ABBREVIATION

EXPLANATION

3/11

11^th March 2004 bombing of Madrid’s railway system

7/7

7^th July 2005 London bombings

9/11

Terrorist attack on the USA resulting in the destruction of the New York World Trade Centre Twin Towers, 11 September 2001

ALK

Alexander L. Kielland

APO

Asian Productivity Organisation

ATS

Automatic Train Stop

BAA

British Airports Authority

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BCM

Business Continuity Management

BCI

Business Continuity Institute

BCMS

Business Continuity Management System

BCP

Business Continuity Plan

Big Bang Day

26^th October 1986, the UK Government deregulated the financial market

BS

British Standard

CAA

Civil Aviation Authority

CCTV

Closed-Circuit Television

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CM

Crisis Management

CMT

Crisis Management Team

COMAH

Control of Major Accident Hazards

COSCO

China Ocean Shipping Company

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Access: a type of cyber attack which attempts to make a network or computer(s) unavailable to legitimate users

DEFRA

Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

EA

Environment Agency

EC

European Community

ESF

Emergency Support Functions

ETA

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna: Spanish based separatist terrorist group formed in 1959 with the objective of securing an independent Basque homeland

EU Rule 261

European Union regulation regarding passenger compensation entitlement for delayed or cancelled flights

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FRS

Fire and Rescue Service

FSA

(UK) Financial Services Authority

GCC

Gloucestershire County Council

GDP

Gross Domestic Product: the value of all the goods and services produced by a country each year

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

HFE

Herald of Free Enterprise: a roll-on / roll-off ferry which capsized outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge

HOSL

Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd.

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

HVM

Hostile Vehicle Mitigation: a means mitigating the risks associated with vehicle born improvised explosive devices

IATA

International Air Transport Authority

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

Intifada

An Arabic word literally meaning ‘shaking off’, referring to the two Palestinian uprisings against Israel in 1987 and 2000.

IRA

Irish Republican Army: Terrorist Group formed in 1916 with the objective creating a united Ireland, independent of the United Kingdom

IS

Information Services

ISO

International Standards Organisation

ISP

Internet Service Supplier

IT

Information Technology

ITOPF

International Tankers Oil Pollution Federation

IUA

(Norwegian) Local Authorities

Just-in-time

A supply chain model that keeps inventory levels to a minimum while depending upon having the right materials in the right place at the right time.

LA

(UK) Local Authorities

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas

LPG

Liquid Petroleum Gas

MI5

Military Intelligence Section 5: UK Security Services

MIC

Methyl Isocyanate: a pesticide

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Nautical mile

1 nautical mile = 1.151 miles or 1.852 km

NEP

National Emergency Plan

NFSA

Norwegian Food and Safety Authority

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NHC

National Hurricane Centre

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOFO

Norsk Oljevernforening For Operatørselskap: a Norwegian energy company

NOK

Norwegian Krone (Norwegian currency)

NRC

NATO-Russian Council

NRP

National Response Plan

NSB

Norwegian Railway Company

OIM

Offshore Installation Manager

OP

Occidental Petroleum

PA

Piper Alpha

PAS

Publicly Available Standard

PC

Personal Computer

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy degree

PTW

Permit to Work

ROI

Return On Investment

Ro-Ro

Roll-on / Roll-off ferry

RTA

Road Traffic Accident

RTO

Recovery Time Objective

SARS

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SCADA

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition system

SME

Small and Medium size Enterprise

Stuxnet

A computer virus discovered in 2010 which is credited with seriously disrupting Iran’s nuclear programme

SWT

Severn-Trent Water Limited

TASW

Towards a Safer World

TERN

Tourism Emergency Response Network

UCC

Union Carbide Company

UCIL

Union Carbide India Limited

UNWTO

United Nations World Tourism Organisation

UPS

Uninterruptable Power Supply: batteries that keep computers running in the event of a power failure

VBIED

Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device

WHO

World Health Organisation

WTTC

World Travel and Tourism Council