November 4,
2006
This
newsletter is for cities, counties, and communities involved in
public-private partnerships for joint emergency preparedness, planning,
and prevention.
Michigan
State University (MSU) 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 / Brown County, WI /
Carroll County, MD / Casa Grande, AZ / Clark County, NV / Douglas
County, KS / Evansville,
IN / Hoover,
AL / Layton, UT / Lewis
& Clark County, MT / Libertyville, IL / Littleton, CO / 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 26 communities and will work with another 23 cities, counties, and communities
over the next couple of years. Of the 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? If so, please let
us know.
Welcome
Brown County (Green Bay), WI – CIP Program
Recently,
MSU initiated the CIP Program in the greater
We appreciate the support
and help of the Brown County Office of Emergency Management, Schneider
National Inc., and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for
co-sponsoring the CIP Program and arranging the logistics, along with
bringing in diverse representation from the public and private sectors
to develop a partnership for joint crisis management.
In addition to the
aforementioned co-sponsors, the following organizations also attended
the workshop: American Food Groups, American Red Cross, American
Transmission, Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Austin Straubel International
Airport, Bay Park Square, Copps Food Center, County Rescue-Eagle III,
DePere Fire Rescue, Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FM Global, Foremost Farms USA, Georgia
Pacific, Green Bay Area of Chamber of Commerce, Green Bay Metropolitan
Sewage District, Green Bay Police, Humana, Oneida Nation Office of
Emergency Management, Packerland Packing, Salvation Army, Target
Corporation, U.S. Transportation Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Wal-Mart Stores, Wisconsin Office of
Justice Assistance, and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
In 2002, the Morris
County Prosecutor, working with MCCC, created a
Initially, MCCC created
ten industry specific sub-committees: Chemicals, Communications,
Culture and Entertainment, Education and Research, Finance and
Professional Services, Food, Health, Real Estate, Transportation, and
Utilities. Over 200 companies subsequently became members of the
subcommittees which meet quarterly. In addition, the Morris
County Office of Emergency Management collaborates with the
subcommittees on response and recovery issues while focusing on
identifying what resources are available to mitigate the impact of
manmade and natural disasters.
IAG is a forum of
communication for the public and private sectors, along with developing
standards, emergency planning, identifying best practices, conducting
vulnerability assessments of cyberspace, and encouraging target
hardening methods. This public-private partnership has further
aligned itself with the state of
The prosecutor’s office,
Office of Emergency Management, and other county agencies regularly
participate in the MCCC Infrastructure Advisory Group.
How
do you Measure your Community’s Preparedness?
Cities,
counties, and regions can benefit from a variety of tools to measure
the level of emergency preparedness for major events. The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security recently released their draft updated Target Capabilities List (TCL).
To meet the challenges of major manmade and natural disasters, the
federal government has developed a list of capabilities or performance
tasks for emergency preparedness. This involves a shared and
coordinated response which includes all levels of government, the
private sector, non-government organizations, and citizens.
Specifically, the TCL describes and sets targets for capabilities of
prevention, protection, response and recovery.
There
are 37 core capabilities with definitions and explanations on how to
address each of them, including performance tasks, required resources,
and assigned responsibility to maintain the core capability.
These core capabilities assume that local jurisdictions have an
operational level of capabilities although communities should review
the TCL to ensure coordination and compatibility.
To
review the Target Capabilities List you may access the document on our
website by following the directions listed below in the “Recent
Postings to the CIP Information Website”.
National
Blueprint for Secure Communities
The
National Council of Readiness and Preparedness (NCORP) is a non-profit
organization formed after September 11, 2001, by former Virginia
Governor James S. Gilmore, who served five years as the Chairman of the
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism
Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (known as the Gilmore
Commission). NCORP establishes community-level programs and
public-private partnerships that strengthen homeland security in the
nation. You may view their website at: www.ncorp.org.
NCORP,
along with the Kennedy School of Government solicits input for their
National Blueprint for Secure Communities program. They hope to
glean best preparedness and response practices from professionals,
practitioners, citizens, community leaders, and experts who will submit
their ideas and experiences into the website at www.nationalblueprint.org.
NCORP will eventually share with communities the results.
Safety
Training and Resources (STAR) Program
Planning
and preparation are the building blocks for agencies, businesses,
organizations, and communities which respond to critical incidents and
ensure that recovery processes are in place. The Safety Training
and Resources (STAR) initiative is a training and database program
designed to provide emergency responders with crucial private and
public sector resource information. STAR was developed by the
Community Safety Institute, in partnership with the National Sheriffs’
Association through a grant awarded by the Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) organization.
The
centerpiece of the STAR initiative is a toolkit, which contains
assessment and educational components to assist in preparing for
manmade and natural disasters. The CD-Rom has database templates,
and an internet website that can be tailored to individual communities
to upload resource information. This will allow communities to
have a centralized database which contains public and private sector
resource information.
For
more on STAR, please contact Fred Wilson, Director of Training,
National Sheriffs’ Association at 800-424-7827 or email of fwilson@sheriffs.org.
Recent
Postings to CIP Information Exchange Website
To enter
the "CIP Information Exchange" website, please go to https://angel.msu.edu and enter 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 a variety of
postings, including the following:
“Target
Capabilities List – September 2006”
“Major
Corporations Want in on National Disaster Planning”
“Pandemic
Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Guide
for
Critical Infrastructure”
“Food and
Agricultural Emergency Responder Toolkit”
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 wish to be on this list,
please reply to this email.
Disclaimer
The views
expressed here are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security or Michigan State University.
Brit Weber
School of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
1407 S. Harrison Rd., 335 Nisbet
East Lansing, MI 48823
Work: (517) 355-2227
Cell: (517) 206-1640
Visit our website at www.cip.msu.edu