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Incident Management Plan for Non-Routine Incidents

Incident Management Plan: Glossary

Glossary for the Incident Management Plan for Non-Routine Incidents.

  • AAC: Administrative Assistance and Co-operation platform 
  • APHA: Animal Health and Plant Health Agency 
  • BAU: Business as Usual
  • BEIS: Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • CAL: Central Actions Log 
  • CCGNI: Civil Contingencies Group Northern Ireland 
  • CCS: Civil Contingencies Secretariat
  • 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
  • CONOPs: Central Government Concept of Operations 
  • 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: 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 
  • HO: Home Office
  • ICA: Incident Classification Assessment 
  • IMP: Incident Management Plan
  • INFOSAN: International Food Safety Authorities Network 
  • IMCG: Incident Management & Co-ordination Group
  • IRSG: Incident Review Sub-Group 
  • ISR: Incident Situation Report
  • IRU: Incident and Resilience Unit
  • LA: Local Authority
  • LGD: Lead Government Department
  • 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
  • PHE: Public Health England
  • 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
  • VC: Video Conference
  • 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: operational guidance – with separate guidance for: 

Public health authorities in UK nations: UKHSA(footnote), Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency (NI), Public Health Scotland.