HM Fire Service Inspectorate: Assessing the Effectiveness of Inspection Activity
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The HM Fire Service Inspectorate: Assessing the Effectiveness of Inspection Activity looks back at and assesses the impact, of our report recommendations on the successful continuous improvement of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. It is designed to be both reflective and informative.
Glossary and abbreviations
An explanation of abbreviations and terminology used in this report can be found below.
| AFA | Automatic Fire Alarm |
|---|---|
| AO | Auditing Officer |
| ARAC | Audit and Risk Assurance Committee |
| ARC | Alarm receiving centre |
| biannual | Occurring twice in one year |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government (UK Government) |
| FRS | Fire and Rescue Service |
| FSEO | Fire Safety Enforcement Officer |
| Green Book | Green Book covers the pay and conditions for local authority staff, but can be also used for non-local authority staff |
| HMFSI | Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate |
| LAI | Local area inspection |
| LSO | Local Senior Officer: there is a LSO for each of the 32 local authority areas in Scotland. |
| PDA | Pre-determined attendance |
| PIF | Performance Improvement Forum |
| predecessor organisations | The eight fire and rescue services in Scotland, and the Scottish Fire Services College, that were combined into SFRS. |
| RDS | Retained duty system |
| SCOP | Scottish Regulators' Strategic Code of Practice |
| SDA | Service Delivery Area |
| SDC | Service Delivery Committee |
| SFRS | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service |
| SLT | Strategic Leadership Team of the SFRS; the senior executive officers and Directors. |
| SMART criteria | Criteria which are Specific, Measurable, Action-based, Realistic and Time‑limited. |
| SMT | Strategic Management Team |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| UFAS | Unwanted fire alarm signal: A false alarm incident in non-domestic premises where the SFRS is called as a consequence of a fire alarm operating. |
| 2005 Act | The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 |