Climate Change: managing the operational impact on fires and other weather-related emergencies
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This report focuses on the SFRS’s operational activity due to climate change and presents the Chief Inspector’s independent view of the current arrangements.
Glossary
| > | greater than |
| ≥ | greater than or equal to |
| BCP | Business Continuity Plan |
| CAR | Community asset register |
| FDO | Flexi Duty Officer |
| FFR | flood first responder |
| flooding | the covering by water, from whatever source, of land which is not usually covered by water |
| FRS | Fire and Rescue Service |
| HMFSI | His Majesty’s Fire Service Inspectorate |
| HVP | high volume pump |
| IRS | Incident recording system |
| LAI | Local Area Inspection |
| LSO | Local Senior Officer |
| NFCC | National Fire Chiefs Council – a professional body that drives collective improvement and development throughout the UK FRSs. |
| OC | Operations Control |
| OI | Operational intelligence |
| PAWS | Partnership approach to water safety |
| PDA | Pre-Determined Attendance |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| SCG | Strategic coordinating group |
| SDA | Service Delivery Area |
| SFRS | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service |
| SG | Scottish Government |
| SNUG | Scottish national users group |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SRT | Swift-water rescue technician |
| wildfire | an uncontrolled fire involving grass, gorse, heather, trees or other vegetation |
| 2005 Act | The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 |