M |
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| MACA |
Military Aid to Civil Authorities |
| MACC |
Military Aid to the Civil Community |
| MACP |
Military Aid to Civil Power - Military assistance to police
etc |
| MAGD |
Military Aid to Other Government Departments |
| Major Incident
Control Room |
Established in protracted emergencies to co-ordinate the
overall response, deal with ongoing resource and logistical
requirements and provide facilities for senior command functions.
Often referred to as Gold Control |
| MARPLE |
Multi-Agency Rendezvous Points for London Emergencies |
| Maritime Rescue
Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) |
HM Coastguard regional centre responsible for promoting the
efficient organization of search and rescue services and for
co-coordinating the conduct of search and rescue operations
within a search and rescue region |
| Maritime Rescue
Sub Centre (MRSC) |
HM Coastguard unit subordinate to a rescue co-ordination
centre and established to complement the latter |
| Marshalling Area |
Area to which resources and personnel from all services can
be directed to stand by. Fire Brigade relief's may be directed
there to be briefed before final deployment by silver fire |
| Marshalling Officer |
Service representative at marshalling area |
| MCA |
Maritime
and Coastguard Agency - Part of Department for Transport |
| MCV |
Mobile Communications Vehicle |
| MDAT |
Major Disaster Advisory Team |
| Media Centre |
Central contact point for media enquiries, providing communications
and conference facilities and staffed by press officers from
all organisations |
| Media Liaison Officer |
Representative who has responsibility for liaising with the
media on behalf of his/her organization |
| Media Liaison Point |
An area adjacent to the scene, which is designated for the
reception and accreditation of media personnel for the briefing
on arrangements for reporting, filming and photographing, staffed
by media liaison officers for appropriate services |
| MEF |
Media
Emergency Forum |
| MDAT |
Major Disaster Advisory Team - A police service team available
at short notice to give advice on certain aspects of major
incident management |
| MHEG |
Multimedia Hypermedia Experts Group - MHEG5 profile specified
as UK DTT API for interactive service elements |
| MI |
Major Incident |
| MICAF |
Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum |
| MICC |
BTP Control Room |
| MIO |
Medical Incident Officer - Medical officer with overall responsibility
(in close liaison with the ambulance incident officer) for
the management of medical resources at the scene of a major
incident. He/she should not be a member of a mobile medical
team |
| MIU |
Minor Injury Unit |
| MMS |
Mobile Multimedia Services - eg photo based messaging |
| MOD |
Ministry
of Defence |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPS |
Metropolitan
Police Service |
| MPSOR / GT |
Metropolitan Police Special Operations Room Often referred
to by its call sign 'GT' |
| MRF |
Materials Recycling Facility |
| Mutual Aid Arrangements |
Cross-boundary arrangements under which emergency services,
local authorities and other organizations request extra staff
and/or equipment for use in a disaster |
| Mux |
Multiplex |
| MWP |
Model Working Plan |
