AAC

AAFA
AAIB
ABC
ABCB
ABCM
ABE
ABFT
ABHM
ABI
ABI
ABNT
ABS
ABS
ABSAC
AC
ACAS
ACB
ACCD.
ACD
ACE
ACFO
ACI
ACoP
ACRE
ACS
ACSTA
ACTC
ACV
AD
ADAPTIC
ADDs
AND
ADO
ADR
ADS
AEA
AEE
AENE
AERE
AFA
AFAC
AFD
AFEG
AFFF
AFIS
AFNOR
AFPA
AFPE
AFPO
A-frame
A-frame ladder
AFS
AFSA
AGAR

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

Australian Assembly of Fire Authorities
Air Accidents Investigation Board
Alarms By Carrier
Australian Building Codes Board
Association of Building Component Manufacturers
Association of Building Engineers
Association of British Fire Trades
Association of Builders Hardware Manufacturers
Association of British Insurers
Association of British Investigators
Association Brasileira de Normas Tecnicas
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
Anti-lock Braking Systems
Australian Building Standards Appraisal Council
alternating current
Advisory Council & Arbitration Service
Association of Certification Bodies
ammonium cupric chloride dihydrate
Automatic Call Distribution
Association of Consulting Engineers
Assistant Chief Fire Officer
American Concrete Institute
Approved Code of Practice
Association for Consumer Research
American Chemical Society
Advisory Commission on Standardisation & Technical Approvals
Advisory Committee for Testing & Certification
actual cash value (replacement cost of a fire loss minus depreciation)
Approved Document (of the Building Regulations)
nonlinear analysis program
actual delivered densities (of ESFR sprinklers)
European agreement on international carriage of dangerous goods by inland
waterways
Assistant Divisional Officer
European agreement on the international carriage of dangerous goods by road
aspiratory detection systems
Atomic Energy Authority
Atomic Energy Establishment
Asociacion Espagnola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Automatic Fire Alarm
Australian Fire Authorities Council
automatic fire detection
Australian Fire Engineering Guidelines
aqueous film-forming foam (known as A triple F)
Association of Fire Insurance Surveyors
French Standards organisation
Australian Fire Protection Association
Association of Fire Protection Engineers
Association of Principal Fire Officers
A structure with 2 deeply angled sides that meet at the top like an A
ladder used by firefighters to change sprinkler heads etc
Auxiliary Fire Service
American Fire Sprinkler Association
American Gas Association Research Division

AIAA
AIBS
AIChE
AIFS
AIRAH
AIRCO
AIRMIC
AISBVC
AIT
AIVC
ALARM
ALARM
ALARP
ALEM
ALOFT
AMD
AMK
AMP
ANPI/NVBB
ANS
ANSI
APB
APEA
APFS
API
APP
APSAD
AR-AFFF
ARGOS
AS
ASCE
ASCII
ASCOS
ASD
ASDMA
ASET
ASFP
ASFPCM
ASHRAE
ASKFRS
ASM
ASME
ASNT
ASTA
ASTM
ATEX
ATM
ATMS
ATSO
AU
AVCAT
AVGAS
AVLS
AVTAG
AVTUR
AWG

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Assistant Inspector of Fire Services
Australia Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Heating
air co-ordinator
Association of Insurance & Risk Managers in Industry & Commerce
Asociacion de Investigacion . . . Seguridad Vidas y Bienes Cepreven
autogenous ignition temperature
Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre
Association of Local Authority Risk Managers
Alternative Life Safety Analysis for Retrofit Cost Minimisation (NIST)
As Low As Reasonably Practical (safety management)
Association of Loading & Elevating Equipment Manufacturers
A Large Open Fire plume Trajectory model
Amendment (to British Standard)
Anti-Misting Kerosene
Ampere(s) (standard unit for the amount of an electric current at a given point
Association Nationale pour la Protection contre lincindie (Belgium)
American Nuclear Society
American National Standards Institute
Arson Prevention Bureau
Association of Petroleum & Explosive Acts Administration
Asian Pacific Fire Safety
American Petroleum Institute
ammonium polyphosphate
Assemblee Pleniere des Societes dAssurances Dommages
Alcohol Resistant Aqueous Film Forming Foam
zone-type fire model at DIFT
Standards Australia
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Analysis of Smoke Control Systems, fire model
Air-sampling detection systems
Architectural & Specialist Door Manufacturers Association
Available Safe Egress Time, fire model
Association for Specialist Fire Protection
Association of Specialist Fire Protection Contractors & Manufacturers
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
computer package for fire engineers from FRS
American Society for Metals
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Non-Destructive Testing
Association of Short-Circuit Testing Authorities
American Society for Testing & Materials
Atmospheres Explosibles Directive, of the EC
atmosphere(s)
automated teller systems
Association of Trading Standards Officers
Automobile series (British Standards)
kerosine fuel for aircraft
aviation spirit
Automatic Vehicle Locking Systems
low-octane petrol
aviation kerosine
American Wire Gage (Gauge)

AWRE

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment now: DERA

B
BA
BAA
BACO
BAFE
BAM
BAMA
BAP
BASA
BASEC
BASEEFA
BASF
BBA
BC
BCA
BCB
BCF
BCGA
BCM
BCS
BCSA
BDP
BEAB
BEAMA
BEC
BEC
BESA
BFISS
BFPC
BFPSA
BFRC
BFRL
BFSA
BHP
BHP
BHRA
BIA
BIAT
BIBA
BICC
BICC
BIIBA
BIM
BISF
BLA
BLAZES
BLCBE
Bldg.Regs.
BLEVE(s)
BMEG
BMF
BMHB

breathing apparatus
British Airports Authority
Breathing Apparatus Control Officer
British Approvals for Fire Equipment
Bundesanstalt fur Materialprufung
British Aerosol Manufacturers Association
Bickerdike Allen Partners (fire consultants)
British Automatic Sprinkler Association
British Approvals Service for Electric Cables
British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres
British Automatic Sprinkler Federation
British Board of Agreement
Battalion chief
British Cement Association
British Consultants Bureau
bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211)
British Compressed Gases Association
bromochloromethane
British Calibration Service
British Constructional Steelwork Association
Building Design Partnership
British Electrotechnical Approvals Service
Federation of British Electrotechnical & Allied Manufacturers Association
British Electrotechnical Committee
Building Employers Confederation
British Electrical Systems Association
Birmingham Fire Insurance Surveyors Society
British Fire Prevention Committee
British Fire Protection Systems Association
British Flame Research Committee
Building & Fire Research Laboratory, NIST, USA
British Fire Services Association
brake horsepower
Broken Hill Proprietry Co. (Melbourne Research Labs.)
British Hydraulics Research Association
British Insurance Association now: ABI
British Institute of Architectural Technicians
British Insurance Brokers Association
International Building Classification Committee
British Insulated Cable Company
British Insurers International Committee
British Institute of Management
British Iron & Steel Federation
British Lift Association
fire museum in Somerset
boiling liquid collapsed bubble explosion
Building Regulations
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion(s)
Building Materials Export Group
British Metals Federation
British Materials Handling Board

BMP
BNCIEA
BNFL
BOCA
BOT
BP
BP
BPF
BPMA
BR
BR (312)
BR12
BRAC
BRANDFORSK
BRANZ
BRAs
BRE
BRESENS
BRI
BRUFMA
BS
BSB
BSC
BS CECC
BSEE
BS EN
BSI
BS IEC
BS ISO
BS ISO TR
BS ISO/IEC
BSIQA
BSRIA
BSS
BSTI
BTF
BTG
BTM
BTTG
Btu
BUSI
BVD/SPI
BVQI
BWF

Building Materials Producers (Same as NCBMP)

British National Committee for International Engineering Affairs
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
Building Official & Code Administrators, USA
Board of Trade
British Petroleum
boiling point
British Plastics Federation
British Pump Manufacturers Association
Building Regulations
report series from BRE/FRS
fire zone model at BFRL, NIST
Building Regulations Advisory Committee
Swedish performance based safety design
Building Research Association of New Zealand
Building Research Advisory Service
Building Research Establishment
prototype computer-based analogue fire detection system from BRE/FRS
Building Research Institute (Ministry of Construction, Japan)
British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers Association
British Standard
Bureau voor Sprinklerbeveiliging
British Safety Council
British Standard Implementation of a CECC
Building Services & Environmental Engineer (journal)
British Standard implementation of a European Standard
British Standards Institution
British Standard implementation of an IEC standard
British Standard implementation of an ISO standard
British Standard implementation of an ISO Technical Report
British Standard implementation of a joint ISO/IEC publication
BSI Quality Assurance
Building Services Research & Information Association
British Standards Society
Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution
bromotrifluoromethane (freon, Halon 1301)
British Technology Group was: NRDC
bromotrifluoromethane (Halon 1301)
British Textile Technology Group, Fire Technology Services
British thermal unit(s)
Building Use & Safety Research Unit
Brand-Verhutungs-Dienst fur Industrie & Gewerbe
Bureau Veritas Quality International
British Woodworking Federation

C
C
C & CA
CA
CAA
CACFOA
CAD
CAFS
CAME

Centigrade, or celsius
Cement & Concrete Association
Consumers Association
Civil Aviation Authority
Chief & Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
computer aided design
compressed air foam systems
Certification of Air Moving Equipment

CANS
CARES
CASA
CASCO
CB
CBFPEM
CBI
CBM
CBT
CBT
CBUF
CC
CC
CC14
C&CA
CCA
CCB
CCD
CCDF
CCFM
CCSIEFP
CCTV
CD
CDM Regulations
CD-ROM
CE mark
CEA
CEB
CEBI
CEC
CECC
CECT
CEE
CEF
CEFIC
CEGB
CEI
CEI
CELIS
CEN
CENELEC
CEN/TC
CEPO
CEPREVEN
CERCI
CERTICO
CERTIFIRE
CESARE
CESI
CETM
CF3Br
CFAST
CFBAC
CFC
CFCD
CFD

Controller Area Networks

Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels
Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association
ISO/IEC Committee on Conformity Assessment
Certification Bodies
Council of British Fire Protection Equipment Manufacturers
Confederation of British Industry
bromochloromethane (Halon 1011)
competence based training
computer based training
combustion behaviour of upholstered furniture
Closed cup
Cubic centimetre
carbon tetrachloride
Cement & Concrete Association
CENELEC Certification Agreement
Committee of Certification Bodies of the EICEE
Charged-couple Device
complementary cumulative distribution function
computer zone model at BFRL, NIST
Combustion of chemical substances & impact on the environment of fire products
Closed Circuit Television
consultative document
Construction (Design & Management) Regulation
Compact Disk -- Read Only Memory
European safety approval mark
Comite Europeen des Assurances
Comite electrotechnique (Belgium)
European Committee of Consulting Associations
Commission of European Communities
CENELEC Electronics Components Committee
European Committee for Boiler & Pressure Vessel Makers
International Committee on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment
Comite Electrotechnique Francaise
European Council of Chemical Manufacturers Federation
Central Electricity Generating Board now: National Power
Comite Electrotechnique Internationale (IEC)
Comitato elettrotechnico italiano
CENELEC Information System
Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardisation)
Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CEN Technical Committee
County Emergency Planning Officer
Spanish FPA
Centre for Educational Resources for the Construction Industry
ISO Committee on Certification
fire door certification scheme
CFD fire model
Centro Electrotechnico Sperimentale Italiano
cigarette extinction test method
halon 1301
computer zone model at BFRL, NIST
Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council (Home Office)
chlorofluorocarbon
Canadian Fire Data Centre
computational fluid dynamics

CFIRS
CFLs
CFLP
CFO
CFPA-E
CFPA-I
CFS
CH2CHCHO
CH2C12
CH3C1
CHAM
CHCS
CHEMET
CHEMTREC
CHETAH
CHIP
CHP
CHLOREP
CHS
Chunnel
CI
CIA
CIB
CIBSE
CIE
CIEH
CICS
CIEH
CIFS
CII
CIIG
CILA
CIMAH
CIOB
CIPFA
CIRIA
CIRUS
CIS
CISD
CISTI
CITB
CITS
CLASP
CLC
CLI
CLOUD
CMC
CMHR
C-MIST
CMPU
CNF
CNMIS
CNMPA
CNPP
CO
CO2

Canadian fire data method

compact fluorescent lamps
Central Fire Liaison Panel
Chief Fire Officer
Confederation of Fire Protection Associations, Europe

International
Community Fire Safety
acrolein
dichloromethane
chloromethane
Computer Hazard Analysis
Chemical Hazards Communications Society
Chemical Meteorology
Chemical Transportation Emergency Centre
a program of ASTM
Chemical Hazards Information & Packaging
Combined Heat & Power
Chlorine Emergency Plan
Circular Hollow Section
Channel Tunnel railway link between Britain & France
Combustion Institute
Chemical Industries Association
Conseil International du Batiment
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
International Commission on Illumination
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Ceramic Industry Certification Scheme
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Chief Inspector of Fire Services
Chartered Insurance Institute
Construction Industry Information Group
Charted Institute of Loss Adjusters
Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard (replaced by COMAH)
Chartered Institute of Building
Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy
Construction Industry Research & Information Association
Chemical Information Retrieval & Updating System (London Fire Brigade)
Critical incident stress
Critical Incident Stress Disorder see also: PTSD
Canada Institute for Research in Construction
Construction Industry Training Board
Construction Industry theft Scheme
Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme
CENELEC
Calling Line Identity
Concentration levels of unconfined dispersion
Conditional Moment Closure
Combustion Modified High Resilience (polyurethane foam)
Centre for Maritime & Industrial Safety Technology
Combustion Modified Polyurethane
Chubb National Foam
Comite National du Material dIncendie et de Securite
Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
Centre National de Prevention et de Protection
carbon monoxide
carbon dioxide

COFIRES
COFSA
COFSWAN
COMAH
CONIAC
CONRAD2
COPOLCO
COSHH
COSI
COSQC
COTIF
COVENIN
CP
CP
CPC
CPCG
CPD
CPL
CPM
CPO
CPP
CPR
CPSC
CPTU
CQA
CR
CRESTA
CRINE
CRISP
CRISP
CSBS
CSCE
CSIRO
CSK
CSN
CSO
CSP
CSTB
CSU
CTC
CTCSS
CTICM
CTIF
CTSA
CV
CWCT
CYS

Canadian fire data method

Commonwealth & Overseas Fire Services Association
Computers On Fire Stations Wide Area Network
Control of Major Accident Hazards (replaced CIMAH)
Construction Industry Advisory Committee
NIST fire model
ISO Committee on Consumer Policy
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
Control Operators Stress Inventory
Central Organization for Standardization & Quality Control
Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail
Comission Venezolana de Normas Industriales
Code of Practice (BSI standard)
Current Paper (publications series by BRE/FRS)
Consumer Policy Committee
Civil Protection Co-ordination Group
Construction Products Directive
Classification, Packaging & Labelling Regulations
Critical Path Method
Crime Prevention Officer
Certified Protection Professional
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Consumer Product Safety Commission, USA
Crime Prevention Technical Unit
Construction Quality Assurance
CEN Technical Report
Catastrophic Risk Evaluating & Standardising Target Accumulations
Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era (FABIG)
Construction Research & Innovation Strategy Panel
fire risk assessment methodology model at FRS
China State Bureau of Standards
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Committee for Standardisation of Democ. Peoples Republic of Korea
Czechoslovakian Standards Organisation
Central Statistical Office
Certified Safety Professional
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, France
Consumer Safety Unit (of DTI)
carbon tetrachloride
Continuous Tone Controlled Signalling System
Centre Technique Industriele de la Construction Metallique
Comite Technique International de Prevention et dExtinction du Feu
Channel Tunnel Safety Authority
control volume
Centre for Window & Cladding Technology
Cyprus Organisation for Standards & Control of Quality

D
Da
DAE
DAM
DANTEST
DAS

Damkohler number
Deutsch Akkreditierungstelle Elektrotechnik
Draft amendment
Danish Test Laboratory Copehagen
Defect Action Sheet (BRE/FRS)

db
DB
DC
DBCE
DBE
DBR
DC
DC
DCFO
DCO
DCOL (DCO)
DD
DDI
DED
DEF
DEFSTAN
Deg
DEGADIS
DEK
DERA
DETACT-QS NIST
DETR
DFM
DFPA
DFT
DFTs
DGIII
DGN
DIAL
DIEL
DIFT
DIN
DIN
DINT
DIS
DISC
DISP
DITR
DKD
DKE
DLCA
DMU
DNH
DNS
DNV
DoE
DOT
DP
DPC
DPE
DRA
DRM
DS
DS
DSA
DSC

database
decibel
direct current
Division of Building, Construction & Engineering, CSIRO Australia
dibromotetrafluoroethane
Division of Building Research, CSIRO now: DBCE
direct current
Draft for comment (BSI)
Deputy Chief Fire Officer
Deputy Chief Officer
'Dear Chief Officer' letter (Home Office)
Draft for Development (of BSI)
Direct Dial In
Data Encryption Device
Defence Specification
Defence Standards
degree(s)
dispersion model
Dansk Elektroteknisk Komite
Defence Establishment Research Agency
fire model
Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions
Dear Firemaster letter (Scottish Office)
Danish FPA
Dry Film Thickness
directional flame thermometers
(EC) Directorate General III
Direccion General de Normas
Differential Absorption LIDAR
OFTELS advisory committee for Disabled & Elderly people
Danish Institute of Fire Technology
Deutsches Institut fur Normung e.V (German Standards Organisation)
Draft International Standard
Direction de la normalisation et de la technologie
Draft International Standard
Delivering Information Solutions to Customers through International Standards
Draft International Standardised Profile
German Information Centre for Technical Regulations
Deutscher Kalibrierdienst
Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission im DIN & VDE
diffusion limited cluster aggregation
dimethyl urea
Department of National Heritage
direct numerical simulations
Det Norsk Veritas
Department of the Environment now: DETR
Department of Transport now: DETR
Draft Proposal
Draft for public comment
Data Processing Environment
Defence Research Agency
direct regular method
Dansk Standardiseringsrad
Defence Specification
District Surveyors Association
differential scanning calorimetry

DSHR
DSIR
DSMA
DSN
DSP
DSS
DSU
DTA
DTI
DTR

Dangerous Substances in Harbours & Harbour Area Regulations

Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
Door & Shutter Manufacturers Association
Dewan Standardisasi Nasional
Digital Signal Processing
Department of Social Security
Distress Signal Unit
differential thermal analysis
Department of Trade & Industry
Draft technical report

E
EA
EA
EAs
EAC
EACC
EAPFB
EAPI
Eas
EAS
EASEM
EC
EC
EC
EC
ECA
ECE
ECSC
EDITH
EDP
EECS
EEMUA
EFD
EFFSEP
EFILWC
EFL
EFRA
EFSAC
EFSC
EFSLB
EFTA
EFTCA
EGOLF
EGRESS
EH
EH
EHCS
EHO
EHS
EIAB
EIF
EIFS
EL
ELOT
ELR
EMarks
EMC
EMF
EMS
EMS
EMT
EMU
EN
ENRICH
ENV
EOD

Electricity Association
Environment Agency (of DETR)
Emergency Authorities
emergency action code
Emergency Authorities Control Centres
European Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers
European Arson Prevention Institute
Emergency Authorities
Electronic Article Surveillance
European Association of Security Equipment Manufacturers
Elektroniccentralen
Engineering Council
European Community
extended coverage (sprinkler)
Electrical Contractors Association
Economic Commission for Europe
European Coal & Steel Community
Exit drills in the home
electronic data processing
Electrical Equipment Certification Service
Engineering Equipment & Materials Users Association
electrostatic fire detector
European Federation of Fire Separating Element Producers
European Foundation for Improvement of Living & Working Conditions
Explosion & Flame Laboratory
European Flame Retardant Association
European Fire & Security Advisory Council
European Fire & Security Council (EFSG, CEA. CFPA, EUROFEU & EURALARM)
Emergency Fire Service Lead Body
European Free Trade Association
European Fluoro-Carbon Technical Committee
European Group of Official Laboratories for Fire Testing
evacuation modelling computer code (of AEA)
environmental health
English Heritage
English Housing Condition Survey
Environmental Health Officer
English Housing Survey
Engineering Inspection Authorities Board
Energy Industries Council
exterior insulation & finish systems
Exposure Limit
Hellenic Organisation for Standardization
End of Line Resistor
European safety approval marks
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
electromotive force
Environmental Management Systems
Emergency Medical Service
Emergency Medical Technician
electro-magnetic unit
European Standard (Norme)
European Network for Research in Global Change
European Pre-standard
Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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