| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
Explanation
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| CCA2004 |
Civil Contingencies Act 2004 |
The underpinning legislation of the UK Resilience programme
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| CCS |
Civil Contingencies Secretariat |
Created in July 2001, this is the department of the British Cabinet Office responsible for emergency planning in the UK
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| CNI |
Critical National Infrastructure |
Elements of critical infrastructure which have been identified by Government as being of strategic national importance to essential service delivery
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| COBR |
Cabinet Office Briefing Room |
UK Government's dedicated crisis management facilities, which are activated in the event of an emergency requiring support and co-ordination at the national strategic level
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| COMAH |
Control of Major Accident Hazards |
Regulations, current version 2015, that are in place for the emergency planning arrangements in regards to large scale hazardous materials storage and use in the UK
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| COP |
Common Operational Picture |
A single identical display of relevant (operational) information.
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| DECC |
Department of Energy and Climate Change |
Lead UK Govt. Dept. for Oil, Power Generation, Coal, Gas and Electricity Industry emergencies
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| DEFRA |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Lead UK Govt. Dept. for flooding and environmental protection
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| EA |
Environment Agency |
Agency within DEFRA with lead responsibility for environmental protection and flooding
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| EPC |
Emergency Planning College |
UK Govt. Centre of Learning for UK Resilience programme.
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| FRS |
Fire & Rescue Service |
Common organisational title used for services delivering first response activities relating to fires, HAZMAT and rescues.
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| JESIP |
Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme |
Established in 2012 to address the recommendations and findings from a number of major incident reports.
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| LRF |
Local Resilience Forum |
Local resilience forums (LRFs) are multi-agency partnerships made up of representatives from local public services, including the emergency services, local authorities, the NHS, the Environment Agency and others. These agencies are known as Category 1 Responders, as defined by the Civil Contingencies Act.
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| LSGE |
Local Supply Gas Emergency |
Emergency resulting from a threatened or actual loss of supply in the gas distribution network at local level
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| MAPP |
Major Accident Prevention Procedures |
Document setting accident prevention procedures in place at low level COMAH sites
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| MATTE |
Major Accidents to the Environment |
DETR COMAH Regs CDOIF Guidelines setting out different severity and durations of incidents impacting on the environment comprising four MATTE levels.
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| NCEC |
National Chemical Emergency Centre |
NCEC delivers the 24-hour emergency response service for the UK Chemical Industry
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| NSGE |
Network Supply Gas Emergency |
Emergency resulting from a threatened or actual loss of supply in the UK Gas network
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| SCG |
Strategic Command Group |
Multi-agency command group at the strategic level within the hierarchical command structure for emergencies.
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| TCG |
Tactical Co-ordination Group |
A multi-agency group of tactical commanders that meets to determine, co-ordinate and deliver the tactical response to an emergency
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| TRANSEC |
Transport Security and Contingencies |
Department for Transport's Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate
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