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Victim holding audit area (VHAA)

A term from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (APP), reproduced under the Open Government Licence with a link back to the authoritative source.

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Definition

A temporary structure where deceased persons and human remains are initially taken.

This definition is drawn from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice. For the full operational guidance and current wording, read it at source.

college.police.uk/app/civil-emergencies/disaster-victim-identification/recovering-and-identifying-deceased-and-human-remains

Related terms

Antemortem

Processes related to identifying the victim prior to death, including collecting evidence.

Disaster victim identification (DVI)

The internationally accepted term for the processes and procedures for recovering and identifying deceased people and human remains in multiple fatality incidents.

Definition reproduced from the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the source link above for the authoritative, current wording.