CIP
Update
April 28, 2006
This newsletter is for cities, counties and communities involved in
public-private partnerships for joint emergency preparedness, planning
and prevention.
Michigan
State University produces the newsletter through the Critical Incident Protocol
(CIP)-Community Facilitation Program under a grant awarded by the
Office of Grants & Training, Preparedness Directorate,
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security. This newsletter provides
ideas, suggestions, best practices and lessons learned to establish
critical incident protocols using public-private partnerships.
Please go to: www.cip.msu.edu for more
information about the program.
Participating Communities
Allentown,
PA / Annapolis, MD / Bethlehem,
PA / Brooklyn,
OH / Carroll County, MD / Casa Grande, AZ / Clark
County, NV / Evansville,
IN / Hoover, AL
/ Lewis & Clark County, MT / Libertyville, IL / Marquette County,
MI / Milwaukee, WI / Monroe County, MI / Northampton County, PA /
Oakland County, MI / Perkiomen Valley, PA / Redmond, WA
/ Racine, WI / Richmond, VA / Rockville, MD / Sandy City, UT
We are
currently working
with 22 communities and will work with another 22 cities, counties or
communities over the next couple of years. Of the 22 available CIP
Programs, we are in contact
with 10 communities. Is there a
location in the nation that you think may be
interested in building a public-private partnership for joint emergency
preparedness?
Lewis
& Clark County, MT Joins the CIP Program
On
April 19th Michigan State University initiated a CIP
Program in Helena, the capital of Montana. The program was
sponsored by Lewis and Clark County, Disaster & Emergency
Management Services, Morrison & Maierle, Inc. and KMTX Radio.
The 70 participants represented the majority of the departments
within the county, in addition to the City of Helena, State of Montana,
and from Qwest, Montana Rail Link, KTVH Television, Helena Public
Schools, Cherry Creek Radio, National Weather Service, Jefferson
County, Helena Area Chamber of Commerce, American Red Cross, Park
County, Morrison-Maierle, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Conco Phillips,
Northwestern Energy, Carroll College, Independent Record, St. Peter’s
Hospital, Amateur Radio Emergency Services, Geodata Services, and
Helena Regional Airport.
By the end
of the workshop the participants identified 11 recommendations they
wanted to implement. They are: To…….. continue meeting on a
regular basis, have the group align itself with the Local Emergency
Planning Committee (LEPC), have co-chairs representing public and
private sectors, survey businesses for emergency preparedness plans,
exercising and training, to meet at different businesses around the
county, create a steering committee, along with sub-committees for
tasks, offer business continuity seminars through the American Red
Cross, create a centralized database of resources from across the
county, have the county share their disaster plans with the business
community, and recruit from specific business sectors. As you can
see, the group came up with some solid recommendations to review and
implement in the future.
Please welcome Lewis & Clark County, MT!
Why Partnership is Important to the Public Sector
When working with public officials around the nation, we continually
discuss the impact of the business sector in their communities.
Those discussions focus on different values on the importance of
the business community to the public sector, such as:
1.
Loss of
business can impact the community in numerous, multi-facetted ways.
2.
Creates
understanding of the private sector risks, needs, resources, and
expertise.
3.
Establishes
communication and decision-making prior to an event, disaster,
or critical incident.
4.
Leads to
joint strategic planning on community issues.
5.
Enhancing
business preparedness creates a stronger, well-prepared robust
community.
6.
Leads to
other potential coalitions i.e., economic, health, education, social,
etc.
Furthermore,
the private sector is responsible for public safety relating to their
facilities/grounds, reducing risks, responding to critical incidents,
mitigating the impact of hazards, investigations, and business
continuity/recovery. Therefore, they may bring technology, latest
practices, working with a “bottom-line” philosophy, and a strong
commitment to the community.
Risk
Assessment – A Process for Public & Private Sectors
If you would like a six-step process for a risk assessment, please feel
free to work with the CIP model, which is available on the internet on
our website at www.cip.msu.edu. Just go to
the website and click on risk assessment. There are a few forms,
along with instructions on how to conduct a risk assessment, which you
can download.
When using the Risk Assessment Matrix
(RAM), which is our model, the steps are:
1.
Identify
functions and processes
2.
Determine
the criticality of the function
3.
Determine
the recovery time
4.
Identify
the threats/risks
5.
Determine
the vulnerability
6.
Select an
action plan
By implementing a risk
assessment, businesses and public agencies are able to identify
critical business functions and determine issues that need to be
addressed. If you would like assistance in doing a risk
assessment, please contact the CIP staff.
Public-Private
Partnerships for Emergency Preparedness & Homeland Security
The School of Criminal
Justice at Michigan State University (MSU)
offers an online course, Public-Private
Partnerships for Emergency Preparedness & Homeland Security
as part of the Homeland Security Certificate Program. This course
explores the dynamics and interdependence between the public and
private sectors for community preparedness and domestic security.
Emphasis is placed on joint emergency planning, risk assessment,
mitigation and recovery and features a unique, online tabletop exercise
for critical incident response. Designed for both undergraduate
or graduate students and professionals from diverse backgrounds, this
course is delivered entirely online via MSU’s ANGEL learning
system.
Previous students include
members from law enforcement such as police and fire, emergency
management, health, as well as federal government agencies, the
military, food safety and defense, agriculture, businesses, hospitals,
media, and other non-governmental organizations. In addition,
traditional or non-traditional students may subsequently apply this
course to a degree-granting program or toward the completion of a
certificate in homeland security.
To learn more about Public-Private Partnerships for Emergency
Preparedness & Homeland Security and MSU’s Homeland
Security Certificate Program, please visit our website at http://homelandsecurity.msu.edu/.
Follow the links for additional information on application procedures,
tuition and fees, etc. This class extends from May 15-August 18,
2006 and is currently open for enrollment.
DHS
Uses Interoperability Technology in the Capital Region
On February 23, 2006, the
Department of Homeland Security, Office of National Region Coordination
facilitated the Winter Fox Interoperability Demonstration (WFID) which
was hosted by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA).
Participants included federal (PFPA), state (Virginia and Maryland),
regional (Port of Baltimore, MD), local (Frederick County, MD), and
private sector (George Washington University) partners. WFID
locations were Federal Office Building II (FOB II), Virginia Department
of Transportation (VDOT) Smart Traffic Center (STC), the South Marine
Terminal, Port of Baltimore, MD, and the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC), Frederick County, MD.
According to a Government Computer News article, “We are
trying to come up with a trust model to be used across federal, state
and local jurisdictions,” said Lemar Jones, director of the Pentagon’s
Force Protection Agency’s anti-terrorism and force protection office.
“We want to verify someone’s identity, whether they are public or
private, and decide whether to grant them access to a building or
reservation.” (Miller, 04/17/06)
This identity
verification/management demonstration validated the capability to use
existing standards and technology (Federal Information Processing
Standards 201 (FIPS 201)) to establish a scalable identity trust model
and interoperability throughout multi-jurisdictions. It further
demonstrated to regional public and private sector senior officials the
ability to electronically manage human resource assets in response to
any human-induced or natural disaster incident.
Additionally, WFID validated the ability to electronically integrate
standardized National Incident Management System (NIMS) and/or National
Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) sector attribute information for
personnel qualifications. WFID also validated the following key
capabilities:
(1)
Electronic validation of
identity cards from six different back-end infrastructures.
(2)
Electronic validation of
PKI certificate-based smart identity card to card bearers.
(3)
Routine electronic
physical access into federal and state facilities.
(4)
Incident area first,
second, and third perimeter control using electronic identity and
attribute validation for tiered incident management.
(5)
In-transit visibility of
COOP/COG human resource assets.
(6)
Federal, state, and local
EOC notification.
This public-private multi-jurisdictional effort by the Office of
National Region Coordination using technology for interoperability was
successful and paved the way for more coalition building exercises and
training opportunities. To learn more about this initiative,
please contact Debbie Sottile at Deborah.sottile@associates.dhs.gov
Midwest
Summit Conference for Public/Private Partnerships
A Midwest Summit titled “Economics of Disaster”, which will enhance
critical incident preparedness through public/private partnerships, is
scheduled for May 3-4, 2006 in LaCrosse, WI. For more on the conference,
please go to:
www.midwestsummit2006.com
Creating successful public-private partnerships is an essential key in
identifying, addressing, and resolving issues concerning preparedness
and continuity in today’s business world. The Midwest Summit will
provide opportunities for innovation and investment in resilience and
economic sustainability for both private businesses and government
infrastructure. This two-day seminar will focus on establishing
formal coordinated agreements, networking, information sharing, crime
prevention, resource sharing, training, legislation, operations,
establishing regional information command centers and coordinating the
flow of information regarding infrastructure in an effort to promote
crisis preparedness and homeland security.
MSU staff from the CIP Program will be presenting at this conference.
Best Practice – CIP Community Mission Statement
Occasionally, the CIP staff is asked by new communities in the CIP
Program if they should have a mission statement, objectives and/or
goals. Our answer is, yes!
We will share with you
what one of the communities has done. Just last week we finished
our last CIP workshop, a tabletop exercise, for Annapolis,
Maryland. The Annapolis Critical Incident Partnership (ACIP)
group formalized their existence by developing a mission statement,
objectives and creed. As an example, here is their mission
statement:
The Mission of the ACIP is to serve as a bridge between private sector
business and local emergency management in order to foster an
understanding of emergency preparedness and continuity planning
practices within the private sector; to support local businesses in
preparing their employees and their families for emergencies; and to
broaden the active involvement of the business community in critical
incident preparedness, thereby helping to build resilience,
self-sufficiency and security into our community.
Recent Postings to CIP
Information Exchange Website
To enter the "CIP Information Exchange" website, please go to
https://angel.msu.edu and enter your user/password
ID (or
use msu.msu@angel in the User/NetID and
"partnership" as the password to log in). Click on CIP, which
launches to the main menu.
Located in the folder "Bulletin Board - Information for all
Communities" are just a few of the following postings:
“First
Responder’s Best Friend: ‘Chemical Companion’ Helps HAZMAT Teams Make
Critical Decisions”
“NGA Center Survey Reveals Challenges, Opportunities for Homeland
Security Directors”
“Red Cross Outlines Changes to Improve Disaster Response”
“TSA & FLETC
Trains Police Officers to Spot Terrorists”
There are numerous other resources located on the website. To
locate a specific topic, use the "search" function, which can be found
on the main menu page on the right-hand side in the green task bar.
Starting a CIP Program
Feel free to make a referral to the MSU staff about possibly starting a
CIP Program elsewhere in the United States. We can use your
assistance!
Past Newsletters
If you are interested in viewing past CIP Update
newsletters, please go to www.cip.msu.edu and select
“Newsletters” from the main menu.
Closing
If you have any topics and/or ideas for a future
CIP Update
newsletter, please contact Brit Weber at weberbr@msu.edu or (517) 355-2227 or other MSU staff
members. About every three weeks you will receive this
newsletter via email. If you no longer want to be on this list,
please reply to this email.
Sources
Miller, J. (April 17, 2006). Cross-Agency
Exercise Proves HSPD-12 Model.
Brit Weber
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
1407 S. Harrison Rd., 335
Nisbet Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48823
Work:
(517) 355-2227 Cell: (517) 206-1640
Visit our website at http://www.cip.msu.edu