Mental Health and Wellbeing Support in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Glossary of Terms

BAU - Business as Usual

Board - The Board of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Covid - The COVID-19 Pandemic

EAP - The Employee Assistance Programme

FFC - The Fire Fighters Charity

FST - The Family Support Trust

FI - Fire Investigation

FSG - Fire Survival Guidance

FDO - Flexi Duty Officer

GIN - General Information Note

H&W - Health and Wellbeing

HMFSI - His Majesty’s Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland

IC - Incident Commander

MHWG - Mental Health and Wellbeing Group

MHFA - Mental Health First Aider

MWC - Mental Wellbeing Champions

MoU - Memorandum of Understanding

MSK - Muscular Skeletal Injury

NFCC - National Fire Chiefs Council

OIC - Officer in Charge

OC - Operations Control

OHCA - Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

PISP - The Post Incident Support Procedure

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

RDS - Retained Duty System

Rivers - The Rivers Centre

SAS - Scottish Ambulance Service

SFRS - The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

SLT - Senior Leadership Team

SDA - Service Delivery Area

SMART - An acronym: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Bound

WC - Watch Commander