TOPOFF

Overview
TOPOFF, or Top Officials, is the name of a preparedness exercise designed and coordinated by the US Department of Homeland Security. The exercise is run in a more limited "Command Post" Exercise (CPX) during even years, with the Full-Scale Exercise (FSE) version during odd years.

The excercise is intended to ascertain ways that top federal, state and local officials handle major security-breaching events, according to an article in the Portland Business Journal (PBJ).

One source says the Top Off excercise for 2007 is scheduled for October, while the PBJ article says it was originally scheduled for May.

Reference

 * 2007-05-29 TOPOFF 4: Exercising National Preparedness: October 15-24, 2007
 * 2006-07-19 TOPOFF 3 Exercising National Preparedness: April 4-8, 2005

Articles

 * 2007-10-15 'Dirty bomb' terror drill will test response coordination in Portland by Susan Harding and KATU Web Staff
 * 2007-08-14 Two 2005 Portland Biz Journal articles about Noble Resolve/Top Off: reprint of the PBJ articles linked below
 * 2006-??-?? Department of Homeland Security to Launch Top Off 4 CPX Exercise: news release about the 2006 CPX exercise
 * 2005-03-18 Homeland Security exercise loses steam
 * 2005-03-07 Topoff 4 to take place in Portland, Phoenix
 * 2005-03-04 Portland picked as site for terror exercise
 * 2005-??-?? What can be learned from TOP OFF 3 and Bonfire exercise?
 * 2003-06-10 NTTC's ERT Program Submits Progress Report to Congress includes a brief report on Top Off II