2025 EHPC HURRICANE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SHARING EXERCISE 

EHPC is hosting the 4th annual Hurricane and Information Sharing Exercise on June 17th 2025. This exercise will be a virtual event open to all North Carolina Emergency Response personnel. Some teams will have the ability to field deploy in their respected regions. The Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) portion will be open to all CONUS partners, specifically FEMA Regions 3 and 4. Local amateur radio groups are also encouraged to participate. Radio communication drills along with information sharing platforms will be exercised to prepare for the 2025 hurricane season. Equipment readiness and PACE planning will be a major component of the exercise. 

The following disciplines are encouraged to participate:

• Public Safety Agencies (Fire, Law, EMS, PSAPs)
• Healthcare facility Emergency Managers (Other healthcare is welcomed to participate)
• Auxiliary Communications 
• Federal partners 

Summary of participation areas:

Online (Virtual option)-

Participants can work in the comfort of their home base and work through a MSEL (Master Scenario Event List) of tasks to complete during the exercise. The participant can work at their own pace and submit required deliverables through the course of the exercise. Exercise facilitators will be available to assist for challenges encountered. 

Specialized assignment (Downrange mobilization / selected teams)-

Teams wishing to deploy downrange to a chosen target or facility will be available. Teams can exercise setting up and testing of COMU related items in an austere environment. If you team or agency is interested in this option, please contact the Exercise Director for planning arrangements. If your agency wishes to deploy to a pre-determined location, please contact the Exercise POC. 

Additional information will be available over the coming months

If you do not have a TERMS account (mainly amateur radio operators)- please sign up using our ReadyOp registration form: https://nc.readyop.com/fs/4ex3/8d01d284

This exercise is open statewide to all emergency services partners and Auxiliary Communication / Amateur Radio personnel affiliated with an agency and familiar with NIMS/ICS. 

This exercise is HSEEP complaint and will count for credit for agencies wishing EMPG credit

The EHPC COMMEX series is an essential step toward increasing and improving communications interoperability throughout North Carolina in preparation for future catastrophic incidents. The success of this exercise was based on the knowledge shared and lessons learned during the exercise and associated discussions.