Incident Management Plan: Glossary

AAC: Administrative Assistance and Co-operation platform
The Amber Book: Previously known as CONOPs – UK Central Government Concept of Operations
APHA: Animal Health and Plant Health Agency
BAU: Business as Usual
BEIS: Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
CCGNI: Civil Contingencies Group Northern Ireland
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CEFAS: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
CMG: Crisis Management Group
CPD: Consumer Protection Division
COBR: Cabinet Office Briefing Room
COBR Unit: Cabinet Office Briefing Room Unit
CRIP: Common Recognised Information Picture
DAERA: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
DAFM: Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine
DCLG: Department of Communities and Local Government
Defra: Department for Environment and Rural Affairs
DHSC: Department of Health and Social Care
DLUHC: Department for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities
EA: Environment Agency
ECCW: Emergency Co-ordination Centre Wales
EPRRB: FSA’s Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Board
FAFA: Food Alert for Action
FBO: Food Business Operator
FCO: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FSA: Food Standards Agency
FSAI: Food Safety Authority of Ireland
FSANI: Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland
FSAW: Food Standards Agency Wales
FSS: Food Standards Scotland
HMG: His Majesty’s Government
HO: Home Office
ICA: Incident Classification Assessment
IMP: Incident Management Plan
INFOSAN: International Food Safety Authorities Network
IMCG: Incident Management and Co-ordination Group
IRSG: Incident Review Sub-Group
ISR: Incident Situation Report
IRU: Incident and Resilience Unit
LA: Local Authority
LGD: Lead Government Department
LIMR: Lessons Identified Management Register
Teams: Microsoft Teams
NCA: National Crime Agency
NCC: News Co-ordination Centre
NFCU: National Food Crime Unit
NGOs: Non-Government Organisations
NSC: National Security Council
OGDs: Other Government Departments
PA: Primary Authority
PHW: Public Health Wales
PHA: Public Health Authority
RAU: Risk Assessment Unit
RAM: Receipt and Management System
RCA: Root Cause Analysis
RIMP: Routine Incident Management Plan
RoI: Republic of Ireland
RPA: Rural Payments Agency
SAGE: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
SEPA: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SGoRR: Scottish Government Resilience Room
SID: Strategic Incident Director
SIOG: Strategic Incident Oversight Group
SIT REP: Situational Report
SOP: Standard Operating Procedures
STAC: Scientific and Technical Advisory Cells
UKHSA: United Kingdom Health Security Agency
WHO: World Health Organisation
WRF: Welsh Government Resilience Forum

Outbreak: “an incident in which two or more people experiencing a similar illness are linked in time or place; a greater than expected rate of infection compared with the usual background rate for the place and time where the outbreak has occurred; a single case for certain rare diseases such as diphtheria, botulism, rabies, viral haemorrhagic fever or polio.”

Public Health England Communicable disease outbreak management – with separate guidance for:

• England
• UKHSA
• Wales
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland - guidance on the management of outbreaks of foodborne illness in Scotland

Public health authorities in UK nations: UKHSA ^{(footnote 1)}, Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency (NI), Public Health Scotland. For UK-wide outbreaks United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) usually takes the lead, working closely with health departments in other UK Nations, unless mutually agreed otherwise.