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The Critical Incident Protocol (CIP) – Community Facilitation Program was developed by the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University (MSU) to build public-private partnerships in cities, counties, and regions across the nation for joint critical incident management utilizing an all hazards approach.  The goal of the program is to promote and enhance security and safety, by bringing together members of the private sector (businesses and non-profit organizations) and the public sector (government and regulatory services).  Throughout the program, each sector exchanges information regarding the effectiveness of risk and threat assessment, levels of preparedness and response, and maximizes the sharing of available resources when responding to man-made or natural disasters, including terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Critical Incident Protocol: A Public and Private Partnership
In 2000, MSU developed the publication “Critical Incident Protocol: A Public and Private Partnership” which focuses on;

• Encouraging public and private sectors to form cooperative partnerships to enhance a community’s safety, security, and critical incident/weapons of mass destruction preparedness.
• Creating public and private sector understanding of mutual goals, resources, and commonality.
• Assisting partnerships in developing joint emergency planning and preparedness.
• Serving as a resource to communities on critical incident preparedness, emergency management, and weapons of mass destruction planning.

Critical Incident Protocol (CIP) – Community Facilitation Program
In 2001, MSU took the concepts and goals from the publication and developed the CIP – Community Facilitation program to work with communities around the nation.  We facilitate this multi-faceted program, which involves;

• On-site community sessions (two to four sessions at the community over six to nine months) on;
  • Public/private sector partnership building.
  • Using an all-hazards critical incident approach, including WMD incidents.
  • Identifying risks/threats to the partnership and community.
  • Using a risk assessment process.
  • Developing partnership and community resources.
  • Evaluating the community partnership with a tabletop exercise.
• Also, the community partnership is supported by;
  • Social capital surveying.
  • Program evaluation and development through best practices and lessons learned.
  • Members-only website loaded with the latest, diverse, bulletin-board information, including resources, research, internet links, and related information.
  • Continuous support, dialogue, and collaboration with MSU staff.

This program is funded by the Training and Education Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.