AAC

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

AAFA

Australian Assembly of Fire Authorities

AAIB

Air Accidents Investigation Board

ABC

Alarms By Carrier

ABCB

Australian Building Codes Board

ABCM

Association of Building Component Manufacturers

ABE

Association of Building Engineers

ABFT

Association of British Fire Trades

ABHM

Association of Builders Hardware Manufacturers

ABI

Association of British Insurers

ABI

Association of British Investigators

ABNT

Association Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas

ABS

acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

ABS

Anti-lock Braking Systems

ABSAC

Australian Building Standards Appraisal Council

AC

alternating current

ACAS

Advisory Council & Arbitration Service

ACB

Association of Certification Bodies

ACCD.

ammonium cupric chloride dihydrate

ACD

Automatic Call Distribution

ACE

Association of Consulting Engineers

ACFO

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

ACI

American Concrete Institute

ACoP

Approved Code of Practice

ACRE

Association for Consumer Research

ACS

American Chemical Society

ACSTA

Advisory Commission on Standardisation & Technical Approvals

ACTC

Advisory Committee for Testing & Certification

ACV

actual cash value (replacement cost of a fire loss minus depreciation)

AD

Approved Document (of the Building Regulations)

ADAPTIC

nonlinear analysis program

ADDs

actual delivered densities (of ESFR sprinklers)

AND

European agreement on international carriage of dangerous goods by inland waterways

ADO

Assistant Divisional Officer

ADR

European agreement on the international carriage of dangerous goods by road

ADS

aspiratory detection systems

AEA

Atomic Energy Authority

AEE

Atomic Energy Establishment

AENE

Asociacion Espagnola de Normalizacion y Certificacion

AERE

Atomic Energy Research Establishment

AFA

Automatic Fire Alarm

AFAC

Australian Fire Authorities’ Council

AFD

automatic fire detection

AFEG

Australian Fire Engineering Guidelines

AFFF

aqueous film-forming foam (known as A triple F)

AFIS

Association of Fire Insurance Surveyors

AFNOR

French Standards organisation

AFPA

Australian Fire Protection Association

AFPE

Association of Fire Protection Engineers

AFPO

Association of Principal Fire Officers

A-frame

A structure with 2 deeply angled sides that meet at the top like an A

A-frame ladder

ladder used by firefighters to change sprinkler heads etc

AFS

Auxiliary Fire Service

AFSA

American Fire Sprinkler Association

AGAR

American Gas Association Research Division

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

AIBS

Australian Institute of Building Surveyors

AIChE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

AIFS

Assistant Inspector of Fire Services

AIRAH

Australia Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Heating

AIRCO

air co-ordinator

AIRMIC

Association of Insurance & Risk Managers in Industry & Commerce

AISBVC

Asociacion de Investigacion . . . Seguridad Vidas y Bienes Cepreven

AIT

autogenous ignition temperature

AIVC

Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre

ALARM

Association of Local Authority Risk Managers

ALARM

Alternative Life Safety Analysis for Retrofit Cost Minimisation (NIST)

ALARP

As Low As Reasonably Practical (safety management)

ALEM

Association of Loading & Elevating Equipment Manufacturers

ALOFT

A Large Open Fire plume Trajectory model

AMD

Amendment (to British Standard)

AMK

Anti-Misting Kerosene

AMP

Ampere(s) (standard unit for the amount of an electric current at a given point

ANPI/NVBB

Association Nationale pour la Protection contre l’incindie (Belgium)

ANS

American Nuclear Society

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

APB

Arson Prevention Bureau

APEA

Association of Petroleum & Explosive Acts Administration

APFS

Asian Pacific Fire Safety

API

American Petroleum Institute

APP

ammonium polyphosphate

APSAD

Assemblee Pleniere des Societes d’Assurances Dommages

AR-AFFF

Alcohol Resistant Aqueous Film Forming Foam

ARGOS

zone-type fire model at DIFT

AS

Standards Australia

ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASCOS

Analysis of Smoke Control Systems, fire model

ASD

Air-sampling detection systems

ASDMA

Architectural & Specialist Door Manufacturers’ Association

ASET

Available Safe Egress Time, fire model

ASFP

Association for Specialist Fire Protection

ASFPCM

Association of Specialist Fire Protection Contractors & Manufacturers

ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

ASKFRS

computer package for fire engineers from FRS

ASM

American Society for Metals

ASME

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASNT

American Society for Non-Destructive Testing

ASTA

Association of Short-Circuit Testing Authorities

ASTM

American Society for Testing & Materials

ATEX

Atmospheres Explosibles Directive, of the EC

ATM

atmosphere(s)

ATMS

automated teller systems

ATSO

Association of Trading Standards Officers

AU

Automobile series (British Standards)

AVCAT

kerosine fuel for aircraft

AVGAS

aviation spirit

AVLS

Automatic Vehicle Locking Systems

AVTAG

low-octane petrol

AVTUR

aviation kerosine

AWG

American Wire Gage (Gauge)

AWRE

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment now: DERA

BA

breathing apparatus

BAA

British Airports Authority

BACO

Breathing Apparatus Control Officer

BAFE

British Approvals for Fire Equipment

BAM

Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung

BAMA

British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association

BAP

Bickerdike Allen Partners (fire consultants)

BASA

British Automatic Sprinkler Association

BASEC

British Approvals Service for Electric Cables

BASEEFA

British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres

BASF

British Automatic Sprinkler Federation

BBA

British Board of Agreement

BC

Battalion chief

BCA

British Cement Association

BCB

British Consultants Bureau

BCF

bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211)

BCGA

British Compressed Gases Association

BCM

bromochloromethane

BCS

British Calibration Service

BCSA

British Constructional Steelwork Association

BDP

Building Design Partnership

BEAB

British Electrotechnical Approvals Service

BEAMA

Federation of British Electrotechnical & Allied Manufacturers’ Association

BEC

British Electrotechnical Committee

BEC

Building Employers Confederation

BESA

British Electrical Systems Association

BFISS

Birmingham Fire Insurance Surveyors Society

BFPC

British Fire Prevention Committee

BFPSA

British Fire Protection Systems Association

BFRC

British Flame Research Committee

BFRL

Building & Fire Research Laboratory, NIST, USA

BFSA

British Fire Services Association

BHP

brake horsepower

BHP

Broken Hill Proprietry Co. (Melbourne Research Labs.)

BHRA

British Hydraulics Research Association

BIA

British Insurance Association now: ABI

BIAT

British Institute of Architectural Technicians

BIBA

British Insurance Brokers’ Association

BICC

International Building Classification Committee

BICC

British Insulated Cable Company

BIIBA

British Insurers’ International Committee

BIM

British Institute of Management

BISF

British Iron & Steel Federation

BLA

British Lift Association

BLAZES

fire museum in Somerset

BLCBE

boiling liquid collapsed bubble explosion

Bldg.Regs.

Building Regulations

BLEVE(s)

Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion(s)

BMEG

Building Materials Export Group

BMF

British Metals Federation

BMHB

British Materials Handling Board

BMP

Building Materials Producers (Same as NCBMP)

BNCIEA

British National Committee for International Engineering Affairs

BNFL

British Nuclear Fuels Ltd

BOCA

Building Official & Code Administrators, USA

BOT

Board of Trade

BP

British Petroleum

BP

boiling point

BPF

British Plastics Federation

BPMA

British Pump Manufacturers’ Association

BR

Building Regulations

BR (312)

report series from BRE/FRS

BR12

fire zone model at BFRL, NIST

BRAC

Building Regulations Advisory Committee

BRANDFORSK

Swedish performance based safety design

BRANZ

Building Research Association of New Zealand

BRAs

Building Research Advisory Service

BRE

Building Research Establishment

BRESENS

prototype computer-based analogue fire detection system from BRE/FRS

BRI

Building Research Institute (Ministry of Construction, Japan)

BRUFMA

British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers’ Association

BS

British Standard

BSB

Bureau voor Sprinklerbeveiliging

BSC

British Safety Council

BS CECC

British Standard Implementation of a CECC

BSEE

Building Services & Environmental Engineer (journal)

BS EN

British Standard implementation of a European Standard

BSI

British Standards Institution

BS IEC

British Standard implementation of an IEC standard

BS ISO

British Standard implementation of an ISO standard

BS ISO TR

British Standard implementation of an ISO Technical Report

BS ISO/IEC

British Standard implementation of a joint ISO/IEC publication

BSIQA

BSI Quality Assurance

BSRIA

Building Services Research & Information Association

BSS

British Standards Society

BSTI

Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution

BTF

bromotrifluoromethane (freon, Halon 1301)

BTG

British Technology Group was: NRDC

BTM

bromotrifluoromethane (Halon 1301)

BTTG

British Textile Technology Group, Fire Technology Services

Btu

British thermal unit(s)

BUSI

Building Use & Safety Research Unit

BVD/SPI

Brand-Verhutungs-Dienst fur Industrie & Gewerbe

BVQI

Bureau Veritas Quality International

BWF

British Woodworking Federation

C

Centigrade, or celsius

C & CA

Cement & Concrete Association

CA

Consumers’ Association

CAA

Civil Aviation Authority

CACFOA

Chief & Assistant Chief Fire Officers’ Association

CAD

computer aided design

CAFS

compressed air foam systems

CAME

Certification of Air Moving Equipment

CANS

Controller Area Networks

CARES

Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels

CASA

Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association

CASCO

ISO/IEC Committee on Conformity Assessment

CB

Certification Bodies

CBFPEM

Council of British Fire Protection Equipment Manufacturers

CBI

Confederation of British Industry

CBM

bromochloromethane (Halon 1011)

CBT

competence based training

CBT

computer based training

CBUF

combustion behaviour of upholstered furniture

CC

Closed cup

CC

Cubic centimetre

CC14

carbon tetrachloride

C&CA

Cement & Concrete Association

CCA

CENELEC Certification Agreement

CCB

Committee of Certification Bodies of the EICEE

CCD

Charged-couple Device

CCDF

complementary cumulative distribution function

CCFM

computer zone model at BFRL, NIST

CCSIEFP

Combustion of chemical substances & impact on the environment of fire products

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CD

consultative document

CDM Regulations

Construction (Design & Management) Regulation

CD-ROM

Compact Disk -- Read Only Memory

CE mark

European safety approval mark

CEA

Comite Europeen des Assurances

CEB

Comite electrotechnique (Belgium)

CEBI

European Committee of Consulting Associations

CEC

Commission of European Communities

CECC

CENELEC Electronics Components Committee

CECT

European Committee for Boiler & Pressure Vessel Makers

CEE

International Committee on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment

CEF

Comite Electrotechnique Francaise

CEFIC

European Council of Chemical Manufacturers’ Federation

CEGB

Central Electricity Generating Board now: National Power

CEI

Comite Electrotechnique Internationale (IEC)

CEI

Comitato elettrotechnico italiano

CELIS

CENELEC Information System

CEN

Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)

CENELEC

Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique

CEN/TC

CEN Technical Committee

CEPO

County Emergency Planning Officer

CEPREVEN

Spanish FPA

CERCI

Centre for Educational Resources for the Construction Industry

CERTICO

ISO Committee on Certification

CERTIFIRE

fire door certification scheme

CESARE

CFD fire model

CESI

Centro Electrotechnico Sperimentale Italiano

CETM

cigarette extinction test method

CF3Br

halon 1301

CFAST

computer zone model at BFRL, NIST

CFBAC

Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council (Home Office)

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon

CFCD

Canadian Fire Data Centre

CFD

computational fluid dynamics

CFIRS

Canadian fire data method

CFLs

compact fluorescent lamps

CFLP

Central Fire Liaison Panel

CFO

Chief Fire Officer

CFPA-E

Confederation of Fire Protection Associations, Europe

CFPA-I

        “                       ”           “           International

CFS

Community Fire Safety

CH2CHCHO

acrolein

CH2C12

dichloromethane

CH3C1

chloromethane

CHAM

Computer Hazard Analysis

CHCS

Chemical Hazards Communications Society

CHEMET

Chemical Meteorology

CHEMTREC

Chemical Transportation Emergency Centre

CHETAH

a program of ASTM

CHIP

Chemical Hazards Information & Packaging

CHP

Combined Heat & Power

CHLOREP

Chlorine Emergency Plan

CHS

Circular Hollow Section

Chunnel

Channel Tunnel railway link between Britain & France

CI

Combustion Institute

CIA

Chemical Industries Association

CIB

Conseil International du Batiment

CIBSE

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

CIE

International Commission on Illumination

CIEH

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

CICS

Ceramic Industry Certification Scheme

CIEH

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

CIFS

Chief Inspector of Fire Services

CII

Chartered Insurance Institute

CIIG

Construction Industry Information Group

CILA

Charted Institute of Loss Adjusters

CIMAH

Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard (replaced by COMAH)

CIOB

Chartered Institute of Building

CIPFA

Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy

CIRIA

Construction Industry Research & Information Association

CIRUS

Chemical Information Retrieval & Updating System (London Fire Brigade)

CIS

Critical incident stress

CISD

Critical Incident Stress Disorder see also: PTSD

CISTI

Canada Institute for Research in Construction

CITB

Construction Industry Training Board

CITS

Construction Industry theft Scheme

CLASP

Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme

CLC

CENELEC

CLI

Calling Line Identity

CLOUD

Concentration levels of unconfined dispersion

CMC

Conditional Moment Closure

CMHR

Combustion Modified High Resilience (polyurethane foam)

C-MIST

Centre for Maritime & Industrial Safety Technology

CMPU

Combustion Modified Polyurethane

CNF

Chubb National Foam

CNMIS

Comite National du Material d’Incendie et de Securite

CNMPA

Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis

CNPP

Centre National de Prevention et de Protection

CO

carbon monoxide

CO2

carbon dioxide

COFIRES

Canadian fire data method

COFSA

Commonwealth & Overseas Fire Services Association

COFSWAN

Computers On Fire Stations Wide Area Network

COMAH

Control of Major Accident Hazards (replaced CIMAH)

CONIAC

Construction Industry Advisory Committee

CONRAD2

NIST fire model

COPOLCO

ISO Committee on Consumer Policy

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations

COSI

Control Operators Stress Inventory

COSQC

Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control

COTIF

Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail

COVENIN

Comission Venezolana de Normas Industriales

CP

Code of Practice (BSI standard)

CP

Current Paper (publications series by BRE/FRS)

CPC

Consumer Policy Committee

CPCG

Civil Protection Co-ordination Group

CPD

Construction Products Directive

CPL

Classification, Packaging & Labelling Regulations

CPM

Critical Path Method

CPO

Crime Prevention Officer

CPP

Certified Protection Professional

CPR

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPSC

Consumer Product Safety Commission, USA

CPTU

Crime Prevention Technical Unit

CQA

Construction Quality Assurance

CR

CEN Technical Report

CRESTA

Catastrophic Risk Evaluating & Standardising Target Accumulations

CRINE

Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era (FABIG)

CRISP

Construction Research & Innovation Strategy Panel

CRISP

fire risk assessment methodology model at FRS

CSBS

China State Bureau of Standards

CSCE

Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

CSK

Committee for Standardisation of Democ. People’s Republic of Korea

CSN

Czechoslovakian Standards Organisation

CSO

Central Statistical Office

CSP

Certified Safety Professional

CSTB

Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, France

CSU

Consumer Safety Unit (of DTI)

CTC

carbon tetrachloride

CTCSS

Continuous Tone Controlled Signalling System

CTICM

Centre Technique Industriele de la Construction Metallique

CTIF

Comite Technique International de Prevention et d’Extinction du Feu

CTSA

Channel Tunnel Safety Authority

CV

control volume

CWCT

Centre for Window & Cladding Technology

CYS

Cyprus Organisation for Standards & Control of Quality

Da

Damkohler number

DAE

Deutsch Akkreditierungstelle Elektrotechnik

DAM

Draft amendment

DANTEST

Danish Test Laboratory Copehagen

DAS

Defect Action Sheet (BRE/FRS)

db

database

DB

decibel

DC

direct current

DBCE

Division of Building, Construction & Engineering, CSIRO Australia

DBE

dibromotetrafluoroethane

DBR

Division of Building Research, CSIRO now: DBCE

DC

direct current

DC

Draft for comment (BSI)

DCFO

Deputy Chief Fire Officer

DCO

Deputy Chief Officer

DCOL (DCO)

'Dear Chief Officer' letter (Home Office)

DD

Draft for Development (of BSI)

DDI

Direct Dial In

DED

Data Encryption Device

DEF

Defence Specification

DEFSTAN

Defence Standards

Deg

degree(s)

DEGADIS

dispersion model

DEK

Dansk Elektroteknisk Komite

DERA

Defence Establishment Research Agency

DETACT-QS NIST

fire model

DETR

Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions

DFM

‘Dear Firemaster’ letter (Scottish Office)

DFPA

Danish FPA

DFT

Dry Film Thickness

DFTs

directional flame thermometers

DGIII

(EC) Directorate General III

DGN

Direccion General de Normas

DIAL

Differential Absorption LIDAR

DIEL

OFTEL’S advisory committee for Disabled & Elderly people

DIFT

Danish Institute of Fire Technology

DIN

Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.V (German Standards Organisation)

DIN

Draft International Standard

DINT

Direction de la normalisation et de la technologie

DIS

Draft International Standard

DISC

Delivering Information Solutions to Customers through International Standards

DISP

Draft International Standardised Profile

DITR

German Information Centre for Technical Regulations

DKD

Deutscher Kalibrierdienst

DKE

Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission im DIN & VDE

DLCA

diffusion limited cluster aggregation

DMU

dimethyl urea

DNH

Department of National Heritage

DNS

direct numerical simulations

DNV

Det Norsk Veritas

DoE

Department of the Environment now: DETR

DOT

Department of Transport now: DETR

DP

Draft Proposal

DPC

Draft for public comment

DPE

Data Processing Environment

DRA

Defence Research Agency

DRM

direct regular method

DS

Dansk Standardiseringsrad

DS

Defence Specification

DSA

District Surveyors Association

DSC

differential scanning calorimetry

DSHR

Dangerous Substances in Harbours & Harbour Area Regulations

DSIR

Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

DSMA

Door & Shutter Manufacturers’ Association

DSN

Dewan Standardisasi Nasional

DSP

Digital Signal Processing

DSS

Department of Social Security

DSU

Distress Signal Unit

DTA

differential thermal analysis

DTI

Department of Trade & Industry

DTR

Draft technical report

EA

Electricity Association

EA

Environment Agency (of DETR)

EAs

Emergency Authorities

EAC

emergency action code

EACC

Emergency Authorities Control Centres

EAPFB

European Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers

EAPI

European Arson Prevention Institute

Eas

Emergency Authorities

EAS

Electronic Article Surveillance

EASEM

European Association of Security Equipment Manufacturers

EC

Elektroniccentralen

EC

Engineering Council

EC

European Community

EC

extended coverage (sprinkler)

ECA

Electrical Contractors’ Association

ECE

Economic Commission for Europe

ECSC

European Coal & Steel Community

EDITH

Exit drills in the home

EDP

electronic data processing

EECS

Electrical Equipment Certification Service

EEMUA

Engineering Equipment & Materials Users Association

EFD

electrostatic fire detector

EFFSEP

European Federation of Fire Separating Element Producers

EFILWC

European Foundation for Improvement of Living & Working Conditions

EFL

Explosion & Flame Laboratory

EFRA

European Flame Retardant Association

EFSAC

European Fire & Security Advisory Council

EFSC

European Fire & Security Council (EFSG, CEA. CFPA, EUROFEU & EURALARM)

EFSLB

Emergency Fire Service Lead Body

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EFTCA

European Fluoro-Carbon Technical Committee

EGOLF

European Group of Official Laboratories for Fire Testing

EGRESS

evacuation modelling computer code (of AEA)

EH

environmental health

EH

English Heritage

EHCS

English Housing Condition Survey

EHO

Environmental Health Officer

EHS

English Housing Survey

EIAB

Engineering Inspection Authorities Board

EIF

Energy Industries Council

EIFS

exterior insulation & finish systems

EL

Exposure Limit

ELOT

Hellenic Organisation for Standardization

ELR

End of Line Resistor

EMarks

European safety approval marks

EMC

Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

EMF

electromotive force

EMS

Environmental Management Systems

EMS

Emergency Medical Service

EMT

Emergency Medical Technician

EMU

electro-magnetic unit

EN

European Standard (Norme)

ENRICH

European Network for Research in Global Change

ENV

European Pre-standard

EOD

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EOS

Egyptian Organisation for Standardisation & Quality Control

EOTA

European Organisation for Technical Approvals

EOTC

European Organisation for Testing & Certification

EPAQS

Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards

EPC

Emergency Planning College

EPF

European Polymer Federation

EPFA

European Phenolic Foam Association

EPIC

Engineered Panels in Construction

EPSRC

Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

ERA

Electrical Research Association

ERM

European Risk Managment (Group)

ERP

Effective Radiative Power

ES

European Specification

ESA

European Space Agency

ESCAG

European Safety Certification Agreement Group

ESFR

Early Suppression Fast Response (sprinkler)

ESI

Ethiopian Standards Institution

ESM

Emergency Services Manager

ESU

electrostatic units

ESU

Evacuation Signal Unit

ETA

European Technical Approval

ETCI

Electro-Technical Council of Ireland

ETD

Extension Trunk Dialling network

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EU

European Union

EU

EURONORM

EU Directives

European Directives

EUFAC

European Upholstered Furniture Action Council

EURALARM

Assocn. of European Manufacturers of Fire & Intruder Alarm Systems

EURATOM

European Atomic Energy Commission

EUREKA

European project on fires in tunnels

EUREFIC

European Reaction to Fire Classification

EURISOL

UK Mineral Wool Association

EUROFEU

European Committee of the Manufacturers of Fire Protection & Safety Equipment & Fire Fighting Vehicles

EURONORM

European Committee for Iron & Steel Standardisation

EvacSim

evaluation simulation model

EVD

Electronic Vibration Detector

EWIA

External Wall Insulation Association

EXIT89

evacuation model for high-rise buildings

EXODUS

simulation model for large-scale evacuation from transport

F

Fahrenheit

F-K

Frank-Kamenetskii (model of thermal ignition)

F&W

foam & water deluge systems

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration, USA

FABIG

Fire And Blast Information Group (SCI)

FAIRFIRE

European research project on small scale test method for foams

FAP

Fire Advisory Panel

FAR

False Alarm Rate

FASS

Federation of Associations & Sub-Contractors

FAST

Fire & Smoke Transport, computer zone model at BFRL, NIST

FASTLite

BFRL zone model

FB

Fire brigade

FBCs

fluidized bed combustors

FBS

Fire Brigade Society

FBU

Fire Brigades Union

FC

perfluorocarbon

FCDG

Fire Chemistry Discussion Group

FCRC

Fire Code Reform Centre Ltd, Australia

FDA

Fire Defence Agency, Japan

FDIC

Fire Dept. Instructor’s Conference

FDMS

Final Draft International Standard

FDMS

Fire Data Management System

FDR1

Fire Damage Report Form 1 (Home Office)

FDS

Fire detection system

FEANI/BNCIEA

Federation of European National Associations of Engineers

FEI

Federation of the Electronics Industry

FEHM

Fire & Explosion Hazard Management

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA

FEP

fluorinated ethylene propylene

FES

Fire engineering solution

FETA

Fire Extinguishing Trades Association

FETG

Fire & Explosions Technical Group (FABIG)

FEU

Fire Experimental Unit (Home Office)

FFFP

Film forming fluoroprotein foam

FFFP-AR

Alcohol resistant film forming fluoroprotein foam

FFSK

Frequency Fast Shift Keying

FFVMA

Fire Fighting Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association

FGAN

Fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate

FHA

fire hazard analysis

FHAM

Fire Hazard Assessment Methodology

FIA

Fibre-optic Industry Association

FIBCs

flexible intermediate bulk containers

FIC

Fire Industry Council

FIDOR

Fibre Building Board Organisation now: WPPF

FIG

Fire Information Group, UK

FILB

Fire Industry Lead Body

FINDS

Fire Information National Data Service (CACFOA)

FIPEC

Fire Performance of Electric Cables

FIRA

Furniture Industries Research Association

FIRAS

Fire Resistant Glazing Accreditation Scheme

FIRE

Fire Simulation Program

FIRECALC

fire zone model (DBCE, CSIRO Australia)

FIRECAM

Fire Risk Evaluation & Cost Assessment Model (IRC Canada)

FIRECODE

fire safety guidance in health care premises (NHS Estates)

Fire Codes

Codes on fire safety produced by the NFPA, USA

FIREDOC

fire bibliographic database (BFRL, NIST, USA)

FIREFORM

Fire formulae

Firepoint

lowest temp. at which the rate of supply of fuel vapours can sustain a flame

FireTrap

fire extinguishing system for dustbin fires

FIRST

fire model at BFRL, NIST

FIRTO

Fire Insurers’ Research & Testing Organisation

FISS

Fire Insurance Surveyors Society

FIU

Fire Investigation Unit (Forensic Science Service)

F-K

Frank-Kamenetskii (model of thermal ignition)

FLACS

computer program for predicting explosion pressures in congested modules

FLAIR

Fire research Library Automated Information Retrieval system (FRS db.)

Flashpoint

lowest temp. at which ignition source will cause a flame to flash

FLB

Fire Loss Bureau

FLED

fire load energy density

FLIR

Forward Looking Infrared sensing technology

FLOVENT

simulation tool for CFD

FLOW3D

fire field model

FLP

Fire Liaison Panel

FM

Factory Mutual (USA)

FMEA

Factory Mutual Engineering Association

FMEA

Failure Modes & Effects Analysis

FMG

Frequency Management Group

FMI

Factory Mutual International

FMRC

Factory Mutual Research Corp. USA

FMW

fractional molecular weight

FNO

Fixed Network Operators

FOBFO

Federation of British Fire Organisations

FOC

Fire Offices’ Committee

FoE

floor of origin (of fire)

FORUM

International Forum for Co-operation on Fire Research was: IFCOFR

FP

Fire Prevention

FP

fluoroprotein (foam concentrate)

FPA

Fire Protection Association

FPA 1971

Fire Protection Act 1971

FPASA

Fire Protection Association of South Africa

FPC

Fire Prevention Code

FPCA

Fire Protection Canada Association

FPETOOL

Fire Protection Engineering Tool -- fire model

FPF

Fire Protection Federation

FPL

Forest Products Laboratory

FPN

Fire Practice Note (Firecode)

FPO

Fire Prevention Officer

FPS

Fire Protection System

FR

fire resistance/fire resistant

FR

fire retardant

FRAM

Flow Rate Assumption Method

FRCA

Fire Retardant Chemicals Association

FRDG

Fire Research & Development Group (Home Office)

FRED

Fire, Release. Explosion, Dispersion (Shell hazard analysis model)

FREM

fire risk evaluation model (software package)

FRGGSA

Fire Resistant Glass & Glazed Systems Association

FRIM

Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia

FRIS

Fire Research Information Service (BFRL, NIST)

FRN

Fire Research Note (FRS publications series)

FRNT

Front Office Directory

FROSI

Fire Research Organisation Special Investigation Report

FRP

fibre reinforced plastic

FRS

Fire Research Station (BRE)

FRT

fire retardant treated

FS

fire safety

FS

Fire Service

FSAB

Fire Services Awarding Body

FSAB

Fire Surveyors Association of Bristol

FSC

Federation of Security Companies

FSC

Fire Service Circular

FSC

Fire Service College

FSDG

Fire Safety Development Group

FSE

Fire Safety Engineering

FSE

full scale enclosure

FSEB

Fire Services Examination Board

FSEPD

Fire Service & Emergency Planning Div. (Scottish Office)

FSES

Fire Safety Evaluation System

FSI

Fire Service Inspectorate (Home Office)

FSI

Fire Services Institute (Washington DC)

FSJ

Fire Safety Journal

FSM

Fire Safety Manual (Home Office) was Manual of Firemanship

FSNBO

Fire Services National Benevolent Fund

FSNMT

Fire Services National Museum Trust

FSO

Fire Safety Officer

FSPG

Fire Services Preservation Group

FSS

Fire safety science

FSS

Forensic Science Service

FSSC

Fire Service Staff College, Dorking (now part of FSC, Moreton)

FssU

Fire Services Unit (Home Office)

FST

Fire Safety Technology

FSTM

Fire Safety Technology & Management (degree course)

FSTM

Fire Service Training Manual (Home Office)

FSUK

Fire Statistics United Kingdom (HO publication)

FTIR

Fourier Transformed Infrared (spectroscopy)

FTO

Fire Training Organisation Ltd

FTSG

Fire Test Study Group

FTT

Fire Testing Technology Ltd

FV

finite volume

F&W

foam & water deluge systems

FWSS

Foam-Water Sprinkler Systems

FWW

Fire-Worldwide (CD-ROM)

GAI

Guild of Architectural Ironmongers

GASMAL

decision-support system for evacuation (plots toxic substances)

GBH

GBH International Fire Consultants

GC

gas chromatography

Gcs

gravity currents

GEEJIP

gas explosion engineering joint industry project

Geocode

Assignment of a specific grid reference to an incident or address etc

GER

global equivalence ratio

GFGO

Group Fire Control Officer

GGERM

Generalised Global Equivalence Ratio Model

GGF

Glass & Glazing Federation

GIC

General Insurance Council

GIS

Geographical Information Systems

GLC

Greater London Council

GLTA

Glued Laminated Timber Association

GOST

CIS State Committee for Standards

GPCTSI

Groupement Professionnel des Conseillers Techniques en Securite Incendie

GPM

Gallon(s) per minute

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRC

glass-fibre reinforced cement

GSA

General Services Administration, USA

GSB

Ghana Standards Board

GSM

Global Systems for Mobile communications

GTPS

Government Telephone Preference Scheme

GUFFS

general User Friendly Fire Solver

GVW(R)

Gross Vehicle Weight (Rating)

H

Hydrogen

HAD

Heat-actuated device

HAG

Halon Alternative Group

HAMTIE

Heat, air & moisture transfer through insulation envelope

HARC

Halon Alternatives Research Council

HARWELL-FLOW3D

fluid dynamics model

HAZAN

Hazard analysis

HAZARD 1

fire model of BFRL, NIST

HAZCHEM

Hazardous Chemicals

HAZID

Hazard Identification

HazMat

Hazardous materials

HAZOP

Hazard & Operability Study

Hbr

hydrogen bromide

HC

hydrofluorocarbon

HCFCS

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

HCI

hydrochloric acid

Hcl

hydrogen chloride

HCN

hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid)

HCR

hydrocarbon releases

HD oil

heavy duty oil

HDPE

high density polythene

HELA

Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee

HEVAC

Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning Manufacturers’ Association

HF

hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)

HFC

hydrofluorocarbon fire-fighting agent

HFM

Holz Forshungs Institut

HGV

heavy goods vehicle

HIPS

High Integrity Protection Systems

HMCIFS

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Fire Services

HMEP

Hazardous Materials & Environmental Protection

HMFSI

Her Majesty’s Fire Service Inspectorate

HMIP

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution now: Environment Agency of DETR

HMN

hydrocarbon monitoring network

HMO(s)

house(s) in multiple occupation

HMSO

Her Majesty’s Stationery Office now: TSO

HO

Home Office (UK)

HOCAP

Home Office Communication Advisory Panel

HOFMG

Home Office Frequency Management Group

HOUEM

Home Office Unit for Educational Methods

HPR

Highly Protected Risk

HRPU

High Resilience Polyurethane

HRR

heat release rate

HSC

Health and Safety Commission

HSE

Heath & Safety Executive

HSE(M)

Heath & Safety Executive (Mining)

HSS

hollow structural section

HSSD

high sensitivity smoke detector system

HTM

Health Technical Memorandum (Firecodes)

HTPB

hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene

HUNC

Halon Users’ National Consortium

HVAC

heating, ventilating & air conditioning

HVCA

Heating & Ventilating Contractors Association

HWI

Hazardous Waste Inspectorate (of DoE) now: Environment Agency

HX

High expansion foam

Hz

Hertz (unit of frequency)

I&EC

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (journal)

IAAI

International Association of Arson Investigators

IAC

Industrial Advisory Council

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAFC

International Association of Fire Chiefs, USA

IAFF

International Association of Fire Fighters

IAFSS

International Association for Fire Safety Science

IAQ

indoor air quality

IBBC

Instituut voor Boumaterialen en Bouconstructies

IBC

Institute of Building Control

IBC Code

International code for construction & equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk (under SOLAS)

IBCO

Institute of Building Control Officers

IBN

Institut Belge de Nomalisation

IBUM

Institut fur Baustofkunde Und Materialprufung (Hannover)

ICAL

Intermediate Scale Calorimeter

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Association

ICARUS

Injuries Caused by Radiation Upon the Skin (computer code)

ICBU

International Conference of Building Officials (USA)

ICC

International Code Council

ICCS

Integrated Communications Control System

ICDDS

Institute of Civil Defence & Disaster Studies

ICE

Institution of Civil Engineers

ICEL

Industry Committee for Emergency Lighting

ICFOA

Irish Chief Fire Officers’ Association

IChemE

Institution of Chemical Engineers

ICONTEC

Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas (Columbia)

IcorST

Institute of Corrosion Sciences Technology

ICS

Institute of Chartered Surveyors

ICS

International Classification for Standards

ICSD

Ionisation Chamber Smoke Detector

ICU

Incident Control Unit

ICV

irregular control volume

IEA

International Energy Agency

IEAust

Institution of Engineers Australia

I&EC

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (journal)

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC

Improvised Explosive Device

IEE

Institution of Electrical Engineers

IEEE

Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Inc. (USA)

IEM

Interaction-by-Exchange-with-the-Mean model

IFBEEI

International Fire Protection Engineering Institute

IFCOFR

International Forum for Co-operation on Fire Research, now: FORUM

IFE

Institution of Fire Engineers

IFEDA

Independent Fire Equipment Distributors’ Association

IFFF

International Fire Fighter Fellowship

IFPA

Industrial Fire Protection Association

IFPEI

International Fire Protection Engineering Institute

IFPO

Institute of Fire Prevention Officers

IFRF

International Flame Research Foundation

IMechE

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

IFS

Institute of Fire Safety

IFSA

Intumescent Fire Seals Association

IFSAC

International Fire Service Accreditation Congress

IFSEI

International Fire Safety Engineering Institute

IFSI

Illinois Fire Service Institute

IFSTA

International Fire Services Training Association

IFWS

Informative Fire Warning System

IGC Code

International code for construction & equipment of ships carrying liquified gases in bulk (under SOLAS)

IHSM

Institute of Hotel Security Managers

IIRS

Institute for Industrial Research & Standards (Ireland)

IIRSM

International Institute of Risk & Safety Management

IISEC

International Institute of Security

IKP

invariant kinetic parameters

ILAB

Irish Laboratory Accreditation Board

ILAC

International Laboratory Accreditation Conference

ILB

Industry Lead Body

ILGA

Institute of Local Government Association

ILI

Infonorme London Information (International Standards sales)

IMBB

Institut fur Massivbau, Baustoffe & Brandschutz

IMCO

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation now: IMO

IMO

International Maritime Organisation (was: IMCO

INAPI

Institut algerien de normalisation et de propriete industrielle

InFIRE

Internat. Network for Fire Information & Reference Exchange)

Infonorme

London Information (International standards sales)

INIA

Instituto Nacional de investiaciones Agrarias (Lab. de Fuego Del)

Inmarsat

International Maritime Satellite Organisation

INN

Instituto Nacional de Normalizacifn

INNORPI

Institut nacional de la normalisation et de la propiete industrielle

IOH

Institute of Housing

IOSH

Institution of Occupational Safety & Health

IP

Information Paper (series of publications from FRS)

IP

Institute of Petroleum

IP

International Protection (degrees of electrical protection in BSI & IEC standards)

IPCS

Institutution of Professional Civil Servants now: IPMS

IPCS

International Programme on Chemical Safety

IPDS

Integrated Personal Development System

IPMS

Institution of Professionals, Managers & Specialists was: IPCS

IPPC

Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control

IPQ

Instituto Portuguas da Qualidade

IPSA

International Professional Security Association

IPT

Iron pipe thread

IQA

Institute of Quality Assurance

IR

infrared

IR crew

interregional wildland fire suppression crew

IRAM

Instituto Argentino de Racionalizacifn de Materiales

IRANOR

Instituto Espagnol de Normalizacion

IRC

Institute for Research in Construction, NRC Canada

IRM

Institute of Risk Management

IRRG

Insurance & Reinsurance Research Group Ltd

IRS

Institut Roumain de Normalisation

IRTU

International Road Transport Union

IS

Intrinsically Safe equipment

ISC

International Safety Council

ISDN

Integrated Services Data Network

ISE

Institution of Structural Engineers

ISI

Indian Standards Institution

ISI

Inspectorate of the Security Industry

ISIRI

Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran

ISM

International Safety Management

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISO/CD

ISO Committee Draft

ISO/DIS

ISO Draft International Standard

ISO/DTR

ISO Draft Technical Report

ISO/IEC

Joint ISO/IEC standard

ISO/R

ISO Recommendation

ISO/SC

ISO Subcommittee

ISO/TC

ISO Technical Committee

ISO/TEC ISP

Joint ISO/IEC International Standardized Profile

ISO/TMB

ISO Technical Management Board

ISO/TR

ISO Technical Report

ISP

International Standardized Profile

ISPEMA

Industrial Safety (Protective Equipment) Manufacturers’ Association

ISS

Insurance Surveyors Society

ISSeP

Institute Scientifique de Belgique

IstructE

Institution of Structural Engineers

IT

Information Technology

ITA

Industry Technical Agreement

ITB

Insurance Technical Bureau

ITINTEC

Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica Industrial y de Normas Tecnicas

ITSA

Institute of Trading Standards Administration

IWA

International Workshop Agreement

IWGFM

Interagency Working Group on Fire & Materials, USA

IWS

International Wool Secretariat

J

Joule(s) (unit of work, or energy)

JAFSE

Japan Association of Fire Science & Engineering

JASMINE

(J) Analysis of Smoke Movement in Enclosures (FRS fire model )

JBS

Jamaica Bureau of Standards

JCACR

Joint Committee on the Audit Commission Report (In the Line of Fire)

JCAEU

Joint Committee on Appliances, Equipment & Uniform (Home Office)

JCC

Joint Committee on Fire Brigade Communications (Home Office)

JCDD

Joint Committee on Design & Development (Home Office)

JCFBO

Joint Committee on Fire Brigade Operations, HO (also JCFO)

JCFO

see: JCFBO

JCFR

Joint Committee on Fire Research (Home Office)

JET

Joint European Taurus Project

JFPA

Japanese Fire Protection Association

JFRO

see: JOFRO

JISC

Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

JIVE

Jet-fire Interaction with VEssels containing pressurised liquids

JOFRO

Joint Fire Research Organisation (now: FRS)

JSA

Japanese Standards Association

JSIC

Joint Security Industry Council

JSTOPT

Joint Strategic Committee on Operational Practices & Technology (HO)

JTC

Joint Training Committee (Home Office)

JTC

Joint Technical Committee

K&R

Kidnap & Ransom (insurance)

KBS

Bureau of Standards, South Korea

KEBS

Kenya Bureau of Standards

KFPA

Korean Fire Protection Association

KSA

Komiteti I mimeve dhei Standardeve Albania

LA

local authority

LAD

long-wave acoustical disturbance

LAHMOS

local authority houses in multiple occupation survey

LAN

Local Area Network

LAPI

Laboratorio Prevenzione Incendi

LAVENT

Link Activated VENT (fire model of BFRL, NIST)

LBTF

Large Building Test Facility (Cardington)

LC50

lethal concentration

LDSA

London District Surveyors’ Association

LDV

laser Doppler velocimeter

LED

light-emitting dioxide

LEL

lower explosibility limit

LEM

Linear Eddy Model

LEMA

Law Enforcement Manufacturers’ Association

LENAS

model code for finite element ?

LES

Large Eddy Simulation (model)

LFB

London Fire Brigade

LFCDA

London Fire & Civil Defence Authority

LFL

lower flammability limit

LFR

laminar flow reactors

LFSAP

Life & Fire Safety Accreditation Programme (Australia)

LGAI

Laboratori General d’Assaigs I Investigacions

LGC

Laboratory of the Government Chemist

LI

London Information see: ILI

LICOF

Laboratorio de Investigation y Control del Fuego

LIDAR

light analogy of radar

LIF

Lighting Industry Federation

LIFT

lateral ignition & flame spread test

LII

laser-induced incandescence

LISP

Large Insulated Sandwich Panels (sometimes called Light ISP)

LISS

Ligue Internationale des Societes de Surveillance

LLL

low location lighting

LLTV

Low Light TV

LNG

liquified natural gas

LNGC

Laboratoire National du Genie Civil

LPC

Loss Prevention Council

LPCB

Loss Prevention Certification Board

LPG (or LP gas)

liquified petroleum gas

LPS

large panel structures

LPS

Loss Prevention Standards (of LPC)

LRQA

Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Ltd

LRT

London Regional Transport

LSC

Life Safety Code (NFPA Code 101)

LSC

large-scale tests

LSPR

life safety points rating system (on hotel life safety)

LUL

London Underground Ltd

LUTVDG

Lund University Inst. of Technology Dept. of Fire Safety Engineering

LVL

laminated veneer lumber

LWC

lightweight concrete

LX

Low expansion foam

LYSSO

Libyan Standards & Patent Section

MAC

Manual Alarm Callpoint

MAC

maximum allowable concentration

MAC

Medium access control

MACE

Research Centre for Materials & the Constructed Environment

MAIB

Marine Accident Investigation Branch (of DOT)

MAPP

Major Accident Prevention Policy

MAPP

a gas or liquid mix of methylacetylene, propadiene & hydrogen gases

MaTSU

Marine Technology Support Unit

MBMS

molecular-beam mass-spectrometer sampling

MCA

Maritime Coastguard Agency

MCSOII

Multiple Cause System Oriented Incident Investigation

MCRMA

Metal Cladding & Roofing Manufacturers’ Association

MD

Marine Directorate (DoT)

MECS

Mining Equipment Certification Service

MEL

maximum exposure limits

MERGE

Modelling & Experimental Research into Gas Explosions

MESG

Maximum Experimental Safe Gap

Met-L-X powder

dry powder extinguishing agent (trade name)

MFB

Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Melbourne

MFISS

Manchester Fire Insurance Surveyors Society

MHD

magnetohydrodynamics

MHIDAS

Major Hazard Incident Data Service

MIC

methyl isocyanate

MIG

Metals Information Group

MILSTAN

Military standard

MIS

Management Information Systems

MLA

Master Locksmiths Association

MoD

Ministry of Defence

MoE

means of escape

MOE

modulus of elasticity

MOF

Manual of Firemanship (Home Office) now: Fire Safety Manual

MOR

modulus of rupture

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPC

maximum permissible concentration

MPD

maximum permissible dose

MPMA

Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association

MRA

microbiological risk assessment

MSA

type of breathing apparatus (trade name)

MSC

State Committee for Prices & Standards of Mongolian People’s Republic

MSDGR

Merchant Shipping Dangerous Goods Regulations

MSZH

Magyar Szabv Dny Ogyi Hivatal (Hungarian Standards Organisation)

MTFs

modulation transfer functions

MTFVIP

Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program

MUITM

mock-up ignition test method

MVAs

Motor Vehicle Accidents

MX

Medium expansion foam

N2O

nitrous oxide

NACB

National Accreditation of Certification Bodies

NACCB

National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies

NACOSS

National Approval Council for Security Systems

NAD

national application document

NADOR

Notification of Accidents & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980

NAFED

National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors

NAFI

National Association of Fire Investigators

NAFO

National Association of Fire Officers

NAHFO

National Association of Hospital Fire Officers

NAIB

National Accreditation of Inspection Bodies

NALM

National Association of Lift Makers

NAMAS

National Measurement Accreditation Service

NAO

National Audit Office

NASA

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

NASA

National Automatic Sprinkler Association

NASH

National Association for Safety in the Home

NATA

National Accreditation & Testing Authority, Australia

NATA

National Australian Testing Association

NATLAS

National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Scheme

NBC

National Building Code

NBCC

National Building Code of Canada

NBF

Norsk Brannvern Forening

NBI

Norwegian Building Institute

NBL

Norwegian Fire Laboratory

NBPI

National Brandpreventie Instituut

NBS

National Bureau of Standards, USA. now: NIST

NBTC

National Building Technology Centre, CSIRO Australia

NCB

National Coal Board

NCBMP

National Council of Building Materials Producers

NCEC

National Chemical Emergency Centre

NCG

National Contractors Group

NCVQ

National Council for Vocational Qualifications

NDA

Nuclear Design Associates

NEBOSH

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety & Health

NEC

National Electrical Code (of the NFPA)

NEC

Nederlands Elektrotechnisch Comite

NEISS

Data Highlights

NETC

National Emergency Training Center, USA

NETCEN

National Environmental Technology Centre

NF

(Mark of AFNOR)

NFBE

Newfoundland Offshore Burn Experiment

NFC

National Fire Code (NFPA)

NFCC

National Fire Code of Canada

NFL

National Fire Laboratory, IRC, NRC Canada

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association, USA

NFS

National Fire Service

NFSA

National Fire Sprinkler Association Inc. USA

NFSN

National Fire Sprinkler Network

NFSSC

National Fire Safety Specifications Council

NHBC

National Home Builders Council

NHS Estates

National Heath Service (publications agency)

NHTPC

National Housing & Town Planning Council

NICEIC

National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

NIST

National Institute of Standards & Testing, USA (was: NBS)

NJC

National Joint Council

NKO

Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie

NMHC

National Materials Handling Centre

NMS

National Measurement Service

NNI

Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut

NOU

Network Operations Unit

Nox

oxides of nitrogen

NPL

National Physical Laboratory

NPP

Nuclear power plant

NPSH

net positive suction head

NPV

negative pressure ventilation

NRA

National Rivers Authority now: Environment Agency of DETR

NRCC

National Research Council Canada

NRDC

National Research & Development Council (now: BTG)

NRPB

National Radiological Protection Board

NSAI

National Standards Authority of Ireland

NSB

National Standards Bodies

NSC

National Safety Council

NSCIA

National Supervisory Council for Intruder Alarms now: NACOSS

NSF

Norges Standardiseringsforbund

NSHES

Natural Smoke & Heat Exhaust Systems

NT

NordTest (Nordic fire tests)

NTECEN

National Environment Technology Centre

NTP

normal temperature & pressure

NVBB/ANPI

see: ANPI/NVBB

NVBC

Nederlands Vereniging van Brandweercommandanten

NVQ

National Vocational Qualification

NWC

normal weight concrete

NYFS

New York State Academy of Fire Sciences

O2

oxygen

OAC

Operator Assistance Centre

OAP

One-step Approval Procedure

OBD

optical beam detectors

OC

open cup

OCCA

Oil & Colour Chemists Association

ODA

Open Document Architecture

ODM

Outside diameter of a male thread

ODP

Ozone-Depleting Potential

ODS

oxygen depletion sensor

OELs

Occupational Exposure Limits

OFPA

Occupational Fire Protection Association

OFTEL

Office of Fair Trading for Telecommunications

OHS

Occupational Health & Safety

OIA

Oil Industries Association

OJ

Official Journal (of the EC)

OJEC

Official Journal of the European Communities

OJT

On the Job Training (USA)

ON

Osterreichisches Normungsinstitut

OP

Occasional Paper (FRS/BRE)

OSB

oriented strand board

OSH

Occupational Safety & Health

OSI

Occupational Stress Indicator

OSU

Ohio State University

OTFM

Office of the Fire Marshall, Toronto

P.1-5

fire precautions leaflets from PSA/DoE, 1960-75

PA

Paintmakers Association of Gt Britain Ltd

PA

Personal Attack

PAC

Product Assessmnet Criteria

PACE

Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984

PACE

Property Advisers Civil Estate

PAL

Programmable Array Logic

PALOME

project on numerical simulation of fires at VTT, Finland

PAM

Pressure Assumption Method

PAS

Product Assessment Specification

PAS

Publicly Available Specification

PAXPORT

airport terminal simulation model

PB

purpose built

PBBs

polybrominated biphenyls

PBC

Performance-based codes

PBDD

polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins

PBFSD

Performance-based fire safety design

PBI

synthetic fabric for protective clothing

PC

perfluorocarbon

PC

personal computer

PCB

Professional Certification Board

PCBs

polychlorinated biphenyls

PCDD

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins

PCNs

Personal Communications Networks

PCP

pentachlorophenol

PCS

Personal Communications Systems

PD

point type detectors

PD

Probability of Detection

PD

Published Document

PDA

Pre-Determined Attendance

PDAC

Product Design Advice Centre

PDH(s)

private dwelling house(s)

PE

professional engineer

PECS

Public Emergency Call Service

PED

Pressure Equipment Directive

PEDROUTE

pedestrian simulation package

PEEP

Personal Emergency Egress Plan

PEL

Permissable Exposure Limit

PER

pentaerythritol

PERA

Product Engineering Research Association

PERINORM

BSI Tri-lingual information on standards

PFC

perfluorocarbon fire-fighting agent

PFEER

Prevention of Fire & Explosion & Emergency Response Regulations

PFIA

Polyethylene Foam Insulation Association

PFP

passive fire protection

PFPF

Passive Fire Protection Federation

PFPIA

Passive Fire Protection Association of Ireland

PFTF

Pool Fire Test Facility

pH

measure of the degree of acidity

PH

Property Holdings

PHAs

polyhydroxylalkanoates

PHAST

fire model, at SP, Sweden

PHIGS

Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System

PHOENICS-VR

computer model simulating fluid flow

PIA

Partitioning Industry Association

PICs

products of incomplete combustion

PICS

Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

PIN

Personal Identification Number

PINX

Private Integrated Services Network Exchange

PIR

Passive Infra Red

PIR

polyisocyanurate (foam)

PIV

Particle Image Velocimetry

PIV

Post indicator valve

PKNMiJ

Polish Committee for Standardisation, Measures & Quality Control

PKP

Purple-k-powder

PLS

partial least squares (in FTIR)

PLUS

Private Listing Updating Service

PMMA

polymethyl methacrylate

PMR

Private Mobile Radio

PNGS

Papua New Guinea Standards

POCSAG

Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group

POD

Print on demand

POMSTER

Placing on the Market & Supervision of Transfer of Explosives Regs.

POSIX

Portable Operating Systems Interfaces based on Unix

PP

BS education publications

PP

polypropylene

PPE

personal protective equipment

PPS

polyphenylene sulphide

PPV

positive pressure ventilation

PQ

Parliamentary Question

PQ

Primary Questionnaire

Pr

Prandtl number

prA

Draft European amendment

PRA

Paint Research Association

PREMIX

computer program to model a stoichiometric CC14-CH14-air flat flame

prEN

Draft European Standard

prENV

Draft European PreStandard

PREST

Programme for Policy Review in Engineering Science & Technology

prETS

draft European Telecommunications Standard

PS

polystyrene

PSA

Police Superintendents Association

PSA

Products Standards Agency

PSA

Property Services Agency (part of DoE in 1970s & 1980s)

PSBr

brominated polystyrenes

PSC1

chlorinated polystyrenes

PSF

pounds per square foot

PSI

ioninated polystyrenes

PSI

Pakistan Standards Institute

PSI

pound per square inch

PSIA

pound per square inch absolute

PSIG

pounds per square inch gauge

PSPA

Photoluminescent Safety Products Association

PSRCP

Public Safety Radio Communications Project

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

PT-30

phenolic triazine

PTB

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

PTFE

polytetrafluoroethylene

PTO

Public Telecommunications Operator

PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder see also: CISD

PU

polyurethane (foam)

PV

Positive Vetting

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

PWIT

public warning & information by telephone

QA

Quality Assurance

QAS

Quality Assurance Schedule

QC

Quality components

QC

Quality control

QMC

Queen Mary College (Industrial Research Ltd)

QMS

Quality Management Schemes

QRA

Quantified Risk Assessment

QRS

quick response sprinkler

QUANGO

Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation

QUASCO

Quality Appraisal Service Co.

QUEST

Quality & Efficiency in Standards

R

Reynolds number

r

Roentgen

R&D

research & development

RA

Radiocommunications Agency

RAD

radian

RAD

Radiation Absorbed Dose

RADSIM

Radiation Survey Meter (Simulated)

RAMP

Risk analysis & management for projects

RAPRA

Rubber & Plastics Research Association

RARDE

Royal Armament Research & Development Establishment

RBRT

Racal BR Telecoms Ltd

RC

reinforced concrete

RCEP

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

RCM

Remote Controlled Monitor

R&D

research & development

RDG

Rayleigh-Debye-Gans

REACFLOW

model code for simulation of gas flow

REACH

Recovery And Conditioning for Halon -- Equipment

RedR

Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief

REDS

Radio Evacuation & Distress Systems

RELIEF

computer model

REM

Roentgen equivalent man

RETU

Finnish research program on reactor safety

RFCPU

Radio Frequency & Communications Planning Unit

RFU

Retained Firefighters Union

RHR

rate of heat release

RHS

rectangular hollow section

RJAI

Rolf Jensen & Associates Inc.

RIAI

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

RIAS

Royal Institute of Architects of Scotland

RIBA

Royal Institute of British Architects

RIC

Receiver Identity Code

RICS

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

RID

International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail

RIDDOR

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

RIFA

Rail Industry Fire Association

RLSS

Royal Life Saving Society

RMS

root mean square

RNE

Reseau National d’Essais

ROM

Read Only Memory

Ro-Ro

roll-on, roll-off ferry

ROS

Rate of spread

ROSE

Remote Operations Service Element

RoSPA

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

RP

Rule of Procedure

RPM

revolutions per minute

RRA

Release Rate Apparatus

RSA

Residential Sprinkler Association

RSE

reduced scale enclosure

RSI

repetitive strain injury

RSJ

rolled steel joist

RSPA

see: RoSPA

RSUA

Royal Society of Ulster Architects

RT

radio telephony

RTA

Road Traffic Accident

RTI

response time index (for sprinklers)

RTTA

Road Traffic & Transport Telematics

RuO

room of origin (of fire)

RVP

Reid vapour pressure

SAA

Standards Association of Australia

SABS

South African Bureau of Standards

SANZ

Standards Association of New Zealand

SAQ

Self Administered Questionnaire

SASMO

Syrian Arab Organisation for Standardisation & Metrology

SASO

Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation

SBGI

Society of British Gas Industries

SBI

Single Burning Item

SBS

sick building syndrome

SBUF

Swedish fire safety design based on calculations

SBV

Svenska Brandforsvarsforeningen (FPA Sweden)

SCA

Suspended Ceilings Association

SCAMP

Super Critical Air Mobility Pack

SCB

Stichting Certificate Beveiligingsapparatuur

SCBA

self-contained breathing apparatus

SCC

secondary combustion chamber

SCC

Standards Council of Canada

SCC Flat

Self-contained, converted flat

SCFBA

Scottish Fire Brigades Advisory Council

SCHOSA

Standing Council of Heads of Schools of Architecture

SCI

Society of Chemical Industry

SCI

Steel Construction Institute

SCOLA

Standing Council of Architects in Local Authorities

SCOPE

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

SCOTVEC

Scottish Vocational Educational Council

SCR

silicon controlled rectifier

SEE

Society of Environmental Engineers

SEL

Safety Engineering Laboratories Inc. (USA)

SEM

scanning electron microscopy

SERC

Science & Engineering Research Council

SERT

Society of Electronic & Radio Technicians

SFPA

Swedish Fire Protection Assoc.

SFPE

Society of Fire Protection Engineers

SFPO

Senior Fire Prevention Officer

SFS

Suomen Standardisoimislitto

SFSC

Scottish Fire Service Circulars

SFSE

Society of Fire Safety Engineers

SFSO

Senior Fire Safety Officer

SFSTS

Scottish Fire Service Training School

SHC

spontaneous human combustion

SI

Statutory Instruments

SI

Systeme Internationale

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification

SIESO

Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers

SIG

Security Industries Guild

SII

Standards Institution of Israel

SIMM

Single In-Line Memory Module

SIMS

Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy

SIMULEX

computer model for simulating crowd control

SINTEF

Norwegian Fire Research Laboratory

SIRIM

Standards & Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia

SIS

Standardiseringskommissionen i Sverige

SISIR

Singapore Institute of Standards & Industrial Research

SITO

Security Industry Training Organisation

SLFM

Stationary Laminar Flamelet Model

SLSI

Sri Lanka Standards Institution

SMARTFIRE

CFD code & expert system for fire field modelling

SMC

sheet moulding compounds

SMD

Surface Mount Device

SME

small to medium-size enterprise

SME

Societe Modern Electronique

SMMT

Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders

SMOKESIM

computer program on pressurization of buildings

SMS

Safety Management System

SMS

Short Message Service

SNECKS

fire modelling code at Cranfield

SNV

Swiss Association for Standardisation

SO2

sulphur dioxide

SOCBRO

Society of Chief Building Regulations Officers

SOCOs

Scenes of Crime Officers

SOFIE

Simulation Of Fires In Enclosures (CFD model at FRS)

SOLAS

Safety of Life at Sea (international agreement)

SON

Standards Organisation of Nigeria

SOPRO

Sogo Gijutsu Kaihatsu Project ( Fire Safety Engineering project in Japan)

SP

Sveriges Provnings-och Forskningsinstitut (Sweden)

SPAB

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

sp gr

specific gravity

sp ht

specific height

SPLF

Society for the Protection of Life from Fire

SQW

Segal Quince Wickstrom Ltd

SRD

Safety & Reliability Directorate (of UKAEA)

SRI

Southwest Research Institute, USA

SS

Sectional Specification

SSA

Southern Security Association

SSA

Standing Spending Assessment

SSCB

Super Small-scale Cookoff Bomb

SSD

Sudanese Standards Dept.

SSI

Security Systems Inspectorate

SSTV

Slow Scan TV

STC

sound-transmission-class

STEP

Standards for the Technical Exchange of Product Data

STIFF

Steel in Fire Forum

STNO

Station Officer

STP

standard temperature & pressure

STRREV

Severn Tunnel road/rail emergency vehicle

STTC

standard time-temperature curve

SVA

Smoke Ventilation Association

SVQ

Scottish Vocational Qualification

SWA

Steel Window Association

SWISS

South Wales Independent Security Specialists Association

SwRI

Southwest Research Institute, USA

SYNDET

synthetic detergent (foam concentrate)

SZS

Savezni zavod za standardizaciju

TACS

Technical & Certification Services

TACT

Trauma After Care Trust

Tag

Tagliabue (cup test )

TAS

Technology Approval Schedule

TASEF

finite element temperature analysis computer program

TANKCAR

computer model for studying effects of fire on rail & highway tankers

TB

Technical Bulletin

TBBS

Technische Bureau ter Bevordering van Schadepreventie

TBR

Technology Basis for Regulation

TC

Technical Committee

TCA

thermogravimetric

TCA

trichloroethane

TCC

Tegliabue closed cup tester

TCDD

tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

TCL

TRADA Certification Ltd

TCVN

Vietnam Standards Organisation

TDR

Torch & Drill Resistant

TDW

Tactile Danger Warning

TF

Task Force

TG

thermogravic experiments

TH

Tungsten Halogen

THE

Technical Help to Exporters (BSI)

THORP

Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant

TIC

thermal imaging camera

TICA

Thermal Insulation Contractors Association

TIG

Technical Information Group

TIMSA

Thermal Insulation Manufacturers & Suppliers Association

TISA

Thai Industrial Standards Institute

TLV

threshold limit value

TMB

trimethoxyboroxine

TMB

trimethylborate

TMB

Technical management board

TIMBOR

fire retardant treatment for wood

TMDB

trimethylol melamine, dicyandiamide & boric acid

TMDP

trimethylol melamine, dicyandiamide & phosphoric acid

TML

Transmanche-Link

TMP

trimethylol melamine with phosphoric acid

TNO

Nederlendse Organisatie voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk

TNT

trinitrotoluene

TOC

Tagliabue open cup

TODS

Telephone Operators Directory System

TOG

Turnout Gear

TOPS

Text Users Emergency Service

TQM

Total Quality Management

TR

Technical Report (series of ISO)

TRAC

Technical Regulations Application Committee

TRADA

Timber Research & Development Association

TRATEK

Institutet for Trateknisk Forskning (Sweden)

TRS

tough rubber sheathing

TS

Technical Specification

TSE

Tork Standardlari Enstitoso

TSO

The Stationery Office, was: HMSO

TSOL

The Stationery Office Ltd

TTBS

Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards

TTC

time-temperature curve

TTCN

Tree & Tabular Combined Notation

TTF

Timber Trade Federation

TTL

TRADA Technology Ltd

TUV

Technischer Uberwachungs-Verein

TWA

Taylor Woodrow Anglian (construction system)

TWGBA

Technical Working Group on Breathing Apparatus

UBC

Uniform Building Code (USA)

UCB

University of California Berkeley, USA

UEAtc

Union Europeen pour l’Agrement technique dans la construction

UEL

Upper explosive limit

UFC

Uniform Fire Code (USA)

UFL

Upper flammable limit

UHC

unburned hydrocarbons

UHF

ultra high frequency

UKAEA

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

UKAS

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

UKOOA

United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association

UL

Underwriters’ Laboratories, USA

ULC

Underwriters' Laboratories Canada

UMCP

University of Maryland at College Park, USA

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation

UNI

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione

UNICE

Union of Industrial & Employers Confederation of Europe

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

UP

unsaturated polyester

UPS

Uninterruptable Power Supply

UQ

Updating Questionnaire

USCG

United States Coast Guard

USDA

US Dept. Of Agriculture

UTC

unbonded tubular concrete columns

UTE

Union Technique l’Electricite (France)

UV

ultra violet

VAHTL

Finnish reactor safety research project

VAT

Value Added Tax

VdE

Verband der Elektroingenieure

VDMA

Verband Maschinenbauanstalten

VdS

Verband der Sachversicherer

VECTOR

scenario-based computer training system for the fire service (FSC)

Vel

velocity

VENTS

computer zone model (BFRL, NIST)

VEP

Visual Evoked Potentials

VESA

Voice Evacuation Safety Approval

VESDA

Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus

VFDB

Vereinigung zur Forderung des Deustchen Brandschutzes, Germany

VHF

very high frequency

VNIIPO

All Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection

VOCs

volatile organic compounds

VOL

value of life

vol

volume

VPS

vacant property security

VR

Virtual reality

VRI

vulcanised rubber insulation

VSHA

Swiss Alarm Systems Manufacturers Association

VSL

Van Swinden Laboratory

VTT

Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, Technical Research Centre, Finland

W

Watt(s) unit of electrical power

WAN

Wide Area Network

WARM

Woodburning Appliances Association of Retailers & Manufacturers

WASP

Wide-range Accurate Sprinkler Proportioner

WFRC

Warrington Fire Research Centre

WFS

Women in the Fire Service

WFSC

World Fire Statistics Centre

WG

Working Group

whp

water horsepower

WICS

Water Industry Certification Scheme

WIN

World Insurance Network

WIRA

Wool Industry Research Association

WIS

Water Industry Specifications

WMFS

Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems

WNYF

With New York Firemen (journal)

WORM

Write Once Read Many times (CD)

WPI

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

WPIFP

Worcester Polytechnic Institute of Fire Protection

WPPF

Wood Panel Products Federation was: FIDOR

WRAP

Work, Rest & Play (a RoSPA journal) now: Safety Express