UK resilience abbreviations

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This reference source has been created to collate UK resilience abbreviations into a single location. UK resilience is the equivalent of the EU civil protection and other countries' emergency management programmes.

Abbreviation Meaning Explanation
CCA2004 Civil Contingencies Act 2004 The underpinning legislation of the UK Resilience programme
CCS Civil Contingencies Secretariat Created in July 2001, this is the department of the British Cabinet Office responsible for emergency planning in the UK
CNI Critical National Infrastructure Elements of critical infrastructure which have been identified by Government as being of strategic national importance to essential service delivery
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
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
COP Common Operational Picture A single identical display of relevant (operational) information.
DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change Lead UK Govt. Dept. for Oil, Power Generation, Coal, Gas and Electricity Industry emergencies
DEFRA Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Lead UK Govt. Dept. for flooding and environmental protection
EA Environment Agency Agency within DEFRA with lead responsibility for environmental protection and flooding
EPC Emergency Planning College UK Govt. Centre of Learning for UK Resilience programme.
FRS Fire & Rescue Service Common organisational title used for services delivering first response activities relating to fires, HAZMAT and rescues.
JESIP Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme Established in 2012 to address the recommendations and findings from a number of major incident reports.
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.
LSGE Local Supply Gas Emergency Emergency resulting from a threatened or actual loss of supply in the gas distribution network at local level
MAPP Major Accident Prevention Procedures Document setting accident prevention procedures in place at low level COMAH sites
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.
NCEC National Chemical Emergency Centre NCEC delivers the 24-hour emergency response service for the UK Chemical Industry
NSGE Network Supply Gas Emergency Emergency resulting from a threatened or actual loss of supply in the UK Gas network
SCG Strategic Command Group Multi-agency command group at the strategic level within the hierarchical command structure for emergencies.
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
TRANSEC Transport Security and Contingencies Department for Transport's Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate
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