About SimEOC
SimEOC is a virtual Emergency Operations Center (EOC) simulation platform designed for functional exercise training, emergency management research, and academic instruction.
Our Mission
SimEOC exists to make high-quality Emergency Operations Center training accessible, repeatable, and measurable. We believe every EOC team deserves the opportunity to practice before a real emergency — regardless of budget, geography, or scheduling constraints.
Train Before the Emergency
Functional exercises are the highest fidelity type of non-live-deploy training. SimEOC makes them available online, on demand, without the logistics of a physical exercise.
Evidence-Based Improvement
Every exercise generates a complete record — inject responses, resource requests, communication flows — providing the data needed for after-action analysis and continuous improvement.
Accessible to All Communities
From county EOCs to university classrooms, SimEOC is designed to serve organizations of every size and resource level with flexible pricing and intuitive workflows.
Who Uses SimEOC
Built for the Emergency Management Community
SimEOC serves three primary audiences, each with distinct but overlapping needs.
Emergency Operations Centers
EOC agencies can use SimEOC to configure and conduct custom disaster response training exercises in a private, password-authenticated workspace. Exercises can be built from templates or designed from scratch to reflect jurisdiction-specific hazards, response plans, and operational protocols. All user activity is logged, and after-action reports are generated automatically at exercise close.
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Researchers
SimEOC provides researchers with a controlled, repeatable environment for observational studies on EOC communication, decision-making, and coordination during simulated disaster events. The platform's complete exercise log — including all inject deliveries, participant responses, resource requests, and timestamps — supports both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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Educators & Students
Emergency management faculty can use SimEOC as a teaching tool to give students hands-on experience operating in an EOC environment. Students take on real roles — from Trainee to Controller — and experience the communication pressures and coordination challenges of a live exercise, all within a single class session.
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How SimEOC Works
SimEOC replicates the structure of a FEMA Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) functional exercise in a web-based environment.
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Build Your Exercise
Use the Exercise Builder to create a scenario, set objectives, configure your inject sequence, and define participant roles. Start from a template or build from scratch.
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Assign Roles
Invite participants and assign them as Administrators, Exercise Developers, Controllers, Evaluators, or Trainees. Each role has a tailored view and set of capabilities.
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Run the Exercise
The Controller launches the exercise. Injects are delivered on schedule. Trainees respond. The Controller monitors activity and can inject additional messages in real time.
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Review & Improve
At exercise close, SimEOC generates a full after-action report. Review response timelines, evaluator notes, and performance metrics. Export for your improvement plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about SimEOC, functional exercises, and emergency management training.
A Functional Exercise is a type of emergency management exercise that simulates an emergency event in a realistic, time-pressured environment. Participants take on EOC roles and respond to a scripted sequence of injects — simulated messages, resource requests, and decisions — without deploying real resources. FEs are used to test plans, train staff, and identify capability gaps. They are defined and standardized under FEMA's Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
SimEOC simulates the communication, coordination, and decision-making environment of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during a functional exercise. It replicates the inject-response workflow of a physical FE — including role-based participant access, controller management, timed inject delivery, and evaluator observation — in a web-based platform accessible from any device.
SimEOC is designed to align with the HSEEP methodology. It supports functional exercises with defined objectives, scenario-based injects, role-based participation, evaluator observation, and after-action reporting. While SimEOC does not replace official HSEEP documentation, it is a practical tool for conducting HSEEP-compliant FE training.
Any user invited to an organization's SimEOC workspace can participate. Participant roles include Trainee, Evaluator, Controller, Exercise Developer, and Administrator. Each role has a distinct view and set of actions within the exercise. The Professional plan supports up to 100 active users. The Educational plan scales with your class size.
Yes. SimEOC supports exercise cloning, so you can duplicate a completed or template exercise and modify it for a new scenario, jurisdiction, or training cycle. This makes it easy to build a library of exercises tailored to your organization's hazard profile.
At exercise close, SimEOC automatically generates an after-action report that includes a timeline of scheduled injects and recorded responses, evaluator notes, participant activity, and a summary of exercise objectives. Reports can be reviewed and approved in-app, then exported as Word documents or CSV files, or printed to PDF from the browser for inclusion in your organization's improvement plan.
Yes. SimEOC is a web-based application that is responsive and accessible from desktops, tablets, and smartphones. For exercises that require simultaneous participation, desktop or laptop use is recommended for the best experience.
Sign up for a free account to create your organization workspace and explore the platform with a pre-loaded demo exercise. No credit card is required. When you're ready to scale, upgrade to a Starter, Professional, or Educational plan from your account settings.
Yes. SimEOC offers reduced pricing for accredited educational institutions and government emergency management agencies. Contact us through the Contact page or email info@simeoc.com to request academic or government pricing.
FEMA's Emergency Management Institute offers free courses on exercise design and evaluation, including IS-120 (An Introduction to Exercises) and IS-130 (Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning). The HSEEP guidance documents are available on the FEMA website. SimEOC's Resources page also links to key training references.
Ready to run your first exercise?
Apply for the SimEOC open beta. We’ll review your application and send a welcome email once approved.