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Providing Public Health, Environmental, Scientific and Technical Advice to Resilience Partnerships in Scotland

October 2022

Annex B - Acronyms

Annex B - Acronyms

The table below provides a list of acronyms used in this guidance.

AHAC

Airborne Hazard Advisory Cell

APHA

Animal and Plant Health Agency

AWE

Atomic Weapons Establishment

CBRN

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear

CMO

Chief Medical Officer

COBR

Cabinet Office Briefing Room

CPHM

Consultant in Public Health Medicine

CRCE

Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards

CSA

Chief Scientific Adviser

CT

Counter Terrorism

CVO

Chief Veterinary Officer

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DPH

Director of Public Health

Dstl

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

ECOSA

Emergency Coordination of Scientific Advice

FSA

Food Standards Agency

FSS

Food Standards Scotland

HAZMAT

Hazardous Material

HPS

Health Protection Scotland

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

IMT

Incident Management Team

JAM

Joint Agency Modelling

LRP

Local Resilience Partnership

MACC

Multi-Agency Coordination Centre

MCA

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

NCBRNC

National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centre

NEG

National Experts Group

NHS

National Health Service

PCG

Public Communications Group

PHS

Public Health Scotland

RPs

Resilience Partnerships

RRP

Regional Resilience Partnership

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

SAGE

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies

Scottish SPCA

Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

SEG

Standing Environment Group

SEPA

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SGoRR

Scottish Government Resilience Room

SFRS

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

STAC

Scientific and Technical Advice Cell

SWHP

Scottish Waterborne Hazard Plan

SWT

Scottish Wildlife Trust

UKHSA

UK Health Security Agency

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