Glossary of terms
We are conscious that fire and rescue services use a lot of acronyms, and that these can be difficult for people outside the service to work with. Although we have tried to minimise their use, some do inevitably sneak through. To help, we have provided a glossary of terms. If there is a term you find on our website or in the business plan which you don't understand, please let us know
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- AFU - Air Filter Unit
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- CAA - Comprehensive Area Assessment - a new tool which focuses on areas and the impact partners have on delivering outcomes for the public. It replaces CPA.
- CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear
- CCS - Civil Contingencies Secretariat
- CFO - Chief Fire Officer
- CLG - Communities and Local Government - the government department responsible for fire and civil resilience.
- CPA - Comprehensive Performance Assessment - an assessment of a organisation against key themes including corporate capacity, achievements and how it manages its business. it is being replaced by CAA from 2009.
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- DCLG - Department for Communities and Local Government
- DfT - Department for Transport
- DoT - Direction of travel - an assessment of how will an authority is improving, made on an annual basis by the Audit Commission
- DRFRC - Deputy Regional Fire Resilience Coordinator
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- ECS - Enhanced Command Support
- EMRC - Equipment Maintenance and Repair Centre
- EPD - Electronic Personal Dosimeter
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- FRA - fire and rescue authority: the political body that oversees the work of a fire and rescue service
- FRS - fire and rescue service: the body which delivers fire and rescue services to the public, on behalf of a FRA.
- FRSNCC - Fire and Rescue Service National Co-coordinating Centre
- FSC - Fire Service Circular
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- GNN - Government News Network
- GTS - Gas Tight Suits
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- HAT - Health Advisory Team
- HGV - Heavy Goods Vehicle
- HR - Human Resources
- HVP - High Volume Pump
- HVPUG - High Volume Pump User Group
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- IESE – Improvement & Efficiency South East Improvement & Efficiency South East (IESE) was formed by bringing together the county-based improvement partnerships with the regional partnerships operated by the South East Centre of Excellence under one umbrella organisation.
- IOSH - Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- IP - Improvement Partnership
- IRU - Incident Response Unit
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- LFEPA - London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
- LGA- Local Government Association - an umbrella organisation representing local government issues to government and ministers. More info can be found at www.lga.gov.uk
- LTCM - Long Term Capability Management
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- MD - Mass Decontamination
- MDD - Mass Decontamination Disrobe unit
- Member - a politician elected to a local authority who is nominated to serve on a fire and rescue authority
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- National framework - a document issued by the government on a 2 to 3 yearly cycle which sets priorities for FRAs
- NEBOSH - National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
- New Dimensions - a generic term used to refer a programme of preparation and planning to deal with the aftermath of major incidents such as building collapses and search and rescue
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- PRPS - Powered Respirator Protective Suits
- PUWER - Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
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- RMB - Regional Management Board
- RTC - Road traffic collision
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- SEFIP - South East Fire Improvement Partnership
- STAC - Science and Technical Advice Cell
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- T&C - Terms and Conditions
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- UoR - Use of Resources - an assessment of how will an authority is improving is use of resources and how it gives value for money, made on an annual basis by the Audit Commission
- USAR - Urban Search and Rescue
- USARUG - Urban Search and Rescue User Group
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