CIP Update

July 3, 2009

This newsletter is for public agencies, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders involved or interested in public-private partnerships for joint emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.

 

Michigan State University (MSU) produces the newsletter through the Critical Incident Protocol (CIP)-Community Facilitation Program under a grant awarded by the Training & Exercise Integration/Training Operations, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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.

 

Michigan State University through the CIP Program will “enhance cities, counties, and region’s capabilities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from man-made and natural disasters through public and private sector collaboration, communication, and cooperation.”  MSU facilitates public-private partnerships and the CIP Program is free of charge to participating communities.

 

Please visit our website at www.cip.msu.edu for more information about the program.

 

Participating Communities in the CIP Program
The CIP Program has been initiated in 46 communities in 24 states with over 4,100 participants establishing community public-private partnerships for joint management of critical incidents. We are looking to work with other cities, counties and regions. Is there a location in the nation that you think may be interested in developing a public-private partnership? If so, please let us know.

 

Currently, we are working with the following communities:
Alabama:  Hoover
Arizona:  Casa Grande
California:  Mountain View
Colorado:  Littleton
Connecticut:  Norwalk

Florida:  Western Panhandle
Illinois:  Lake-Cook Regional, Libertyville, Naperville
Indiana:  Evansville
Kansas:  Douglas County
Maryland:  Annapolis, Carroll County, Rockville
Michigan:  Detroit, Marquette County, Monroe, Oakland County
Missouri/Illinois:  Gateway Citizen Corps Coalition, St. Louis
Montana:  Lewis & Clark County
Nevada:  Clark County, Northern Nevada
North Carolina:  Buncombe County, Greensboro
Ohio:  Brooklyn
Pennsylvania:  Allentown, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Perkiomen Valley

South Carolina:  Columbia, Horry County
Texas:  Dallas
Utah:  Layton, Sandy City
Virginia:  Arlington County, Richmond
Washington:  Redmond

West Virginia:  Beckley/Raleigh County
Wisconsin:  Brown County, Dane County, Eau Claire County, Milwaukee, Outagamie County, Racine County, Superior, Winnebago County


Status of CIP Program

On March 17, 2009, we notified the readers of the CIP Update newsletter and other stakeholders that the CIP Program will not receive continuation funding; therefore, the program and staff will be terminated late Fall 2009.  In the meantime, we will continue to provide program services and if anything changes, we will notify you.

 

We encourage you who have participated in the CIP Program or are familiar with it to contact your legislators indicating your support in continuing funding for the program.  Thank you.

 

CIP Program Calendar

July 29, 2009 – Pensacola, FL (Facilitating Tabletop Exercise)

August 18, 2009 – Dearborn, MI (Initiating the CIP Partnership Program)

September 20, 2009 – Anaheim, CA (Facilitating Tabletop Exercise for ASIS Conference)

 

Survey Results of Government-Business Joint Preparedness

In the news are survey results from government, white papers, academic research, and private associations on our national, state, regional, and local preparedness.  However, these surveys are often narrow in scope.  For example, we see survey results on the business community’s preparedness or a city’s first responder’s preparedness capability.  Plus, there are many survey reports on citizen preparedness.  However, what we do not see is the preparedness capability of government and business in working together as a single unit.

 

Though the CIP Program, MSU uses social capital surveying with each participating community.  The survey, which features a pre-test/post-test design, records the perceptions of government officials, business executives, and non-profit organizational leadership.  There are two broad areas the survey is intended to measure.  This includes the perceptions of government and the private entities in their trust, understanding, contact, empathy, and cooperation of members of the other sector.  In addition, it also measures how government and the private sector share information and technology, conduct joint training exercises, plan for joint response, and the sharing of resources.  These two objectives, along with additional information which is captured in the survey, outline the level of preparedness of government agencies and the private sector as a single output.

 

For example, 94% of public and private sector leaders indicate it is important to work together in developing joint critical incident response plans. Additionally, the results of the social capital survey analysis indicate:

 

·        A 26% increase in the participation of public and private sector leaders in joint meetings focusing on reducing the impact of risks.

·        A 25% increase in the development of emergency response plans by public and private sector leaders.

·        A 23% increase in the participation of public and private sector leaders in meetings for emergency preparedness exercising.

·        A 20% increase in the number of public and private sector leaders participating in a joint incident command post.

·        A 18% increase in the adoption of a common incident command system by the public and private sectors.

 

Therefore, it is important that government and the business community work together to better prepare for, respond to, and recover quicker from the impact of critical incidents, man-made and natural disasters and acts of terrorism.

 

Congratulations on IACP Public-Private Cooperation Award for Deerfield, Illinois and LCRCIP

The Deerfield Police Department, located north of Chicago, Illinois is the recipient of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Private Sector Liaison Committee’s 2009 Chief Michael Shanahan Award for Excellence in Public/Private Cooperation.  This prestigious award is given annually to law enforcement agencies that have created a unique public-private collaboration that has advanced joint cooperation in public safety.

 

What makes this award unique is that the Deerfield Police Department used their relationship with the Lake-Cool Regional Critical Incident Partnership (LCRCIP) group as a model.  MSU using the CIP Program initiated this regional partnership group, along with key leaders in the area.

 

Michael D. Gambrill, Chair of the IACP Private Sector Liaison Committee stated in his letter to Chief Sliozis, Deerfield Police Department, “Your efforts have clearly advanced the quality of public safety and serves as an excellent model for other law enforcement agencies to emulate.” (Gambrill, 2009, p. 1, para. 1).

 

Among the 46 participating communities in the CIP Program, this regional group of communities is located north of Chicago along the Lake-Cook County line.  The LCRCIP has become a high-profile partnership group that other communities can mirror.  To learn more, please contact Chief John Sliozis or Commander Rick Weil, Deerfield Police Department at 847 945-8636.  To learn more about the LCRCIP, you may visit their website at http://www.lcrcip.org or contact LCRCIP Chairman Joseph Sparks, Senior Manager, Security at Takeda Pharmaceuticals at jsparks@tpna.com or by telephone at 224 554-6648.

 

The award will be presented during the 116th Annual IACP Conference in Denver, Colorado in October 2009.

 

The CIP staff joins in congratulating the Deerfield Police Department and the membership of the Lake-Cook Regional Critical Incident Partnership group in their effective and resilient partnership.

 

Critical Infrastructure Protection Training  for the Electric Power Industry

George Mason University (GMU), located outside of Washington, D.C. has extensive experience in critical infrastructure protection.  Through their Center for Infrastructure Protection, they offer a number of services nationally on critical infrastructure protection.  One service is a comprehensive newsletter along with a newsletter archive, which are available on their website at no charge.

 

The Center for Infrastructure Protection received a federal grant from FEMA to train in infrastructure protection for the electric power industry and the use of enterprise risk management (ERM) techniques.  ERM includes operational, financial, marketing, and strategic planning components.  One of the major goals in this training will be enhancing the relationship between government and the electric power industry.  GMU will be working closely with the Edison Electric Institute, and in collaboration with the American Public Power Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and other trade associations in the development of the training program and services.

 

To learn more about this training, please contact Dr. Brien Benson, Ph.D., George Mason University at bbenson@gmu.edu or 703 993-3171.

 

GMU will be offering a Master’s degree in Public Policy: Leadership in Critical Infrastructure Protection.  To learn more about GMU’s Center for Infrastructure Protection, please visit http://cip.gmu.edu.

 

FEMA/Citizen Corps National Survey on Personal Preparedness in America

A survey of 2,400 U.S. households by FEMA’s Community Preparedness Division and Citizen Corps was recently administered.  A similar survey of 2,000 respondents was also conducted in New York, Houston, San Francisco, and Indianapolis. The purpose of these surveys was to measure the public’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors relative to emergency preparedness.  Communities can use these results for their own locality or conduct their own survey as well.  Some of the key findings from the surveys are as follows:

 

Nationally:

·        53% of respondents have supplies set aside at home.

·        42% of households have a disaster plan.

·        60% of respondents were unfamiliar about their local evacuation routes.

·        57% of respondents expect to rely on their local first responder community during first 72 hours.

·        37% of respondents think a natural disaster will affect their community.

·        37% of respondents state their primary reason for not preparing is that they believe their emergency responders will help them (FEMA, 2009).

 

In four urban areas:

·        A range of 50% to 65% of respondents have supplies set aside at home.

·        A range of 32% to 52% of households have a disaster plan.

·        A range of 13% to 52% of respondents were unfamiliar about their local evacuation routes.

·        A range of 69% to 72% of respondents expect to rely on their local first responder community during first 72 hours.

·        A range of 30% to 59% of respondents think a natural disaster will affect their community (FEMA, 2009).

 

To read more about these surveys, you can either access the 90-page report in our database or download the report.  The directions to access our CIP Information Exchange database are located in our newsletters.  Or, you can directly access the report from: http://www.citizencorps.gov/pdf/Personal_Preparedness_In_America-Citizen_Corps_National_Survey.pdf.

 

Global Terrorism Database Includes Data on Attacks Across Four Decades

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), which is located in a DHS Center of Excellence, University of Maryland has released a new version of their global terrorism database.

 

This open-source database includes information on terrorist attacks from around the world.  For each incident, the database contains the date and location, weapons used, nature of the target, number of casualties, and when identifiable - the perpetrator(s).  Further, it houses information on over 80,000 attacks, 27,000 bombings, and 12,000 assassinations.  To learn more, please go to: http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data.

 

 

 

Join Former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta in 9/11 National Drill Down Safety Campaign

Honorary Chairman Secretary Mineta is inviting agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations, and citizens to demonstrate their emergency preparedness by participating in the On 9/11, Drill Down for Safety campaign led by the Safe American Foundation.  Also partnering with Safe America as the lead public sector entity is Region V (Chicago) FEMA, in collaboration with other FEMA Regions.

 

On September 11, 2009, you and members of your organization, agency, school, hospital, business, and community can participate in emergency preparedness initiatives by conducting a drill, such as an evacuation or shelter-in-place.  If drill activities do not fit your plan, then implement another event which profiles preparedness and the organization’s commitment. 

 

Many business executives are participating, as they reach out to other executives to join them, which include UPS, Motorola, Office Depot, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Allstate.  The leadership from FEMA, American Red Cross, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), National Association of Emergency Managers (NEMA), National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC), National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO), and the National Association of EMTSs (NAEMT) are also participating.

 

To learn about the Safe American Foundation and this upcoming opportunity to demonstrate emergency preparedness in honor of September 11th, please go to http://www.safeamerica.org. 

 

Recent Postings to the CIP Information Exchange Website
The CIP Information Exchange website is a large database for public and private sector professionals interested in homeland security, emergency preparedness, business continuity, disaster recovery, and emergency management.  It also contains research publications, government documents, news items, and more.

 

To enter the ‘CIP Information Exchange’ database, please go to https://angel.msu.edu and using the drop-down menu, select Angel Guest Account.  Click on ‘proceed’, and on the next webpage, enter “msu.msu” in the Angel Guest User box and “partnership” (both without quotation marks) as the password to log on.  On the next page, click on Critical Incident Protocol (CIP) – Community Facilitation, which launches to the main menu.

 

Located in the folder "Bulletin Board - Information for all Communities" are a variety of recent postings, including:

·        Coping With Physical Disaster

·        Craig Fugate, FEMA Director Testifies on 2010 Budget

·        Personal Preparedness in USA – Citizen Corps National Survey

 

There are numerous other resources located on the website. To locate a specific topic, utilize the "search" function on the left side.  On top left side click on “guide” and when the sidebar box opens, go to the bottom in the box and click on “search” and follow the directions. 

 

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.

 

Sources

Gambrill, Michael D.  (June 15, 2009).  IACP letter to Chief John J. Sliozis, Deerfield Police Department on notification of 2009 Chief Michael Shanahan Award for Excellence in Public/Private Cooperation.

 

FEMA.  (June, 2009).  Summary sheets from the report Personal Preparedness in America: Findings From the Citizen Corps Survey.  Retrieved on June 21, 2009 from http://www.citizencorps.gov/news/press/2009/personal_preparedness_research_jun09.shtm.

 

 

Brit Weber
Program Director
CIP-Community Facilitation Program
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
weberbr@msu.edu
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