Glossary of terms

  • CFA - Combined Fire Authority
  • CFO - Chief Fire Officer 
  • CRMP - Community Risk Management Plan. A statutory document to provide the public with an assessment of the foreseeable fire and rescue related risks and how the service plans to mitigate them 
  • FRS - Fire and rescue service 
  • HMICFRS - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services 
  • NFCC - National Fire Chiefs Council, the professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service 
  • NFRS - Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service 
  • On-call - A duty system where firefighters who live or work near their local fire station and respond to emergency calls using personal pagers 
  • PESTELO - An analysis tool that examines the Political, Environmental, Social, Technological, Economic, Legal & Organisational factors that could impact and organisation 
  • RTC - Road traffic collision 
  • SLT - Senior Leadership Team 
  • Wholetime - A duty system where a fire station is staffed 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year by firefighters working a shift system