| B.E.C. |
Building Emergency Controller |
| E.M.C. |
Emergency Management Coordinator |
| E.S.O. |
Emergency Services Organisation |
| Command |
Involves the direction of staff and resources of
the University of Melbourne in the performance of tasks in order
to safely and swiftly control an emergency event or critical incident.
Authority to command is delegated by the University of Melbourne
Council. Command within the University of Melbourne operates vertically. |
| Control |
Control involves the overall direction of response
activities in an emergency situation. Authority to control is established
in legislation and in the Victoria State Emergency Response Plan.
It carries with it the responsibility to task other agencies where
necessary in accordance with the needs of that particular situation.
A control agency is eg: MFB for fire, etc. Control relates to situations
and operates horizontally across agencies. |
| Co-ordination |
This is the bringing together of agencies and elements
to ensure effective response to emergencies. It is primarily concerned
with the systematic acquisition and application of resources (agencies,
personnel and equipment) in accordance with the requirements imposed
by the emergency. Co-ordination relates primarily to resources and
operates throughout the management of response or recovery activities.
Co-ordination operates horizontally across agencies and vertically
within agencies. |
| F.I.P. |
Fire Indicator Panel |
| C.B.R. |
Chemical, Biological and Radiological |
| W.I.P. |
Warden Intercom Phone |
| B.G.A. |
Break Glass Alarm (Fire or E.W.I.S.) |
| E.R.T. |
Emergency Response Team |
| E.O.C. |
Emergency Operations Centre |
| E.W.I.S. |
Emergency Warning Intercommunications System |
| M.F.B. |
Metropolitan Fire Brigade |
| M.A.S. |
Metropolitan Ambulance Service |
| S.E.S. |
Victoria State Emergency Service |
| VICPOL |
Victoria Police |
| Crisis |
An adverse incident or series of events that has
the potential to seriously damage the University's people, operations,
finance or reputation. |
| A.E.D. |
Automatic External Defibrillator: A device that
can be used by anyone with a minimal amount of training to defibrillate
someone whose heart has stopped. |
| E.A.R. |
Expired air resuscitation. A term used for the technique
of filling a patient's lungs with air to supply blood to the brain
in resuscitation. |
| C.P.R. |
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. This is the set
of skills used to compress the heart externally and breath for a
person is cardiac arrest. |
| S.C.B.A. |
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. Masks and air
tanks worn by firefighters to protect them from smoke and other
toxic gases. |
| B.A. |
A short version of saying S.C.B.A.. |
| HAZCHEM |
The HAZCHEM coding system is an initial response
emergency action code. It provides information vital to emergency
services to enable them to stabilise the incident scene during the
early stages of a HAZMAT incident. The Code is displayed on emergency
information panels on transport vehicles and on signs on buildings. |
| Emergency |
An actual or imminent event that requires an immediate
response from internal or external resources. |
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