Operational Coordination, Planning, Situational Assessment, and Mass Care Services.
CAPTRS games are HSEEP-aligned and include a digital insights platform that captures player decisions and exercise data. Teams receive summary reports, discussion points, and analytics that can support debriefs, after-action reviews, improvement planning, and capability development.
Beyond the EMCE series, CAPTRS offers scenarios covering hazards and incidents emergency managers regularly face, including natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, active shooter events, critical infrastructure disruptions, cyberattacks, and large-event security challenges. Custom scenarios can also be developed to meet your organization's specific training objectives.
CAPTRS provides capability crosswalks that map game objectives and learning outcomes to FEMA Core Capabilities, helping organizations demonstrate exercise value and connect training activities to preparedness goals.
Anticipate the storm. Allocate resources. Coordinate.
Multijurisdictional hurricane preparedness, sheltering, evacuation, resource allocation, cascading effects, and HSEEP-aligned exercise value
Collaborate under pressure. Balance response and mitigation.
Winter-storm blackout response, infrastructure failure, cascading community impacts, time pressure, and resource prioritization
Break down silos. Align your response. Lead with clarity.
Cross-agency coordination, activation decisions, command structures, communication flows, and multi-entity response alignment
Master ICS roles quickly.
Fast, approachable practice for Incident Command System role clarity and NIMS familiarity
