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Multi-Hazard Winter Event Expected Throughout Illinois

A severe multi-hazard winter event is expected to impact the state through the weekend, bringing life-threatening cold to Northern and Central Illinois and heavy snowfall to Southern Illinois. [Read the full press release here] for a detailed breakdown of regional impacts and official safety guidance, and visit [Ready.Illinois.gov] for essential winter preparedness tips and to locate a warming center near you.

Tabletop Toolkits

Tabletop exercises are discussion-based sessions where team members meet in an informal, classroom setting to discuss their roles during an emergency and their responses to a particular emergency situation. The duration of a tabletop exercise depends on the audience, the topic being exercised and the exercise objectives.

Tabletop exercises are used to assess plans, policies and procedures, or to assess types of systems needed to guide the prevention of, response to, or recovery from a defined incident.

The provided Tabletop Toolkits provide all of the materials, information and resources needed to plan and host an effective tabletop exercise.