S |
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| SAR |
Search and rescue - Operations for locating
and retrieving persons in distress, providing for their immediate
needs and delivering them to a place of safety |
| SAS |
Special Air Service |
| SBS |
Special Boat Service |
| SC |
Sub-committee |
| SCG |
Silver Coordinating Group |
| SCG |
Strategic-Co-coordinating Group A group comprising senior
officers of appropriate organisations, which aims to achieve
effective inter-agency co-ordination at strategic level. This
group should normally be located away from the immediate scene |
| SCOSS |
Standing Committee on Structural Safety Sector Commander
(Bronze) - The officer in command of an operational area and
having the functional responsibility within the controlled
area for fire/rescue purposes |
| SEELLD |
See
ETLLD |
| SEERAD |
Scottish
Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
| SEPA |
Scottish
Environment Protection Agency |
| SF |
Special Forces |
| Silver Fire/ Medic/
Police |
The service incident commander at the scene |
| SIM |
Subscriber Identification Module |
| SIO |
Senior Investigating Officer - Police Senior detective office
appointed by gold to assume responsibility for all aspects
of the police investigation |
| SIPs |
Service Insertion Points |
| SITREP |
Situation Report - A broad description of progress at a certain
time |
| Skyshout |
Public address system mounted on police helicopters |
| SMC |
Senior Military Commander |
| SME |
Small
and Medium sized Enterprises Local businesses |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SO13 |
Metropolitan
Police Anti Terrorist Branch (Specialist Operations 13) |
| SOBC |
Station Officer - The operations station officer at Brigade
control responsible for liaison between Control and the officer
of the day (OOD) |
| SSA |
Senior Scientific Authority |
| SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest Statutory Services -
Those services whose responsibilities are laid down in law:
for example, police, fire and ambulance services, HM Coastguard
and local authorities |
| Strategic level
(gold) |
A strategic level of management establishes a policy and
overall management framework within which tactical managers
will work. It establishes strategic objectives and aims to
ensure long-term resourcing/expertise |
| Survivor Reception
Centre |
Secure area to which uninjured survivors can be taken for
shelter, first aid, interview and documentation |
