In article .com,
Larry Lard writes

Ian Snowdon wrote:
Some weeks ago someone asked about the purpose of the concrete
structure
near the CTRL bridge across the ECML leading into St Pancras. As I
was
visiting the station I asked and was told that it is called the
"Forward
Incident Control Point".

My next question was "what does that mean?" and nobody could tell me.

So, can someone tell me what a FICP is used for (and don't say
"incidents").

Googling those four words suggests it's emergency services jargon for,
well a place where you control incidents. A place near the incident, so
'forward'.

A typical document using these words is
http://www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/fire_service/emergency_plans/calor.html
which looks to be about how to handle the Calor gas terminal at
Felixstowe blowing up, or similar.

I daresay the CTRL FICP will be used for any, um, incident, around the
new station complex and maybe along the CTRL as a whole.

It's hard to talk about such things without using the word "incident",
btw

The building houses many things including a substation, power supplies
for the tunnels and the signalling controls. In addition it is a base
for the emergency services to work from if there is an incident in the
first 3(ish) km of tunnel. You will see that it is now clad and roofed.

--
John Alexander,