| Term |
Meaning |
|
143 (WM) Bde |
143 (West Midlands) Brigade (Military region) |
|
ACC |
Assistant Chief Constable |
| ACCO |
Assistant Civil Contingencies Officer |
|
BCM |
Business Continuity Management |
| BCP |
Business Continuity Plan |
| BTP |
British Transport Police |
|
C2 |
Command and Control |
|
Category 1 / Cat 1 responder |
A person or body listed in the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), which is likely to be at the core of the response to most emergencies:
- Police
- Fire and Rescue
- Ambulance
- Local Authorities
- British Transport Police
- NHS Foundation Trust
- PCT
- Local Health Board
- HPA
- Environment Agency
- Secretary of State
|
|
Category 2 / Cat 2 responder |
A person or body listed in the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) who are cooperating responders and less likely to be involved in the heart of multi-agency planning work, but will be heavily involved in preparing for incidents affecting their sectors:
- Utilities companies
- Port authorities
- Transport companies
- HSE
- Any other organisation who may be required to respond
|
| CBRN |
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear |
| CBRNe |
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, explosive |
|
CCA |
Civil Contingencies Act |
| CCS |
Civil Contingencies Secretariat |
| CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
| CCO |
Civil Contingencies Officer |
|
CCU |
Staffordshire Civil Contingencies Unit |
|
CFO |
Chief Fire Officer |
| CLI |
Critical Local Infrastructure |
|
CMT |
Corporate Management Team |
|
Critical National Infrastructure |
Within national infrastructure there are critical elements where the loss or compromise of which would have a major detrimental impact on the availability or integrity of essential services, leading to severe economic or social consequences or to loss of life. These critical elements of infrastructure comprise the nation's critical national infrastructure (CPNI [online] 2008). |
| CO |
Cabinet Office |
|
COBR |
Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
Dedicated crisis management facilities which are only activated in the event of a major incident affecting much of the UK. |
| COMAH |
Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 1999 |
|
CRR |
Community Risk Register |
| DA |
Devolved Administration |
|
DCFO |
Deputy Chief Fire Officer |
| DoC |
Director on Call |
| DVI |
Disaster Victim Identification |
|
EA |
Environment Agency |
| ECC |
Emergency Control Room |
| EPC |
Emergency Planning College |
| EPLO |
Emergency Planning Liaison Officer |
| FARS |
Fire & Rescue Service |
| FCO |
Forward Control Officer |
| FCP |
Forward Control Point |
| FLO |
Family Liaison Officer |
|
Fluvial |
Flooding from rivers |
| FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
| GDS |
Government Decontamination Service |
|
GIS |
Geographical Information Systems |
|
GOWM |
Government Office West Midlands |
|
H&S |
Health and Safety |
|
HA |
Highways Agency |
|
HAC |
Humanitarian Assistance Centre |
| HITS |
High Integrity Telecommunications System |
|
HPA |
Health Protection Agency |
|
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
|
HVP |
High Volume Pump |
| IEM |
Integrated Emergency Management |
|
IMT |
Incident Management Team (Silver) |
|
JRLO |
Joint Regional Liaison Officer (143 Brigade) Army |
|
LA |
Local Authority |
| LGA |
Local Government Association |
| LGD |
Local Government Department |
|
Local Gold |
Local Gold is the term given for a Strategic level group formulating strategies for dealing with an incident. They will not normally be on the site, but at another location. The Local Authority's Chief Executive (where the incident has occurred) will normally chair this group, unless otherwise agreed with multi-agency partners. |
|
LRF |
Local Resilience Forum |
| MACA |
Military Aid to the Civil Authorities |
| MACC |
Military Aid to the Civil Community |
| MACP |
Military Aid to the Civil Power |
| MAGD |
Military Aid to Government Departments |
| MAMCP |
Multi Agency Mobile Command Post |
| MCA |
Maritime Coastguard Agency |
| MCU |
Mobile Command Unit |
| MI |
Major Incident |
| MISPER |
Missing Person |
| MTPAS |
Mobile Telecommunications Privileged Access Scheme |
| NEMA |
National Emergency Mortuary Arrangements |
|
NFU |
National Farmers Union |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NRE |
National Resilience Extranet |
|
PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
| PDMRO |
Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation |
| PIZ |
Public Information Zone |
|
Pluvial |
Surface water flooding |
| PSR |
Pipelines Safety Regulations |
|
RAF RLO |
Royal Air Force Regional Liaison Officer |
| RAYNET |
Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network |
|
RCCC |
Regional Civil Contingencies Committee |
|
RCG |
Recovery Coordinating Group |
| REPPIR |
Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations 2001 |
| RIMNET |
Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network |
|
RRF |
Regional Resilience Forum |
|
RRT |
Regional Resilience Team |
| RVP |
Rendezvous Point |
| SAR |
Search and Rescue |
|
SCG |
Strategic Coordination Group.
This is the Staffordshire-wide version of Local Gold, and is usually chaired by the lead responder for the incident.
If the incident is on a large scale across areas of the UK a Regional Civil Contingencies Committee (RCCC) may be activated, and COBR may also be activated above the RCCC.
Members of an SCG may include:
- Police
- Fire
- Ambulance
- Environment Agency
- Local Authority
- Health
- Public Health
- CCU
- Transport
- Utilities
- Military
- Media
|
|
SEFP |
Staffordshire Emergency Flood Plan |
|
SFRS |
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| SHA |
Strategic Holding Area |
| SHA |
Strategic Health Authority |
| SitRep |
Situational Report |
|
SRF |
Staffordshire Resilience Forum |
| SSART |
Staffordshire Search & Rescue Team |
| STAC |
Scientific and Tactical Advice Cell |
| TCG |
Tactical Coordinating Group |
| TM |
Temporary Mortuary |
|
TPU |
Tactical Planning Unit (Staffordshire Police) |
| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone) |
| WMAS |
West Midlands Ambulance Service |