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
- 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
- COBR Unit
- CONOPs UK 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 FSA’s 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
- HMG His Majesty’s Government
- 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
- MS Teams Microsoft Teams
- 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
- 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
- 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 – with separate guidance for:
- England
- UKHSA
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland - Guidance on the management of outbreaks of foodborne illness in Scotland
Public health authorities in UK nations: UKHSA (footnote 1), Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency (NI), Public Health Scotland. For UK-wide outbreaks United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) usually takes the lead, working closely with health departments in other UK Nations, unless mutually agreed otherwise.