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| C&C |
Command and Control |
| CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAC |
Central Ambulance Control |
| Cascade System |
System whereby one person or organization calls out the others who in turn initiate further call-outs as necessary. |
| Casualty |
A person directly involved in or affected by the incident (injure, uninjured, deceased or evacuee). |
| Casualty Bureau
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Central contact and information point for all records and data relating to casualties. For further details see Casualty Clearance. |
| Casualty Clearing Officer |
The ambulance officer who, in liaison with the Medical Incident Officer, ensures an efficient patient throughput at the Casualty Clearing Station. |
| Casualty Clearing Station |
An area set up at a major incident by the ambulance service in liaison with the medical incident officer to assess, treat and triage casualties and direct their evacuation. |
| CAT A |
Emergency Call to be responded to within 8 minutes |
| CAT B |
Emergency Call to be responded to within 14 minutes |
| Cats |
City Alert Texting System |
| C&S |
Contractors and Suppliers |
| C&W |
Cable and Wireless |
| CACFOA |
Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association |
| CBD |
Chemical and Biological Defence, Porton Down |
| (CB)IED |
(Chemical or Biological) Improvised Explosive Device |
| CBM |
Confidence Building Measures |
| CBRN |
Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear |
| CC&C |
Command, Control and Communication |
| CCC |
Civil Contingencies Committees: Convened to provide central government oversight of a major emergency. See chapter 8, page 55, of Emergency Response and Recovery, the non-statutory guidance to the Civil Contingencies Act. |
| CCC |
Colour Change Chemistry: Detection method for CWAs |
| CCC(CBRN) |
Sub Committee on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Consequence Management |
| CCCG |
Chief Constable's Co-coordinating Group (Strategic Group) |
| CCC-IR |
Central Command Complex Information room at New Scotland Yard |
| CCC(LR) |
Sub committee on London Resilience |
| CCC(P) |
Civil Contingencies Committee, Policy |
| CCC-SOR |
Special Operations Room at New Scotland Yard |
| CCC(UK) |
Sub-committee on UK resilience |
| CCDC |
Consult in Communicable Disease Control |
| CCF |
Combined Cadet Force |
| CCRF |
Civil Contingencies Reaction Force |
| CCS |
Civil Contingencies Secretariat: Provides the focus for the cross-departmental and cross-agency commitment, co-ordination and co-operation that will enable the UK to deal effectively with disruptive challenges and crisis. |
| CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
| CCV |
Command and Control Vehicle |
| CEGB |
Central Electricity Generating Board |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CEPU |
Central Emergency Planning Unit |
| CHAPS |
Chemical Hazards and Poisons (part of the Health Protection Agency) |
| CHAS |
Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme |
| Chemet |
A scheme administered by the meteorological Office, providing information on weather conditions as they affect an incident involving hazardous chemicals. |
| CHI |
Commission for Health Improvement |
| CIC |
Coalition Information Centre |
| CIMAH |
Control of Industrial major incident |
| CIRS |
Chemical Incident Response Service |
| CM |
Capability Management |
| CMB |
Central Media Brief |
| CMC |
Computer Mediated Communication |
| CMLO |
Consequence Management Liaison Officer |
| CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
| CNN |
Cable News Network |
| CNI |
Critical National Infrastructure |
| CO |
Cabinet Office |
| CO 11 |
Public Order Unit (Metropolitan Police Service) |
| COBR |
Cabinet Office Briefing Room A.K.A. COBRA |
| COI |
Central Office of Information |
| COLP |
City of London Police |
| COMAH |
Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations |
| Command |
The authority for an agency to direct the actions of its own resources (both personnel and equipment). |
| Control |
The authority to direct strategic and tactical operations in order to complete an assigned function and includes the ability to direct the activities of other agencies engaged in the completion of that function. The control of the assigned function also carries with it a responsibility for the health and safety of those involved. |
| Controlled Area |
The area contained by the outer cordon that may be divided in geographical sectors. |
| Co-ordination |
The harmonious integration of the expertise of all the agencies involved with the object of effectively and efficiently bringing the incident to a successful conclusion. |
| Co-ordinating Group |
A group comprising the senior representative at the scene of a major incident from each service or agency present. The group is normally chaired by the police and decides on actions to be taken. |
| Cordon |
The perimeter of an area, for example the rescue zone or a sector. May be physical or improvised. For further details see Scene Management |
| COSHH |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health |
| Crisis Management Team |
Personnel brought together under the Chief Executive to manage and co-ordinate the local authority response team. |
| COY |
Company |
| CSC |
Command Support Centre Suite at Fire Brigade Headquarters that acts as the special command facility for gold fire during a major incident. |
| CsCDC |
Consultants in Communicable Disease Control |
| CSI |
Centralised System Information |
| CSIA |
Central Sponsor for Information Assurance - part of the Cabinet Office |
| CTLR |
Channel Tunnel Rail Link |
| CW |
Chemical Weapons |
| CWA |
Chemical Warfare Agent |
