Inspection of Operational Assurance in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

AB: Awareness Brief

AM: Active Monitoring

APR: Annual Performance Report

ARA: Analytical Risk Assessments

BA: Breathing Apparatus

Board: The Board of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

C&C: Compare and Contrast Benchmark Review

CC: Crew Commander

CDS: Continuous Duty System

CFS: Community Fire Station

CI: Continuous Improvement

CoE: City of Edinburgh

CoG: City of Glasgow

COP: Control Operating Procedure

CS: Case Study

DACO: Deputy Assistant Chief Officer

DOC: Dundee Operations Control

EOC: Edinburgh Operations Control

ESDA: East Service Delivery Area

FDO: Flexi Duty Officer

FDS: Flexi Duty System

FLU: Frontline Update

FRS: Fire and Rescue Service

FSA: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

GC : Group Commander

GIN: General Information Note

HMFSI: His Majesty’s Fire Service Inspectorate

HMI: His Majesty’s Inspectorate

H&S: Health and Safety

HSE: Health and Safety Executive

IC: Incident Commander

ICL: Incident Command Level Training (Level 1, 2, 3 and 4)

ICPOG: Incident Command Policy and Operational Guidance

ICT: Information and Communication Technology

ICS: Incident Command System

JOC: Johnstone Operations Control

JOL: Joint Operational Learning

KPI: Key Performance Indicator

L1: Incident Level 1

L2: Incident Level 2

L3: Incident Level 3

L4: Incident Level 4

L5: Incident Level 5

LCMS: Learning Content Management System

LO: Learning Organisation

LSO: Local Senior Officer

MDF: Management Development Framework

MHW: Mental Health and Wellbeing

MPDP: Maintenance Phase Development Plan

NFCC: National Fire Chiefs Council

NOG: National Operational Guidance

NOL: National Operational Learning

NOLUG: National Operational Learning User Group

NSAB: National Safety and Assurance Board (Now TSAB)

NSDA: North Service Delivery Area

OA02: Pre-Incident Station Audit Form

OA06: During-Incident Review Form

OA07A: OAO Action Checklist

OA07B: OAO Aide Memoire

OA13: Post-incident Review Form

OA21: Operational Assurance 21 Day Procedure

OA: Operational Assurance

OAD: Operational Assurance Department

OAO: Operational Assurance Officer

OARRS: Operational Assurance Recording and Reporting System

OC: Operations Control

OD: Operational Discretion

OI: Operational Intelligence

OiC: Officer in Charge

OL: Operational Learning

OLG: Organisational Learning Group

Ops: Operations Directorate

ORL: Organisational Learning

PC: People Committee

PDR: Personal Development recording

PISP: Post-incident Support Process

PMF: Performance Management Framework

PO: Principal Officer

PPE: Personal Protective Equipment

QFSM: Queen’s Fire Service Medal

RDS: Retained Duty System

SAC: Safety and Assurance Coordinator

SAIG: Safety and Assurance Improvement Group

SALO: Safety and Assurance Liaison Officer

SASG: Safety & Assurance Subgroup

SC: Station Commander

SD: Service Delivery

SDA: Service Delivery Area

SDC: Service Delivery Committee

SFRS: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

SLT: Strategic Leadership Team

SMARTEU: Scottish Multi-Agency Resilience Training and Exercising Unit

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

SPoC: Single Point of Contact

TFoC: Training for Competence

TSA: Training Safety and Assurance Directorate

TSAB: Training Safety and Assurance Board (historically referred to as NSAB)

TacAd: Tactical Advisor

UI: Urgent Instruction

UIG: User Intelligence Group

UK: United Kingdom

UKFRS: United Kingdom Fire and Rescue Services

VC: Video Conference

VDS: Volunteer Duty System

WC: Watch Commander

WSDA: West Service Delivery Area

WT: Wholetime Duty System