Transportation Emergency Response Application (TERA): Migration Options Beyond 2025 (2025)
Chapter: Appendix A: Survey Questions
APPENDIX A
Survey Questions
Emergency Management (EM) Exercises and Training
Q1. Does your agency conduct EM training? Y/N
If Yes
Do you conduct tabletop exercises as part of your agency EM training? Y/N
Do you include counterparts from other modes in your EM training? Y/N
Do you conduct separate emergency operations center training? Y/N
Do you include role-based training as part of your emergency operations center training? Y/N
What applications, tools, or technology do you use for your training? Open-ended response
What scenarios do you use as part of your EM training? Multiple-choice
Weather or natural events (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.)
Security (shooter, bomb, etc.) Complex or rare (e.g., pandemic)
Our agency does not use scenarios Other (please specify)
Are these scenarios useful? Y/N
If No
Why doesn’t your agency conduct EM training? Open-ended response
Q2. What training scenarios might be useful for your agency? Open-ended question
TERA
Description of TERA
TERA is a scenario-based training system compliant with federal standards such as those of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP). TERA provides training and exercise scenarios and materials for ICS command-level and operational roles in the public transportation agency, state DOT, and airport emergency operations centers (EOCs) responding to and mitigating natural or manmade disaster incidents. TERA training and exercises can be customized for specific staffing and geographic characteristics. TERA accommodates individual training, team training, and multiagency training within one
framework and allows a mix of on-site and remote staff to participate collaboratively in tabletop exercises and training in real time.
Q3. Have you used TERA in EM training? Y/N
If Yes
How did you use TERA? Open-ended response
What did you find useful with TERA? Open-ended response
How can TERA be improved? Open-ended response
If No
Why don’t you use TERA in EM training?
I am unfamiliar with TERA
My agency chose not to use TERA
Other please specify)
Demographic information
Q4. What transportation mode do you work for? (check all that apply)
Commercial aviation
Freight rail
General aviation Highway
Passenger rail Pipeline
Transit
Waterways
Other (please specify)
Q5. What agency do you work for? Open-ended response
What is your profession?
Urban planner or engineer
Emergency manager
First responder Educator or researcher
Government employee Other (please specify)
Q6. What is your zip code?
May we contact you for more information? Y/N
If Yes
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