GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A&PRC / Audit and Performance Review Committee
AC / Audit Commission
ACAS / Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACFO / Assistant Chief Fire Officer
ADC / Assessment Development Centre
AFA / Automatic Fire Alarms
ALA / Association of Local Authorities
ALARM / Association of Local Authority Risk Managers
ALP / Aerial Ladder Platform
APFO / Association of Principal Fire Officers
AR / Advisory Reports
ARA / Additional Responsibility Allowance
ARM / Absence Review Meetings
ATF / Arson Task Force
BA / Breathing Apparatus
BACS / Bankers Automatic Clearing System
BAECO / Breathing Apparatus Entry Control Officer
BASA / British Automatic Sprinkler Association
BC / Business Continuity
BCM / Business Change Manager
BME / Black and Minority Ethnic
BV / Best Value
BVACOP / Best Value Accounting Code of Practice
BVPI / Best Value Performance Indicator
BVPP / Best Value Performance Plan
CAA / Comprehensive Area Assessment
CAD / Computer Aided Drawing
CBRN / Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
CCBRN / Conventional, Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear
CDC / Corporate and Democratic Core
CDRP / Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership
CEP / Corporate Equality Plan
CEG / Corporate Equality Group
CFA / Combined Fire Authority
CFN / Child Firesetter Network
CFO/CE / Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive
CFOA / Chief Fire Officers’ Association
CFR / Capital Financing Requirement
CFRMIS / Community Fire Risk Management Information System
CFS / Community Fire Safety
CIPD / Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
CIPFA / Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting
CIU / Corporate Information Unit
CLG / Communities and Local Government
CMB / Corporate Management Board
ConOPs / Concept of Operations
COY / City of York
CPA / Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPD / Continuous Professional Development
CPT / Corporate Plan Target
CSPP / Community Safety Policy and Planning
CSR / Comprehensive Spending Review
CSSD / Community Safety and Service Delivery
CSV / Community Safety Vehicle
DART / Delivery Assurance Reporting Tool
DCFO / Deputy Chief Fire Officer
DCMT / Data Collection Management Toolkit
DEC / Display Energy Certificate
DoT / Direction of Travel
DPA / Data Protection
DPI / Directorate Performance Indicators
DR / Disaster Recovery
E & D / Equality and Diversity
EADS / European Air Defence Systems
ECSV / Enhanced Command Support Vehicle
EIA / Equality Impact Assessment
EIR / Environmental Information Regulations
FARA / Fixed Asset Restatement Account
FBU / The Fire Brigades Union
FDS / Flexible Duty System
FF / Fire-fighter
FFWG / Fire Finance Working Group
FM / Facilities Management
FOBFO / Federation of British Fire Organisations
FOI / Freedom of Information
FPS / Firefighters Pension Scheme
FRA / Fire and Rescue Authority
FRS / Financial Reporting Standard
FRS / Fire and Rescue Service
FS / Fire Safety
FS / Fire Service
FSC / Fire Service Circular
GAAP / Generally Accepted Accounting Practice
GAD / Government Actuary Department
GM / Group Manager
GPI / General Performance Indicators
Haz Mat / Hazardous Material
HMI / Her Majesty’s Inspector of Fire Services
HQ / Fire Service Headquarters
HR / Human Resources
HRDP / Human Resources Delivery and Performance
HRPP / Human Resources Policy and Planning
HRU / Heavy Rescue Unit
HSE / Health and Safety Executive
HVP / High Volume Pump
IAS / International Auditing Standard
ICT / Information and Communications Technology
IDDS / Individual Detailed Design Scheme
IdeA / Improvement Development Agency
IHA / Ill Health Absence
IIP / Investors In People
ILM / Institute of Leadership and Management
INRA / Impact Needs Requirement Assessment
IPDS / Integrated Personal Development System
IRMP / Integrated Risk Management Plan
IRS / Incident Recording System
IT / Information Technology
ITIL / Information Technology Infrastructure Library
IT CMDB / Information Technology Configuration Management Database
JCC / Joint Consultative Committee
JSA / Joint Services Agreement
KLOE / Key Lines Of Enquiry
KPI / Key Performance Indicators
LAA / Local Area Agreement
LACC / Local Authority Controlled Company
LGA / Local Government Association
LASOS / Local Area Statistics Online Service
LGIIP / Local Government Improvement and Innovation Partnership
LGPS / Local Government Pension Scheme
LIFE / Local Intervention Fire Education
LIS / Local Information Systems
LSI / Long Service Increment
LSP / Local Strategic Partnership
MDT / Mobile Data Terminal
MIS / Management Information System
MRP / Minimum Revenue Provision
MTFS / Medium Term Financial Strategy
ND Vehicle / New Dimensions Vehicle
NFPS / New Firefighters Pension Scheme 2006
NFRF / National Fire and Rescue Framework
NI / National Indicator
NJC / National Joint Council
NLPG / National Land and Property Gazetteer
NNDR / National Non-Domestic Rate
NOS / National Occupational Standards
NSIR / National Standard of Incident Recording
NYFRA / North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
NYFRS / North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
NYLRF / North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum
NYSP / North Yorkshire Strategic Partnership
OASD / Operational Assessments of Service Delivery
OAT / Operational Assessment Toolkit
ODPM / Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
OH / Occupational Health
OIC / Officer In Charge
ORS / Opinion Research Services
PDI / Personal Development Interview
PFI / Private Finance Initiative
PMB / Programme Management Board
POD / People and Organisational Design (HR national)
PP / Performance Plan
PPE / Personal Protective Equipment
PRF / Personal Record File
PSA / Public Service Agreement
PWLB / Public Works Loan Board
QA / Quality Assurance
R & R / Recruitment and Retention
R2R / Rank to Role
RA / Risk Assessment
RAP / Resolution Advisory Panel
RCC / Regional Control Centre
RCCD / Regional Control Centre Director
RDS / Retained Duty System
RES / Race Equality Scheme
RFU / Retained Firefighters Union
RICS / Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RIEP / Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership
RIPA / Regulations of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RMB / Regional Management Board
RMS / Risk Management Strategy
ROMOL / Risk Outcome Monitoring and Organisational Learning
RoSPA / The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
RRO / Regulatory Reform Order
RTC / Road Traffic Collision
SDP / Service Delivery and Performance
SEE / Station End Equipment
SLA / Service Level Agreement
SM / Station Manager
SMA / Service Medical Advisor
SMART / Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Timely
SMT / Senior Management Team
SOG / Senior Operations Group
SOP / Standard Operating Procedure
SORP / Statement of Recommended Practice
SSAP / Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
SWMP / Site Waste Management Plan
TAG / Technical Appraisal Group
TENYAS / Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service
TL or TTL / Turntable Ladder
TOR / Terms of Reference
TOTUD / Time Off for Trade Union Duties
TUPE / Transfer of Undertakings Protected Employment
USAR / Urban Search and Rescue
VFM / Value For Money
WDS / Wholetime Duty System
WFD / Workforce Development
WoW / Ways of Working
WRU / Water Rescue Unit
WT / Whole Time
YAS / Yorkshire Ambulance Service
YFF / Young Firefighter