Crisis Management

Critical Incident Protocol (CIP): Community Facilitation Program

Update and Test Your Organizational Preparedness through Joint Crisis Management

In partnership with:

Michigan State University Security Executive Council

 

Thursday, March 25, 2010
10:15 am – 3:45 pm
Room 104

Workshop:

Attendees will experience a highly interactive workshop for government, business and nonprofit organizations that focuses on the key issues on how to enhance preparedness through collaboration, communication and cooperation.  The team facilitators will work with workshop attendees on various aspects of crisis management, such as the Incident Command System/Unified Command, the ABC’s of a company’s critical incident management team, leveraging training and exercising through joint collaboration and best practices.  The workshop will include a tabletop exercise where workshop participants will experience both the first responder and private sector responsibilities on responding to and recovering from a critical incident, in addition to the role of the media.  The challenging exercise will delve into the issue of information/intelligence sharing between government and business entities, along with the process of collaboration.  The team facilitators bring years of experience in both the public and private sectors. They are nationally recognized as part of Michigan State University’s public/private partnership for joint crisis management program and are Emeritus and Content Expert Faculty Members of the Security Executive Council.

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is designed for government (police, fire, EMS, health, emergency management, human resources, legal, facility management, information technology, water/wastewater, transportation, public utility, and others) and all business/nonprofit industries (security, business continuity, risk management, disaster recovery, supply chain, facility management, safety, EHS, information technology and others).

This event is also very beneficial for manufacturers, integrators, consultants and service providers who want to be current with customer issues, requirements and opportunities in this area.

Workshop Objectives:

Upon completion of the workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the value and benefits of government and business collaborating on joint planning, training, exercising and responding to critical incidents.
  • Describe a critical incident.
  • Understand the basics of Incident Command System (ICS) and Unified Command (UC) for both the public and private sectors.
  • Describe the basics of a critical incident management team.
  • Describe the value of collaboration by government and business through joint training and exercising.

Value and Benefits of Attendance:

  • Update yourself and your organization on the most current practices and strategies
  • Receive the training already provided to 47 communities in 24 states with 4,200 participants as part of a Department of Homeland Security training initiative.
  • See how to this program has been used to establish community public-private partnerships for joint management of critical incidents.
  • Benefit from the knowledge these  instructors have gained from their successful events on public/private partnerships and related topics at 100 conferences, workshops, seminars, meetings, and other events before close to 4,000 public and private sector stakeholders

Program Facilitators and Instructors:

  • Rad Jones is an Emeritus Faculty Member of the Security Executive Council and an Academic Specialist at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. He joined the School of Criminal Justice, concentrating in security related programs and joint private/public sector cooperative efforts, after retiring from the Ford Motor Company. At Ford, in charge of Global Security & Fire Protection and was responsible for directing worldwide investigations, executive security matters, and the development, implementation and audit of comprehensive asset protection programs. Prior to joining Ford in 1983, Jones retired after a 20-year career with the US Secret Service.
  • Brit Weber is a Content Expert Faculty Member of the Security Executive Council and the Program Director CIP-Community Facilitation Program for the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University.  In this capacity he has been leading a national initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that creates public/private partnerships for joint crisis management at the community and regional levels. He has an extensive background in state law enforcement, private sector security / safety administration and program design and training.

A Security Executive Council – Michigan State University Program:

This program one of many offered through the innovative strategic alliance between Michigan State University and the Security Executive Council. Instructors and Facilitators are highly successful former security executives and well known industry subject matter experts of the Security Executive Council.

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