COP26 Climate Change Conference 2021: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service preparedness

Glossary and abbreviations

An explanation of abbreviations and terminology used in this report can be found below.

AFA: Automatic Fire Alarm

BAU: Business as Usual

Blue Zone: The Blue Zone is a UN-managed space which hosts the negotiations, (The Scottish Events Campus)

C3: Command, Control and Co-ordination infrastructure

COP26: Conference of the Parties (26th meeting)

CSE: Community Safety Engagement

EPT: Event Planning Team

ESR: Event Support Room

FBU: Fire Brigades Union

FDO: Flexible Duty Officer

FSE: Fire Safety Enforcement

Green Zone: The Green Zone is a space managed by the UK Government, (The Glasgow Science Centre)

HMFSI: Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate

HMICS: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland

ISR: Incident Support Room

JESIP: Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme

LCMS: Learning and Content Management System: an online learning resource for firefighters

LFB: London Fire Brigade

LSO: Local Senior Officer: by law the SFRS has to appoint an LSO for each local authority area in Scotland

MACC: Multi-Agency Coordination Centre

MPDP: Maintenance Phase Development Programme

MTA: Marauding Terrorist Attack

NFCC: National Fire Chiefs Council

NILO: National Inter-Agency Liaison Officer

NRAT: National Resilience Assurance Team

OC: Operations Control

OI: Operational Intelligence

SDA: Service Delivery Area

SEC: Scottish Event Campus

SMARTEU: Scottish Multi-Agency Resilience Training and Exercise Unit

SRO: Senior Responsible Officer

TER: Training, Exercising and Readiness

TfOC: Training for Operational Competence

TLO: Tactical Liaison Officer

TNA: Training Needs Analysis

TOM: Target Operating Model

UFAS: Unwanted Fire Alarm Signal

UNFCCC: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UN JOC: United Nations Joint Operations Centre

2005 Act : Fire (Scotland) Act 2005