Organisations
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
ACPO (TAM) Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters) BTP British Transport Police
CQC Care Quality Commission
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CTPHQ Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters
CTPNW Counter Terrorism Policing North West
DHSC Department of Health and Social Care
DLUHC Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ETUK Emergency Training UK
GMFRS Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
GMP Greater Manchester Police
GMRF Greater Manchester Resilience Forum
HMG Her Majesty’s Government (prior to 8th September 2022)/ His Majesty’s Government (from 8th September 2022)
HMICFRS Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (prior to 8th September 2022)/His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (from 8th September 2022)
HMPPS Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (prior to 8th September 2022)/His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (from 8th September 2022)
LFB London Fire Brigade
LFRS Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
MHRA Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
MPS Metropolitan Police Service
NARU National Ambulance Resilience Unit
NWAS North West Ambulance Service
NWCTU North West Counter Terrorist Unit
NWFC North West Fire Control
SIA Security Industry Authority
Individuals
SA Salman Abedi
HA Hashem Abedi
Ranks and roles
ACC Assistant Chief Constable
ACSO Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations
CI Chief Inspector
CTSFO Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officer
DAC Deputy Assistant Commissioner
DC Detective Constable
DCC Deputy Chief Constable
DCI Detective Chief Inspector
DCS Detective Chief Superintendent
DI Detective Inspector
DS Detective Sergeant
EMT Emergency Medical Technician
EMT‑A Emergency Medical Technicians Advanced
EMT‑B Emergency Medical Technicians Basic
FDO Force Duty Officer
NILO National Interagency Liaison Officer
PC Police Constable
PCSO Police Community Support Officer
Other
AMPDS Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System
CSCATTT Command and Control; Safety; Communication; Assessment; Triage; Treatment; Transport
CT computerised tomography
CT2 Counter‑Terrorism Policing Part 2
FALP First Aid Learning Programme
FCP Forward Command Post
HART Hazardous Area Response Team (NWAS)
HQ Headquarters
IED Improvised Explosive Device
JESIP Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles
JOPs Joint Operating Principles
MEN Manchester Evening News
METHANE Major Incident; Exact Location; Type of Incident; Hazards; Number of Casualties; Emergency Services (see Figure 23 in Part 11 in Volume 2‑I)
MIMMS Major Incident Medical Management and Support
MITT Major Incident Triage Tool
PAcT Public Access Trauma (first‑aid kit)
PDA pre‑determined attendance
PPE personal protective equipment
PTSD post‑traumatic stress disorder
RAID Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion team REBOA resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta RVP Rendezvous Point
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SORT Special Operations Response Team
TATP triacetone triperoxide
TST Ten Second Triage
TXA tranexamic acid