FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

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Addendums ........................................................................................................................... 451

1. Acronym of Emergency Management Offices and Agencies for U.S. States, Commonwealths,

District of Columbia and Territories ............................................................................ 451

2. The 32 Core Capabilities Identified in the National Preparedness Goal ............................ 454

3. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Public Law 93-288, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., and Related Authorities United States Code, Title

42. The Public Health and Welfare, Chapter 68. Disaster Relief-FEMA 592, August

2016 ........................................................................................................................... 455

4. Common Conversion Factors ............................................................................................. 460

5. Phonetic Alphabet – U.S. Military ....................................................................................... 463

6. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Regional Offices ............................................ 460

7. FEMA Training Organizations ............................................................................................. 461

8. List of Major Department of Homeland Security Organizational Websites ........................ 462

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2D Two-Dimensional

2SR Second Stage Review

4WD Four-Wheel Drive

A: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

A Ampere

 Administrative Assistant

 Allocation Authority

 Applicant Assistance

 Approval Authority

 Assembly Area

 Atomic Absorption

A/A

 Assistant Administrator

 Acquisition Authority

AAA

 Agriculture Adjustment Act

 American Ambulance Association

 Area Agency on Aging

 Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

AAACE

Airport Access Authorization to Commercial

Establishments

AAAE American Association of Airport Executives

AABB American Association of Blood Banks

AAC

 Air Ambulance Company

 Applicant Assistance Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AACES

Automated, Adaptive Chemical Examination

System

AACN Advanced Automatic Collision Notification

AACS Automated Access Control System

AAD Assistant Associate Director

AADPIA

Assistant Associate Director for Public and

Intergovernmental Affairs

AADR Age-Adjusted Death Rate

AA&E Arms, Ammunition and Explosives

AAEC Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team

AAEI

American Association of Exporters and

Importers

AAER Average Annual Erosion Rate

AAFAS Automated Airborne Flight Alert System

AAML Agency Aviation Military Liaison

AAMS Automated Acquisition Management System

AAMVA

American Association of Motor Vehicle

Administrators

AANHPI

Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific

Islander

AANS Alert and Accountability Notification System

AAO

 Alternate Approving Official

 Antarctic Oscillation

AA ORR

Associate Administrator, Office of Response and

Recovery

AAP American Academy of Pediatrics

AAPA American Association of Port Authorities

AAPD American Association of People with Disabilities

AAPI Asian American and Pacific Islander

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AAR

 After-Action Report

 After-Action Review

 Area at Risk

 Association of American Railroads

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials

AAU Association of American Universities

AAVLD

American Association of Veterinary Laboratory

Diagnosticians

ABA

 American Bar Association

 American Baptist Association

 Annual Budget Authorization

 Architectural Barriers Act

ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments

ABC

 Airway, Breathing, Circulation

 American Baptist Churches

 Atomic, Biological and Chemical

ABCI Arizona Border Control Initiative

ABCO Automated Billing and Collection Offsets

ABD Air Bridge Denial

ABEL Agent-Based Economic Laboratory

ABF Automatic Broadcast Feed

ABFE Advisory Base Flood Elevations

ABHS Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer

ABI Airborne Illness

ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene

ABIS

Automated Biometric Identification System

(Department of Defense [DOD]) (see IDENT)

ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile

ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ABNCP Airborne Command Post

ABO Agents of Biological Origin

ABRO Aircraft Base Radio Operator

ABS Arson and Bomb Squad

ABYC American Boat and Yacht Council

 Active Component (of the United States

Military-DOD)

 Advisory Committee

 Alternating Current (electrical)

 Area Command

 Area Coordinator

ACA

 Affordable Care Act

 Airspace Control Authority

 Alternate Command Authority

ACAA

 Air Carrier Association for Americans

 Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm

ACAC Area Command Aviation Coordinator

ACADA Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm

ACAMS Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System

ACAP

 Agency-wide Corrective Action Program

 Alien Criminal Apprehension Program

ACBIRC

Advanced Chemical/Biological Integrated

Response Course

ACC

 Agency Command Center

 Air Combat Command

 American Chemistry Council

 Aviation Command Center

ACCOE

Accessibility Compliance Center of Excellence

(Department of Homeland Security [DHS])

ACCS Accounting Classification Code Structure

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ACCT

 Account

 Accounting Technician

ACDA

United States Arms Control and Disarmament

Agency

ACDP Aircraft Dispatcher

ACDR Area Commander

ACE

 Accumulated Cyclone Energy

 Army Corps of Engineers

 Assistant Chief of Engineers

 Atmosphere, Climate and Environment

 Automated Construction Estimate/Estimator

ACEC

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern

(Bureau of Land Management)

ACES Automated Construction Estimate System

ACF

 Administration for Children and Families

(United States Department of Health and

Human Services [HHS])

 Alternate Care Facility

 Alternate Control Facility

ACFM Advanced Certified Floodplain Manager

ACFT Aircraft

ACGIH

American Council of Government Industrial

Hygienists

ACH Automated Clearing House

AChE

Acetylcholinesterase (inhibition of this enzyme

is targeted by nerve agents)

ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACI

 Advanced Contracting Initiative

 Air Curtain Incinerator

 Airborne Control Intercept

 Airports Council International

 Approved Course of Instruction

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ACI/NA Airports Council International/North America

ACICIP

Advisory Committee on International

Communications and Information Policy

ACINT Acoustic Intelligence

ACIP

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC])

ACIS Aviation Credential Interoperability Solution

ACK Acknowledgement

ACL

 Access Control List

 Administration for Community Living (HHS)

ACLC Assistant Area Commander, Logistics

ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support

ACM Asbestos-Containing Material

ACMR

 Adjusted Collapse Margin Ratio

 Assistant Cache Manager

ACN Alerting and Coordination Network

ACO

 Administrative Contracting Officer

 Agency Claims Officer

 Agency Collection Officer

 Animal Control Officer

ACP

 Access Control Points

 Airspace Control Plan

 Alternate Command Post

 Area Command Post

 Area Contingency Plan

ACPC Assistant Area Commander, Plans

ACPSEM

Advisory Council on Professional Standards for

Emergency Managers

ACQ Acquisition

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ACR

 Acreage Conservation Reserve

 Advance Confirmation Report

 Adverse Condition Report

 Agency Confirmation Report

ACS

 Access

 Access Control System

 Adventist Community Services

 Alternate Command Staff

 American College of Surgeons

ACSD Advanced Container Security Device

ACSDR

Adventist Community Services Disaster

Response

ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index

ACSM American Congress of Surveying and Mapping

ACT

 Action and Concurrence Tracker

 American Council for Technology

 Analysis Control Team

 Area Command Team

ACT FAST

Agent Characteristics Toxicity - First Aid and

Special Treatment

ACTD Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration

ACTY Activity

ACV

 Actual Cash Value

 Alarm Check Valve (fire sprinkler system)

ACVDS

Advanced Chemical Vapor Detection System

Project

ACVP Airline Certificate Vetting Program

ACWG Air Cargo Working Group

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Active Directory

 Addendum

 Administratively Determined

 Assistant Director

 Associate Director

A/D  Analog/Digital

ADA

 Aerial Damage Assessment

 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

 Actual Date of Arrival

 Anti-Deficiency Act

A/DACG  Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group

ADAD Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Advisor

ADAMS

Automated Disaster Assistance Management

System

ADASHI

Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous

Incidents

ADASP Aviation Direct Access Screening Program

ADCIRC

Advanced Circulation (computer model for

storm surges, flooding tides)

ADD

Obsolete: Automated Deployment Database

Replaced by: Deployment Tracking System

(DTS)

ADDIE

Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation

and Evaluation

ADDL Additional

ADDO Assistant Deputy Director for Operations

ADDS

Obsolete: Automated Disaster Deployment

System

Replaced by: Deployment Tracking System

(DTS)

ADF Automatic Direction Finder

ADFMO Assistant District Fire Management Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ADFR Arson Detection for the First Responder

ADGGS

Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical

Surveys

ADIS

 Arrival and Departure Information System

 Automatic Data Interchange System

ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone

ADJ

 Adjudication

 Adjustable

 Adjutant

ADL

 Activities of Daily Living

 Automated Distance Learning

ADM

 Acquisition Decision Memorandum

 Admiral

 Administrative/Administrator

 Admissions

ADMIN

 Administration

 Administrative/Administrator

ADMSYS Admissions System

ADO

 Airport District Office

 Assistant Disbursing Officer

ADOC

Appeal Document Request Letter - Individual

Assistance Program (Federal Emergency

Management Agency [FEMA])

ADO Team Assistant Disbursing Officer Team

ADOS Automated Document Ordering System

ADP Automated Data Processing

ADPAC Animal Disaster Planning Advisory Committee

ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment

ADR

 Address

 Alternative Dispute Resolution

 American Disaster Reserve

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ADRA Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 1990

ADRS Automated Disaster Reporting System

ADSP Administrative Specialist

ADT

Admit, Discharge, Transfer HL7 (software

patient tracking system)

ADTS Automated Data Telecommunications Service

ADVISE

Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight

and Semantic Enhancement

ADVON Advanced Echelon

 Advance Evaluation

 Adverse Event

 Aeromedical Evacuation

 After-Effects

 American Embassy

 Architects and Engineering

 Area Effect

 Auxiliary Equipment

A&E

 Accident and Emergency Department

 Architectural and Engineering

AEA

 Actual Expenses Allowed

 Approved Enforcement Agency

AEAO Assistant External Affairs Officer

AEAS Automated Exercise and Assessment System

AEBM Advanced Engineering Building Module

AEC

 Agency Emergency Coordinator

 Area Emergency Coordinator

 Obsolete: Atomic Energy Commission

Replaced by: United States Department of

Energy (DOE)

AECB Atomic Energy Control Board

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AECC

 Aero-Medical Evacuation Control Center

 Aero-Medical Evacuation Coordination

Center

 American Evangelical Christian Church

AECE Aero-medical Evacuation Control Element

AECM Aero-medical Evacuation Crew Members

AED Automated External Defibrillator

AEGL Acute Exposure Guidelines Level

AEI

Air Emissions Inventory (United States

Environmental Protection Agency [EPA])

AEC  Alaska Earthquake Center

AEL

 Acceptable Exposure Limit

 Adverse Effect Level

 Airborne Exposure Limit

 Authorized Equipment List

AELT Aero-medical Evacuation Liaison Team

AEMER

Alliance for Emergency Medical Education and

Research

AEMSC Atlantic Emergency Medical Services Council

AEO Assistant Executive Officer

AEOD Analysis and Evaluation of Operation Data

AEP

 Accelerated Encryption Processing

 Airport Emergency Plan

 Annual Execution Plan

 Asia, Europe, Pacific

 Association of Emergency Physicians

AES

 Advanced Encryption Standard

 Aero-medical Evacuation System

 Animal Emergency Sheltering

 Automated Export System

 Automated Extinguishing System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AET Advance Evaluation Team

AEW Airborne Early Warning

 Acre Foot (volume measurement of water to

cover one acre to a depth of one foot.)

 Administrative File

 Air Force

 Air Freight

 Armed Forces

 Audio Frequency

AFA

 United States Air Force Academy

 Automatic Fire Alarm

 Application for Adjustment

AFB

 Air Force Base

 Application for Benefits

 American Foundation for the Blind

AFCEA

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics

Association

AFD Airport Facility Directory

AFEM Alliance for Fire and Emergency Management

AFEO Assistant Fire Equipment Operator

AFEWES

Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation

Simulator

AFF Automated Flight Following

AFFF

Aqueous Film Forming Foam (used to extinguish

petroleum or other flammable liquids fires)

AFFIRM

Association for Federal Information Resources

Management

AFG Assistance to Firefighters Grant

AFGE American Federation of Government Employees

AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central

AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AFIS Automated Fingerprint Information System

AFL-CIO

American Federation of Labor and Congress of

Industrialized Organizations

AFM

 Adjudicator’s Field Manual

 Administrative and Financial Management

A&FM Aviation and Fire Management

AFME Armed Forces Medical Examiner

AFMIC Armed Forces Medial Intelligence Center

AFMLS Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section

AFMO Assistant Fire Management Officer

AFMS Automated Forms System

AFN Access and Functional Needs

AFNSEP

Air Force National Security Emergency

Preparedness

AFO Area Field Office

AFOC Air Force Operations Center

AFOSC Air Force Operations Support Center

AFP Annual Funding Plan

AFRAS Association for Rescue at Sea

AFRAT Air Force Radiation Assessment Team

AFRB Air Force Reserve Base

AFRCC Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

AFRES Air Force Reserve

AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory

AFRRI Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute

AFSC Armed Forces Staff College

AFSOF Air Force Special Operations Forces

AFSPC Air Force Space Command

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AFSS Automated Flight Service Station

AFTAC Air Force Technical Applications Center

AFWA Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

 Adjutant General (National Guard)

 Agriculture

 Antigen

 Attorney General

 Auditor General

AGAR Alternate Governor’s Authorized Representative

AGAUS

Adjutants General Association of the United

States

AGC

 Agrochemicals

 Air-to-Ground Communication

 Associate General Counsel (legal counsel

office)

AGCA Associated General Contractors of America

AGCR Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (nuclear reactor)

AGILE

 Advanced Generation of Interoperability

Equipment for Law Enforcement

 Advanced Geospatial Imagery Library

Enterprise

AGL Above Ground Level

AGR Active Guard/Reserve

AGS Aviation Group Supervisor

AGV

 Aggregate Value

 Autonomous or Automated Guided Vehicle

(mobile robots used in industrial or

warehouse facilities)

AGY Agency

AGZ

Actual Ground Zero (center of a nuclear

detonation)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Absolute Humidity (measurement of

moisture in the air regardless of

temperature)

 Alternate Headquarters

 Hospital Ship (Auxiliary, Hospital)

AHA American Heart Association

AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers

AHCC Alternate Host Communications Center

AHG Ad Hoc Group

AHIMT All Hazards Incident Management Team

AHIMTA

All Hazards Incident Management Teams

Association

AHJ Authority Having Jurisdiction

AHMA American Hotel and Motel Association

AHP All Hazards Plan

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

(HHS)

AHT

 Animal Health Technician

 Average Handle Time

AHU Air Handling Unit

AHUA America Highway User Alliance

AHWG Ad Hoc Working Group

AI Artificial Intelligence

AI&H Assistance to Individuals and Households

AI2 Acquisition Improvement Initiative

AIA

 American Institute of Architects

 American Insurance Association

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and

Astronautics

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AIATP

Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Awareness Training

Program

AIBS American Institute of Biological Sciences

AIC

 Access Identification Code

 Animal Identification Coordinator

 Automated Inventory Control

AID

 Acute Infectious Disease

 Aerial Ignition Device (National Wildfire

Coordinating Group [NWCG])

 United States Agency for International

Development (United States Department of

State [DOS])

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (see HIV)

AIEE American Institute of Electrical Engineers

AIF Assistance Information Form

AIG Address Indicating Group

AIR Assess, Inform, and Report

AIHEC American Indian Higher Education Consortium

AIHL

Obsolete: Army Industrial Hygiene Laboratory

Replaced by: United States Army Environmental

Hygiene Agency (USAEHA)

AILA American Immigration Lawyers Association

AIMS

 Arson Information Management System

 Assess, Improve, Measure and Sustain

 Automated Inventory Management System

AIP

 Agreement in Principle

 Airport Improvement Program

 Assisted Imaging Processing

AIPC All Indian Pueblo Council

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AIR

 Accident Incident Report

 Adopt, Innovate and Respond

 Airlines

 Assess, Inform and Report

AIREP Aircraft Report

AIREVAC Air Evacuation

AIS

 Air Safety Investigator

 Automatic Identification System

 Obsolete: Automated Information System

Replaced by: Automated Inventory Control

(AIC)

AIT Aeromedical Isolation Team

AIXM Aeronautical Information Exchange Model

AJ Administrative Judge

AKA Also Known As

AKDT Alaska Daylight Time (GMT-8)

AKST Alaska Standard Time (GMT-9)

 American Legion (United States veterans

service organization)

 Applicant Liaison

ALA

American Lifelines Association (National

Institute of Building Sciences)

ALARA

As Low as Reasonably Achievable (radiation and

radioactive material exposure)

ALB

Administration and Logistics Branch (United

States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator

Technology [US-VISIT])

ALC

 Administration and Logistics Center

 Agency Location Code

 Agency Logistics Center

 Air Logistics Center

 Annual Letter of Certification

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ALCC

 Airlift Coordination Cell

 Airlift Control Center

ALCE Airlift Control Element

ALCOM Alaskan Command

ALCON All Concerned

ALDS Automatic Lightning Detection System

ALE

 Additional Living Expenses

 Automatic Link Establishment

ALERT Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time

ALICE Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate

ALO Air Liaison Officer

ALOF Assistant Liaison Officer

ALOHA Aerial Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres

ALPA Airline Pilots Association

Alpha Phonetic Alphabet for A

ALS

 Advanced Life Support

 Airborne Laser Survey

 Alternate Landing Site

 Analytical Laboratory System (United States

Army)

 Approach and Landing System

ALSM Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (aka “LIDAR”)

ALT

 Alternate

 Altitude

ALTRETCO

Alternate Regional Emergency Transportation

Coordinator

 Amplitude Modulation (radio frequency)

 Ante Meridiem (from midnight to noon = 12

hours)

 Aviation Mechanic

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

A&M

Air and Marine (United States Customs and

Border Protection [CBP])

AMA

 Against Medical Advice

 American Medical Association

AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

AMB

 Administrative Management Branch

 Air and Marine Branch (ICE)

 Ambassador

 Ambulance

AMBUS Ambulance Bus

AMC

 Air Mobility Command

 Army Materiel Command

 America Mexico And Canada

AMCCOM Armament Munitions and Chemical Command

AMD

 Acquisition Management Division

 Air and Missile Defense

 Army Medical Department

AMEAGS

Automated Major Emergency Action Guidelist

System

AMEDD Army Medical Department

AMF Alternative Morgue Facility

AMGS

 Air and Marine Group Supervisor

 Air Mission Group Supervisor

AMHS Automated Message Handling System

AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction

AMID Air and Marine Interdiction Division

AMINESKAL American Indian Eskimo Aleutian

AMIO Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations

AML

 Airfield Marking and Lighting

 Army Medical Laboratory

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AMMG Air Mission Coordination Manager

AMO

Air and Marine Operations (DHS/United States

Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE])

AMOC Air and Marine Operations Center

AMP

 Advanced Medical Post

 Agency Management Plan

 Amperage

 Amputation

AMPS Automated Message Processing System

AMR

 Agricultural Mitigation and Restoration

 Air Movement Request

 Antimicrobial Resistance

 Appropriate Management Response

AMRS All Hazards Meteorological Response System

AMS

 Aerial Measuring System

 American Meteorological Society

 Atmospheric Monitoring System

 Atomic Mass Spectrometry

 Automated Manifest System

AmSam American Samoa

AMS/C Area Maritime Security/Committee

AMSLAN American Sign Language

AMSP

 Administration Specialist

 Area Maritime Security Plan

AMT Amount

AMTL

Administrative Task Force Leader, Public

Assistance

AMTOR Amateur Telegraphy Over Radio

AMWA Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Above Normal

 Account Number

A/N  Alert and Notification

ANACI Access National Agency Check and Inquiry

ANAD Anniston Army Depot

ANCA Anniston Chemical Activity

ANCDF Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility

ANFAZD

Academic Network for Foreign Animal and

Zoonotic Disease

ANFO

Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil (industrial

explosive)

ANG

 Air National Guard

 Army National Guard

ANG-CAT Air National Guard-Crisis Action Team

ANGB Air National Guard Base

ANI

 American Nuclear Insurers

 Area Not Included

ANL Argonne National Laboratories

ANMCC Alternate National Military Command Center

ANN Annual

ANOC Association of National Olympic Committees

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

(technology for reading vehicle number plates)

ANPRM Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ANPSC Alternate National Processing Service Center

ANRC American National Red Cross

ANS

 Adaptable Navigation System

 Alert and Notification System

 Answer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ANSC Auxiliary National Supply Center

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ANSI-HSSP

American National Standards Institute-

Homeland Security Standards Panel

ANX Anthrax

ANZUS Australia, New Zealand and United States

 Action Officer

 Administrative Officer

 Approving Official

 Area of Operations

 Assistance Officer

 Authorizing Official

AOA

 Administration on Aging (HHS)

 Air Operations Area

 Alive On Arrival

 Aviation Operations Area

AOAC Association for Official Analytical Communities

AOB Air Operations Branch

AOBD Air Operations Branch Director

AOBS Aerial Observer

AOC

 Air Operations Center

 Aircraft Operating Center (National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA])

 Area of Concentration

 Area of Concern

 Army Operations Center

AOCO Air Operations Coordinator

AOI Area of Interest

AOIC Acting Official in Charge

AOIC Additional Operational Issues and Criteria

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AoMI Areas of Mitigation Interest

AOO Area of Operations

AOP

 Advanced Operations Plan

 Annual Operating Plan

 Area Operation Plan

AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

AOR

 Acknowledgement Of Receipt

 Address of Record

 Area of Responsibility

 Authorized Organizational Representative

AOSSP Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program

AOV Agency Owned Vehicle

 Aerial Port

 Alternate Power

 Armor Piercing (ammunition)

 Arrival Point

 Assembly Point

 Associated Press

APA

 Approvable Pending Adoption

 American Planning Association

APC Animal Pest Control

AP&CP Arson Prevention and Control Plan

APA

 Accident Prevention Analysis

 Administrative Procedure Act (regulates how

federal agencies may propose and establish

regulations)

 American Planning Association

APAT Accident Prevention Analysis Team

APC

 Agency Program Coordinator

 Armored Personnel Carrier

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

APCO

Association of Public Safety Communications

Officials-International

APE Area of Potential Effect

APEX Adaptive Planning and Execution

APG

 Acquisition Planning Guide

 Advance Planning Group

 Annual Performance Goals

 Annual Planning Guidance

 Automatic Password Generator

APHA American Public Health Association

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories

APHT

Applied Public Health Team (United States

Public Health Service)

API

 Air Pollution Index (EPA)

 Avian and Pandemic Influenza

APIS Advance Passenger Information System (DHS)

APL

 Animal Protective League

 Annex Planning Leaders

 Anti-Personnel Landmines

 Application

APLS Advanced Pediatric Life Support

APMB

Acquisition and Program Management Branch

(US-VISIT)

APMG Accountable Property Manager

APO

 Accountable Property Office

 Accountable Property Officer

 Animal Protection Officer

 Army and Air Force Post Office

 Authorized Personnel Only

 Auxiliary Police Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

APOD Aerial Port of Debarkation

APOE Aerial Port of Embarkation

APP

 Apparatus

 Applicant

 Application

 Approach (Aircraft and Aviation)

APPA American Public Power Association

APPN

 Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

 Appropriation

APPT Appointment

APR

 Agency Procurement Review

 Air-Purifying Respirator

 Annual Progress Report

APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

APRS Acquisition Purchasing Specialist

APS

 Adult Protective Services

 Air Purification System

 Applicant Services

 Auxiliary Power Supply

APSO Asylum Pre-Screening Officer (DHS)

APSP

 Accountable Property Specialist

 Automated Passenger Screening Profile

APSRS Aerial Photography Summary Record System

APSS Automated Personnel Security System (DHS)

APT

 Administrative Payment Team

 Advanced Persistent Threat

 Apartment

 Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

APTA American Public Transportation Associations

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

APTS

 Airport, Port and Terminal Security

 Association of Public Television Stations

APVD Approved

APW

 Air-Pressurized Water Fire Extinguisher

 Anti-Personnel Weapon

APWA American Public Works Association

AQAS Acquisitions Quality Assurance Specialist

AQI

 Agricultural Quarantine Inspections

 Air Quality Index (EPA)

AQMAL Air Quality Maintenance Area

AQSP Acquisition Business Specialist

 Acknowledge Receipt

 Aerial Reconnaissance

 Arabic

 Army Reserve

 Assault Rifle

 Augmented Reality

ARA

 Associate Regional Administrator

 Assistant Regional Administrator

 Assigned Responsible Agency

ARAA Advanced Radiological Accident Assessment

ARAC Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability

ARB

 Academic Review Board

 Administrative Review Board

 Air Reserve Base

ArboNET Arboviral Disease Surveillance System (CDC)

ARC

 AIDS Related Complex

 Airborne Radio Communications

 American Red Cross (NGO)

 Appalachian Regional Commission

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ARCA Area Requiring Corrective Action

ARCHIE

Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard

Incident Evaluation

ARD

 Acute Respiratory Disease

 Advanced Radiation Detection

 Associate Regional Director

ARDA American Rescue Dog Association

AREAL

Atmospheric Research and Exposure

Assessment Laboratory

AREMA

American Railway Engineering and

Maintenance Right-of-Way

AREP Agency Representative

ARES

 Amateur Radio Emergency Services

 Anthrax Response Exercise Series

ARF

 Action Request Form

 Adult Residential Facility

 Aviation Route Forecast

ARFCAM

Autonomous Rapid Facility Chemical Agent

Monitor

ARFF Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting

ARFI Areas Recommended for Improvement

ARFOR

 Area Forecast

 Army Forces

ARG Accident Response Group

ARI Acute Respiratory Infection

ARI Average Recurrence Interval

ARIES Airborne Rapid Imagery for Emergency Support

ARIO Advanced Radiation Incident Operations

ARIP Accidental Release Information Program

ARJIS Automated Regional Justice Information System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ARL

 Activities Result List

 Airborne Reconnaissance Low

ARL-M Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Multifunction

ARM

 Aerial Radiological Monitor

 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

ARMS Automated Resource Management System

ARNG Army National Guard

ARNGOPS Army National Guard Operations

A-ROC Alternate Regional Operations Center

ARP

 Administration and Resource Planning

 Airport Reference Point

 Alarm Resolution Protocols

ARPA

 Advanced Research Projects Agency

 Archaeological Resources Protection Act

ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ARRAS Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System

ARRL American Radio Relay League

ARS

 Acute Radiation Syndrome

 Agricultural Research Service

 Air Rescue Service

 Automatic Route Selection

ARSOF Army Special Operations Forces

ARSP Airborne Mission Systems Specialist

ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar

ART

 Alternate Response Technologies

 Anti-Retroviral Therapy

 Awards Review Team

ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ARTS Audit Report Tracking System

ARV Anti-Retroviral (drugs used against retroviruses)

ARWO Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Office

 Applicant Services

 Ardent Sentry (NORTHCOM exercise)

 Automatic Sprinkler

ASA

 Air Stagnation Advisory

 American Society on Aging

 As Soon As

ASA (IE&E)

Assistant Secretary of the Army/Installation,

Energy and Environment

ASAC Aviation Security Advisory Committee

ASAP

 Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel

 All-Hazards Situation Assessment Prototype

 As Soon As Possible

 Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

 Automated Standard Application for

Payment

ASC

 Advanced Systems Center

 Anthrax Steering Committee (DHS)

 Application Support Center

 Area of Special Consideration

ASCADS

Automated Sorting, Conversion and Distribution

System

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information

Interchange

ASCL Applicant Services Crew Leader

ASCS

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation

Services

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ASD

 Accredited Standards Developer

 Acoustic Surveillance Device

 Administrative Security Division

 Allowable Stress Design

 Assistant Secretary of Defense

ASD (HD)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland

Defense)

ASD (SO/LIC)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special

Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict)

ASD NII

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks

and Information Integration

ASDAR Aircraft to Satellite Data Relay

ASDRC

Automated Systems Disaster Recovery

Capabilities

ASDSO Association of State Dam Safety Officials

ASDWA

Association of State Drinking Water

Administrators

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASFPM Association of State Floodplain Managers

ASGS Air Support Group Supervisor

ASH Assistant Secretary for Health (HHS)

ASHA Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs (HHS)

ASHG Accident Site Health Group

ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and

Air-Conditioning Engineers

ASIA

 Anti-Smuggling Investigators Association

 Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis

ASIANPACI Asian-Pacific Islander

ASIP Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection

ASIS American Society for Industrial Security

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ASIWPCA

Association of State and Interstate Water

Pollution Control Administrators

ASL

 Above Sea Level

 American Sign Language

ASLB Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

ASM Air Support Manager

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASMG Aviation Support Manager

ASMRO Armed Services Medical Regulating Office

ASMT Assessment

ASN Advance Shipping Notification

A&SO Administrations and Staff Offices

ASOF Assistant Safety Officer

ASOS Automated Surface Observing System

ASP

 Advance Support Plan

 Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (radiation

detection technology)

 Associate Safety Professional

 Aviation Security Program

ASPA

American Society of Public Administration

Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs

ASPCA

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty

to Animals

ASPE American Society of Professional Estimators

ASPECT

 Airborne Spectral Environmental Collection

Technology

 Airborne Spectral Photographic

Environmental Collection Technology

ASPHEP

Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency

Preparedness (HHS)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ASPR

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and

Response

ASPR TRACIE

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness

and Response - Technical Resources,

Assistance Center and Information Exchange

(HHS)

ASPRS

American Society of Photogrammetry and

Remote Sensing

ASR

 Aquifer Storage Recovery

 Atmosphere Supplying Respirator

 Automatic Sprinkler Riser

ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers

ASSET

Advanced Simulation and Software Engineering

Technology

ASSN Association

ASSP Applicant Services Program Specialist

ASST

 Assistance

 Assistant

AST

 Aboveground Storage Tank

 Accessible Systems and Technologies

 Aviation Survival Technician

ASTA American Society of Travel Agents

ASTC

 Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center

 Assistance Client (individual assistance

applicant database-FEMA)

ASTHO

Association of State and Territorial Health

Officials

ASTI Airport Security Technology Integration

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTS Aeromedical Staging Squadron

ASTSWMO

Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste

Management Officials

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ASU All-Source Situational Understanding

 Advanced Technology

 Air Tanker

 Anti-Terrorism

A/T  Air Tanker

A-Team

 Advance Team (Emergency Management

Assistance Compact)

 Advisory Team for Environmental, Food and

Health

ATA

 Actual Time of Arrival

 Airline Transportation Association

 American Trucking Association

ATB Applied Technology Board

ATBM Air Tanker Base Manager

ATC

 Air Traffic Control

 Air Transport Command (DOD)

A-TCET

 Anti-Terrorism Combat Enforcement Team

 Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement

Team

ATCO Air Tanker Coordinator

ATCT Air Traffic Control Tower

ATD

 Actual Time of Departure

 Advanced Technology Demonstration

 Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion

ATDI Advance Trade Data Initiative

ATDP Annual Training and Development Plan

ATDT Atlantic Daylight Time (GMT-3)

ATE

 Actual Time En Route

 Advanced Technological Education (NSF)

ATEC

United States Army Test and Evaluation

Command

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ATF

United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives (United States

Department of Treasury)

AT/FP Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection

ATH Air-Transportable Hospital

ATIM Aircraft Timekeeper

ATIS

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry

Solutions

ATL

 Assistant Team Leader

 Atlantic

 Attempt To Locate

AT&L  Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support

ATM

 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (also known

as the Global Fund)

 Air Transportation Management

 Atmosphere

 Automated Teller Machine

ATMU

 Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit

 Air Transportable Modular Unit

ATMWU Air Transportable Mobile Weather Unit

ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Networks

ATO

 Administrative Time Off

 Air Traffic Operations

 Anti-Terrorism Officer

ATON Aids to Navigation

ATP

 Advance Threat Protection (cybersecurity)

 Air Transit Program

 Authority to Participate

ATR Advanced Thermal Reactor

ATRAP Air Transportable RADIAC Package

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ATS

 American Trauma Society

 Acquisition Tracking System

 Air Traffic System

ATSA Aviation and Transportation Security Act

ATSDR

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease

Registry (USPHS)

ATST Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4)

ATT

 Anti-Terrorism Technologies

 Authorization to Test Letter

ATTF Antiterrorism Task Force

ATTN Attention

ATV All-terrain vehicle

ATWC

Obsolete: Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Replaced by: West Coast and Alaska Tsunami

Warning Center (see WCATWC)

AU African Union

AUH Attached Unit Housing

AUMF Authorization for the Use of Military Force

AUSA Assistant United States Attorney

AUTHN Authorization

AUTHY Authority

AUTO D Auto Determination

AUTO REG Automobile Registration

AUTO TITLE Automobile Title

AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network

AUTOSEVOCOM

Obsolete: Automatic Secure Voice

Communications Network

Replaced by: Defense Red Switch Network

(DRSN)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AUTOVON

Obsolete: Automatic Voice Network

Replaced by: Defense Switched Network (DSN)

AUVSI

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

International

 Antivenom (also known as antivenin, venom

antiserum or antivenom immunoglobulin)

 Anti-Viral

 Aviation

 Audiovisual

AVC

 Alaska Volcano Center

 Audio Visual Center

 Audio Visual Conference

 Automatic Voltage Control

AVG Average

AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

AVI

 Audio-Visual Interleave

 Automatic Vehicle Identification

 Aviation

AVIC Area Veterinarian in Charge

AVIP Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

AVL

 Agency Vehicle Licensure Committee

(National Association of State EMS Officials)

 Approved/Authorized Vendor List

 Available

AVLIS Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation

AVMA American Veterinary Medical Association

AVN Aviation

AVO

Alaska Volcano Observatory (joint program of

the U. S. States Geological Survey, the

Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska

Fairbanks and the State of Alaska)

AVOps Aviation Operations

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

AVSEC Aviation Security

AVSP Aviation Support Specialist

AW American Whitewater

AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System

AWBA Average Weekly Benefit Amount

AWC American Wood Council

AWD Available Without Declaration

AWG American Wire Gauge

AWIPS

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing

System

AWIS Automated Weather Information System

AWN

Alert, Warning and Notification

Ancillary Wireless Network

AWO American Waterway Operators

AWOL Absent Without Leave

AWOP Absence Without Pay

AWRA American Water Resources Association

AWS

 Advanced Warning System

 Air Weather Service (United States Air Force)

 Alternate Work Schedule

 Alternative Workplace Strategies

 Animal Welfare Society

 Automatic Weather Station

AWWA American Water Works Association

AYE Alternate Year Exercise

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

B: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

B Byte (equal to 8 bits of computer data)

BAA

 Broad Agency Announcement

 Broad Area Announcement

BAC Blood Alcohol Concentration

BACM

 Best Available Control Measures

 Business Alliance for Customs

Modernization

BACT Best Available Control Technology

BAER Burned Area Emergency Response (FS)

BAI Boat Accident Investigation

BAIRAC

Boating Accident, Investigation, Reporting and

Analysis Committee

BALV Best Available Lodging Value

BAND Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors

BAPCO

British Association of Public Safety

Communications Officers

BAR

 Before Action Report

 Burned Area Rehabilitation

Bar

Barometric pressure (a unit of pressure

approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at

sea level)

BARD Boating Accident Report Database

BARDA

Biomedical Advanced Research and

Development Authority

BARD-I Boating Accident Report Database–Internet

BAREPP

Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness

Project

BART Bay Area Rapid Transit

BAS Building Automation System (see BMS)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BASIS

Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information

System

BATT Battery

BAWS Biological Aerosol Warning System

BBP Blood Borne Pathogen

BBRS Board of Building Regulations and Standards

BBS Bulletin Board System

 Base Camp

 Battalion Chief

 Birth Certificate

 Branch Chief

B/C Benefit/Cost

BCA Benefit-Cost Analysis

BCC

 Blind Carbon Copy

 Blind Courtesy Copy

 Border Crossing Card

BCEM Big City Emergency Managers

B/C EmOC Basic/Complex - Emergency Obstetric Care

BCF Billion Cubic Feet

BCLC Business Civic Leadership Center

BCMC Board for the Coordination of Model Codes

BCMG

Base/Camp Manager

BCMR Board of Correction of Military Records

BCN

 Beacon

 Biomedical Communications Network

(National Library of Medicine)

BCP Business Continuity Planning

BCPR Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BCR

 Benefit-Cost Ratio

 Biological, Chemical or Radiological

BCS Border Cargo Selectivity

BCT Brigade Combat Team

BDA Battle Damage Assessment

BDC Bomb Data Center (Bureau of ATF)

BDE Brigade

BDLS Basic Disaster Life Support

BDO

Battle Dress Overgarment (United States

military)

BDR Building Drift Ratio

BDRP Biological Defense Research Program

BDS Biohazard Detection System

BDU Battle Dress Utility

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEAP Boating Education Advisory Panel

BEEF Big Explosive Experimental Facility

BEHAVE Manage Security-Related Behavior

BEIR Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

BENS Business Executives for National Security

BENT SPEAR Nuclear Incident Code Word

BEOC Business Emergency Operations Center

BEP Budget Execution Plan

BERD Blocked Erosion Rate Database

BERT Building Emergency Response Team

BEST

 Biomonitoring of Environment Status and

Trends

 Bus Explosive Screening Technology

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BFA

 Basic First Aid

 Benefit Fraud Assessment

BFC Bills for Collection

BFD Base Flood Depth

BFE Base Flood Elevation

BFM

Budget and Financial Management Branch (US-

VISIT)

BGAD Blue Grass Army Depot

BGAN Broadband Global Area Network

BGCA Blue Grass Chemical Activity

BGP Border Gateway Protocol

BHCP Behavioral Healthcare Provider

BHEF Business-Higher Education Forum

BHS Bureau of Health Services

 Background Investigation (security

clearance)

 Burn Index (effort needed to contain a single

fire in a particular fuel type within a rating

area-NOAA)

BIA

 Board of Immigration Appeals (United States

Department of Justice [DOJ])

 Bureau of Indian Affairs (United States

Department of the Interior [DOI])

BIA OEM

Bureau of Indian Affairs-Office of Emergency

Management

BICE

Obsolete: Bureau of Immigration and Customs

Enforcement

BICEP

Basic Investigation of Computer and Electronic

Crimes Program

BICEPP

Business and Industry Council for Emergency

Preparedness and Planning

BIDS Biological Integrated Detection System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BIEC Business Information Exchange Component

BIFC

Obsolete: Boise Interagency Fire Center

Replaced by: NIFC (National Interagency Fire

Center)

BIIDB Badge Imaging Information Database

BIL Band Interleaved by Line (Format) Image File

BIMG Billeting Manager

BIO Biological

BIS Benchmarks, Indicators and Scoring

BISC Border Interdiction Support Center

BIT

 Built-In Test

 Business and Information Technology

BITE Biometric Identification Technology Ethics

BIWG Bilateral Interdiction Working Group

BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance (DOJ)

BKC

Biodefense Knowledge Center (National

Biosecurity Analysis and Countermeasures

Center [NBACC])

BKR Breaker

BLA Boating Law Administrator

BLESTP

Basic Law Enforcement Supervisor Training

Program

BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BLS

 Basic Life Support (level of medical care)

 Below Land Surface

 Bureau of Labor Statistics (United States

Department of Labor)

BLUF Bottom Line Up Front

BM Benchmark

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BMBL

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical

Laboratories

BMC Bomb Management Center

BMD

Borders and Maritime Security Division

(DHS/S&T)

BMI Body Mass Index

BMP Best Management Practice

BMS

 Building Management System (also known

as Building Automation System)

 Broadcast Monitoring System

 Bio Metric System (security identification

base on human characteristic metrics)

 Beacon

 Billing Number

 Billion

BNA Baseline Needs Assessment

BNICE

Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical,

Explosive

BNML Battalion Military Liaison

BO Boarding Officer

BOA Basic Ordering Agreement

BOAT Boat Operations and Training

BOC Basic Operating Cost

BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators

BOH Board of Health

BOL

 Bureau of Labs

 Bills of Lading

BOLO Be On the Lookout (law enforcement alert)

BOM

 Bill of Materials

 Board of Medicine

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BON Board of Nursing

BOO Base of Operations

BOP

 Board of Pharmacy

 Bureau of Prisons (DOJ)

BOR Bureau of Reclamation (DOI)

BORCAP Border Patrol Criminal Alien Program

BORP Building Occupancy Resumption Program

BORSTAR

Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue

Team

BORTAC Border Patrol Tactical Unit

BOS Base Operating Support

BOSAR Boat Operator for Search and Rescue

BOV Board of Visitors

BOXER Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region

BP Blood Pressure

BPA

 Blanket Purchasing Agreement

 Border Patrol Agent

BPAT Building Performance Assessment Team

BPD Blast-Protective Design

BPI Business Performance Improvement

BPM Basic Property Management

BPML Business Process Markup Language

BPN Business Partner Network

BPO Blanket Purchase Order

BPP Business Policy and Planning Branch (US-VISIT)

BPR Business Process Reengineering

BPRM/PRM

Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

(DOS)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BPRP

Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response

Program

BPS

 Battery Power Supply

 Bits Per Second (digital data transfer rate)

 Bulk Power System (electrical transmission

system)

BPSS Business Process Specification Schema

BPWG Best Practices Working Group

BRAC

 Base Realignment and Closure Act (DOD)

 Bioterrorism Response Advisory Committee

(HHS)

BRASS

Border Release Advance Screening and

Selectivity (DHS)

Bravo Phonetic Alphabet for B

BRI Building Related Illness

BRIC

 Baseline Resilience Indicators for

Communities

 Building Research Infrastructure and

Capacity (HHS)

 Building Resilient Infrastructure and

Communities

BRIDGES

Building Respect in Diverse Groups to Enhance

Security

BRM

 Building Repair and Maintenance

 Business Reference Model

 Business Risk Management

BROKEN ARROW Nuclear Accident Code Word

BRT Business Round Table

BS Base Station

BSA

 Base Support Area

 Business Software Alliance

 Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry

Reform Act of 2002

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

B&SA

 Bureau and Statistical Agent (National Flood

Insurance Program [NFIP])

BSAC [National] Boating Safety Advisory Council

BSC

 Biometrics Support Center

 Building Security Committee

BSCO Biosafety Coordinating Official

BSD Berkeley Software Distribution

BSD Border Security Deployment

BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow

Disease)

BSEE

Bureau of Safety and Environmental

Enforcement

BSI

 Base/Basic Support Installation

 Body Substance Isolation

 Border Safety Initiative

 British Standards Institute

BSIR Biannual Strategy Implementation Report

BSO Biosafety Officer

BSOP Battle Staff Operating Procedures

BSPP Broadcast Station Protection Program

BSSC Building Seismic Safety Council

BST

 Border Support Team

 Burn Specialty Team

 Bioterrorism

 Buying Team

BTA

 Bioterrorism Act

 Border Trade Alliance

BTC Bitcoin (digital currency) (see XBT)

BTCP

 Biological Terrorism Contingency Plan

 Biological Threat Characterization Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BTLS Basic Trauma Life Support

BTM Boarding Team Member

BTO Business Transformation Office

BTS

 Blood Transfusion Service

 Obsolete: Border and Transportation

Security

 Budget Tracking System

 Bureau of Transportation Statistics

BTU British Thermal Unit

 Base Unit

 Bargaining Unit

BUI

 Browser User Interface

 Buildup Index (cumulative long-term drying

effect on fire danger)

BULK Bulk Cargo

BUMED Bureau of Medicine

BUS Business

BUYL Buying Team Leader

BUYM Buying Team Member

BV Butterfly Valve

BVO

Obsolete: Black Vinyl Overboot

Replaced by: Multipurpose Rain/Snow/CB

Overboot (MULO)

BVM Bag Valve Mask (for ventilating a patient)

 Biological Warfare

 Biological Weapon

BW-12

Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of

2012

BWA Balanced Workforce Analysis

BWAT Balanced Workforce Assessment Tool

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

BWC Biological Weapons Convention

BWIC

Biological Warning and Incident

Characterization

BWR Boiling Water Reactor

BWS Balanced Workforce Strategy

BY Budget Year

Byte A Byte is equal to 8 Bits

BZ Breathing Zone

BZPP

 Buffer Zone Protection Plan

 Buffer Zone Protection Program

C: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

C Celsius/Centigrade

C2 Command and Control

C2C Command and Control Constellation

C2CRE

Command and Control CBRN Response

Element (DOD)

C2W Command and Control Warfare

 Command, Control and Communications

 Customs Cyber-Smuggling Center

 Cyber Crimes Center

C3I

Command, Control, Communications,

Information

C3ISR

Command, Control, Communications,

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

C3MP

Contact Center Capabilities and Modernization

Platform

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Command, Control, Communications and

Computers

 Plastic Explosive known as Composition C

C4ISR or C4ISR

Command, Control, Communications,

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance (DOD)

C-5

Lockheed Galaxy (Military Passenger and

Transport Aircraft)

C-9

McDonnell Douglas Nightingale/Skytrain II

(Military Passenger and Transport Aircraft)

C-12

Beechcraft Huron (Military Passenger and

Transport Aircraft)

C-17

Boeing Globemaster III (Military Passenger and

Transport Aircraft)

C-130

Lockheed Hercules (Military Passenger and

Transport Aircraft)

C-141

Lockheed Starlifter (Military Passenger and

Transport Aircraft)

 Capability Assurance

 Certification Agent (Cyber Security)

 Chemical Agent

 Civil Affairs

 Congressional Affairs

 Cooperating Agency

 Cooperative Agreement

 Criticality Assessment

 Certifying Authority

C&A Certification and Accreditation

C/A Controller/Analyst

CAA

 Civil Aviation Authority

 Clean Air Act

CAAHEP

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health

Programs

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CAAP Critical Asset Assurance Program

CAARS

Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography

System

CAAS

Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance

Services

CABIN Chemical and Biological Information Network

CAC

 Citizens’ Advisory Commissions

 Civil Applications Committee

 Climate Analysis Center

 Common Access Card

 Community Assistance Contact

 Crisis Action Center

CACB Camp Crew Boss

CACP Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

CACTIS

Computer-Assisted CSEPP Training Information

System

CAD

 Computer Aided/Assisted Dispatch System

 Computer-Aided/Assisted Design

 Computer-Aided Disaster

 Contract Award Date

CADD Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design

CADET Computer-Assisted Design for Exercise Training

CADW Civil Air Defense Warning

CAE Command Assessment Element (NORTHCOM)

CAEM Committee for Animal Emergency Management

CAEO Competitive Analysis and Evaluation Office

CAER

Community Awareness and Emergency

Response

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CAF

 Child, Adolescent and Family

 Common Assessment Framework

 Corrective Action Form

 Critical Assessment Factors

CAFC Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs

CAFS Compressed Air Foam Systems

CAG

 Civil Affairs Group (USMC)

 Commander Air Group

 Core Agency Group

CAGE Commercial and Government Entity

CAH Child and Adolescent Health Program

CAI

 Case Identification

 Chemical Accident/Incident

 Computer-Aided Instruction

CAIC Chemical Accident/Incident Control

CAICO Chemical Accident/Incident Control Officer

CAIDI Customer Average Interruption Duration Index

CAIRA

Chemical Accident/Incident Response and

Assistance

CAIS Civil Authority Information Support Element

CALEA

Commission on Accreditation for Law

Enforcement Agencies

CAL-FIRE

California Department of Forestry and Fire

Protection

CALM Cognitive and Affective Learning Model

CALS Common Analytical Laboratory System (DOD)

CAM

 Chemical Agent Monitor

 Computer-Aided Manufacturing

 Curriculum Analysis Module

CAMDS Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CAMEO

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency

Operations

CAMEXPAN Central America, Mexico, Panama

CAMPS Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System

CAMRA

Center for Advancing Microbial Risk

Assessment

CAMS

 Continuous Air Monitoring System

 Corrective Action Management System (DOI)

CAMTS

Commission on Accreditation of Medical

Transport Systems

CAMU Companion Animal Management Unit

CAMV Covered Aerial Medium Voltage

CANAR

Consortia of Administrators for Native American

Rehabilitators

CANDU Canada Deuterium Uranium (Reactor)

CANUS Canada-United States

CAO

 Caribbean Area Office

 Chief Administrative Officer

 Civil Affairs Operations

C and O / C&O Concept and Objectives

CAP

 Capability Assessment Program

 Civil Air Patrol

 Collection, Analysis and Planning

 Community Action Program

 Community Assistance Program

 Corrective Action Program

 Crisis Action Plan/Process

CAPA Coalition of Airline Pilots Association

CAPC Civil Aviation Planning Committee

CAPCO Controlled Access Program Coordination Office

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CAP-FASSE

Corrective Action Program—Federal Agency

Support Services Element

CAPPS II

Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening

System (II equals 2nd generation)

CAPR Categorical Assistance Progress Reports

CAPRA Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Analysis

CAPSS  Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety

CAP-SSSE

Corrective Action Program—State Support

Services Element

CapTel Captioned Telephone

CapWIN Capital Wireless Integrated Network

CAR

 Capability Assessment for Readiness

 Capability Assessment Report

 Congressional Affairs Representative

CARAT Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training

CARCAH

Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination—All

Hurricanes

CARD

Collaborating Agencies for Responding to

Disasters

CARDA

Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for

Damage Assessment

CARE-USA

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief

Everywhere (NGO)

CARIBROC Caribbean Regional Operations Center

CARICOM Caribbean Community

CARL Obsolete: Computerized Activities Results List

CARRI Community and Regional Resilience Institute

CARRI-CRS

Community and Regional Resilience Initiatives -

Community Resilience System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CART

 Common Assessment Reporting Tool

 Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit

 Community/County Animal Response Team

 Computer Aided Real-time Translation

 Computer Analysis and Response Team

CARVER

Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability,

Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability

CAS

 Chemical Abstract Service

 Chemical Attribution Signature

 Comprehensive Assessment System

 Crisis Action System

CASC Cache Supply Clerk

CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering

CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation (DOD)

CASP

 Community Recovery Assistance Specialist

 Contracting and Acquisition Specialist

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Specialist

CASPER

C-130 Airborne Sensor with Palletized

Electronic Reconnaissance

CASREP Casualty Report

CASS Cockpit Access Security System

CAST Commercial Aviation Safety Team

CASU Centralized Administrative Services Unit

CAT

 Catalog

 Catastrophic or Catastrophic Risk

 Category

 Crisis Action Team

C-A-T Combat Application Tourniquets

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CATEGORY–1 Hurricane

Very Dangerous Winds Will Produce Some

Damage (NOAA) = 74-95 mph / 64-82 kt /

119-153 km/h Hurricane Sustain Winds (Saffir-

Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

CATEGORY–2 Hurricane

Extremely Dangerous Winds Will Cause

Extensive Damage (NOAA) = 96-110 mph / 83-

95 kt / 54-177 km/h Hurricane Sustain Winds

(Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

CATEGORY–3 Major Hurricane

Devastating Damage Will Occur (NOAA) =

111-129 mph / 96-112 kt / 178-208 km/h

Hurricane Sustain Winds (Saffir-Simpson

Hurricane Wind Scale)

CATEGORY–4 Major Hurricane

Catastrophic Damage Will Occur (NOAA) =

130-156 mph / 113-136 kt / 209-251 km/h

Hurricane Sustain Winds (Saffir-Simpson

Hurricane Wind Scale)

CATEGORY–5 Major Hurricane

Catastrophic Damage Will Occur (NOAA) =

157 mph or Higher / 137 kt or higher / 252

km/h or Higher Hurricane Sustain Winds (Saffir-

Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale)

CATEX

 Catastrophic Exercise

 Categorical Exclusion

CATF Catastrophic Task Force

CATL Chronology and Timeline

CATS Consequences Assessment Tool Set

CAUL

Contracting, Acquisition and Ordering Unit

Leader

CAV Community Assistance Visit

CAVU Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited

CAW Center for Asymmetric Warfare

CAX

 Capability Assurance Exercise

 Computer-Assisted Exercise

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CB or C/B

 Chemical Biological or Chemical/Biological

 Citizens Band

 Cluster Bomb

CBA

 Collective Bargaining Agreement

 Cost-Benefit Analysis

CBARS Coastal Barrier Resources System

CBCF Cross-Border Crime Forum

CBCT Chemical/Biological Countermeasures Training

CBD

 Chemical and Biological Defense

 Chemical and Biological Division (DHS/S&T)

CBDCOM

Obsolete: Chemical and Biological Defense

Command

Replaced by: Soldier and Biological Chemical

Command (SBCCOM)

CBDRR Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

CBEFF

Common Biometric Exchange Formats

Framework

CBEK Compendium of Basic Exercise Knowledge

CBEP Career Builder Express Program

CBET Computer-Based Education and Training

CBI

 Chandler Burning Index

 Computer-Based Instruction

CBIA Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990

CBIAC

Chemical and Biological Defense Information

Analysis Center

CBIG Caribbean Border Interagency Group

CBIRF

Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force

(United States Marine Corps)

CBL

 Commercial Bill of Lading

 Computer-Based Learning

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CBN

 Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear

 Cooperative Base Network

CBO

 Community-Based Organization

 Congressional Budget Office

CBP Customs and Border Protection (DHS)

CBPMO

United States Customs and Border Protection

Modernization Office

CBPO Customs and Border Protection Officer

CBQRF Chemical-Biological Quick Response Force

CBR Chemical, Biological and/or Radiological

CBR&D

Chemical and Biological Research and

Development Sector

CBRA

Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982 (see

CoBRA)

CBRD Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense

CBRDEC

Chemical and Biological, Research,

Development and Engineering Center

CBRDT Chemical/Biological Rapid Deployment Team

CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear

CBRNE

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and

Explosive

CBRNE-CM

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or

High-Yield Explosive—Consequence

Management

CBRRT Chemical and Biological Rapid Response Team

CBRS

 John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources

System

 Concept-Based Requirement System

CBRT Chemical and Biological Response Team

CBRTA

Chemical, Biological and Radiological

Technology Alliance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CBSA Canada Border Services Agency

CBT

 Chemical Biological Toxin

 Combat

 Computer-Based Training

CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare

CBZ Costal Building Zone

 Citizen Corps

 Combatant Command/Commander

 Commander

 Congregate Care

 Coordination Center

 Core Capabilities

 Courtesy Copy

 Crisis Counseling

 Cadre Coordinator

 Chief Council

cc Cubic Centimeter

C&C Components and Cladding

CCA

 Circuit Card Assembly

 Climate Change Adaptation

 Continuity Communications Architecture

 Obsolete: Comprehensive Cooperative

Agreement

Replaced by: Cooperative Agreement (CA)

CCAM Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility

CCAMS

Obsolete: Comprehensive Cooperative

Agreement Monitoring System

CCAP

 Center Coordination Action Plan

 Child Citizenship Act Project

CCAT

Center for Commercialization of Advanced

Technology

CCB Configuration Control Board

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CCC

 Citizen Corps Council

 Congregate Care Center

 Crisis Coordination Center

CCD

 Charge-Coupled Device

 Consular Consolidated Database

 Corporate Communications Division

(DHS/S&T)

CCDB Consolidated Counterdrug Database

CCDPH Cook County Department of Public Health

CCDR Combatant Commander

CCF Coded Cities Forecast

CCFP

 Center for Civil Force Protection (National

Institute of Justice)

 Certified Cyber Forensics Professional

 Collaborative Convective Forecast Product

CCG

 Canadian Coast Guard

 Crisis Coordination Group

CCGD Commander, Coast Guard District

CCI Command, Control and Interoperability

CCIO Command and Control Incidents Operations

CCIP Canadian Communications Interoperability Plan

CCIR Commander's Critical Information Report

CCITP

Counterterrorism Cyber-crime Investigations

Training Program

CCITT

Consultative Committee for International

Telephony and Telegraphy

CCL Contamination Control Line

CCCL Coastal Construction Control Line

CCLS Command Center Liaison Section

CCMD Combatant Command

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CCMIS

Crisis Consequence Management Information

System

CCMRF

CBRNE Consequence Management Response

Force

CCN Canonical Correlation Analysis

CCND Consultative Committee on Natural Disasters

CCO

 Claims Coordinating Office

 Complex Contingency Operations

 Consultation Coordination Officer

CCP

 Casualty Collection Point

 Citizen Corps Program

 Crisis Counseling Program

CCR Central Contractor Registration (GSA)

CCRF Commissioned Corps Readiness Force

CCS

 Congregate Care System

 Contamination Control Station

CCSL Command and Control Simulation Lab

CCSO Cook County Sheriff's Office

CCSP Certified Cargo Screening Program

CCST Chemical Casualty Site Team

CCT

 Communications Coordination Team

 Critical Care Transport

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

CCU

 Correspondence Control Unit

 Critical Care Unit

CCUSA Catholic Charities USA (NGO)

CCV Characteristics and Common Vulnerabilities

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Casualty Department

 Center Director

 Civil Defense

 Code

 Commander

 Compact Disc

C&D

 Clean and Disinfect

 Construction and Demolition

CDBG Community Development Block Grant

CDBG-DR

Community Development Block Grant Disaster

Recovery

CDC

 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(HHS)

 Critical Data Change

CDD

 Capability Development and Demonstration

 Consecutive Dry Days

 Cross-Disaster Database

CDE Committed Dose Equivalent

CDER Computer Data Entry Recorder

CDEX Civil Defense Exercise

CDF Capability Development Framework

CDHA

Center for Disaster and Humanitarian

Assistance

CDHAM

Center for Disaster and Humanitarian

Assistance Medicine

CDII Cyber Dependent Infrastructure Identification

CDIS CDI Technical Specialist

CDL

 Commercial Driver’s License

 Community Disaster Loan

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CDM

 Content Design Manager

 Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation

 Curriculum Delivery Module (part of FEMA’s

DTS)

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access (allows various

radio signals to occupy a single transmission)

CDMS Comprehensive Data Management System

CDO

 Central Dense Overcast (area of

thunderstorms surrounding a tropical or

subtropical cyclone’s circulation center)

 Communications Duty Officer

CDP

 Candidate Development Program

 Center for Domestic Preparedness

 Chemical Demilitarization Program

CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDPX

 Community Recovery Assistance Specialist –

Community Planning Expert

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Specialist – Community Design Expert

CDR

 Christian Disaster Response

 Commander

 Critical Design Review

 Crude Death Rate

CDRDB Conventional Disaster Resource Database

CDRG Catastrophic Disaster Response Group

CDRG-PAC

Catastrophic Disaster Response Group−Primary

Agency Committee

CDRJSOTF

Commander, Joint Special Operations Task

Force

CDRS Call Detail Reporting System

CDRUSSTRATCOM Commander-United States Strategic Command

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CDS

 Capability Development Support (group)

 Charge Data System

 Customer and Data Services

CDSO Collateral Duty Safety Officer

CDSP Cache Demobilization Specialist

CDSX

 Community Recovery Assistance Specialist –

Community Design Expert

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Specialist – Community Design Expert

CDT Central Daylight Time (GMT-5)

CDU Contagious Disease Unit

CDVX

 Community Recovery Assistance Specialist –

Community Development Expert

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Specialist – Community Development Expert

CDX Control and Direction Exercise

 Categorical Exclusion

 Civil Engineer

 Command Element

 Continuing Education

C/E Communications/Electronics

CEA

 Council of Economic Advisors

 County Executives of America

CEB Contractor Evaluation Board

CEC Chief Exercise Controller

CECBEMS

Continuing Education Coordinating Board for

EMS

CED Committee for Economic Development

CEDAP

Obsolete: Commercial Equipment Direct

Assistance Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CE-DAT Complex Emergency Database

CEDE Committed Effective Dose Equivalent

CEE Consolidated Enforcement Environment

CEEP Critical Employee Emergency Planning

CEF

 Cost Estimating Format

 Critical Emergency File

CEI Critical Elements of Information

CEM

 Certified Emergency Manager

 Civil Emergency Management (United States

Army)

 Community Environmental Monitoring (DOE)

CEMD County Emergency Management Director

CEMIS

Crisis and Emergency Management Information

System

CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System

CENL Chemical Event Notification Level

CENR

Committee on Environment and Natural

Resources

CEO

 Chief Executive Officer

 Community Education and Outreach

CEOC County Emergency Operations Center

CEOS Committee on Earth-Orbiting Satellites

CEP

 Civil Emergency Planning (NATO)

 Civil Emergency Preparedness

 Combine Exercise Planning

CEPAP

Cost Estimating for the Public Assistance

Program, Expert Panel on

CEPC Civil Emergency Planning Committee (NATO)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CEPI

 Catastrophic Emergency Preparedness

Initiative

 Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness

Innovations

CEPPO

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and

Prevention Office (EPA)

CEPT

Conference of European Postal and

Telecommunications Administrations

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CERC

 Coastal Engineering Research Center

(United States Army Corps of Engineers

[USACE])

 Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund Act-

EPA)

CERDEC

Communications-Electronics Research

Development and Engineering Center

CERES

California Environmental Resources Evaluation

System

CERFPs

CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages

(National Guard)

CERLCA

Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

CERP

 Certification of Hazardous Materials

Packaging

 Comprehensive Emergency Response Plan

CERT

 CDC Emergency Response Team

 Certificate

 Community Emergency Response Team

 Computer Emergency Readiness Team

 Computer Emergency Recovery Team

CERT/CC

Computer Emergency Response

Team/Coordination Center

CESP Community Education and Outreach Specialist

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CES

 Certified Explosives Specialist (ATF)

 Critical Emergency Supplies

CEST Cyber Emergency Support Team

CET Contraband Enforcement Team

CETAT

CSEPP Exercise Training Analysis Tool

(Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness

Program)

CEU

 Civil Engineering Unit (United States Coast

Guard [USCG])

 Continuing Education Unit

CEW Counter Electronic Warfare

CEXS Cooperative Extension Service

CFA

 Capability Focus Area

 Certified Financial Accountant

 Cognizant Federal Agency

CFAI Commission on Fire Accreditation International

CFAO Cognizant Federal Agency Official

CFATS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards

CFBCI

Center for Faith Based and Community

Initiatives (CFBCI)

CFC Combined Federal Campaign

CFC-NCA

Combined Federal Campaign of the National

Capital Area

CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFI

 Certified Fire Investigators (ATF)

 Certified Flight Instructor

 Credentialing Framework Initiative (DHS)

cfm cubic feet per minute

CFO

 Chief Fire Officer

 Chief of Field Operations

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CFP Cooperative Fire Protection

CFPA Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement

CFR

 Case Fatality Rate

 Catastrophic Failure Rate

 Code of Federal Regulations

 Community First Responder

 Crash Fire Rescue (airport)

CFS

 Canadian Forest Service

 Commercial Facilities Sector

cfs cubic feet per second

CFSI Congressional Fire Services Institute

CFST Coalition Forces Support Team

CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission

 Commanding General

 Contingency Guidance

 Obsolete: Coast Guard

Replaced by: USCG

CGAP Consolidated Grant Application Program

CGAS Coast Guard Air Station

CGAUX Coast Guard Auxiliary

CGC Coast Guard Cutter

CGCIS Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service

CGD Coast Guard District

CGDEFOR Coast Guard Defense Force

CGE

Concur Government Edition (FEMA Automated

Travel System)

CGH Center for Global Health (CDC)

CGI Common Gateway Interface

CGISS

Center for Geophysical Investigation of the

Shallow Subsurface

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CGM Computer Graphics Metafile

CGP Cooperative Grants Program (CRDF Global)

CGS Coast Guard Station

C&GS Command and General Staff

cGy

1 centiGray (= 0.01 Gy - a unit of absorbed

radiation)

CH Channel

CH4 Methane

CH-53/HH53

Sikorsky (S-65) Sea Stallion (heavy lift

helicopter)

Charlie Phonetic Alphabet for C

CHARM Complex Hazardous Release Model

CHAWS Chemical Hazard Warning System

CHCO Chief Human Capital Officer

CHCOC

Chief Human Capital Officers Council (United

States Office of Personnel Management

[OPM]/United States Office of Management and

Budget [OMB])

CHDS Center for Homeland Defense and Security

ChE Cholinesterase

CHECK 21 Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act

Chem FP Chemical Forensics Program

CHEMM

Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical

Management (HHS)

CHEMTREC Chemical Transportation Emergency Center

CHERCAP

Comprehensive HAZMAT Emergency Response

Capability Assessment Program

CHER-CAP

Community Hazards Emergency

Response−Capability Assurance Process

CHF Congestive Heart Failure

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CHIP

 Capability and Hazard Identification Program

 Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection

CHIS Criminal History Information Sharing

CHM Chemistry of Hazardous Materials

CHN Community Health Nurse/Nursing

CHHA Coastal High Hazard Area

CHOP Change of Operational Control

CHPPM

Center for Health Promotion and Preventive

Medicine (United States Army)

CHRCL

Center for Human Rights and Constitutional

Law

CHRIS Chemical Hazard Response Information System

CHRP Contaminated Human Remains Pouch

CHS Correctional Health Services

CHT

 Certified Hemodialysis

Technologist/Technician)

 Chemical Holding Tank

 Community Health Team

CHW Community Health Worker

Ci Curie

 Clinical Investigation

 Counter-Intelligence

 Criminal Investigation

 Critical Infrastructure

 Critical Issues

CIA

 Catastrophic Incident Annex

 Central Intelligence Agency

CIAD

Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs

Division

CIAETP

Criminal Investigation in Automated Equipment

Training Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CIAO

 Chief Infrastructure Assurance Officer

 Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

 Critical Infrastructure Assurance Officer

CIB

 Controlled Image Base (geographic digital

imagery)

 Current Intelligence Briefing

CIC

 Chemical Industry Council

 Citizenship and Immigration Canada

 Commander-In-Chief

 Continuous Improvement Coordinator

CICAD

Center for Intelligence Collection Analysis and

Dissemination

CICG Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group

CID

 Caller Identification

 Command, Control and Interoperability

Division (DHS)

 Counterintelligence Division

 Criminal Investigation Division or

Department

 Critical Incident Detection

CIDCON Civil Defense Condition

CIDER

Computer Interactive Display, Entry and

Retrieval

CIDI Center for International Disaster Information

CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing (Protocol)

CIEE Common Information Exchange Environment

CIF

 Central Information File

 Cost, Insurance and Freight

CIG Central Intelligence Group

CIGSS Common Imagery Ground/Surface System

CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CIHL Customary International Humanitarian Law

CII Critical Infrastructure Information

CIIA Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002

CIID

Counterintelligence and Investigations Division

(DHS)

CIII

Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies

Integrator

CIIMS

Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management

System

CIIP IWG

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

Interagency Working Group

CIK Crypto-Ignition Key

CIKR Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources

CIM Civil Information Management

CIMA Channel Industries Mutual Aid

CIMIC Civil-Military Cooperation (NATO)

CIMRT Critical Incident Management Response Team

CIMS

 Correspondence and Issues Management

System

 Crisis Information Management Software

 Critical Incident Management Support

 Critical Infrastructure Modeling System

CIMST Critical Incident Management Support Team

CINC Commander-in-Chief

CINCAMC Commander-in-Chief, Air Mobility Command

CINCFOR Commander-In-Chief, Forces Command

CINCLANT Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet

CINCNORAD

Commander-in-Chief, North American

Aerospace Defense Command

CINCPAC Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CINCSOC

Commander-in-Chief, Special Operations

Command

CINCTRANS Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command

CINDI

 Center for Integration of Natural Disaster

Information

 Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector

Instrument

CINS Catastrophic Incident of National Significance

CINT Chief Intelligence Officer

CIO

 Centers/Institutes/Offices (CDC)

 Chief Information Officer

CIP

 Common Intelligence Picture

 Continuous Improvement Process

 Continuous Improvement Program

 Critical Infrastructure Protection

CIP IWG

Critical Infrastructure Protection Interagency

Working Group

CIPAC

Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory

Council (DHS)

CIPB Critical Infrastructure Protection Board

CIP-DSS CIP-Decision Support System

CIPIC

Critical Infrastructure Protection Information

Center

CIPP Certified Information Privacy Professionals

CIPWG Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group

CIQ Customs, Immigration and Quarantine

CIR

 Critical Information Requirements

 Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

CIRA Catastrophic Incident Response Annex

CIREN Crash Injury Research Engineering Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CIRES

Catastrophic Incident Response Execution

Schedule

CIRG Critical Incident Response Group

CIRMS

Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements

and Standards

CIRP Catastrophic Incident Response Plan

CIS

 Communications and Information Systems

USCIS

CISCP

Cybersecurity Information Sharing and

Collaboration Program

CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

CISM Critical Incident Stress Management

CISMT Critical Incident Stress Management Team

CISO Chief Information Security Officer

CISOMB

Citizenship and Immigration Services

Ombudsman

CISSC Central Information Systems Storage Center

CISSO

Classified Information Sharing and

Safeguarding Office (Executive Order 13587)

CITAC Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Center

CITEL

Inter-American Telecommunications

Commission (Comisión Interamericana de

Telecomunicaciones)

CITIG

Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest

Group

CITMO

Commercial Information Technology for

Multinational Operations

CITO Central Imagery Tasking Office

CITP Criminal Investigator Training Program

CIV

 Civil

 Civilian

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CIVPOL Civilian Police (United Nations)

CIWG Communications Interoperability Working Group

CJ Congressional Justification

CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJCSI Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CJIS

 Criminal Justice Information Services (FBI)

 Criminal Justice Information Sharing

 Criminal Justice Information System

CJOC Canada Joint Operations Command

CJTF

 Combined Joint Task Force

 Commander Joint Task Force

CJTF-CS Commander, Joint Task Force−Civil Support

CJTF-NCR

Commander, Joint Task Force−National Capital

Region

 Containerized Kitchen (mobile kitchen)

 Conversion Kit

C/Kg One Coulomb/kilogram (=3,876 R)

 Common Language

 Compliance Letter

 Container Load

CLAIMS

Computer Linked Application Information

Management System

CLASP Consular Lost and Stolen Passport System

CLASS  Consular Lookout and Support System

CLC Corporate Lodging Consultants

CLDC Connected Limited Device Configuration

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CLGX

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Specialist – Local Government

Administration Expert

 Community Recovery Assistance Specialist–

Local Government Administration Expert

CLIA Civil Liberties Impact Assessment

CLIVAR Climate Variability

CLMS Claims Specialist

CLO

 Chief Logistics Officer

 Community Liaison Office

 Congressional Liaison Officer

CLOMA Conditional Letter of Map Amendment

CLOMR Conditional Letter of Map Revision

CLOMR-F Conditional Letter of Map Revision based on Fill

CLR Common Language Runtime

CLS Central Locator System

CLT Civil Liaison Team

CLZ Craft Landing Zone

 Cadre Manager

 Chief of Mission

 Consequence Management

 Counter-Measure(s)

 Crisis Management

cm Centimeter

CMA

 Certified Medical Assistant

 Chemical Manufacturers Association

 Chemical Materials Agency

 Current Mailing Address

CMAA

Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement

(USCBP)

C-MANPADS Counter-ManPortableAirDefense Systems

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CMAOC

Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations

Center

CMAS

 Circular Map Accuracy Standard

 Commercial Mobile Alert System

CMAT Consequence Management Advisory Team

CMC

 Center for Marine Conservation

 Civilian-Military Cooperation Office

 Crisis Management Center

 Crisis Management Coordinator

 Customs Management Centers

CMCAC Crisis Management Center Augmentation Cadre

CMCOORD Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN)

CMCU Consequence Management Coordination Unit

CME

 Chief Medical Examiner

 Continuing Medical Education

 Coronal Mass Ejection (solar-space weather)

CMSEC Communication Security

CMETL Core Mission Essential Task List

CMF Case Management File

CMG Consequence Management Group

CMHIS

Contract Management and Housing Inspection

Services

CMHS Center for Mental Health Services

CMIA Cash Management Improvement Act

CMIR Currency and Monetary Instruments Report

CMIS Corporate Management Information System

CML Commercial

CMLO Civil-Military Liaison Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CMM

 Capability Maturity Model

 Conflict Management and Mitigation Office

CMMG Planning and Products Manager

CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMO

 Chief Medical Officer

 Chief Military Officer

 Civil Military Operations

CMOC

 Catastrophic Medical Operations Center

 Civil Military Operations Center

CMOS

 Cargo Movement Operations System

 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic

Society

CMOT Civil Military Operations Team

CMPP DHS Case Management Pilot Program

CMPS Section Civil-Military Planning and Support Section

CMR

 Collapse Margin Ratio

 Crude Mortality Rate

CMRT Consequence Management Response Team

CMS

 Call Management System

 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

 Consumable Medical Supplies

 Crisis Management Support

 Crisis Management System

CMSP Communications Specialist (see also COSP)

CMST Consequence Management Support Team

CMSY Commissary Manager

CMT

 Content Mapping Templates

 Crisis Management Team

CMTB Countermeasures Test Bed

CMTS Comments

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CMU

 Concrete Masonry Unit

 Crisis Management Unit

CMV Commercial Motor Vehicle

CMX Crisis Management Exercise

 Charge Nurse

 Communications Network

 Corporate Telecommunications Network

CNA

 Certified Nursing Assistant

 Critical Needs Assistance (FEMA Individual

Assistance)

CNAC Customs National Aviation Center

CNBC Congress of National Black Churches

CNC

 Central Network Control

 Computer Numerical Control

CNCS

Corporation for National and Community

Service

CND Computer Network Defense

CNDA Certified Network Defense Architect

CND-A Computer Network Defense−Analyst

CND-AU Computer Network Defense−Auditor

CND-IR

Computer Network Defense−Incident

Responder

CND-IS

Computer Network Defense−Infrastructure

Support

CND-SP Computer Network Defense-Service Provider

CND-SPM

Computer Network Defense−Service Provider

Manager

CNE

 Continuing Nursing Education

 Office of Counter-Narcotics Enforcement

CNGB Chief of the National Guard Bureau

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CNI Charge Number Instructions

CNIC Commander, Navy Installations Command

CNM Classified Notice to Mariners

CNMI

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands

CNMS Coordinated Needs Management Strategy

CNN Cable News Network

CNO

 Chief of Naval Operations

 Counter-Narcotics Officer

 Obsolete: Counter Narcotics Office

Replaced by: Office of Counter-narcotics

Enforcement (CNE)

CNPPD

Chemical and Nuclear Preparedness and

Protection Division

CNR Center for National Response

C-NRCS

Chief of the National Response Coordination

Staff

CNS Central Nervous System

CNSC Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

CNSIP

Classified National Security Information

Program

CNSNS Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards

CNSS

Certification and Accreditation of National

Security Systems

CNT

 Counter-Narcoterrorism

 Crisis Negotiation Team

CNTY Country

CNU Crisis Negotiation Unit (DOJ/FBI)

C Number Crew number

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information

 Carbon Monoxide

 Commanding Officer

 Communications Officer

 Contracting Officer

 Custodial Officer

 Certifying Official

CO2 Carbon Dioxide

COA

 Certification of Authorization

 Course of Action

COAC Customs Operations Advisory Committee

COAD Community Organizations Active in Disaster

CoAEMSP

Committee on Accreditation for the EMS

Professions

COB Close of Business

COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language

COBRA

 Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, Radiological

 Coastal Barriers Resources Act

COBRE Carry-On Bag Remote Examination

CoC

 Chain of Command

 Chamber of Commerce

 Country of Citizenship

COC Critical Operations Capabilities

COCA Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity

COCL

Community Education and Outreach Crew

Leader

COCO Computer Coordinator

COCOM

 Combatant Command

 Coordinating Committee

COD Cash on Delivery

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CODEL Congressional Delegation

CODES Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System

CODIS Combined DNA Index System

COE

 Center of Excellence

 Obsolete: Corps of Engineers (United States

Army)

Replaced by: USACE

COEDMHA

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management

and Humanitarian Assistance

COF Construction of Facilities Projects

COG

 Chemical, Oil and Gas

 Continuity of Government

 Council of Governments

COGCON Continuity of Government Conditions

COGO Coordinate Geometry

COGS

Community Education and Outreach Group

Supervisor

COI

 Centre Of Influence

 Community of Interest

 Critical Operational Issue

COIVPP

Council on Injury, Violence and Poison

Prevention

COL

 Colonel

 Cost of Living

COLA

 Combined Operating License Application

 Cost of Living Allowance

COLD

Cargo Offload and Discharge System (United

States Navy)

COLISEUM

Community On-Line Intelligence System for End

Users and Managers

COLT Cellular on Light Truck

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

COM

 Chief of Mission (United States Ambassador)

 Commercial

 Communications

 Consequence Management

CoM Consequence Management

COMC Communications Coordinator

COMCDTF Commander, Civil Disturbance Task Force

COMINT Communications Intelligence

COML Communications Unit Leader

COMM Communications

COMMDIR Communications Directory

COMMEX Communications Unit Exercise

CoMNET

Consequence Management News, Equipment

and Training

COMP Compensation/Claims Unit Leader

COMPASS

Computerized Movement Planning and Status

System

COMPUSEC Computer Security

COMREL Community Relations

COMSEC Communications Security

COMSTAT Communications Status

COMSVC

Component Services (Office of Health Affairs

[OHA])

COMT Communications Technician

COMTAC Tactical Communications

COMU Communications Unit

CONELRAD

Obsolete: Control of Electromagnetic Radiation

Replaced by: Emergency Broadcast System

CONEX Container Express

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CONEXPLAN Contingency and Exercise Plan

CONG Congressional

CONGR Congress

CONGRESS Congressional

CONO Contracting Officer

CONOPS

 Concept of Operations

 Control Operations

CONPLAN

 Concept of Operations Plan

 Contingency Plan

CONTRACT STMT Contractor Statement

CONUS

 Contiguous United States

 Continental United States

CONUSA Continental United States Army

COO Chief Operating Officer

COOP Continuity of Operations

COORDAUTH Coordinating Authority

COP

 Chief of Party

 Chief of Police

 Committee of Principals

 Common Operating/Operational Picture

 Community of Practice

 Contingency Operation Plan

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPEM Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine

COPN Certificate of Public Need

COPS

 Community Oriented Policing Service

 Community Outreach Programs and Services

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

COR

 Central Office of Record

 Change Order Request

 Cost of Repairs

 Country of Registration

 Contracting Officers Representative

Replaces: Contracting Officer’s Technical

Representative (COTR)

 Contract Officer Representative

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CORE

 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery

Employees

 Communities Organized to Respond in

Emergencies

CORR Correction

CORS Continuously Operating Reference Station

COS

 Cash on Shipment

 Central Operating System

 Chief of Staff

 Chief of Station (also called Station Chief)

COSIN Control Staff Instruction

COSMIC

Computer Software Management and

Information Center (National Aeronautics and

Space Administration [NASA])

COSO

 Central Operations Services Office

 Chief of Staff Office/Operations

COSP Communication Specialist (see also CMSP)

COST Cost Unit Leader

COTHEN

Customs Over the Horizon Enforcement

Network

COTL

Community Education and Outreach Task Force

Leader

COTP Captain of the Port

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

COTR

Obsolete: Contracting Officer’s Technical

Representative

Replaced by: Contracting Officers

Representative (COR)

COTS

 Cargo Offloading and Transfer System (DOD)

 Commercial Off the Shelf

Co-SITREP County Situation Report

COUL Communication Leader

COV Commonwealth of Virginia

COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic of 2019

COW Cellular on Wheels

 Check Point

 Collection Point

 Command Post

 Community Policing

 Control Point

 Coordination and Planning

CP&I Coastal Patrol and Interdiction

CPA

 Certified Public Accountant

 Comprehensive Plan of Action

 Critical Path Analysis

CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

CPARS

Contractor Performance Assessment and

Reporting System

CPAS Cellular Priority Access System

CPAV Community Program Assistance Visit

CPC

 City Planning Commission

 Central Process Center (Public Assistance

Project Worksheet-FEMA)

 Chemical Protective Cover

 Climate Prediction Center (NOAA)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CPCB Community Planning and Capacity Building

CPCB RSF

Community Planning and Capacity Building -

Recovery Support Function

CPCL Community Planner Crew Leader

CPD

 Collection, Processing and Disposal/Reuse

 Community Planning and Development

 Community Preparedness Division

 County Planning Division

CPE

 Contingency Planning Exchange

 Customer Premises Equipment

CPEX Center for Planning Excellence

CPG

 Civil Preparedness Guide

 Comprehensive Preparedness Guides

 Contingency Planning Guidance

CPH Current Phone (Number)

CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center

CPHU County Public Health Unit

CPI

 Civilian Police International

 Consumer Price Index

 Continuous Product/Process Improvement

CPIC Capital Planning and Investment Control

CPL Certified Product List

CPM

 Contingency Planning Management

 Critical Performance Measure

CPMCC Coalition Partner Mobile Command Center

CPN Customer Premises Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CPO

 Chief Planning Officer

 Chief Procurement Officer

 Command Post Operations

 Community Post Office (contract postal unit—

United States Postal Service)

CPOD Community Point(s) of Distribution

CPOPC Component Organization Program Coordinators

CPOT Consolidated Priority Organization Target

CPPA Certified Professional Property Administrator

CPPM Certified Professional Property Manager

CPPS Certified Professional Property Specialist

CPR

 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

 Citizen Preparedness Review

 Computerized Patient Record

CPRM Common Property Resource Management

CPS

 Child Protective Services

 Chemical Protection Suit

 Community Psychiatric Services

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSD Contingency Planning and Support Division

CPSP

 Community Planner Specialist

 Comprehensive Passenger Screening Profile

CPT Collaborative Planning Team

CPTED

Crime Prevention Through Environmental

Design

CPTL Community Planner Task Force Leader

CPTR Connect, Plan, Train and Report

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CPU

 Contract Postal Unit (United States Post

Office station)

 Critical Patch Updates

CPUL Current Planning Unit Leader

CPX Command Post Exercise

CQA Commandant's Quality Award

CQI Continuous Quality Improvement

CQPSK

Compatible differential offset Quadrature Phase

Shift Keying (a suite of standards for digital

radio communications)

 Civil Rights

 Claims Representative

 Community Relations

 Community Resiliency

 Congressional Relations

 Continuing Resolution (Congressional

Funding)

 County Road

CRAA Constrained Resource Allocation Approach

CRAD Civil Rights Advisor

CRADA

Cooperative Research and Development

Agreement

CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CRAMP Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program

CRASH

Clean-Slate Design of Resilient, Adaptive,

Secure Hosts

CRC

 Community Reception Center

 Contamination Reduction Corridor

 Convention on the Rights of the Child

 Crisis Response Cell

 Curriculum Review Conference

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CRCL

 Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

 Community Recovery Assistance Crew

Leader

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Crew Leader

CRCPD

Conference of Radiation Control Program

Directors

CRDC

Cybersecurity Research and Development

Center

CRDS Consolidated Remote Delivery Site

CREATE

Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of

Terrorism Events (DHS)

CRED

 Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of

Disasters

 Credentials and Authentication Management

CREM Classified Removable Electronic Media

CREP Crew Representative

CREST Contingency Real Estate Support Team

CREW Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup

CRF Community Resilience Framework

CRG Cyber Response Group

CRGS

 Community Recovery Assistance Group

Supervisor

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Group Supervisor

CRI Cities Readiness Initiative

CRITIC

Critical Information/Critical Intelligence

Communication

CRL

 Certificate Revocation Lists

 Civil Rights Lead

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CRM

 Comment Review Matrix

 Common Risk Model

 Communications Resource Manager

 Crisis Resource Manager

 Customer Relationship Manager

CrM Crisis Management

CRMG Acquisition Contracting Manager

CRN Contract Reference Number

CRO

 Community Relations Office

 Congressional Relations Officer

 Crisis Response Operation

CROP Common Relevant Operational Picture

CROSS

Counterterrorism Reporting on Suspicious

Surveillance

CRP

 Certified Risk Professional/Planner

 Crisis Response Plan

 Critical Review Phase

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities

CRPG Community Resilience Planning Guide

CRR Case Resolution Records

C-RRCS

Chief of the Regional Response Coordination

Staff

CRRDB Comprehensive Reference Resource Database

CRREL

Cold Region Research and Engineering

Laboratory (United States Army)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CRS

 Catholic Relief Services

 Commercial Remote Sensing (United States

Geological Survey)

 Community Rating System (National Flood

Insurance Program-FEMA)

 Community Resilience System

 Congressional Research Service

CRSP Acquisition Contracting Specialist

CRT

 Certified Radiologic Technologist

 Certified Respiratory Therapist

 Critical Response Team (FBI)

CRTF

 Commander, Response Task Force

 Crisis Response Task Force

CRTL

 Communication Restoration Task Force

Leader

 Community Recovery Assistance Task Force

Leader

 Community Planning and Capacity Building

Task Force Leader

CRTS CART Technical Specialist

CRUD Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete

CRWB Crew Boss

CRWG

 Comprehensive Review Working Group

 Crisis Response Working Group

CRWRC Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

CRYPTO Cryptographic

CRYSYS Cryospheric/Cryosphere System

CRZ Contamination Reduction Zone

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Call Sign

 Chaplain Service

 Chief of Staff

 Command Staff

 Community Service

 Cybersecurity

CS&C Cyber Security and Communications (DHS)

CS&T

Obsolete: Cyber Security and

Telecommunication

Replaced by: Cyber Security and

Communications (DHS)

CS1M Contracting Specialist, 1M

CS25 Contracting Specialist, 25K

CSA

 Chief of Staff (United States Army)

 Civil Service Annuitant (retired federal

employees)

 Cognizant Security Authority

 Community Services Administration

 Component Staging Area

 Cybersecurity Advisor

CSAC

 Chemical Security Analysis Center

 Caller Services and Casework

CSAF Chief of Staff, Air Force

CSB

 Chemical Safety Board

 United States Chemical Safety and Hazard

Investigation Board

CSBC Canadian Safe Boating Council

CSBG Community Services Block Grant

CSC Crisis Standards of Care

CS&C

Cybersecurity and Communications, DHS Office

CSCSWG Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Working Group

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CSD

 Committee Specification Draft

 Container Security Device

CSDGM

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata

CSDP Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

CSE Communications Security Establishment

CSELS

Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and

Laboratory Services (CDC)

CSEM

Center for the Study of Emergency

Management

CSEPP

Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness

Program

CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program

CSG

 Coordinating Sub-Group

 Council of State Governments (supports the

National Emergency Management

Association)

 Counterterrorism Security Group

CSH

Combat Support Hospital (United States Military

Field Hospital)

CSHCN Children with Special Health Care Needs

CSHEMA

Campus Safety, Health and Environmental

Management Associations

CSHIB

Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation

Board

CSHO

Compliance Safety and Health Officer

(Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[OSHA])

CSI

 Container Security Initiative

 Crime Scene Investigation

 Critical Safety Item

 Customer Satisfaction Index

CSIA Cyber Security and Information Assurance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CSID

 Call Subscriber ID

 Centralized Scheduling and Information

Desk

CSIL

 Commercial Satellite Imagery Library

 Critical and Sensitive Information List

CSIRC Computer Security Incident Response Center

CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team

CSIS

 Canadian Security Intelligence Service

 Center for Strategic International Studies

CSLF

Changes Since Last FIRM (Flood Insurance Rate

Map)

CSM

 Chemical Surety Material

 Configuration Settings Management

CSMIP

California Strong-Motion Instrumentation

Program (recording of damaging earthquakes)

CSO

 Campus Security/Safety Officer

 Chief Security Officer

 Civil Society Organization

 Component Security Officer

CSP Certified Safety Professional

CSPI

 Critical Structure Protection Initiative

 Critical Systems Protective Initiative

CSPO Cargo Systems Program Office

CSREES

Cooperative State Research, Education and

Extension Service

CSRS Civil Service Retirement System

CSS Combat Service Support

CSSC Center and Staff Support Section Chief

CSSI Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

CST

 Central Standard Time (GMT-6)

 Civil Support Team (National Guard)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CSTARC

Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis and Response

Center

CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

CSU

 Clearing-Staging Unit

 Crime Scene Unit

 Containerized Shower Unit

 Crisis Stabilization Unit (emergency

behavioral health care)

CSV Countersurveillance

CSZ Cascadia Subduction Zone

CT Counterterrorism

CT/NP-ESG

Counterterrorism and National Preparedness

Exercise Sub-Group

CTA

 Chemical Threat Agents

 Combined Travel Authorization

CTAC Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee

C-TAP Counter-Terrorism Airport Primacy

CTAT Counterterrorism Threat Analysis Team

CTB

 Climate Test Bed (NOAA)

 Communications Test Bed (NIST)

CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

CTC

 Cholera Treatment Centre

 Conference and Training Center

 Counterterrorism Center

CTCC

Counter-Proliferation Technology Coordinating

Committee

CTD

 Concept and Technology Development

 Counterterrorist Division

 Cumulative Trauma Disorder

C-TECC

Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty

Care

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CTF Combined Task Force

CTG Continuing Training Grants Program

CTHA Continued Temporary Housing Assistance

CTI Computer Telephony Integration

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications and Internet

Association

CTIIC Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center

CTISS

Common Terrorism Information Sharing

Standards

CTITC Cyber Threat Intelligence Technical Committee

CTITF

Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force

(United Nations)

CTJTF Counter-Terrorism Joint Task Force

CTM Cooperative Topographic Mapping

CTOC Containerized Tactical Operations Center

CTOS

Counter-Terrorism Operations/Operational

Support

CTOTF Counter-Terrorism Operations Training Facility

CTP

 Common Tactical Picture

 Cooperating Technical Partners Program

C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism

CTR

 Crew Time Report

 Contractor

CTS

 Cellular Telephone Service/System

 Commodity Tracking System

 Certified Trauma Specialist

CTSP Computer Technical Specialist

CTTA Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority

CTTP Consolidated Trusted Traveler Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CTU Chemistry/Toxicology Unit

CTUIR

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian

Reservation

CU Coordination Unit

cu Cubic

CUI Controlled Unclassified Information

CUL Cost Unit Leader

CULS Cultural Specialist

CUREE

Consortium of Universities for Research in

Earthquake Engineering

CUSEC Central United States Earthquake Consortium

CUSI-SL

Commonly Used Sheltering Items and Services

Listing

CUSP Central United States Partnership

 Combined Verification

 Curriculum Vitae

CVA Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)

CVE

 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

 Countering Violent Extremism

CVI Commercial Vehicle Inspection

CVMBS

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical

Sciences

CVO Cascades Volcano Observatory

CVP Citizenship Verification Procedures

CVR

 Chemical Vapor Reaction

 Conversion Rate

 Cost, Value and Risk

 Civil Rights Cadre (FEMA Office of Equal

Rights)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

CVS

 Clearance Verification System

 Commercial Vendor Services

 Commercial Vessel Safety

CVSP Creative Services Specialist

CVVFA

Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s

Association

 Chemical Warfare/Weapons

 Continuous Wave

CWA

 Chemical Warfare Agent

 Clean Water Act

 County Warning System

CWC Chemical Weapons Convention

CWG

 Concept Working Group

 Continuity of Operations Working Group

CWIN

 Critical Infrastructure Warning Information

Network

 Cyber Warning Information Network

CWMD Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction

CWN Call When Needed

CWO

 Chief Watch Officer

 Climate/Weather/Ocean (modeling and

simulation)

 Communications Watch Officer

CWP Center for Watershed Protection

CWPP Community Wildfire Protection Plan

CWS

 Check Writing System

 Church World Service

 Compressed Work Schedule

CWSN Children with Special Needs

CWU Church Women United

CY Calendar Year

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

cy cubic yard

CZ Combat Zone

CZM Coastal Zone Management

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act

D: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

D2PC

An Army computer dispersion modeling

capability

D2Puff

An Army computer dispersion modeling

capability that can factor in terrain and wind

changes

 Damage Assessment

 Declaration of Applicant

 Direct Assistance

 Disaster Assistance

D/A Department and Agency

DAA Designated Accrediting Authority

DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center

DAAMS Depot Area Air Monitoring System

DAAO Disaster Alternate Approving Official

DAC

 Damage Assessment Center

 Disaster Application/Assistance Center

 Disaster Assistance Center

DACL Preliminary Damage Assessment Crew Leader

DACS Deportable Alien Control System

DAD Deputy Assistant Director

DAE Disaster Assistance Employee

DAEO Designated Agency Ethics Official

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100

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DAFC Department of the Air Force Civilians

DAGC Deputy Associate General Counsel

DAICC Domestic Air Interdiction Coordinator Center

DAID Delayed Aerial Ignition Devices

DAIP Disaster Assistance Improvement Program

DALIS

Disaster Assistance Logistics Information

System

DALO Disaster Area Liaison Officer

DAM Digital Asset Management

DAMAGES Disaster Accountability Management System

DAMO Department of the Army Military Operations

DAN Document Accountability Number

DANA Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis

DAO Defense Attaché Office

DAP

 Disaster Assistance Policy

 Disaster Assistance Program (United States

Small Business Administration)

DA PAM Department of the Army Pamphlet

DAR

 Damage Assessment Routines

 Decision, Analysis and Resolution

 Designated Agency Representative

DARAC

Direct Assistance Replacement Assistance

Consideration

DARCOM Development and Readiness Command

DARIS

Disaster Automated Reporting and Information

System

DARNG Director, Army National Guard

DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office

DARP Data Access Request Process

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101

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARRT

Disaster Assistance Response and Recovery

Technology

DART

 Daily Advisories/Risk and Threat

 Damage Assessment Reconnaissance Team

 Disaster Animal Response Team

 Disaster Assessment and Recovery Team

 Disaster Assistance Response Team (Office

of United States Foreign Disaster

Assistance)

DASA(ECW)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for the

Elimination of Chemical Weapons

DASC Disaster Assistance Support Center

DASH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (HHS)

DASHO Designated Agency Safety and Health Official

DASP

 Damage Assessment Specialist

 Disaster Assistance Support Program

DAST Disaster Assessment Survey Team

DAT

 Damage Assessment Team

 Disaster Action Team (American Red Cross)

DAWG Disaster Attaché Working Group

DAWIA

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement

Act

DB Database

dB Decibel

dB(A), dB(B), dB(C)

Decibel A, B, C (Indicating the Method Used to

weight Sound Frequencies when Measuring

Sound Pressure Levels)

DBA

 Database Administrator

 Design Basis Accident (a postulated

accident that a nuclear facility must

withstand while ensuring public health and

safety)

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102

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DBD1, DBD2

Disaster Survivor Assistance Branch Director

Type 1, Type 2

DBF Database File

DBMS Database Management System

 Dialysis Center

 Direct Current (electrical)

 Distribution Center

 District of Columbia

 Dry Chemical (type of fire extinguisher)

DC3 Cyber Crime Center (DOD)

DCA  Disaster Communication Agreement

DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCAC Demilitarization Chemical Agent Concentrator

DCAS Document Control and Accountability System

DCBP Double Check Backflow Preventer

DCC

 Document Control Center

 Donation Coordination Center

DCCC Defense Collection Coordination Center

DCCL

Hazard Mitigation (HM) DRC Coordination Crew

Leader

DCD Deseret Chemical Depot

DCE

 Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

 Defense Coordinating Element

 Disaster Communications Equipment

 Disaster Coordinating Element

DCE/MED TF

Disaster Coordinating Element/Medical Task

Force

DCEX HM Advisor Specialist Expert

DCFO Deputy Chief Financial Officer

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103

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DCFSA Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

DCG Disaster Control Group

DCGS Distributed Common Ground System

DCHA

Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian

Assistance, Bureau for (DOS)

D/CIA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

DCID Director of Central Intelligence Directive

DCIS Defense Criminal Investigative Service

DCLN Declaration

DCLO Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer

DCM

 Dangerous Cargo Manifest

 Deputy Chief of Mission (DOS)

 Disaster Case Management

DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

DCMS Deputy Commandant for Mission Support

DCN

 Disaster Contractors Network

 Document Control Number

DCO

 Defense Coordinating Officer (DOD)

 Disaster Coordinating Office

DCOP Deputy Chief of Party

DCOS Deputy Chief of Staff

DCP Development Concept Plan

DCPA Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

DCPDS Defense Civilian Personnel Data System

DCPS Digital Cartographic Production System

DCR Damage Control Resuscitation

DCRF Defense CBRN Response Force (DOD)

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104

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DCS

 Data Collection System

 Defense Communications System

 Defense Courier Service

 Deputy Chief of Staff

 Domestic Communication Strategy

DCSP Digital Communications Specialist

DCT

 Data Collection Tool

 Donations Coordination Team

DCV Detector Check Valve

DCWDB Direction, Control and Warning Database

DCX Direction and Control Exercise

 Damaged Dwelling

 Data Dictionary

 Decimal Degrees (Latitude and Longitude)

 Defensive Driving

 Direct Dial

 Dynamic Data

DDA

 Damaged Dwelling Address

 Deputy Development Advisor

DDD

 Direct Distance Dialing

 Damage, Description, and Dimensions

DDE Dynamic Data Exchange

DDF DHS Data Framework

DDL Data Definition Language

DDN Obsolete: Defense Data Network (DOD)

DDNR Durable Do Not Resuscitate

DDNRO

Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance

Office

DDO

 Deputy Director of Operations

 Director of Disaster Operations

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

105

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DDOC Deployment and Distribution Operations Center

DDOS Distributed Denial of Service

DDP Data-Derived Product

DDR Diaphragm Drift Ratio

DDRM Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager

DDS Department of Disability Services

DDT

 Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane

(Insecticide)

 Disaster Data Technology

 Defense Emergency (DOD)

 Detonation

 District Engineer

DEA

 Data Exchange Agreement

 Drug Enforcement Administration (DOJ)

DEAC Deemed Export Advisory Council

DEAS

Obsolete: Digital Emergency Alert System

Replaced by: IPAWS Open Platform for

Emergency Networks (OPEN)

DEASTP

Digital Evidence Acquisition Specialist Training

Program

DEC

 Decisions

 Declaration

 Director’s Executive Council

 Disaster Emergency Communications

 Disasters Emergency Committee

DECA  Digitally Enhanced Computerized Aide

DECD

Department of Economic and Community

Development

DECK Deck Coordinator

DECON Decontamination

DED Department of Economic Development

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

106

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DED Deferred Enforced Departure (USCIS)

DEE Department Environmental Executive (DHS)

DEEDS

Data Elements for Emergency Department

Systems (CDC)

DEERS Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System

DEFAC Dining Facility (United States Army)

DEFCON Defense Condition

deg

Degree - Used as a unit of measurement: of

angles; a unit of latitude or longitude; denote a

measurement of temperature (Celsius or

Fahrenheit); or medical classification of the

severity of an injury

DEGS

Disaster Emergency Communications Group

Supervisor

DEI Dose Equivalent Iodine

DELO Deputy Environmental Liaison Officer

Delta Phonetic Alphabet for D

DEM

 Demobilization

 Department of Environmental Management

 Department or Division of Emergency

Management

 Digital Elevation Model

DEMA  Department of Energy and Military Affairs

DEMS Domestic Emergency Management System

DEN Domestic Events Network

DEO Detention Enforcement Officer

DEOC Emergency Operations Center (CDC)

DEP

 Department of Environmental Protection

 Dependent

 Domestic Emergency Preparedness

DEPER Deployed Personnel Report

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107

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DEPS Domestic Emergency Planning System

DEPSEC Deputy Secretary

DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary of Defense

DEQ Department of Environmental Quality

DERC Damage Estimates, Ranges and Casualties

DERF Defense Emergency Response Fund

DERIS

Domestic Emergency Response Information

Services

DES

 Data Encryption Standard/System

 Disaster Emergency Services

 Distribution of Emergency Supplies

 Division of Emergency Services

DESCOM Depot System Command

DESCON Designated Control Burn

DEST Domestic Emergency Support Team (FBI)

DETER Defense Technology Experimental Research

DEW Distant Early Warning

DF Dangerous Fallout

DFA Direct Federal Assistance

DFAA Delegation of Financial Assistance Authority

DFAIT

Obsolete: Department of Foreign Affairs and

International Trade

Replaced by: Department of Foreign Affairs,

Trade and Development (DFATD) (also known

as Global Affairs Canada)

DFAS Defense Financial Accounting Service

DFATD

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and

Development (also known as Global Affairs

Canada)

DFCO Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer

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108

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DFIRM Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map

DFIRM-DLG

Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map - Digital Line

Graph

DFMO Duty/District Fire Management Officer

DFO

 Designated Federal Official

 Obsolete: Disaster Field Office

DFOM Disaster Field Operations Management

DFOMC Disaster Field Operations Management Course

DFRN Disaster Federal Register Notice

DFS Department of Family Services

DFSG Disaster Financial Services Group

DFSR Disaster Financial Status Report

DFTO

 Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization

 Disaster Field Training Office

 Disaster Field Training

Operations/Organization

DG/CS Dangerous Goods/Cargo Security

DGCO Deputy Grant Coordinating Officer

DGLS Differential Global Location System

DGMQ

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine

(CDC)

DGN Design Filename Extension

DGPS Differential Global Positioning System

DGS Department Guidance Statement

DGSA DOD Goal Security Architecture

DGZ

Desired Ground Zero (location of a planned

nuclear explosion)

DH Disaster Housing

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109

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DHA

 Direct Housing Assistance

 Disaster Housing Assistance (Department of

Housing and Urban Development [HUD])

DHAP Disaster Housing Assistance Program (HUD)

DHAT

Obsolete: Direct Housing Assistance Team

Replaced by: Sheltering and Housing Field

Team (SHFT)

DHC Disaster Housing Checkwriter

DHCD

Department of Housing and Community

Development

DHelp Disaster Help Website

DHF Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

DHHS

United States Department of Health and

Human Services

DHO

Obsolete: Disaster Housing Officer

Replaced by: Individual Assistance/Housing

Assistance Program Manager

DHP

Obsolete: Disaster Housing Program

Replaced by: Individuals and Households

Program (IHP)/Housing Assistance (HA)

DHS

 Disaster Health Service

 United States Department of Homeland

Security

DHS IP

Obsolete: DHS Office of Infrastructure

Protection

Replaced by: DHS National Protection and

Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of

Infrastructure Protection (IP)

DHUD

Department of Housing and Urban

Development

 Disability Integration (Office of Disability

Integration and Coordination [ODIC])

 Data Integration

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DIAC Defense Intelligence and Analysis Center

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110

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DIAD Disability Integration Advisor

DIAO Deputy Individual Assistance Officer

DIB Defense Industrial Base

DIC Deputy Incident Commander

DID

 Direct Inward Dial

 Digital Identification

DIDA Detection, Identification and Assessment

DIDS Decision Information Distribution System

DIFAX Digital Facsimile

DIHS Division of Immigration Health Services

DII Defense Information Infrastructure

DIL Derived Intervention Level

DIMC Digital Identity Management Center

DIME

Delayed, Immediate, Minimal or Expectant

(Radiation Triage Category)

DIMHRS

Defense Integrated Military Human Resources

System

DIMO Defense Institute for Medical Operations

DIMOS Drug Intelligence Method of Operation System

DIR

 Director

 Domestic Imagery Requirement(s)

DIRC Disaster Information Resource Center

DIRNSA Director, National Security Agency

DIS

 Defense Investigative Service

 Designed-in Security

 Distributed Interactive Simulation

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency

DISC Disaster Information System Clearinghouse

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111

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DISCO Distribution/Consolidation

DISE Distributed Incident Simulation Exercise

DISN Defense Information System Network

DISN-LES DISN Leading Edge Services

DISP Data Integration Specialist

DISUM

 Daily Intelligence Summary

 Disaster Summary

DITA Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)

DIVS Division/Group Supervisor

DL Distance Learning

DLA Defense Logistics Agency (DOD)

DLG Digital Line Graph

DLG-3 Digital Line Graph Level 3

DLL Dynamic-Link Library

DLN Department of Defense Lab Network

DLS

 Day Light Savings (Time)

 Disaster Legal Services

DLSGP Driver's License Security Grant Program

DLT Department Leadership Team

 Damage Measure

 Decimal Minutes (latitude and longitude)

 Dimension

 Disaster Management

DMA

 Defense Mapping Agency

 Department of Military Affairs

 Designated Market Area

 Disaster Mitigation Act

DMA 2000, DMA2K Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000

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112

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DMAC

 Disaster Management Advisory Committee

 Diversity Management Advisory Council

DMAG DHS Deputy’s Management Action Group

DMARC Demarcation Point

DMARTS

Document Management and Records Tracking

System

DMAT Disaster Medical Assistance Team (HHS)

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DME

 Decision Making Exercise

 Deputy Medical Examiner

 Designated Medical Examiner

 Development, Modernization and

Enhancement

 Distance Measuring Equipment

 Durable Medical Equipment

DMER

Disaster Management and Emergency

Response

DMG Damage

DMH

 Department of Mental Health

 Disaster Mental Health

DMHT Disaster Mental Health Team

DMI

 Disaster Management Interoperability

 Director Military Intelligence (DOD)

DMIATF Data Management Improvement Act Task Force

DMIGS

Domestic Mobile Integrated Geospatial-

Intelligence System

DMIS

 Disaster Management Information System

 Disaster Management Interoperability

Services

DMOB Demobilization Unit Leader

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113

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DMORT

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team

(HHS)

DMRIS

Defense Medical Regulating Information

System

DMRS Data Management and Retrieval System

DMS

 Defense Message System

 Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (latitude and

longitude)

 Dispatch Messaging System

 Document Management System

DMSE Disaster Management Support Environment

DMSO Defense Modeling and Simulation Office

DMSP Donation Management Specialist

DMSS Defense Medical Surveillance System

DMT Disaster Management Team (United Nations)

DMV

 Department of Motor Vehicles

 DC, Maryland, Virginia

DNAT Defense Nuclear Advisory Team

DNBI Disease and Non-battle Injury

DND Department of National Defense

DNDO Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS)

DNF Did Not Finish

DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DNI Director of National Intelligence

DNR Department of Natural Resources

DNS

 Date Not Specified

 Defense National Stockpile

 Department of Nuclear Safety

DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center (DOD)

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114

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DNSSEC Domain Name System Security Extensions

DNU Do Not Use

DNV Diarrhea and Vomiting

 Designated Official

 Digital Orthophoto (aerial photography or

satellite imagery)

 Director of Operations

 Disaster Operations

 Distribution Order

DOA

 Date of Arrival

 Dead On Arrival

 Delegation Of Authority

 Department of Agriculture

DOB

 Date of Birth

 Depth of Burn

 Duplication of Benefits

DOC

 United States Department of Commerce

 Department of Conservation

 Department of Corrections

 Department Operations Center

 Discrete Organic Chemicals

DOCL Documentation Unit Leader

DOCU Documentation Unit

DOD United States Department of Defense

DODAF Department of Defense Architecture Framework

DODD Department of Defense Directive

DODESB Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board

DODI Department of Defense Instruction

DODMS DOD Discovery Metadata Standard

DODRDB Department of Defense Resource Database

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DOE United States Department of Energy

DOEd, DoED United States Department of Education

DOF Department of Forestry

DOG Deployable Operations Group

DOH Department of Health

DOHMH Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

DOI United States Department of the Interior

DOIM Director of Information Management

DOJ United States Department of Justice

DOK Disaster Operations Keystone

DOL United States Department of Labor

DOLP Disaster Operations Leadership Program

DOM

 Disaster Operations Manager

 Disaster Operations Manual

DOMO Domestic Operations (USCIS)

DOMS Director of Military Support (United States Army)

DON

 Department of the Navy

 Determination of Need

 Donation

DONAT Donation

DOQ

Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (image

rectification related to aerial photography or

satellite imagery)

DOS

 Department of State

 Director of Security

 Dosimeter (personnel radiation exposure

device)

DOSC Deputy Operations Section Chief

DOSP Document Specialist

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116

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DOT United States Department of Transportation

DOTMLPF

Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel,

Leadership and Education, Personnel and

Facilities

DOZB Dozer Boss (bulldozer) (NWCG)

 Delivery point

 Departure Point

 Depth

 Disaster Preparedness

 Distribution Point

DP#

Drop Point Number (Drop points are numbered

and marked locations on a fire where people

meet, equipment is exchanged and resources

may be stationed)

DPA

 Daily Plan of Action

 Deepwater Ports Act

 Defense Procurement Agency

 Defense Production Act

 Delegation of Procurement Authority

DPAO

 Deputy Public Affairs Officer

 Deputy Public Assistance Officer

DPAS Defense Priorities and Allocations System

DPC Domestic Policy Council

DPETAP

Obsolete: Domestic Preparedness Equipment

Technical Assistance Program

DPFO Deputy Principal Federal Official

DPG Defense Planning Guidance

DPIC Deputy Incident Commander

DPIG Disaster Preparedness Improvement Grant

DPM Disintegrations Per Minute

DPMG Public Assistance Data Processing Manager

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DPMT Disaster Pediatric Medical Team

DPMU Disaster/Deployable Portable Morgue Unit

DPOD Disaster Personnel Operations Division

DPO-MA Defense Program Office for Mission Assurance

DPP

 Disaster Processing Procedures

 Domestic Preparedness Program

DPPC Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

DPRE Displaced Persons, Refugees and Evacuees

DPRO Display Processor

DPS

 Department of Public Safety

 Defense Planning Scenario (DOD)

DPSP Public Assistance Data Processing Specialist

DPT Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus

DPV Dry Pipe Valve (fire sprinkler systems)

DPW Department of Public Works

DQ2 Data Quality Framework Project

 Disaster Declaration Number

 Disaster Recovery

 Disaster Request

 Disaster Response

D&R Debrief and Reintegrate

DR/N Disaster Request/Number

DRASH Deployable Rapid-Assembly Shelter

DRAT District Response Advisory Team

DRC

 Diplomatic Residence Compound

 Disability Resource Center

 Disaster Recovery Center

 Disaster Recovery Coordinator

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DRD Direct-Reading Dosimeter

DREC Deputy Regional Emergency Coordinator

DRES Disaster Response Evaluation System

DREX

Disaster Recovery Center Support Specialist

Expert

DRF

 Disaster Relief Fund

 Disaster Resilience Fellows

 Disaster Response Force

DRG

 Digital Raster Graphic (scan digital image)

 Disaster Response Group

 District Response Group

 Domestic Readiness Group

 Domestic Resilience Group

DRGS Disaster Recovery Center Group Supervisor

DRI Disaster Risk Index

DRII Disaster Recovery Institute International

DRL Derived Response Levels

DRM

 Data Reference Model

 Disaster Recovery Manager

 Disaster Risk Management

DRMG Disaster Recovery Center Manager

DRMT

Disaster Response Management Team

(American Red Cross)

DRMU Deployment Risk Mitigation Unit (CDC)

DRO

 Detention and Removal Office (ICE)

 Disaster Recovery Operations

 Dispute Resolution Officer

DRP Division of Radiation Protection

DRR Disaster Risk Reduction

DRR/M Disaster Risk Reduction/Management

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

119

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DRS

 Disaster Reconnaissance System

 Disaster Readiness and Support

DRSF Disaster Response Support Facilities

DRSS Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards

DRT Disaster Response Team

DRTF Disaster Relief Task Force

DRTL Disaster Recovery Center Task Force Leader

DRTS Debris Removal Tracking System

DRU

 Direct Reporting Unit

 Disaster Resistant Universities

 Disaster Response Unit

DRWD Disaster Reserve Workforce Division

 Damage Survey

 Deputy Secretary

 Diplomatic Security

DS 0-4

Digital Signal 0-4 (use in telecommunications

systems to carry a digitized voice/phone call)

DSA

 Digital Standard Algorithm

 Disaster Survivor Assistance Program

 Daily Subsistence Allowance

DSA CL Disaster Survivor Assistance Crew Leader

DSA GS Disaster Survivor Assistance Group Supervisor

DSA SA Disaster Survivor Assistance Specialist Advisor

DSA TFL Disaster Survivor Assistance Task Force Leader

DSAS Disaster Survivor Assistance Specialist

DSAT Disaster Survivor Assistance Team

DSB Defense Science Board

DSBCC

Detection Systems for Biological and Chemical

Countermeasures

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120

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DSC

 Digital Selective Calling

 Dual-Status Commander

DSCA

 Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 Defense Support to Civil Authorities

DSCO Deputy State Coordinating Officer

DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System

DSE Deployable Support Elements

DSEA Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003

DSEC Deputy Secretary

DSEL Dynamic Synchronization Event Log

DSER Disaster Static Economic Resilience

DSES Directory Services and Email System

DSFO Deputy Senior FEMA Official

DSFS Disaster Survivor Field Services

DSGS Disaster Survivor Assistance Group Supervisor

DSL Digital Subscriber Line

DSM

 Data Storage Management

 Dry Skim Milk

DSN Defense Switched Network

D-SNAP

Disaster Supplement Nutrition Assistance

Program

DSNET 1

Obsolete: Defense Secure Network One

Replaced by: Secret IP Router Network

(SIPRNet)

DSNET 2

Obsolete: Defense Secure Network Two

Replaced by: Joint Worldwide Intelligence

Communications System (JWICS)

DSNET 3

Obsolete: Defense Secure Network Three

Replaced by: Joint Worldwide Intelligence

Communications System (JWICS)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

121

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DSNS Division of Strategic National Stockpile (CDC)

DSO

 Director of Site Operations

 Disaster Safety Officer

DSP Disaster Support Package

DSPD Defense Support to Public Diplomacy

DSR

 Daily Summary Report

 Damage Survey Report

DSRI Disaster Science Research Initiative

DSS

 Digital Signature Standard

 Diplomatic Security Service

 Disaster Severity Scale

 Disease Surveillance System

DSSG Defense Science Study Group

DST Decision Support Tools

DSTL Disaster Survivor Assistance Task Force Leader

DSU Distress Signal Unit

DSWA Defense Special Weapons Agency (DOD)

DT Development Team

DTAC Disaster Technical Assistance Center (HHS)

DT/CPS

Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning

Section (FBI)

DTAPPS

Disposable Toxicological Agent Personal

Protection System

DTD

 Data Transfer Device

 Document Type Definition

DTE

 Data Terminal Equipment

 Disaster Temporary Employee

DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data

DTG Date-Time Group

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DTIC Defense Technical Information Center

DTM Digital Terrain Model

DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

DTMS Disaster Transportation Management System

DTO Drug Trafficking Organization

DTOC Deployable Tactical Operations Center

DTOS Deployable Tactical Operations System

DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DTRG

 Defense Technical Response Group

 DOD Technical Response Group

DTRIM

Domestic Threat Reduction and Incident

Management

DTS

 Deployment Tracking System

 Diplomatic Telecommunications Service

DTSA Defense Technical Security Agency

 Dobson Unit (measuring ozone

concentration)

 Dwelling Unit

DUA Disaster Unemployment Assistance

DUH Detached Unit Housing

DUI Driving Under the Influence

DUL Documentation Unit Leader (NWCG)

DULL SWORD

Nuclear Safety Deficiency or Accident Code

Word

DUNS Number Data Universal Numbering System Number

DUP Duplicate Application

DUS Deputy Under Secretary

DUSM Deputy United States Marshal

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123

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

DUSTOFF Call Sign for Army MEDEVAC Helicopter

 Dengue Virus

 Digital Video

 Distinguished Visitor

DVD Digital Versatile Disk

DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

DW Data Window

DWCA Defense Workforce Certification Application

DWG Drawing Filename Extension

DWI

 Disaster Welfare Information (American Red

Cross)

 Disaster Welfare Inquiry (American Red

Cross)

 Drinking Water Intake

 Driving While Intoxicated

DWL Directed Work Location

DWM Dry Whole Milk

DWML Digital Weather Markup Language

DWR Department of Water Resources

DWT Dead Weight

DXF Drawing Exchange Format

DZ Drop Zone

DZOP Dozer Operator

E: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

E 911 Enhanced 9-1-1

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124

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Emergency Action or Assistance

 Enterprise Architecture

 Environmental Assessment

 Executive Assistant

 Expedited Assistance

 External Affairs

EAAC Emergency Access Advisory Committee

EAB

 Enterprise Architecture Board

 Exclusion Area Boundary

EAC Emergency Action Committee (DOS)

EACC Eastern Area Coordination Center

EACG Eastern Area Coordinating Group

EACOE Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence

EACRS

Emergency Automated Computerized Retrieval

System

EACT Emergency Action and Coordination Team

EAD

 Employment Authorization Document

 Environmental Assistance Division

 Executive Associate Director

EADB Emergency Authorities Database (DOD)

EADRCC

Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination

Center

EADRU Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Unit

EAEX Engineering and Architect Technical Specialist

EAG

 Emergency Action Guideline

 Exercise Analysis Group

 External Affairs Guidance

EAGLE

Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading

Edge Solutions

EAGLE-1

Environment for Analysis of Geo-Located Energy

Information (DOE)

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125

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EAI Enterprise Application Integration

EAIR EAR Enterprise Architecture Repository

EAL

 Emergency Action Level

 Entry Authority List

 Evaluation Assurance Level

EAM Emergency Action Message

EAN Extended Area Network

EAO

 Emergency Action Officer

 Energy Assurance Office

EAP

 Emergency Action Plan

 Emergency Action Procedures

 Emergency Assistance Personnel

 Employee Assistance Program

 Event Action Plan

e-APIS

electronic-Advanced Passenger Information

System

EAPMO

Enterprise Architecture Program Management

Office

EAR

 Emergency Alert Radio

 Exercise Analysis Report

EARN Employer Assistance Referral Network

EARS Emergency Animal Rescue Service

EART Evening Advisory Risk Threat

EAS

Obsolete: Emergency Alert System

Replaced by: Digital Emergency Alert System

(DEAS)

EASP

 Engineering and Architect Specialist

 External Affairs Specialist

EAWA Employ American Workers Act

EBG Evidence-Based Guidelines

EBMO Enterprise Business Management Office (DHS)

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126

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EBR Endogenous Biological Regulators

EBS

Obsolete: Emergency Broadcast System

Replaced by: Emergency Alert System (EAS)

EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer

 Education Coordinator

 Elevation Certificate

 Emergency Coordinator

 Emergency Care

 Extraordinary Circumstances

 Executive Committee

ECA

 Earth-orbit Crossing Asteroid

 Emergency Controlling Authority

ECAPS

Enterprise Coordination and Approval

Processing System

ECBC Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

ECC

 Emergency Communications Center

 Emergency Coordination Center

ECCC Emergency Care Coordination Center

ECCS

 Emergency Command and Control System

 Emergency Core Cooling System

ECCV Emergency Command and Control Vehicle

ECD

 Effective Cumulative Dose

 Emergency Contacts Directory

 Estimated Completion Date

ECDC

European Center for Disease Control and

Prevention

ECF

 Emergency Communications Forum

 Extended Care Facility

ECFG Emergency Coordination Functional Group

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127

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ECG

 Emergency Coordination Group

 Exercise Control Group

 Enduring Constitutional Government

ECH Echelon (subdivision of a headquarters)

ECHA

Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs

(United Nations)

ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office

Echo Phonetic Alphabet for E

ECI Export-Controlled Information

ECIP Enhanced Critical Infrastructure Protection

ECL Emergency Classification Level

ECM Electronic Countermeasures

ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association

ECN Executive Control Node

E-Correspondence Electronic Correspondence

ECO

 Elected County Official

 Emergency Coordinating Officer

ECP

 Emergency Conservation Program

 Entry Control Point

 Exposure Control Plan

ECPC

Emergency Communications Preparedness

Center (DHS)

ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles

ECS

 Electronic Certification System

 Emergency Communications Staff

 Emergency Coordinating Staff

ECSA Exchange Carriers Standards Association

ECSAP Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program

ECSP

Environmental Compliance Review Specialist

(Environmental Historic Preservation)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

128

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ECT

 Emergency Coordinating Team

 Exercise Control Team

ECTF Electronic Crimes Task Force

ECU Environmental Control Unit

ECWAG Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant

 United States Department of Education

 Effective Dose

 Emergency Declaration

 Emergency Department

 Executive Director

ED&DG Exercise Design and Development Group

EDA

 Economic Development Administration

 Estimated Date of Arrival

 Event, Decision, Action

EDAC Economic Defense Advisory Committee

EDAP Excess Delivery Acquisition Program

EDC

 Energy Disruption Committee

 Earth Resources Observation and Science

(EROS) Data Center (United States

Geological Survey)

EDD Explosive Detection Device

EDE Effective Dose Equivalent

EDEN Education Disaster Extension Network

EDGE

Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment

(virtual training platform) (DHS)

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDIFACT

EDI for Administration, Commerce and

Transport

EDIS Emergency Disaster Information System

EDITH Exit Drills in the Home

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

129

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EDL Environmental Disposal Liability

EDMO Enterprise Data Management Office

EDPP Electronic Design and Pre-Press

EDR

 Earthquake Data Report

 Economic Development Representative

 Emergency Detour Route

EDRC

 Emergency Disaster Response Coordinator

(Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

[OFDA])

 Expanded Dispatch Recorder

EDS Explosive Detection System

EDT

 Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4)

 Explosive Device Team

EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse

EDXL

Emergency Data Exchange Language

(Organization for the Advancement of

Structured Information Standards [OASIS])

EDXL-CAP EDXL Common Alerting Protocol (OASIS)

EDXL-DE EDXL Distribution Element (OASIS)

EDXL-HAVE EDXL Hospital Availability Exchange (OASIS)

EDXL-RM EDXL Resource Messaging (OASIS)

EDXL-TEC EDXL Tracking of Emergency Clients (OASIS)

EDXL-TEP EDXL Tracking of Emergency Patients (OASIS)

EEE

 Eastern Equine Encephalitis

 Essential Evaluation Elements

EEFI Essential Elements of Friendly Information

EEG Exercise Evaluation Guide

EEGL Emergency Exposure Guidance Level

EEI

 Essential Elements of Information

 External Environment Interface

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

130

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EEM Exercise Evaluation Methodology

EENA European Emergency Number Association

EENET Emergency Education Network

EEO

 Equal Employment Office

 Equal Employment Opportunity

 Explosives Enforcement Officer (ATF)

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEP Exercise and evaluation Program

EEPT Entry Exit Program Team

EER Eligible Existing Resources

EERA Emergency Equipment Rental Agreement

EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

EESL Extreme Events Simulation Laboratory

EET Emergency Evacuation Team

EEVS Employment Eligibility Verification System

EEW/S Earthquake Early Warning/System

EEX Employee Express

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

EFAP Emergency Food Assistance Program

EFF Emergency Firefighter

EFH Essential Fish Habitat

EFO Emergency Field Office

EFOP Executive Fire Officer Program

EFP Emergency Food Program

EFp Emission Factor

EFPOP Executive Fire Prevention Officer Program

EFS Emergency Food and Shelter

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

131

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EFSA Escaped Fire Situation Analysis

EFSNB Emergency Food and Shelter National Board

EFSP

 Emergency Food and Shelter Program

 Environmental Floodplain Specialist

(Environmental and Historic Preservation)

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

E-GIS DHS-wide Enterprise GIS System

EGM Enhancing Grants Management

E-Gov Electronic Government (OMB)

EGSP Energy Specialist

EHAD

Environmental and Historic Preservation

Advisor

EHM Earthquake Hazard Mitigation

EHMG

Environmental and Historic Preservation

Manager

EHP Environmental and Historic Preservation

EHR Electronic Health Records

EHRP

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (United

States Geological Survey)

EHS

 Emergency Health Services

 Environmental Health and Safety

 Extremely Hazardous Substance

EHU Emergency Housing Unit

EI Exercise Information

EIA Electronic Industries Alliance

EIC

 Engineer in Charge

 Emergency Interoperability Consortium

EICC

Emergency Information and Coordination

Center

EID Enforcement Integrated Database

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132

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EIDA Executive Information and Display Area

EIDL Economic Injury Disaster Loan

EIE Emergency Information Exchange

EIEIO

Engineering Instruction/Engineering

Implementation Order

EIEM Enterprise Information Exchange Model

EIF European Interoperability Framework

EIIP

Emergency Information Infrastructure

Partnership

EIM Emergency Information Management

EIMA Emergency Information and Media Affairs

EIN Employer Identification Number

EIO Emergency Information Officer

EIPA Emergency Information and Public Affairs

EIPT Exercise Integrated Process Team

EIRS Emergency Information Retrieval System

EIS

 Emergency Information System

 Environmental Impact Statement

 Epidemiological Intelligence Service (CDC)

EIT Electronic Information Technology

E&IT Electronic and Information Technology

EITS Enhanced International Travel Security System

EJ Environmental Justice

EKG Electrocardiogram

EL Engineering Laboratory

ELA Emergency Lodging Assistance

ELC Engineering Logistics Center

ELEC Electric

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

133

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ELF

 Earth Liberation Front

 Emergency Loan Fund

 Extremely Low Frequency

ELINT Electronic Intelligence

ELO

 Enabling Learning Objectives

 Environmental Liaison Officer

ELR Emergency Logistics Request

ELSEC Electronic Security

ELT

 Emergency Location Transmitter

 Evacuation Liaison Team

 Emergency Declaration

 Emergency Management

 Emergency Manager

 Environmental Management

 Exercise Manual

EMA Emergency Management Agency

EMAC Emergency Management Assistance Compact

EMAP Emergency Management Accreditation Program

EMAS Emergency Management Assessment System

EMBAG

Emergency Management Baseline Assessment

Grant Program

EMC

 Emergency Management Coordinator

 Emergency Medical Care

 Equilibrium Moisture Content

 Expanded Medical Capacity

EMCA Europe, Middle East and Central Asia

EMD

 Electronic Monitoring Device

 Emergency Management Director

 Emergency Management Division

 Emergency Medical Dispatcher

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

134

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EMERCOM Emergency Command

EMERGCON Emergency Condition

EMERS

Emergency Management Exercise Reporting

System

EMF

 Electromagnetic Field

 Expeditionary Medical Facility

EMI

 Electromagnetic Interference

 Emergency Management Institute

EMIO Expanded Maritime Interdiction Operation

EMIS Emergency Management Information System

EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory

EMMA Emergency Managers Mutual Aid

EMMIE

Emergency Management Mission Integrated

Environment (FEMA’s grant tracking program)

EMNPP

Emergency Management and National

Preparedness Program

EMO

 Emergency Management Organizations

(Provincial and Territorial-Canadian)

 Emergency Medical Operations

EMOP Emergency Operations

EMOC

 Emergency Management Operations Center

 Emergency Management Operations Course

EMP

 Electromagnetic Pulse

 Emergency Management Plan or Program

 Emergency Medical Personnel

 Emergency Preparedness

 Environmental Management Program

(USACE)

EMPA

Emergency Management Planning and

Assistance

EMPG Emergency Management Performance Grant

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135

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EMPO Emergency Medical Preparedness Office

EMPP Emergency Management Professional Program

EMPS Emergency Management Program Specialist

EMPTY QUIVER

Theft, Seizure, or Loss of a Nuclear Weapon or

Component Code Word

EMR

 Electromagnetic Radiation

 Emergency Medical Responder

 Emergency Minimal Repair

 Environmental Management Review

EMR-ISAC

Emergency Management and Response-

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

EMRS Emergency Management Response System

EMRT Emergency Medical Response Team

EMS

 Emergency Management Specialist

 Emergency Medical Services

 Emergency Medical System

 Environmental Management System

 Evacuation Management System

 Expeditionary Medical Support

EMSAT Emergency Medical Satellite Training

EMSC EMS for Children

EMSCC Emergency Medical Services Chiefs of Canada

EMSEC Emission Security

EMSHG

Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare

Group

EMSI Emergency Medical Services Instructor

EMSR Emergency Medical Services Registry

EMSSA Emergency Medical Services System Act

EMSTF Emergency Medical Services Training Fund

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136

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EMT

 Emergency Management Team

 Emergency Management Training

 Emergency Medical Technician

EMTALA

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor

Act

EMTASC

Emergency Management Training, Analysis and

Simulation Center

EMT-B Emergency Medical Technician – Basic

EMTC Emergency Management Training Center

EM-TC

Emergency Management Technical Committee

(OASIS)

EMT-I Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate

EMT-P Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic

EMWIN

Emergency Managers Weather Information

Network

ENA

 Emergency Nursing Association

 Emergency Nutrition Assessment

ENC Emergency News Center

END Exotic Newcastle Disease

ENDEX End of Exercise

ENGB Engine Boss

ENOP Engine Operator

ENR Environmental and Natural Resources

ENS Emergency Notification Service/System

ENSO El Nino-Southern Oscillation

ENSP

Environmental Specialist (Environmental and

Historic Preservation)

ENUL Energy Unit Leader

E number Equipment number

ENVL Environmental

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

137

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Earth Orbit

 Elected Officials

 Emergency Office

 Emergency Operation

 Environmental Officer

 Executive Order

 Explosive Ordnance

E.O. Executive Order of the President

EO/IR Electro-Optical/Infrared

EOC

 Emergency Operations Center

 Enterprise Operations Center

 European Olympic Committee

EOC-I EOC-interconnectivity (Washington, DC)

EOD

 Entered on Duty

 Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EOE Equal Opportunity Employer

EOEA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

EOF

 Emergency Operating Facility

 Emergency Operations Facility

 End of File

 Escalation of Force

EOG

 Executive Office of the Governor

 Exercise Observation Group

EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review

EOM End of Month

EOMS Emergency Operations Management System

EOO Emergency Operations Organization

EOP

 Emergency Operations/Operating Plan

 Executive Office of the President

 Extent of Play

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138

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EOPT Emergency Operations Planning Template

EOS

 Earth-Observing System

 Emergency Management Assistance

Compact (EMAC)-Operations System

 Emergency Operating System

 Emergency Operations Software

 Emergency Operations Staff

EOT Emergency Operations Team

EOUSA

Executive Office for United States Attorneys

(DOJ)

EOV Emergency Operations Vehicle

EOW Envelope of Water

 Electric Power

 Emergency Physician

 Emergency Procedures

 Emergency Programs

 Environmental Protection

EP&A Environmental Planning and Assessment

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPAD Emergency Provider Access Directory

EPAL Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language

EPAP

 Equipment Purchase Assistance Program

 Emergency Pharmaceutical Assistance

Program

EPC

 Emergency Preparedness Council

 Emergency Preparedness Canada

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act

EPCIP

European Programme for Critical Infrastructure

Protection

ePCR Electronic Patient Care Record

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

139

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EPCRA

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-

Know Act

EPD Electronic Personnel Dosimeter

EPEAT

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment

Tool

EPG

 Electrical Power Generator

 Emergency Planning Guide

 Enhanced Protective Glass

 Environmental Planning Group

 Exercise Preparation Guide

EPI

 Emergency Public Information

 Epinephrine (use in an emergency auto-

injector device)

 Expanded Program for Immunization

EPIC

 Electronic Privacy Information Center

 Emergency Preparedness Information

Coordinator

EPICS

Emergency Preparedness Incident Command

Stimulation

EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon

EPL Evaluated Products List

EPLO Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer

EPMS Environmental Portable Monitoring System

EPO Environmental Protection Officer

EPOC

 Emergency Point of Contact

 Emergency Preparedness Operations Center

EPP

 Emergency Preparedness Program

 Employee Personal Page

EPPC

Emergency Prevention and Preparedness

Council

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140

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EPPM

 Emergency Planning, Preparedness and

Mobilization

 Environmental Planning Program Manager

EPR or EP&R Emergency Preparedness and Response

EPRCA

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-

Know Act

EPRF Electronic Patient Report Form

EPRO Emergency Preparedness and Response Office

EPRS

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Section (UNHCR)

EPS

 Earthquake Protective Systems

 Electrical Power System

 Emergency Power Supply

 Exercise Planning Staff

EPSCoR

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive

Research

EPT

Emerging Pandemic Threats (United States

Agency for International Development [USAID])

ePTB

Electronic Position Task Book (FEMA’s National

Qualification System)

EPW Exercise Planning Workshop

EPZ

 Emergency Planning Zone

 Exposure Pathway Zone

EQPCE Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise

EQPI Equipment Inspector

EQPM Equipment Manager

EQTR Equipment Time Recorder

EQUIP Earthquake Impacts Projection (Model)

E-Quip

Electronic Questionnaire for Investigation

Processing

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141

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Emergency Relief

 Emergency Response

 Emergency Room

 Equal Rights

 Evaluation Report

E-R

Entity-Relationship (describes inter-related

things of interest in a specific domain of

knowledge)

ERA Equal Rights Amendment

ERAC Engineering, Reporting and Analysis Committee

ERAMS

Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring

System

ERB Economic Resources Board

ERC

 Emergency Response Center

 Emergency Response Coordinator

 Energy Release Component (potential

energy per square foot of flaming front at the

head of a fire)

ERCG Emergency Response Coordination Group

ERCP Emergency Response Concept Plan

ERDA

Energy Research and Development

Administration

ERDC

 Engineer Research and Development Center

(United States Army)

 Enhanced Rapid Deployable Capacity

ER-EHR

Emergency Responder Emergency Health

Record

ERF Emergency Response Facility

ER-FOG Emergency Responder Field Operating Guide

ERG Emergency Relocation Group

ERHMS

Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and

Surveillance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

142

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ERL Environmental Research Laboratories

ERLink Emergency Response Link

ERLN Environmental Response Laboratory Network

ERM

 Elevation Reference Mark

 Enterprise Risk Management

ERMS

 Emergency Resource Management System

 Emergency Response Management System

ERN Emergency Response Network

ERO

 Emergency Response Official

 Equal Rights Office

 Equal Rights Officer

EROS Earth Resources Observing Satellite

ERP

 Elevation Reference Point

 Emergency Recovery Plan

 Emergency Response Plan

 Emergency Response Procedures

ERPA Emergency Response Planning Area

ERPG Emergency Response Guidelines

ERPS

 Effluents Radiation Protection Section

 Emergency Response Planning Scenario

ERRO Emergency Response/Recovery Office (USACE)

ERRS Emergency and Rapid Response Services

ERS

 Emergency Relocation Site

 Executive Reporting System

ERSAC

Emergency Response Senior Advisory

Committee

ERT

 Emergency Response Team

 Environmental Response Team

 Evidence Recovery Team

 Evidence Response Team

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

143

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ERT:BC

Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic

Concepts

ERT:SS Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study

ERT-A Emergency Response Team - Advance Element

ERT-N Emergency Response Team – National

ERT-N-NCR

National Emergency Response Team for the

National Capital Region

ERT-S Emergency Response Team Support Capability

ERU

 Emergency Response Unit

 Emergency Recovery Unit

ERV Emergency Response Vehicle

ERW Enhanced Radiation Weapon

ERWG Emergency Response Working Group

 Elementary School

 Emergency Services

 Emergency Shelter

 Emergency Support

 Environmental Specialist

ES-SSA Emergency Services Sector-Specific Agency

ESA

 Endangered Species Act

 Essential Support Activities

 Emergency Services Access

ESAP Energy Security and Assurance Program

ESBD Emergency Services Branch Director

ESAR-VHP

Emergency System for the Advanced

Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals

(HHS)

ESC

 Executive Steering Committee

 Executive Steering Council

ESCAT

Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic Plan

(Canada)

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144

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ESD

 Emergency Services Director

 Enterprise Service Desk

ESDP Engineering Study Data Package

ESDPF Engineering Study Data Package Facility

ESDRB Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch

ESEC Executive Secretariat

ESF Emergency Support Function

ESF 01 Transportation (ESF Coordinator: DOT)

ESF 02 Communications (ESF Coordinator: DHS/CISA)

ESF 03

Public Works and Engineering (ESF Coordinator:

DOD/USACE)

ESF 04

Firefighting (ESF Coordinator: United States

Department of Agriculture [USDA]/United States

Forest and DHS/FEMA United States Fire

Administration)

ESF 05

Information and Planning (ESF Coordinator:

DHS/FEMA)

ESF 06

Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Temporary

Housing and Human Services (ESF Coordinator:

DHS/FEMA)

ESF 07

Logistics (ESF Coordinator: General Services

Administration [GSA] and DHS/FEMA)

ESF 08

Public Health and Medical Services (ESF

Coordinator: HHS)

ESF 09

Search and Rescue (ESF Coordinator:

DHS/FEMA)

ESF 10

Oil and Hazardous Materials Response (ESF

Coordinator: EPA)

ESF 11

Agriculture and Natural Resources (ESF

Coordinator: USDA)

ESF 12 Energy (ESF Coordinator: DOE)

ESF 13

Public Safety and Security (ESF Coordinator:

DOJ/ATF)

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145

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ESF 14

Cross-Sector Business and Infrastructure (ESF

Coordinator: DHS/CISA)

ESF 15 External Affairs (ESF Coordinator: DHS)

ESFLG Emergency Support Function Leadership Group

ESGR Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

ESGS Emergency Services Group Supervisor

ESHCO

Environment, Safety and Health Compliance

Office

ESI

 Emergency Safety Information

 Emergency Services Interface

 Emergency Severity Index

ESIC Earth Science Information Center

ESIF Emergency Services Interconnect Forum

ESL English as a Second Language

ESM

 Electronic Support Measures

 Emergency Scene Management

 Enterprise Security Manager

 Enterprise System Management

ESN Electronic Serial Number

ESO Energy Senior Official

ESP

 Early Site Permit

 Education Standards Panel

 Electric Service Priority

 Extranet Secure Portal

ESPC Energy Savings Performance Contract

ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute

ESS

 Electronic Switching System

 Emergency Services Sector

 Environmental Sensor Station

ESS TOOLS Essential Tools

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

146

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ESSA Enhance Shared Situational Awareness

ESSCC

Emergency Services Sector Coordinating

Council

ESSN

Emergency Services Staff Network

(international organization addressing

emergency call handing)

ESSP

ESF Liaison Specialist (emergency support

function)

ESS-SSA

Emergency Services Sector-Sector Specific

Agency

ESSV Emergency Support Service Vehicle

EST

 Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5)

 Emergency Support Team

 Estimate

ESTA Electronic System for Travel Authorization

ESTD Established

ESTED

Estimated Safe Time Before Evacuation

Decisions

ESTI Emergency Services Training Institute

ESW Enterprise Shared Workspace

 Electronic Technician

 Electronic Transmission

 Emergency Telecommunications

ETA

 Estimated Time of Arrival

 Employment and Training Administration

(United States department of Labor)

ETAG Employee Training Advisory Group

ETAT Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment

ETC Emergency Transportation Center

etc.

Et Cetera (means: “and other things", or "and so

forth”)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

147

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ETD

 Estimated Time of Departure

 Explosives Trace Detector

ETE

 Estimated Time En Route

 Evacuation Time Estimate

ETEE Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation

ETF Executive Task Force

ETIC Estimated Time in Commission

ETIS Emergency Traffic Information System

ETJ Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction

ETL

 Engineering Technical Letter (USACE)

 Extraction, Transformation and Loading

ETO Exercise and Training Officer

ETOC Emergency Tactical Operations Center

ETP Employment and Transition Plan

ETRMS

Emergency Transportation Resource

Management System

ETS Evacuation Time Study

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards

Institute

ETT Eligible Travel Trailer

ETZ Equipment TEMPEST Zone

 European Union

 Explosives Unit

EUA Emergency Use Authorization (FDA)

EUCOM European Command (DOD)

EUL Environmental Unit Leader

EUROPOL European Police Office

eV Electron volt (unit of energy)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

148

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EVM Earned Value Management

EVOC

 Emergency Vehicle Operation and Control

 Emergency Vehicle Operations Course

EVT

 Emergency Vehicle Technician

 Extreme Value Theory (determines the

statistical probability of extreme events)

EVVE Electronic Verification of Vital Events

 Early Warning

 Emergency Ward

 Emergency Worker

EWAC Emergency Worker and Assistance Center

EWARN Early Warning

EWC Emergency Worker Center

EWF Electronic Warfare

EWI Entry Without Inspection

EWMDS

Emergency Worker Monitoring and

Decontamination Station

EWO Emergency War Order

EWP Emergency Watershed Protection

EWRI Environmental and Water Resources Institute

EX/IM Bank Export/Import Bank of the United States

EXAO Extrernal Affairs Officer

EXB Export-Import Bank

EXD Explosives Division (DHS)

EXEC

Federal Coordinating Officer Executive

Specialist

EXORD Execute Order

EXPLAN Exercise Plan

ESXP

External Affairs Specialist

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

149

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

EXSUM Executive Summary

EXT Extension

EXTIN Extinguisher

F: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

F1 FEMA Administrator

F2 Deputy FEMA Administrator

F&A Facilities and Administrative (expenses)

FAA

 Federal Aviation Administration

 Functional Area Analysis

FAADS Federal Assistance Award Data System

FAAP Foreign Airport Assessment Program

FAAR Facilitated After Action Report

FAAS FEMA Automated Acquisition System

FAAT

 FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms

(Book)

 Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation (use of

aerial photographs to coordinate ground

positions)

FAB FEMA Advisory Board

FAC

 Facility

 Family Assistance Center

 Foreign Air Carrier

 Functional Area Chief

FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act

FACL Facilities Unit Leader

FACMAN Facilities Management System

FACNET Federal Acquisition Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

150

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FACP Fire Alarm Control Panel

FACT Field Assessment and Coordination Team

FAD Foreign Animal Disease

FADED GIANT

Military Nuclear Reactor Radiological

Incident/Accident Code Word

FAE

 Fire Apparatus Engineer (Driver)

 Fuel Air Explosives

FAEST Forward Area Emergency Support Trailers

FAI

 Fire/Arson Investigation

 Federal Acquisition Institute

FAIH

Federal Assistance to Individuals and

Households

FAIR

 Fair Access to Insurance Requirements

 Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of

1998

FAITS FEMA Automated Inventory Tracking System

FALA Faller A (NWCG Position Task Books [PTB])

FALB Faller B (NWCG PTBs)

FALC Faller C (NWCG PTBs)

FAM Federal Air Marshal

FAMA Fire Apparatus Manufactures’ Association

FAMAS

Facility Accreditation Management and

Administration System

FAMIS FEMA Audit Management Information System

FAMS Federal Air Marshal Service

FAN Family Advisory Network

FANMAP

FEMA Automated Network Management

Program

FANTA Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

151

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FAO

 Federal Approving Officer/Official

 Fire Apparatus Operator

 Foreign Affairs Office

FAOC FEMA Alternate Operations Center

FAPIIS

Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity

Information System

FAPO Financial Assistance and Oversight (DHS)

FAPRS Federal Access Program Retrieval System

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

FAR

 Federal Acquisition Regulations

 Federal Aviation Regulations

 Field Alert Report

 Foundation for Amateur Radio

FARC Financial Assistance Review Committee

FARS

 Fatality Analysis Reporting System

 Financial Accounting and Reporting System

FAS

 Federal Acquisition Service (GSA)

 Fire Alarm System

 First Aid Squad

 Freight Assessment System

FASSE Federal Agency Support Service Element

FAST

 Field Assessment Team

 Fire and Aviation Safety Team

 Future Attribute Screening Technology (DHS)

FAX Facsimile

FBAN Fire Behavior Analyst

FBCI Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

FBCO Faith-Based and Community Organizations

FBFM Flood Boundary and Floodway Map

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

152

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FBI

 Federal Bureau of Investigation

 Full Background Investigation

FBIIC

Financial and Banking Information

Infrastructure Committee

FBINet Federal Bureau of Investigation Network

FBN Federal Base Network

FBO

 Faith Based Organization(s)

 Fixed Base Operator

 Food Business Operator

FBR Fast Breeder Reactor

FBS

 Fire Boat Small

 Floodplain Boundary Standard

 Fire Captain

 Fire Control

 Fire Corps

 Flight Crew

 Functional Categories

 Fusion Center

FCA Farm Credit Administration

FCAP Fusion Center Assessment Program

FCBA Federal Communications Bar Association

FCC

 Federal Communications Commission

 Federal Coordinating Center

FCD Financial Crimes Division

FCDA Federal Civil Defense Agency

FCE Functional Capability Element

FCEN

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

(Department of Treasury)

FCI Facility Condition Index

FCIC Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

153

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FCIP

 Federal Career Intern Program

 Foreign Counterintelligence Program

FCIS Federal Crime Insurance System

FCM

 Federal Communications Manager

 Foreign Consequence Management

FCMG

 Fire Cache Manager

 Funds Control Manager

FCMSSR

Federal Committee for Meteorological Services

and Supporting Research

FCO Federal Coordinating Officer

F-codes Charge Codes for FEMA Incidents

FCP

 Field/Forward Command Post

 Functional Command Post

FCR File Copy Request

FCRR

Fundamentals Course for Radiological

Response

FCS

 Food and Consumer Service

 Farm Credit Service

FCSA Fee-Charge System Administrator

FCT Forward Coordinating Team

FCV Forward Communications Vehicle

 Federal District

 Fire Department

 Forest Department

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FDC Fire Department Connection

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDID Fire Department Identification Number

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

154

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FDL Forensic Documents Laboratory

FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access

FDMS Federal Docketing Management System

FDNS Fraud Detection and National Security Unit

FDNY New York City Fire Department

FDO Flight Deck Officer

FDP Federal Demonstration Project

FDPMU Forward-Deployable Preventive Medical Unit

FDR Foreign Disaster Relief

FDRC

Obsolete: Federal Disaster Recovery

Coordinator

FDRO Federal Disaster Recovery Officer

FDSOA Fire Department Safety Officers Association

FDSS Federal Drug Seizure System

FDT Floodway Data Table

FDUL Food Unit Leader

 Fire Extinguisher

 Functional Exercise

FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture

FEB

 Federal Executive Board

 Federal Executive Branch

FEC

 Facility Emergency Coordinator

 Federal Election Commission

 Federal Electronics Challenge

FECA Federal Employees Compensation Act

FECC

Federal Emergency Communications

Coordinator

FED - TRT Federal Tactical Response Team

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

155

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FEDCIRC Federal Computer Incident Response Center

FEDD Flood Elevation Determination Docket

FEDMER Federal Medical Evidence of Record

FEDSIM

Federal Systems Integration and Management

Center

FED-STD Federal Standard

FEEA Federal Employee Education and Assistance

Feeding America

Nation-wide food banks previously known as

America's Second Harvest

FEFFLA Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act

FEGLI Federal Employee's Group Life Insurance

FEHB Federal Employees Health Benefits

FEI Federal Executive Institute

FEIMS

 FEMA Enterprise Identity Management

System

 Fire and Explosion Investigation

Management System

FEIN Federal Employer Identification Number (IRS)

FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement

FEKC FEMA Employee Knowledge Center

FELB Felling Boss

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)

FEMAAR

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Acquisition Regulation

FEMIS

Federal Emergency Management Information

System

FEMO Fire Effects Monitor

FEPA Fair Employment Practices Agency

FERC

 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 FEMA Emergency Response Capability

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

156

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FERN Food Emergency Response Network

FERO Federal Emergency Response Official

F/ERO

Federal Emergency and Mutual Aid Response

Official

FERS Federal Employees Retirement System

FES Field Evaluation System

FESC Federal Emergency Support Coordinator

FESHE Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education

FEST Foreign Emergency Support Team

FETP Field Epidemiology Training Programs

FEVS Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey

FEWS-NET Famine Early Warning System Network

FF Firefighter

FFALC Federal Fire and Aviation Leadership Council

FFAMIA

Federal Financial Assistance Management

Improvement Act

FFATA

Federal Funding Accountability and

Transparency Act

FFC FEMA Finance Center

FFCD Full, Final and Complete Disclosure

FFDO Federal Flight Deck Officer

FFE Federal Field Exercise

FFFI&PP

Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention

Program (National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health [NIOSH])

FFFP

Film-Forming Fluoroprotein Foam (Fire

Suppression)

FFI Financial Fraud Institute

FFL Federal Firearms Licensee/License

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

157

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FFMIA

Federal Financial Management Improvement

Act

FFMO Forest Fire Management Officer

FFMS FEMA Frequency Management System

FFO First Federal Official

FFP Office of Food for Peace

FFR Federal Financial Report

FFRDC

Federally Funded Research and Development

Center

FFS Federal Financial System

FFSP Firefighting Specialist

FFSTG Federal Fire Service Task Group

FFT1 Firefighter Type 1

FFT2 Firefighter Type 2

FFUL Firefighting Unit Leader

FGCC Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee

FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee

FGI Foreign Government Information

 Field Hospital

 Fire Hydrant

FHA

 Fair Housing Act

 Federal Housing Administration

 Fire Hazards Analysis

 Flood Hazard Area

 Foreign Humanitarian Assistance

FHAR Flood Hazard Analyses Report

FHBM Flood Hazard Boundary Map

FHCS Federal Human Capital Survey

FHD Flood Hazard Determination

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

158

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FHFB Federal Housing Finance Board

FHH Fire Hose House

FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

FHM Flood Hazard Mapping

FHML Federal Hazardous Material Law

FHP Force Health Protection

FHR

 Fire Hose Rack

 Fire Hose Reel

FHWA Federal Highway Administration (DOT)

FIA Federal Insurance Administration

FIAB Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FICC Federal Interagency Coordination Council

FICEMS

Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency

Medical Services

FICO

 Flood Insurance Claims Office

 Flood Insurance Claims Officer

FID Foreign Internal Defense

FIDA FEMA Information Data and Analysis

FIDLER

Field Instrument for the Detection of Low

Energy Radiation

FIFO First-in, first-out

FIG Field Intelligence Group (FBI)

FIGS

Floodplain Management and Insurance Group

Supervisor

FIMA

Federal Insurance and Mitigation

Administration

FIMO Federal Incident Management Official

FIMS Facility Information Management System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

159

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FIN Fingerprint Identification Number

FINCEN Financial Center

FinCEN

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (United

States Treasury Department)

FINS Federal Information Notices

FIO

 Federal Information Officer

 Fire Information Officer

FIOC Federal Interagency Operations Center

FIOP Federal Interagency Operational Plan

FIP Federal Information Processing

FIPNC Flood Insurance Producers National Committee

FIPP Fair Information Practice Principles

FIPS

 Federal Information Processing Standard

 Freedom of Information Act Information

Processing System

FIR

 Federal Inspection Report

 Final Inspection Report

 Flood Insurance Report

 Obsolete: Field Investigation and Response

(American Society for the Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals [ASPCA])

Replaced by: National Field Response (NFR)

FIRB Firing Boss

FIRES

Fire Information Retrieval and Evaluation

System

FIRESAT Fire-Detection Satellite System

FIRESCOPE

Firefighting Resources of California Organized

for Potential

FIRETIP

Firefighting Technology Implementation

Program

FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

160

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FIRM-DLG Flood Insurance Rate Map-Digital Line Graph

FIRMPD

FEMA Information Resources Management

Procedural Directive

FIRMR

Federal Information Resources Management

Regulation

FirstNet

First Responder Network Authority (Nationwide

Interoperable Broadband network)

FIS Flood Insurance Study

FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

FISDAP

Field Internship Student Data Acquisition

Project

FISH Forensic Information System for Handwriting

FISMA

Federal Information Security Management Act

of 2002

FIST Field Intelligence Support Team

FIT

 Failed Income Test

 Financial Information Tool

FITL

Floodplain Management and Insurance Task

Force Leader

FLAR Forward Looking Airborne Radar

FLASH

 Fellow Law Enforcement Agencies Securing

the Homeland

 Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

FLDPLN Floodplains

FLE Fireline Explosives (Wildland Fire)

FLEA Fireline Explosive Advisor (Wildland Fire)

FLEB Fireline Blaster (Wildland Fire)

FLEC Fireline Explosives Crewmember (Wildland Fire)

FLETA Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation

FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

161

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FLEX Federal or FEMA Leadership Exercise

FLEX

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant

Program

FlHB

Obsolete: Fireline Handbook

Replaced by: Wildland Fire Incident

Management Field Guide

FLI Fire Load Index

FLIR Forward Looking Infrared Radar

FLIS FEMA Levee Inventory System

FLMG Facilities Manager

FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act

FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority

FLS Flood Statement

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FLT Forklift Truck

 Fatality Management

 Field Manual

 Financial Management

 Frequency Modulation (radio)

FMA

 Family Medical Act

 Field Mitigation Assistance

 Flood Mitigation Assistance

 Floodplain Management Association

FMAG Fire Management Assistance Grant Program

FMANA

Obsolete: Fire Marshals Association of North

America

Replaced by: International Fire Marshals

Association (IFMA)

FMAP

 Fire Management Assistance Program

 Flood Mitigation Assistance Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

162

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FMC

 Federal Management Circular

 Federal Maritime Commission

 Federal Medical Center (United States prison

hospital)

 Federal Mobilization Center

 Fully Mission Capable

FMCIMS

Flood Map Center Inventory Management

System

FMCS Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FMD Foot and Mouth Disease

FMDC Flood Map Distribution Center

FME Federally Managed Exercise

FMH Federal Meteorological Handbook

FmHA Farmers Home Administration

FMHCSS

Federal Manufactured Home Construction and

Safety Standards

FMHO Federal Hazard Mitigation Officer

FMIX FEMA Map Information eXchange

FMJ Full Metal Jacket (type of ammunition)

FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act

FMO Fire Management Officer

FMP

 Field Management Program

 Fire Management Plan

FMR

 Fair Market Rent

 Fair Market Rental

 Federal Management Regulations

FMS

 Federal Medical Station (HHS)

 Financial Management System

FMSC Federal Maritime Security Coordinator

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

163

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FMSIS Flood Map Status Information Service

FMSST Federal Medical Station Strike Team (HHS)

FMT Field Monitoring Team

FMU Fire Management Unit

FMV Fair Market Value

FMWC Federal Multilingual Website Committee

FN Foreign National

FNAMS FEMA National Automated Message System

FNAPS FEMA National Paging System

FNARS FEMA National Radio System

FNF Fixed Nuclear Facility

FNS Food and Nutrition Services

FNTS Federal National Teletype System

FO Facility Owner

FO Field Office

FOA Funding Opportunity Announcements

FOB

 Family-Owned Business

 Federal Office Building

 Field Operations Bureau

FOBS Field Observer

FOC

 FEMA Operations Center

 Forward Operations Center

 Free of Charge

 Full Operating Capability

FOD

 Field Office Director

 Field Operations Directorate

 Foreign Object Damage

 Foreign Object Debris

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

164

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FOD AA

Field Operations Directorate, Assistant

Administrator

FOD OPA FOD Office of Policy Analysis

FOF Field Operating Facility

FOFE

First Order Fire Effects (NWCG) (the immediate

effects from a fire event)

FOG Field Operating Guide

FOH Federal Occupational Health (HHS)

FOI

 Freedom of Information

 Floating Offshore Installation

 Field Operations Intelligence

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact

FOP

 Fraternal Order of Police

 Fugitive Operations Program (ICE)

FOPM FEMA Operational Planning Manual

FOR Field Operating Report

FORPLAN Forest Planning Language and Simulator

FORSCOM

Forces Command United States Army Forces

Command

FOS

 Family of Services

 Federal Operations/Operational Support

 Full Operational Status

FOSA Federal Operational/Operations Staging Area

FOSC

 Federal On-Scene Commander

 Federal On-Scene Coordinator

FOSS Field Operating Site Setup

FOUO For Official Use Only

FOV Field of View

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

165

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Fire Protection

 Fire-Plug

 Force Protection

 Fuel Pump

FP&S Fire Prevention and Safety

FPA

 Obsolete: Federal Preparedness Agency

Replaced by: Federal Emergency

Management Agency

 Floodplain Administrator

FPC

 Federal Power Commission

 Federal Preparedness Circular

 Federal Preparedness Coordinator

 Flight Paramedic Certified

 Functional Performance Criteria

FPCL Floodplain Management Crew Leader

FPCON Force Protection Condition

FPCs Federal Preparedness Coordinators

FPDL Fire Protection Demonstration Lab

FPE Fire Protection Engineering

FPEIS

Federal Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement

FPEX Floodplain Management Specialist

FPF Federal Policy Fee

FPG Federal Preparedness Guide

FPI

 Floodplain Information Report

 Foreign Person of Interest

FPIC

Federal Partnership for Interoperable

Communication (DHS)

FPM Floodplain Management

FPMR Federal Property Management Regulation

FPMS Floodplain Management Services (USACE)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

166

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FPO

 Federal Preservation Officer

 Flood Potential Outlook

FPPA Farmland Protection Policy Act

FPPS Federal Personnel Payroll System

FPS

 Federal Protective Service (DHS)

 Fire Prevention and Safety

 Fire Protection System

FP&S Fire Prevention and Safety Grants

FPSIS

Federal Probation Supervision Information

System

FPSP Floodplain Management Specialist

FPTL Floodplain Management Task Force Leader

FPU Fire Planning Unit

FPUL Future Planning Unit Leader

FQI Federal Quality Institute

FQS

 FEMA Qualification System

 Food Quality and Safety

 Federal Register

 Field Reference

 Fire Resistant

 First Responder

 Follow-on Response

FRA

 Federal Railroad Administration (DOT)

 Federal Responsibility Area (land control or

administered by the United States

Government)

 Flood Risk Assessment

FRAC

 First Responder Authorization Credential

 Hydraulic Fracturing

FRAGO

Fragmentary Order (United States Military

abbreviated form of an operation order)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

167

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

F-RAP FEMA Readiness Assessment Program

FRATS FEMA Recovery Action Tracking System

FRB Federal Reserve Board

FRC

 Family Reception Center

 Fast Response Cutters

 Federal Records Center

 Federal Regional Center

 Federal Resource Coordinator

 Federal Response Center

FRCA Findings Requiring Corrective Action

FRCM FEMA Regional Communications Manager

FRCON FEMA Readiness Conditions

FRD

 Flood Risk Database

 Formerly Restricted Data

FRERP Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan

FRESH Fire, Rescue, Emergency, Safety, and Health

FRG

First Responders Group (DHS Science and

Technology Directorate [DHS S&T])

FRID Flood Risk Directory

FRM Flood Risk Map

FRMAC

Federal Radiological Monitoring and

Assessment Center

FRMAP

Federal Radiological Monitoring and

Assessment Plan

FRMT Field Radiological Monitoring Team

FRN

 Federal Register Notice

 Federal Reserve Note

 FEMA Radio Network

FRO Flood Response Office

FROI, FROII Federal Disaster Recovery Officer Type I, Type II

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

168

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FRP

 Facility Response Plan

 Obsolete: Federal Response Plan

Replaced by: National Response Framework

(NRF)

FRPCC

Federal Radiological Preparedness

Coordinating Committee

FRPG Federal Response Planning Guidance

FRPI First Responder Partnership Initiative

FRR Flood Risk Report

FRRATS

 Federal Response and Recovery Automated

Tracking System

 FEMA Response and Recovery Applicant

Tracking System

FRS

 Face-Recognition Software

 Fire and Rescue Service

FRSA Federal Railroad Safety Act

FRSD First Responders and Small Departments

FRSGP Obsolete: Freight Rail Security Grant Program

FRSSB

Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards

Branch

FRTIB Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

FRZ Flight Restricted Zone

 Feasibility Study

 Fire Station

 Flight Surgeon

 Forest Service (USDA)

FSA

 Farm Service Agency (USDA)

 Federal Staging Area

 FEMA/State Agreement

 Fire Suppression Assistance

 Forward Staging Areas

 Fuel Storage Area

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

169

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FSAR Final Safety Analysis Report

FSAG Federal Staging Area Group

FSB

 Forward Staging Base

 Forward Support Base

FSC

 Federal Support Center

 FEMA Storage Center

 Finance/Administration Section Chief

FSC1, FSC2, FSC3

Finance/Administration Section Chief Type 1,

Type 2 and Type 3

FSCO Field Security Coordination Officer

FSD

 Federal Security Director

 Fire System Deficiency

 Forensic Services Division

FSDO Flight Service District Office

FSE Full-Scale Exercise

FSG Financial Services Group

FSGS Federal Staging Area Group Supervisor

FSH Forest Service Handbook

FSI Foreign Service Institute (DOS)

FSIE Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSIU Field Support Intelligence Unit

FSK Frequency Shift Keying

FSL Federal, State, Local

FSLC Federal Senior Leadership Council

FSLTT Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial

FSM Federated States of Micronesia

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

170

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FSN

 Federal Stock Number

 FEMA Switched Network

FSO

 Field Security Office/Officer

 Foreign Service Officer (DOS)

FSR

 Financial Status Report

 First Strike Ration (a compact, eat-on-the

move ration)

FSS

 Family Support Services

 Federal Supply Service

 Field Service Section

FSSA Flight School Security Awareness

FSSC Fleet Surveillance Support Command

FSSCC Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council

F&STD Fire and Safety Test Detachment

FSTS Federal Secure Telephone System

FSU Former Soviet Union

FSUL Federal Staging Area Unit Leader

FSVS FEMA Secure Video System

ft foot/feet

FT Full-Time

ft/min feet per minute

ft3/min cubic feet per minute

FTA

 Federal Transit Administration

 Federal/Tribal Agreement

FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas

FTC

 Federal Trade Commission

 Federal Training Coordinator

 FEMA Training Council

 Field Team Coordinator

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

171

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FTCA Federal Tort Claims Act

FTD Federal Travel Directory

FTE

 Full-Time Employees

 Full-Time Equivalent

FTF Feeding Task Force

FTIP Federal Training Institute Partnership

FTL Field Team Leader

FTMG Fleet Manager

FTO Foreign Terrorist Organizations

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTS

 Federal Technology Service

 Federal Telecommunications System

 Forms Tracking System

FTSS Federal Training Support Staff

FTTTF Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FBI)

FTX Field Training Exercise

FUM1, FUM2 Fire Use Manager 1, 2

FUNC Functional

FUNCPLAN Functional Plan

F/V Fishing Vessel

FVA Fundamental Vertical Accuracy

 Fire Weather

 Framework

FWAN FEMA Wide Area Network

FWBM Fixed Wing Base Manager

FWCA Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

FWD Forward

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

172

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

FWFMP Federal Wildland Fire Management Plan

FWI Fire Weather Index

FWIS Forestry Weather Information System

FWP Federal Women’s Program

FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act

FWPT Fixed Wing Parking Tender

F/WRKGPS For Work Groups

FWS

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service

 Flexible Work Schedule

FX Functional Exercise

Fiscal Year (Example: Federal Government’s FY

is from Oct 1-September 30)

FYHSP Future Years Homeland Security Program

FZ Flood Zone

FZDC Flood Zone Determination Company

G: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

g Gravity

G1 Personnel (United States Army Staff positions)

Intelligence, Information, or Security (United

States Army Staff positions)

G3 Operations (United States Army Staff positions)

G4 Logistics (United States Army Staff positions)

G5 Planning (United States Army Staff positions)

Communications or Signals to include IT (United

States Army Staff positions)

Training or Military Education (United States

Army Staff positions)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

173

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Finance and Contracts or Resource

Management (United States Army Staff

positions)

Civil-Military Cooperation, Civil Affairs (United

States Army Staff positions)

 General Adjuster

 General Administrator

 General Assembly

 Geospatial Analyst

GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

GAB Governor’s Advisory Board

GACC Geographic Area Coordination Center

GACG Geographic Area Coordinating Group

GA/FBO General Aviation/Fixed-Base Operations

gal Gallon

GAL Global Access List

GAN Grant Adjustment Notice

GANTSEC Greater Antilles Section (USCG Sector San Juan)

GAO

 General Accounting Office

 Government Accountability Office

GAR Governor’s Authorized Representative

GARF

Global Assessment of Relational Functioning

scale

GARS Global Area Reference System

GAWR Gross Vehicle Axle Weight Rating

GB Gigabyte (is either 1,000 or 1,024 Megabytes)

GBL Government/General Bill of Lading

GBPS Gigabytes Per Second

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

174

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GC General Counsel

GCC

 Geographic Combatant Commander (DOD)

 Government Coordinating Council

GCCS Global Command and Control System (DOD)

GCE Government Cost Estimate

GCF Ground Concentration Factor

GCM Global Climate Model

GCO Grant Coordinating Officer

GCOA Gross Consequence of Attack

GCOS Global Climate Observing System

GCR Gulf Coast Region

GCS

 Ground Control Station

 Geographic Coordinate System

GD&A Grant Development and Administration

GDIN Global Disaster Information Network

GDM Geospatial Data Model

GDNP Gross Domestic National Product

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GDPC Global Disaster Preparedness Center

GDS Geographic Display System

GDSS Global Decision Support System

GDT Ground Data Terminal

GE General Emergency

Ge(Li) Lithium Drifted Germanium

GEA Geospatial Enterprise Architecture

GEIA

Government Electronic and Information

Technology Association

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

175

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GEMINI

Global Emergency Management Information

Network Initiative

GEMS

 Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical

Services

 Global Emergency Management System

GEN Generator

GEOCC

Government Emergency Operations

Coordination Center

GeoCONOPS Geospatial Concept of Operations

GEODSS

Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space

Surveillance (United States Space Force)

(tracking deep-space objects)

GEOINT Geospatial Intelligence

GeoMAC Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination

GeoTIFF Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format

GER Global Emergency Response

GES Global Enrollment System

GETA Government Emerging Technology Alliance

GETS

Government Emergency Telecommunications

System/Service

GFE Government-Furnished Equipment

GFI Government-Furnished Information

GFIP Group Flood Insurance Policy

GFIRST

Government Forum of Incident Response and

Security Teams

GFM

 Generic Financial Module

 Government-Furnished Material

GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center

GGI Global Geospatial Intelligence

GGI&S Global Geospatial Information and Services

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

176

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GHAD Geologic Hazard Abatement District

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GHSAC

Governors Homeland Security Advisory Council

(National Governors Association)

GHT Garden Hose Thread

 Geographic Information

 Geospatial Information

GICNT

Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

(DOS)

GIF

 Graphical Image Format

 Graphics Interchange Format

GIG Global Information Grid

GII Geospatial Information Infrastructure

GIL

 Global Information Infrastructure

 Grant-In-Lieu

GILS Government Information Locator Service

GIMG Geospatial Information System Manager

GIRA

Geospatial Interoperability Reference

Architecture

GIS

 Geographic / Geographical Information

System

 Geospatial Information System

GISP Geospatial Information System Specialist

GISS GIS Specialist (Geospatial Information System)

GISU Geospatial Information System Unit

GISWG

Global Infrastructure and Standards Working

Group

GIU Geospatial Intelligence Unit

GIUL Geospatial Information System Unit Leader

GIWG Global Intelligence Working Group

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

177

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GIWW Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

GJXDM Global Justice XML Data Model

GLANSER

Geospatial Location Accountability and

Navigation System for Emergency Responders

GLD General Law Division

GLPAC Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee

GLS Global Location System

GLUP General Land Use Plan

GLWRM Great Lakes Wave Run-up Model

GM Guidance Memorandum

G-M Geiger-Mueller (Radiation Detector)

GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GMF Government Master File

GML Geographic Markup Language

GMO

 Geospatial Management Office

 Genetically Modified Organism

GMR Graduated Mobilization Response

GMS

 Grant Management Specialists

 Grants Management System

GMT Greenwich Mean Time (AKA “Zulu Time”)

GMTA

Grants Management Technical Assistance

Program

GNCSODR

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for

Disaster Reduction

GNDA Global Nuclear Detection Architecture

GNED Global Nuclear Event Detector

GNIS Geographic Names Information System

GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

178

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

General Orders

Grants Operations

GO2D Global Orchestrated Disaster Defense (Norway)

GOALS Government Online Accounting Link System

GOC

 Global Operations Center

 Ground Operations Coordinator

GOES

 Geostationary Operational Environmental

Satellite

 Global Online Enrollment System (CBP)

GOGO Government-Owned, Government-Operated

Golf Phonetic Alphabet for G

GOM Gulf of Mexico

GOMEX Gulf of Mexico

GOS Global Observing System (European)

GOSC Global Operations Security Center

GOSIP

Government Open Systems Interconnection

Profile

GOTS Government Off-The-Shelf

GOV Government Owned Vehicle

 General Public

 Grid Position

GPC Government Purchase Card

GPCI Geographical Physician Cost Index

GPD Grant Programs Directorate

GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act

GPGS Grants and Planning Group Supervisor

GPH Gallons Per Hour

GPL

 General Population Level

 General Population Limit

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

179

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GPLD Government Property Lost or Damaged

GPM Gallons Per Minute

GPMRC Global Patient Movement Requirements Center

GPO

 Government Printing Office

 Group Policy Object

GPR/U Geospatial Production Request/Unit

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GPS Global Positioning System

GPTL Grants and Planning Task Force Leader

 Gamma Ray or Gamma Radiation

 Grade

 Group

Grain (unit of weight equal to 64.79891

milligrams)

GRASS

Geographic Resources Analysis and Support

System

GRCL Grants Crew Leader

GREX Grants Specialist

GRM Graduated-Response Matrix

GRP Grant Reporting Portal

GRPS Group Supervisor

GRRT Global Rapid Response Team (CDC)

GRS Geodetic Reference System

GRSP Grants Specialist

GRT Grants Reporting Tool

GRTL Grants Task Force Leader

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

180

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 General Schedule

 General Surveillance

 Geological Survey

 Geo-Stationary

G&S Guidelines and Specifications

GSA United States General Services Administration

GSAAR

General Services Administration Acquisition

Regulation

GSACR GSA Communications Representative

GSB GIS Solutions Branch

GSCA Global Space Coordinating Authority

GSE Government-Sponsored Enterprise

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications

GSS General Support Systems

GST Ground Support Team

GSTN General Switched Telephone Network

GSUL Ground Support Unit Leader

GSW Gunshot Wound

G&T Obsolete: Office of Grants and Training

GTA

 Government Travel Account

 Government Travel Authorization

 Graphic Training Aids

GTC Government Travel Card

GTG

Global Information Grid (GIG) Technical

Guidance

GTGS Geospatial and Technical Group Supervisor

GTM Government Technical Monitor

GTR

 Government Technical Representative

 Government Transportation Request

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

181

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

GTS

 Global Telecommunications System

 Gum Thickened Sulphate (NWCG: a dry

chemical product to form a fire-retardant

slurry)

GUHS

Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil

Defense

GUI

 Geographical User Interface

 Graphical User Interface

GUIRR

Government-University-Industry Research

Roundtable

GVO

Obsolete: Green Vinyl Overboot

Replaced by: Multipurpose Rain/Snow/CB

Overboot (MULO)

GVV Gross Vehicle Weight

GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

GWA Government Wide Accounting

GWAC Government-Wide Acquisition Contract

GWh Gigawatt-hours

GWP Global Warming Potential

Gy 1 Gray (=100 rad)

GZ Ground Zero

H: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

H2O Water

H2S Hydrogen Sulfide

 Housing Assistance

 Hazard Analysis

 Humanitarian Assistance

HAA Humanitarian Assistance Advisor (USAID)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

182

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HAB Hostile Action Based

HACC Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center

HACL

HM (Hazard Mitigation) 406 Support Crew

Leader

HA/DR Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief

HAEX HM (Hazard Mitigation) 406 Specialist Expert

HAI

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Helicopter Association International

HAG Highest Adjacent Ground/Grade

HALE High Altitude Long Endurance

HALO High Altitude Low Opening

HAM Hardware Asset Management

HAMMER

 Hazardous Agent Mitigation and Medical

Emergency Response

 Hazardous Materials Management and

Emergency Response

HAN Health Alert Network (CDC)

HAP

 Hazard Abatement Plan

 Humanitarian Assistance Program

HARB Historical and Architectural Review Board

HARN High Accuracy Reference Network

HASP Health and Safety Plan

HAST

 Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (GMT-10)

 Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team

HAT Housing Assessment Tool

HAvBED

Hospital Available Beds for Emergencies and

Disasters (HHS)

HAV Hepatitis A Virus

HAVE Hospital Availability Exchange (EDXL)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

183

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HAWAS Hawaiian Warning System

HAZCAT Hazard Categorizing

HAZCOM Hazard Communication

HAZMAT Hazardous Material(s)

HAZMIN Hazard Minimization

HAZMIT Hazard Mitigation

HAZSUB Hazardous Substances

Hazus

Hazards United States (models for estimating

potential losses from earthquakes, floods and

hurricanes)

Hazus-MH Hazus Multi-Hazard

HAZWOPER

Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency

Response

HB Health Benefit

HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities

HBD1, HBD2 HM Branch Director 1, 2

HBV Hepatitis B Virus

HBX High-Blast Explosive

HC Human Capital

HCA

 High Consequence Area

 Humanitarian and Civil Assistance

 Health Care Agency

HCF Height Correction Factor

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration

HCFSA Health Care Flexible Spending Account

HCI Human Computer Interface

HCIB Human Capital Investment Branch

HCN Host-Country National

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

184

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HCO

 Healthcare Organization

 Helicopter Coordinator

 Human Capital Office

HCOP Human Capital Operational Plan

H-CORE

HHS Coordination Operations and Response

Element

HCP

 Hazardous Critical Procedures

 Health Care Professional

 Hazardous Critical Procedures

HCV Hepatitis C Virus

HCTS Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security

HCWN Helicopter Manager

 Homeland Defense

 Highway Department

Hdbks Handbooks

HDD Heating Degree Days

HDER Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse

HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential

HDR Humanitarian Daily Rations

HDTC Homeland Defense Technology Center

HE High Explosive

HEAR Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio

HEB1, HEB2 Helibase Manager 1, 2 (NWCG)

HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center

HECM Helicopter Crewmember

HEICS Hospital Emergency Incident Command System

HELB Helicopter Boss

Helitack Helicopter-Delivered Fire Resources

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

185

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HELM Helicopter Manager

HELO Helicopter

HELP

 Health Emergencies in Large Populations

 Heat Escape Lessening Position

 IT Service Specialist

 Help Desk Specialist

HEMP High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse

HEOC Hospital Emergency Operations Center

HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air (as in filters)

HepA Hepatitis A Vaccine

HepB Hepatitis B Vaccine

HepC Hepatitis C Vaccine

HERN Hospital Emergency Radio Network

HERO

 Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to

Ordnance

 Helibase Radio Operator

HERS Helicopter Rappel Spotter

HERT Hospital Emergency Response Team

HES Hurricane Evacuation Study

HESM Helispot Manager

HET

 Headquarters Emergency Transportation

 Heavy Equipment Transporter

HETA

Obsolete: Homeland Environment and Threat

Analysis Division

HEU Highly Enriched Uranium

HEW

Obsolete: United States Department of Health,

Education and Welfare

Replaced by: Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS)

HEWSweb Humanitarian Early Warning Service (Web site)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

186

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 High Frequency

 Hydrogen Fluoride

HF/SSB High Frequency/Single Side Band

HFA Hyogo Framework for Action

HFC Hydrofluorocarbon

HFD Human Factors Division (DHS S&T)

HFIAA

Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of

2014

HFSC Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition

HGCL HPA Grants Support Crew Leader

HgI2 Mercuric Iodide

H&H Hydrologic and Hydraulic (Analyses)

HHA High Hazard Area

HHC

 Headquarters and Headquarters Company

 Household Composition

HHD Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

HHMD Handheld Metal Detector

HHS

United States Department of Health and

Human Services

HHS-SERT

Obsolete: Health and Human Services

Secretary’s Emergency Response Teams

HHW Household Hazardous Wastes

HIC

 Home Improvement Center

 Home Improvement Contractor

 Humanitarian Information Center

 Hydrologist-in-Charge

HICS Hospital Incident Command System

HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HIGE Hovering in Ground Effect

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

187

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HILF High-Impact, Low Frequency

HIN Hull Identification Number

HIP Housing Improvement Program

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

Act

HIPDB Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank

HIPS Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions

HIRA Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

HIS

 Health Information System

 Homeland Security Investigator

 Hospital Information System

 Housing Inspection Services Unit

HISP Insurance Specialist

HIT Health Information Technology

HITRON Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron

HITS High Impact Technology Solutions

HITSP Health Information Technology Standards Panel

HIU Humanitarian Information Unit

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus (see AIDS)

 Help Line

 Hotline

HL7 Health Level Seven International

HLCC

High Level Consultative Commission on

Telecommunications (United States-Mexico)

HLCO Helicopter Coordinator

HLD Homeland Defense

HLDBU Homeland Defense Budget Unit

HLS

 Homeland Security

 Hurricane Local Statement

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

188

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HLS-CAM

Homeland Security Comprehensive Assessment

Model

HLSEA Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture

HLT Hurricane Liaison Team

HLTA High-Level Tool Architecture

HLVA High-Level Version Architecture

HLW High-Level Waste

 Hazard Mitigation

 Hazardous Materials

HMA Hazardous Materials Accident

HMAC Hazardous Materials Advisory Council

HMC Hazard Mitigation Coordinator

HME

 Hazardous Materials Endorsement

 Health, Medical and Environmental

HMEP Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness

HMER Hazardous Material Emergency Response

HMG Hazard Mitigation Grant

HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

HMGS Hazard Mitigation Group Supervisor

HMIS Hazardous Materials Information System

HMIX Hazardous Materials Information Exchange

HMMC Hazard Mitigation Management Coordinator

HMMG

Hazard Mitigation Management Coordinator

Program Support Manager

HMMWV Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HMO Hazard Mitigation Officer

HMP Hazard Mitigation Proposal

H/M RCPT Hotel and Motel Receipt

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

189

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HMRT Hazardous Materials Response Team

HMRU Hazardous Materials Response Unit (FBI)

HMS

 Hazard Mapping System (NOAA)

 His or Her Majesty’s Ship

HMST Hazard Mitigation Survey Team

HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

HMTAP

 Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Plan

 Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance

Program

HMTUSA

Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform

Safety Act

HNAT Human Needs Assessment Team

HNT Hostage Negotiation Team

HOB Height of Burst (nuclear detonation)

HOC Humanitarian Operations Center

HOH Head Of Household

HoM

Head of Mission (the senior diplomatic

representation, such as an ambassador, high

commissioner, nuncio, chargé d'affaires, etc.)

HOO Headquarters Operations Officer (NRC)

HOPWA Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS

HOSP Hospital

Hotel Phonetic Alphabet for H

HOTMAC

High Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric

Circulation

 Health Physicist

 Highway Patrol

 Historic Preservation

 Hurricane Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

190

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HPA

 Hazard Prediction and Assessment

 Hazard and Performance Analysis

HPAC Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

HPC

 High Probability of Completion

 Hydrometeorological Prediction Center

HPCC

High-performance computing and

communications

HPCL Hazard and Performance Analysis Crew Leader

HPEX

Hazard and Performance Analysis Specialist

Expert

HPF High Pressure Fog or Fogging

HPGS

Hazards and Performance Analysis Group

Supervisor

HPP Hospital Preparedness Program (HHS)

HPPM

Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

(United States Army)

HPR

 Hand Portable Radio

 Health Planning Region(s)

 High Priority Request

HPRDS Human Portable Radiation Detection System

HPRP Home Protection Roofing Program

HPSAs Health Professional Shortage Areas

HPSF High Point Special Facility

HPSI High Pressure Safety Injection

HPSP Hazard and Performance Analysis Specialist

HPT Health Physics Technician

HPTL

Hazard and Performance Analysis Task Force

Leader

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

191

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HPXe

High-Pressure Xenon (deployable radiation

detectors)

HQ Headquarters

HQAMC Headquarters Air Mobility Command

HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army

HQUSACE

Headquarters, United States Army Corps of

Engineers

 Home Repair

 United States House of Representatives

 Human Remains

 Human Resources (Department of)

hr Hour

HRAP Helicopter Rappeller

HRCQ Highway Route Controlled Quantity

HRD

 Heat-Related Deaths

 Human Remains Detection

 Human Resources Division

HRDI High Resolution Doppler Imager

HRFs Homeland Response Forces (National Guard)

HRLD Human Rights Law Division

HRMG Human Resources Manager

HRMS Human Resources Management System

HRO

 Human Resource Office

 Humanitarian Relief Operations

HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission

HRS Hours

HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

(HHS)

HRSP Human Resources Specialist

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

192

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HRT

 Hostage Rescue Team

 Hydraulic Rescue Tool

HRT Health Response Team

HRUL Human Resources Unit Leader

HRV Human Rights Violator/Violation

 Homeland Security

 Human Services

HSA

 Homeland Security Advisor(s)

 Homeland Security Act (2002 established

DHS)

HSAC

 Homeland Security Advisory Committees

(DHS)

 Homeland Security Advisory Council

HSAI Homeland Security Acquisition Institute

HSAM Homeland Security Acquisition Manual

HSAP Homeland Security Assistance Program

HSAR Homeland Security Acquisition Regulations

HSARPA

Homeland Security Advanced Research Project

Agency

HSAS Homeland Security Advisory System

HSAT Homeland Security Action Team

HSC

 Healthcare Supply Chain

 Homeland Security Center

 Homeland Security Council

HSCG Homeland Security Coordination Group

HSD Human Services Department

HSDF Homeland Security Dialogue Forum

HSDLA High Speed Down Link Architecture

HSDN

 High Seas Drift Nets

 Homeland Secure Data Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

193

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HSE Homeland Security Enterprise

HSEC SINs Homeland Security Standing Information Needs

HSEEP

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation

Program

HSEES

Hazardous Substances Emergency Event

Surveillance (Program)

HSELP

Homeland Security Executive Leadership

Program

HSEMA

Homeland Security and Emergency

Management Agency

HSGP Homeland Security Grant Program

HSGS Human Services Group Supervisor

HSI Homeland Security Institute

HSIA Homeland Security Industry Alliance

HSIN Homeland Security Information Network

HSIPP Homeland Security Integrated Planning Process

HSIR Homeland Security Intelligence Report

HSL Health and Safety Laboratory

HSLA Homeland Security Leadership Alliance

HSLD Historic Shoreline Location Database

HSLRB Homeland Security Labor Board

HSNTP Homeland Security National Training Program

HSO Human Services Officer

HSOC

Obsolete: Homeland Security Operations Center

Replaced by: National Operations Center (NOC)

HSOMB Homeland Security Operations Morning Brief

HSPCD Historic Shoreline Positional Change Database

HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HSPI Homeland Security Policy Institute

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

194

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HSPO Human Subjects Protection Official (DHS)

HSPTAP

Homeland Security Preparedness Technical

Assistance Program

HSS

 Department of Health and Human Services

 United States Department of Health and

Social Services

 Health Service Support

HSS RSF

Health and Social Services Recovery Support

Function

HSSP

 Historic Preservation Specialist (EHP)

 Homeland Security Standards Panel

HSSTAC

Homeland Security Science and Technology

Advisory Committee

HSSX Human Services Specialist Expert

HSTA Homeland Security Threat Assessment

HSTF Homeland Security Task Force

HSTL Human Services Task Force Leader

HSTS Homeland Security Training System

HSUS The Humane Society of the United States

HTCI High-Tech Crime Investigation

HTMG Helitorch Manager (NWCG)

HTML HyperText Markup Language

HTMM Helitorch Mixmaster (NWCG)

HTPT Helitorch Parking Tender (NWCG)

HTR Heavy and Tactical Rescue

HTRT Hiring and Transition Response Team

HTS High-Temperature Superconductor

HTUA High-Threat Urban Area

HTV Hybrid Targeted Violence

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

195

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HUB Historically Underutilized Business

HUBZone Historically Under-Utilized Business Zone

HUC Hydrologic Unit Code

HUCL Housing Crew Leader

HUD

United States Department of Housing and

Urban Development

HUEX Housing Specialist Expert

HUG HAZUS User Group

HUGS

Individual and Households Program Group

Supervisor

HUMINT Human Intelligence

HUMRO Humanitarian Relief Operations (see HRO)

HURCON Hurricane Condition

HUREVAC Hurricane Evacuation

HURREVAC Hurricane Evacuation

HUTL

Individual and Households Program Task Force

Leader

HV/HR High-Value/High-Risk

HVA Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HVE Homegrown Violent Extremist

HVT High-Value Target

HV-X platform

HURREVAC-eXtended (a DHS hurricane tracking

and decision support platform)

HWAM Hardware Asset Management

HWL High Water Line

HWM High Water Mark

HWP Highway Watch Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

196

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

HWR Heavy Water Reactor

Hz Hertz (cycle per second)

I: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

I Individual/Family

I2F

Information Sharing Environment Information

Interoperability Framework

 In and Around

 Individual Assistance

 Information Analysis

 Information Assurance

 Intelligence and Analysis

 Interagency

 International Affairs

I&A DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis

IAA

 Incident Awareness and Assessment

 Interagency Agreement

IAAE International Association of Airport Executives

IAAI International Association of Arson Investigators

IAASP

International Association of Airport and Seaport

Police

IAB

 Interagency Board

 Incident Action Briefing

IABPFF

International Association of Black Professional

Fire Fighters

IAC

 Incident Action Council

 Information Analysis Center (DOD)

 International Aviation Club

 Obsolete: Incident Advisory Council

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

197

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IACET

International Accreditors for Continuing

Education and Training

IACG Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide

IACNDR

Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster

Reduction

IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police

IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IAD Information and Application Delivery

IADP Initial Attack Dispatcher

IAE Integrated Acquisition Environment

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEGC

Interagency Electronic Grants Committee

(Federal)

IAEGWG Interagency Electronic Grants Working Group

IAEM

International Association of Emergency

Managers

IAEMSC International Association of EMS Chiefs

IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs

IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters

IAFIS

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification

System

IAFPA

International Aviation Fire Protection

Association

IAG Interagency Advisory Group

IAGS IA Group Supervisor

IAHFF

International Association of Hispanic

Firefighters

IAI International Association for Identification

IAIC Initial Attack Incident Commander

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

198

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IAIP

Information Analysis and Infrastructure

Protection

IALEIA

International Association of Law Enforcement

Intelligence Analysts

IAM

 Identity and Access Management

 Incident Activity Manager

 Integrated Assessment Model

IAMI

International Association of Marine

Investigators

IAN Incident Area Network

IANA Intermodal Association of North America

IAO

 Individual Assistance Officer

 DHS S&T Interagency Office

IAP

 Immunization Action Plan

 Integrated Action Plan

 Incident Action Plan

IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors

IAPP

International Association of Privacy

Professionals

IAQ Indoor Air Quality

IARD Immediate Action Rapid Deployment

IARLJ

International Association of Refugee Law

Judges

IARPA

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects

Agency

IARR Interagency Resource Representative

IAS

 Industry Sector Analysis

 International Assistance System

IAS CONOPS

International Assistance System Concept of

Operations

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

199

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IASC

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (interagency

forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian

partners)

IASC-WG

Inter-Agency Standing Committee Working

Group (U.N)

IASE Information Assurance Support Environment

IASIU

International Association of Special

Investigation Units

IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee (U.N.)

IASP

 Individual Assistance Program Specialist

 Information Analysis Specialist

IAT

 Incident Assessment Team

 International Assistance Tracker

IATA International Air Transport Association

IA-TAC

Individual Assistance-Technical Assistance

Contractor

IATBOG Interagency Air Tankers Base Operations Guide

IAU Information Analysis Unit

IAUL Information Analysis Unit Leader

IAVA Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert

IAVM International Association of Venue Managers

IAW In accordance with

IAWF International Association of Wildland Fire

IBA Incident Business Advisor

IBA1, IBA2, IBA3

Incident Business Advisor Type 1, Type 2, Type

IBAD Interim Biological Agent Detector

IBC

 International Broadcast Center

 International Building Code

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

200

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IBD

 Improvised Biological Device

 Infrastructure Branch Director

IBD1, IBD2

Individual Assistance Branch Director Type 1,

Type 2

IBDS Integrated Biological Detection System

IBET Integrated Border Enforcement Team

IBHS Institute for Business and Home Safety

IBIS

 Interagency Border Inspection Services

 Interagency Border Inspection System

IBPAP International Business Practices Advisory Panel

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (World Bank)

IBS Integrated Baseline System

IBSGP Intercity Bus Security Grant Program

IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters

IBWA International Bottled Water Association

IBWSS International Boating and Water Safety Summit

 Incident Command/Commander

 Infection Control

 Information Collection

 Intelligence Community

 Incident CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response

/Recovery Employees FEMA)

IC3 Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI)

IC&V Intelligent Collaboration and Visualization

ICAF

Obsolete: Industrial College of the Armed

Forces

Replaced by: The Eisenhower School of

National Security and Resources Strategy

ICAM Identity, Credential and Access Management

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

201

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and

Numbers

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAP Incident Communications Action Plan

ICASS

International Cooperative Administrative

Support Services (USG)

ICAV Infrastructure Critical Asset Viewer

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ICBO International Conference of Building Officials

ICC

 Incident Command Center

 Incident Communication Center

 Information Control Cell

 Intelligence Control Center

 Interagency Coordinating/Coordination

Council

ICCB

Intergovernmental Consultation and

Coordination Board

ICCOH

Interagency Coordinating Committee on

Hurricanes

ICCT Incident Community Coordination Team

ICD

 Improvised Chemical Device

 Infrastructure Coordination Division

 Institute of Chemical Defense

 Interagency Coordination Division

ICD-10

International Statistical Classification of

Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth

Revision (WHO)

ICD-10-CM

International Classification of Diseases, Tenth

Revision, Clinical Modification (CDC)

ICDO

International Civil Defence Organization (an

inter-governmental organization)

ICDR Interagency Committee on Disability Research

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

202

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ICE

 United States Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (DHS)

 In Case of Emergency

 Interoperable Communications Equipment

ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association

ICEP Incident Communications Emergency Plan

ICEPP

Incident Communications Emergency Policy and

Procedures

ICER Incident Communications Emergency Reference

ICF

 Incident Command Facility

 Industrial/Commercial Fire

 International Classification of Functioning

and Disability (World Health Organization)

ICG Interagency Coordination Group

ICGP Interoperable Communications Grant Program

ICHRO Incident Command for High-Rise Operations

ICIMPP

Integrated Civilian Industrial Mobilization

Planning Process

ICISF International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

ICITAP

International Criminal Investigative Training

Assistance Program

ICLA Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance

ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLN Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks

ICMA

International City/County Management

Association

ICMC

International Catholic Migration Commission

(NGO)

ICMG

Intergovernmental/Congressional Affairs

Manager

ICML Intelligence Community Markup Language

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

203

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ICMOP Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan

ICMSSR

Interdepartmental Committee for

Meteorological Services and Supporting

Research

ICO Infection Control Officer

ICODS Interagency Committee on Dam Safety

ICP

 Incident Command Post

 Infection Control Plan

 Information Collection Plan

ICPACC

Incident Communications Public Affairs

Coordination Committee

ICPAE

Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in

Emergencies

ICPD

Individual and Community Preparedness

Division

ICPO

International Criminal Police Organization (see

INTERPOL)

ICPO-INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization –

International Police

ICPS Integrated Card Production System

ICR Information Collection Request

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross (a

hybrid NGO- Intergovernmental organization)

ICRI Incident Commander Radio Interface

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological

Protection

ICS

 Incident Command System

 Initial Contingency Staff

ICSA Incident Command System Advisor

ICSC International Cargo Security Council

ICSCC

Intelligence Community Security Coordination

Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

204

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ICS-CERT

Industrial Control Systems-Cyber Emergency

Response Team (DHS)

ICSCI

Incident Command for Structural Collapse

Incidents

ICSJWG Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group

ICSP

 Information Collection Specialist

 Intergovernmental/Congressional Affairs

Specialist

ICSSC

Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in

Construction

ICT

 Incident Commander Type (type 1-5)

 Incident Command Team

 Information and Communications

Technology

ICTAP

Interoperable Communications Technical

Assistance Program

ICTOA

International Counter-Terrorism Officers

Association

ICU

 Incident Crisis Unit

 Information Coordination Unit

 Intensive Care Unit

IC/UA Incident Commander/Unified Command

ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies

ICWW Intracoastal Waterway

ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management

 Identification/Identity/Identifier (credentials)

 Infectious Disease

 Intelligence Department

 Interim Directive

 International Dateline

IDA

 European Commission Interchange of Data

(Between) Administrations

 International Disability Alliance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

205

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IDC Internally Displaced Persons Camps

IDCL

Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage

Assessments Crew Leader

IDCT International Donation Coordination Team

IDE

 Initial Damage Estimate

 Intrusion Detection Equipment

IDEC International Drug Enforcement Conference

IDENT

Automated Biometric Identification System

(DHS) See ABIS

IDEX

 Individual Assistance (IA) Preliminary

Damage Assessments (PDA) Specialist

Expert

 Image Data Exploitation (System)

IDF Inside Diameter of the Female Pipe Threads

IDGA

Institute for Defense and Government

Advancement

IDHS Indiana Department of Homeland Security

IDIQ

Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (type of

contract)

IDIRA

Interoperability of Data and Procedures in

Large-Scale Multinational Disaster Response

Actions

IDLH Immediate Danger to Life and/or Health

IDP

 Imagery-Derived Product

 Individual Development Plan

 Internally Displaced Person

IDPP Infectious Disease Prevention Program

IDR Institute for Disaster Research

IDS

 Informal Dispute Settlement

 Information Display System

 International Distress Signal

 Intrusion Detection System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

206

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IDV Identification Verification

IDWCS

Integrated Digital Wireless Communications

System

ID-WSF Identity Web Services Framework

 Initial Elevation (Line)

 Intelligence Enterprise

 Information Enterprise/Exchange

IEA

 Immigration Enforcement Agent

 International Energy Agency

IEBC International Existing Building Code

IECGP

Interoperable Emergency Communications

Grant Program

IED

 Incendiary Explosive Device

 Improvised Explosive Device

 In-line Explosive Detection

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEI

Iodine Exposure Intensity (radioactive exposure

of Iodine 131 after a nuclear blast related to

the thyroid gland)

IEM

 Information Exchange Model

 Integrated Emergency Management (FEMA-

EMI)

IEMC Integrated Emergency Management Course

IEMG International Emergency Management Group

IEMIS

Integrated Emergency Management Information

System

IEMS Integrated Emergency Management System

IEP

 Incident Emergency Plan

 Ingestion Exposure Pathway

 Initial Enrollment Period

IEPD Information Exchange Package Documentation

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

207

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IEPDLC

Information Exchange Package Documentation

Life Cycle

IES Industry Executive Subcommittee

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

IEVS Income Eligibility Verification System

IF Inland Fetch

IFAK Improved First Aid Kit (DOD)

IFALPA

International Federation of Airline Pilots

Association

IFAST

International Forum on AMPS Standards

Technology

IFB Invitation for Bid

IFC Intelligence Fusion Cell

IFE

 In-flight Emergency

 Infant Feeding in Emergencies

IFERWG

 Industrial Fire and Emergency Response

Working Group

 International Fire & and Emergency

Response Working Group

IFF Identify or Identification Friend or Foe

IFG Individual and Family Grant

IFGP Individual and Family Grant Program

IFLOWS

Integrated Flood Observing and Warning

System

IFMA International Fire Marshals Association

IFMIS

Integrated Financial Management Information

System

IFPL Industrial Fire Precaution Level

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

208

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IFR

 Interim Final Rule

 Item for Review

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross and Red

Crescent Societies

IFREACT

Improved First Responder Ensembles Against

CBRN Terrorism

IFSAC

International Fire Service Accreditation

Congress

IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

IFSTA International Fire Service Training Association

 Inspector General

 Instructor Guide

IGB International Governance Board

IGC International Grains Council

IGD Infrastructure and Geophysical Division (S&T)

IGE Independent Government Estimate

IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

IGO Intergovernmental Organization

IGP Office of Intergovernmental Programs (NPPD)

IGPT Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team

IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

IGSA Inter-Governmental Service Agreement

IGSP Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist

 Industrial Hygienist

 Interstate Highway

IHC

 Interagency Hotshot Crew (wildland fire

suppression)

 International Hurricane Center

IHCL Insurance Hotline Crew Leader

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

209

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IHD Intense Hurricane Day

IHE Insensitive High Explosive

IHL International Humanitarian Law

IHMT Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team

IHO Industrial Hygiene Officer

IHOG Interagency Helicopter Operation Guide

IHP Individual and Households Program

IHRs International Health Regulations

IHS

 Indian Health Service (HHS)

 Industrial Hygiene Specialist

 International Health Specialist (United

States Air Force)

I/I Intelligence/Investigations

IIBMH

Interagency Incident Business Management

Handbook

IIC

 Interagency Intelligence Cell

 Investigator in Charge

IICRC

Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration

Certification

IICT

Interagency Intelligence Committee on

Terrorism

IIFC Information/Intelligence Fusion Center

I/I FFOG

Intelligence/Investigations Function Field

Operations Guide

III Interstate Identification Index

IILCM Integrated Investment Life Cycle Management

IIMG Interagency Incident Management Group

IIMS Integrated Information Management System

IIMT Interagency Incident Management Team

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

210

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IIMTQS

Interagency Incident Management Team

Qualifications System Guide

IIOM Install, Integrate, Operate and Maintain

IIPG Initial Incident Planning Group

IIPLR Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction

IIPO Information Integration Program Office

IIR Intelligence Information Report(s)

IIRIRA

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

Responsibility Act

IIT Incident Investigation Team

IITCT

Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques for

Courtroom Testimony

IITP Internet Investigations Training Program

IJ Investment Justification

IJIS Integrated Justice Information System

IJP

Integrated Justice Portal (secure web-based

justice information system)

ILE Installations, Logistics and Environment

ILEA International Law Enforcement Academy

ILM Information Lifecycle Management

ILMS Integrated Logistics Management System

ILS

 Integrated Landing System

 Integrated Logistics Support

 Intermediate Life Support

ILSP Integrated Logistics Support Plan

 Incident Manager

 Incident Management

IMA Individual Mobilization Augmentee

IMAAC

Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric

Assessment Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

211

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IMAC

 Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis and

Coordination

 Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact

IMAGE

USICE Mutual Agreement Between Government

and Employers

IMAI Integrated Management of Adult Illness

IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol

IMAR Inspection Management Activity Report

IMAS/S

Intrastate/Interstate Mutual Aid Support

/System

IMAST

Information Management Acquisitions Support

and Tools

IMAT Incident Management Assistance Team

IMC

 Incident Management Cell

 Instrument Meteorological Conditions

 Interim Message Change

 International Morse Code

IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses

IMCS

Incident Management Communications

Systems

IMD Incident Management Division (USCG)

IMD Information Management Division/Directorate

IMET Incident Meteorologist

IMEX Information Management Specialist Expert

IMG Information Management Group

IMGS Information Management Group Supervisor

IMH Incident Management Handbook

IMI Interactive Multimedia Instructions

IMINT Imagery Intelligence

IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

212

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IMM Incident Management Manual

IMMG

Information Management Reports and Planning

Manager

IMO International Maritime Organization

IMOC International Maritime Officers Course

IMPAC

International Merchant Purchase Authorization

Card

IMPT Incident Management Planning Team

IMR Inspection Management Review

IMRD

Information Management and Requirements

Division

IMS

 Image Management System

 Incident Management System/Structure

 Information Management System

 Institute of Museum Services

 Intelligence Management System

 Ion Mobility Spectrometry (use for detection

of explosives and drugs)

IMSA Incident Medical Special Assistant

IMSD

Obsolete: Incident Management Systems

Division

Replaced by: National Integration Center (NIC)

IMSK Incident Management and Support Keystone

IMSM Incident Medical Special Manager

IMSR Incident Management Situation Report

IMST Incident Medical Special Technician

IMSuRT International Medical Surgical Response Team

IMT

 Incident Management Team

 Integrated Management Team

 International Mobile Telecommunications

IMTL Information Management Task Force Leader

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

213

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IMU Inertial Measurement Unit

IN Intelligent Network

INA Immigration and Nationality Act

INC Income

InCAST Inventory Collection and Survey Tool

INCITS

International Committee for Information

Technology Standards

INCL Insurance Crew Leader

INCM Incident Communications Manager

IND Improvised Nuclear Device

India Phonetic Alphabet for I

INEE

Inter-Agency Network for Education in

Emergencies

INEEL

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental

Laboratory

INEOA

International Narcotic Enforcement Officers

Association

INER Interagency National Executive Reserve

INES

International Nuclear Event Scale (IAEA) (rated

on seven levels)

INF

 Infrastructure

 Immediate Needs Funding

INFOCON Information Operations Condition

INFOSEC

 Information Security

 Information Systems Security

INFOWAR Information Warfare

INGS Infrastructure Assets Group Supervisor

INL

International Narcotics and Law Enforcement

Affairs

INMARST International Maritime Satellite Terminal

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

214

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

INPASS

Obsolete: INS Passenger Accelerated Service

System

Replaced by: Global Entry (CBP)

INPHO Information Network for Public Health Officials

INPO Institute for Nuclear Power Operations

INS

 Insurance

 Inertial Navigation System

INSARAG

International Search and Rescue Advisory

Group

INSCOM

Intelligence and Security Command (United

States Army)

Insp Inspection

INT Intelligence

INTERCOM Internal Communications

INTERPOL

International Police Organization (also known

as the International Criminal Police

Organization)

INTL Insurance Hotline Crew Leader

INTREP Intelligence Report

INV (Office of) Investigations

 Information Officer

 Information Operations

 International Organization

 Investigation Officer

I-O, I/O

 Input-Output

 Inboard/Outboard (of personnel)

IOC

 Initial Operational Capability

 International Olympic Committee

IOF

 Initial Operating Facility

 Interim Operating Facility

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

215

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IOM

 International Organization for Migration

 Installation, Operation and Maintenance

IONS Incident of National Significance

IOOS Integrated Ocean Observing System (NOAA)

IOP Interagency Operations Plan

IOR Initial Operating Report

IOU Investor-Owned Utility

 Infrastructure Protection

 Implementing Procedure

 Improvement Plan

 Infected Premises

 Internet Protocol

 Office of Infrastructure Protection (CISA)

I&P or I/P Information and Planning

IPA Interagency Personnel Agreement

IPAWS Integrated Public Alert and Warning System

IPB Illustrated Parts Breakdown

IPC

 Infection Prevention and Control

 Initial Planning Conference

 Interagency Planning Committee

 Interagency Policy Committee

 International Paralympic Committee

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPD Infrastructure Protection Division

IPE

 Integrated Performance Evaluation

 Integrated Process Evaluation

IPFO Interim Principal Federal Official

IPG Integrated Planning Guidance

IPI Indigenous Populations and Institutions

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

216

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IPIA Improper Payments Information Act

IPP

 Imminent Peril to the Public

 Impact Point Prediction

 Independent Power Producer

 Infrastructure Protection Program

 Integrated Preparedness Planning

IPPW Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop

IPR

 Incident Prevention and Response

 Initial Projections Report

 In-Process/Progress Review

 Intellectual Property Rights

 Interim Program Review

IPRL Intelligent Personal Radiation Locator

IPRSGP Intercity Passenger Rail Security Grant Program

IPS

 Information and Planning Section

 Information Processing System

 Integrated Planning System

 International Port Security

IPSC Information and Planning Section Chief

IPSCOM Imagery Policy and Security Committee

IPT

 Information, Processing and Technology

 Integrated Process or Planning Team

 Integrated Product or Project Team

 International Practical Temperature Scale of

1990 (an international temperature scale

agreement)

IPTI Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative

IPV4 Internet Protocol Version 4

IPV6 Internet Protocol Version 6

IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange

IPZ Ingestion Pathway Zone

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

217

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IQCS

Incident Qualification and Certification System

(NWCG)

 Identification Response

 Incident Report

 Information Requirement

 Infrared

 Infrared Radiation

IRA Immediate Response Authority

IRAPP

Infrastructure Risk Assessment Partnership

Program

IRB

 Information Resources Board

 Institutional Review Board

 Investment Review Board

IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

IRC

 Information Resources Center

 InfoSec (Information Security) Research

Council

 International Rescue Committee (NGO)

 International Residential Code

 Internet Relay Chat

 Interagency Recovery Coordination

IRCA Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

IRCG International Resources Coordination Group

IRCM Infrared Countermeasure

IRCP Incident Radio Communications Plan

IRCT Incident Response Coordination Team (HHS)

IRF Initial Response Force

IRFA International Religious Freedom Act

IRFC Initial Response Force Commander

IRFS Infrared Field Specialist

IRI Industrial Research Institute

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

218

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IRIN

Infrared Interpreter (infrared imagery related to

wildfire suppression) NWCG

IRIS

 Incident Resource Inventory System

 Incorporated Research Institutions for

Seismology

IRM Information Resources Management

IRMCO

Interagency Resources Management

Conference

IRMS Information Resources Management Service

IRP

 Installation Restoration Plan

 Institutional Removal Program

 International Recovery Platform (NGO)

 Investment Review Process

IRPMR

Information Resources Procurement and

Management Review

IRR Initial Response Resource

IRRIS

Integrated Response and Recovery Information

System

IRS

 Indoor Residual Spraying (mosquitoes

control spraying)

 Integrated Responder Solution

 Internal Revenue Service

IRSCC Interagency Remote Sensing Coordination Cell

IRT

 Independent Review Team

 Initial Response Team

 International Registered Traveler

IRTI Immigration Reform Transformation Initiatives

IRTPA

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention

Act of 2004

IRVMC Inland River Vessel Management Center

IRZ Immediate Response Zone

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219

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Incident Support

 Independent Study

 Information Security

 Information System

 Infrastructure Support

 Inspection Services

IS&C Information Sharing and Coordination

ISA

 Incident Staging Area

 Industry Standard Architecture

ISAIPC

Information Sharing and Access Interagency

Policy Committee

ISAA Information Sharing and Access Agreements

ISAAC Integrated Security and Access Control

ISAAG

Information Systems Architectural Advisory

Group

ISABP International South Atlantic Buoy Program

ISAC Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NGO)

ISACA

Information Systems Audit and Control

Association

ISAF International Security Assistance Force

ISAMS

Information Sharing Agreement Management

System

ISAO Information Sharing and Analysis Organization

ISAR Inspection Services Activity Report

ISB

 Incident Support Base

 Intermediate Staging Base

ISBE Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

220

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ISC

 Industrial Supply Chain

 Information Sharing and Collaboration Office

(DHS)

 Infrastructure Subcommittee (United States

House Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure)

 Inspection Services Coordinator

 Integrated Supply Change

 Interagency Security Committee (DHS)

 International Seismological Center

ISCC Information Sharing Coordinating Council

ISCO Information Sharing and Collaboration Office

ISCORS

Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation

Standards

ISCP Integrated Support Communications Plan

ISCS International Satellite Communications Systems

ISD Infrastructure Services Division

ISDL Inert Skin Decontamination Lotion

ISDN Integrated Services for Digital Network

ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

ISE Information Sharing Environment

ISFSI International Society of Fire Service Instructors

ISG Incident Support Group

ISGB Information Sharing Governance Board

ISI

Obsolete: Immigration Security Initiative

Replaced by: Immigration Advisory Program

(IAP)

ISIL

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (see ISIS

and also known as the Arabic language

acronym “Daesh")

ISIP Initial Strategy Implementation Plan

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

221

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ISIS

 Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System

 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (see ISIL and

also known as the Arabic language acronym

“Daesh")

ISM

 Information Security Marketing

 Integrated Safety Management

ISMA International Security Management Association

ISN

International Security and Nonproliferation,

Bureau of (DOS)

ISO

 Incident Support Organization

 Insurance Services Office

 International Organization for

Standardization

 International Security Organization

ISOC

Interagency Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT)

Operations Guide

ISOO Information Security Oversight Office

ISP

 Immediate Services Program

 Incident Strategic Plan

 Incident Support Plan

 Information Security Program

 Interagency Security Plan

 Internet Service Provider

ISPAG Information Systems Policy Advisory Group

ISPO

International Society for Prosthetics and

Orthotics

ISPP Information Systems Planning Program

ISPS International Ship and Port Facility Security

ISR

 Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance

 Inventory System of Record

ISRMC

Information Safeguarding and Risk

Management Council

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

222

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ISRS Image Storage and Retrieval System

ISS

 International Seismological Summary

 International Situation Summary

 Inventory Support Specialist

ISSA

 Information Systems Security Association

 Interservice Support Agreement

ISSM Information Systems Security Manager

ISSO Information Systems Security Office/Officer

ISSP Information Systems Security Program

ISSRT

Integrated Public Alert and Warning System

(IPAWS) Supported State/Regional Testing

ISSS Information Sharing and Safeguarding Strategy

IST Incident Support Team

IST-A Incident Support Team – Advance Element

I-STAFF

Obsolete: DHS Headquarters Operational

Integration Staff

Replaced by: Directorate for Preparedness

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

Act

ISTL Incident Support Team Leader

ISTS Institute for Security Technology Studies

ISVA/B Information Security Vulnerability Alert/Bulletin

ISVB Imagery Science Validation Board

ISVM Information Security Vulnerability Management

ISWG Import Safety Working Group

IT Information Technology

ITA

 Information Technology Architecture

 Integrated Transport Analysis

ITAA Information Technology Association of America

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

223

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ITAAC

Inspections, Tests, Analyses and Acceptance

Criteria

ITAC Information Technology Acquisition Center

ITACG

Interagency Threat Assessment and

Coordination Group

ITAM IT Asset Management

ITC

 Information Technology Committee

 Information Technology Coordinator

 International Trade Commission

ITD International Training Division

ITDR Information Technology Disaster Recovery

ITDS International Trade Data System

ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers

I-Team

 Incident Team

 Intelligence Team

ITED

IFSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture

Radar) Terrain Elevation Data

iTEMA Tribal Emergency Management Association

ITEMC

Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition

ITEP

Information Technology and Evaluation Program

ITF Intelligence Task Force

ITI International to International

ITIC International Tsunami Information Center

ITIM

Information Technology Investment

Management

ITIPS

Information Technology Investment Portfolio

System

ITL Information Technology Laboratory

ITLS International Trauma Life Support

ITM Inspection Transfer Manager

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

224

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ITMG IT Manager

ITMRA

Information Technology Management Reform

Act of 1996

ITP

Infrastructure Transformation Program

Individual Training Plan

ITPMO Infrastructure Transformation Program Office

ITR Independent Technical Review

I-TRAP

Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness

Program

ITS

 Information Technology Services

 Intelligent Transport/Transportation System

 Inventory tracking System

ITSB Information Technology Security Branch

ITSD

Information Technology Services Directorate/

Department/Division

ITSEF

Information Technology Security Entrepreneurs’

Forum

ITSH Internal Transport, Storage and Handling

ITSM IT Service Manager

ITSP IT Specialist

ITSS Information Technology Systems and Solutions

ITTC Identity Theft Technology Council

ITU

 International Telecommunications Union

(United Nations)

 International Toxic Units

ITUL Intake Tracking Unit Leader

ITV In-Transit Visibility

ITW/AA

Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack

Assessment

ITWG International Technical Working Group

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

225

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IUPA International Union of Police Associations

IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied

Chemistry

IV Intravenous

IV&V

 Independent Verification and Validation

 Interdependent Verification and Validation

IVD Interactive Video Disk

IVHHN International Volcanic Health Hazard Network

IVR Interactive Voice Response

IW Information Warfare

I&W Indication and Warning

IWDD Incident Workforce Deployment Directive(s)

IWF Incident Workforce

IWFD Incident Workforce Management Division

IWFM Incident Workforce Management

IWG

 Implementation Working Group

 Interagency Working Group

 Interoperability Working Group

 Investment Working Group

IWIN Interactive Weather Information Network

IWMD Incident Workforce Management Division

IWMO Incident Workforce Management Office

IWN Integrated Wireless Network

IWOMEN

International Association of Women in Fire and

Emergency Services

IWP Integrated Warning Program

IWPEP

Incident Workforce Performance Evaluation

Program

IWR Institute for Water Resources (USACE)

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226

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

IWS Information Warfare and Strategy

IWUIC International Wildland-Urban Interface Code

IXAD Individual Assistance Liaison Advisor

IXP Internet Exchange Points

IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding

J: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

J-1

Manpower and Personnel Directorate of a Joint

Staff

J-2 Intelligence Directorate of a Joint Staff

J-3 Operations Directorate of a Joint Staff

J-4 Logistics Directorate of a Joint Staff

J-5 Plans and Policies Directorate of a Joint Staff

J-6 Communications Directorate of a Joint Staff

JAARS Joint After-Action Reporting System

JAC

 Joint Advisory Committee

 Joint Analysis Center

JACE Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events

JAD Joint Application Development

JADE Java Auto-Determination Engine

JAG

 Joint Action Group

 Judge Advocate General (DOD)

JAM

 Joint Assessment Mission

 Joint Assessment of Needs Mission

JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association

JAN Jurisdiction Area Network

JAS Joint Alternate Site

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227

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JATS Joint Air Transportation System

JAWAS Joint Automated Weather Observing System

JBMC2

Joint Battle Management Command and

Control

JBPDS Joint Biological Point Detection Systems

JCAH Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals

JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of

Healthcare Organizations

JCAP Joint Crisis Action Planning Team

JCC

 Jewish Community Center

 Joint Coordination Center

JCCC

Joint Customs Coordination Council (United

States/E.U.)

JCGC Joint Center for Global Connectivity

JCHC Joint Committee on Health Care

JCIDS

Joint Capability Integration and Development

System

JCMOTF Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force

JCN Justice Consolidated Network

JCREC Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

JDCC Joint Data Coordination Center

JDD Joint Doctrine Development Community

JDDOC

Joint Deployment and Distribution Operations

Center

JDN Joint Doctrine Notes

JDPC Joint Doctrine Planner’s Conference

JDISS Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System

JDOMS Joint Director of Military Support

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

228

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JDTC Joint Deployment Training Center

JEAD Joint Exercise and Analysis Division

JECC Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

JECG Joint Exercise Control Group

JEEP Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan

JEMP Joint Exercise Management Program

JEOC Joint Emergency Operations Center

JETDS Joint Electronics Designation System

JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander

JFC

 Joint Federal Committee

 Joint Force Command/Commander

JFCC Space

Joint Functional Component Command for

Space

JFCOM Joint Forces Command

JFHQ-HLS Joint Forces Headquarters – Homeland Security

JFHQ-State Joint Force Headquarters – State

JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander

JFO Joint Field Office

JFOCG Joint Field Office Coordination Group

JFSP Joint Fire Science Program

JHA

 Job Hazard Analysis

 Jurisdiction Having Authority

JHAT Joint Hazardous Assessment Team

JHEC Joint Hazard Evaluation Center

JHOC

 Joint Harbor Operations Command Center

 Joint Humanitarian Operations Course

(USAID)

JHSG Joint Housing Solutions Group

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229

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

 Joint Implementation

 Joint Inspection

JIACG Joint Interagency Coordination Group

JIALO Joint Interagency Liaison Officer

JIATF Joint Interagency Task Force

JIB Joint Information Bureau

JIC

 Joint Industrial Council

 Joint Information Center

 Joint Integrating Concept

 Joint Intelligence Center

JICC Joint Information Coordination Center

JICG Joint International Control Group

JICPAC Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific

JIFX Joint Interagency Field Exploration

JIISE Joint Interagency Intelligence Support Element

JIMG Joint Information Manager

JIMPP Joint Industrial Mobilization Planning Process

JIOC

 Joint Intelligence Operations Center

 Joint Investigative Operations Center

JIPOE

Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational

Environment

JIS Joint Information System

JISE Joint Intelligence Support Element

JIT

 Job Instruction Training

 Just-In-Time

JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command

JITF-CT

Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating

Terrorism

JLC Joint Leadership Council

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JLCO Joint Legal Claims Office

JLOC Joint Logistics Operations Center

JLLIS Joint Lessons Learned Information System

JMAO Joint Mortuary Affairs Office

JMC Joint Movement Center

JMET Joint Mission Essential Task

JMFU

Joint Meteorological-and-Oceanographic

(METOC) Forecast Unit

JMIE Joint Maritime Information Element

JMIP Joint Military Intelligence Program

JMISTF Joint Military Information Support Task Force

JMMO Joint Medical Mobilization Office

JMRO Joint Medical Regulating Office

JMSEL Joint Master Scenario Event List

JMT Joint Management Team

JNACC Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center

JNAIRT Joint Nuclear Accident/Incident Response Team

JNC Joint News Center

JNCC Joint Network Operations Control Center

JNEMSLF Joint National EMS Leadership Forum

JNWC Joint Navigation Warfare Center

JOA Joint Operational Area

JOC Joint Operations Center (FBI)

JoCC Joint Coordination Center

Joint

Elements of Two or More Military and/or Civilian

Organizations Combined into a Unified

Command

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JOPES

Joint Operations Planning and Execution

System

JOPP Joint Operation Planning Process

 Joint Publication

 Joint Project

JPAC Joint Planning Augmentation Cell (CBIRF)

JPAS Joint Personnel Adjudication System

JPASE Joint Public Affairs Support Element

JPATS

 Joint Patient Assessment and Tracking

System (HHS)

 Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation

System (United States Marshals Service)

JPEG

 Filename Extension for a Digital Image

 Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPEO CBD

Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and

Biological Defense

JPG Filename Extension for a Digital Image

JPIC Joint Public Information Center

JPMRC Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center

JPMT Joint Patient Movement Team

JPO Joint Program Office

JPOTF Joint Psychological Operations Task Force

JPSG Justice-Defense Program Steering Group

JRCC Joint Rescue Coordination Center

JRERP Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan

JRIC Joint Regional Intelligence Center

JRMP Joint Regional Medical Planner

JRMPO Joint Regional Medical Planning Office

JRO Joint Recovery Office

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JRS Joint Reporting System

JRSOI

Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement

and Integration

JRT Joint Response Team

JS Joint Staff

JSAC Joint State Area Command

JSAP Joint Staff Action Package

JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan

JSCRWG Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working Group

JSDS Joint Staff Doctrine Sponsor

JSERA Joint Special Events Risk Assessment

JSIPP Joint Service Installation Pilot Program

JSNCP JAN Service and Network Control Point

JSON JavaScript Object Notation

JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force

JSpOC Joint Space Operations Center (DOD)

JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

JTF Joint Task Force

JTF-CDR Joint Task Force-Commander

JTF-CM Joint Task Force - Consequence Management

JTF-CS Joint Task Force - Civil Support

JTF-FF Joint Task Force - Firefighter

JTF-Katrina Joint Task Force-Katrina

JTF-NCR Joint Task Force - National Capital Region

JTF-O Joint Task Force - Olympics

JTF-State Joint Task Force-State

JTIMS Joint Training Information Management System

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/ Description

JTMS Joint Training Master Schedule

JTOT

 Joint Tactical Operations Team

 Joint Technical Operations Team

JTR Joint Travel Regulations

JTRB Joint Telecommunications Resources Board

JTRS Joint Tactical Radio System

JTTF Joint Terrorism Task Force

JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center

Juliet Phonetic Alphabet for J

JULL Joint Universal Lessons Learned (Report)

JULLS Joint Universal Lessons Learned System

JVM Java Virtual Machine

JWARN Joint Warning and Reporting Network

JWC Joint Warfare Center

JWFC Joint Warfighting Center

JWG Joint Working Group

JWICS

Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication

System (DOD)

JWID Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration

JWPMO Joint Wireless Program Management Office

JXDM (Global) Justice XML Data Model

K: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

k Kilo (1,000 Grams)

KAPP Obsolete: Key Asset Protection Program

Kb Kilobit

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

kB Kilobyte (either 1,000 or 1,024 bytes)

KB Knowledge Base

KBDI

Keetch-Byram Drought Index (United States

National Park Service [NPS]) (measure the

effects of seasonal drought on fire potential)

 KBDI = 0–200 - Soil moisture and large

class fuel moistures are high

 KBDI = 200–400 - Lower litter and duff

layers are drying and begin to contribute to

fire intensity

 KBDI = 400–600 - Lower litter and duff

layers actively contribute to fire intensity

 KBDI = 600–800 - Associated with more

severe drought with increased wildfire

occurrence

KBPS Kilobits Per Seconds

KBRM Knowledge-Based Risk Management

KD Knocked Down

KDP Key Decision Point

KED Kendrick Extrication Device

kg Kilogram

kHz KiloHertz

KI Potassium Iodide

KIAS Knots Indicated Air Speed

Kilo Phonetic Alphabet for K

KIO Key Intelligence Official

KIQ Key Intelligence Question

km Kilometer

KMI Key Management Infrastructure

KML Keyhole Markup Language

KMO Knowledge Management Officer

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

KMS Knowledge Management System

KN Kilo-Newton

KPP Key Performance Parameter

KSA Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

KSC Kennedy Space Center

KSO Key Security Official

KST Known or Suspected Terrorist

 Kiloton (equivalent to that of 1,000 metric

tons)

 Knots (unit of speed equal to one nautical

mile [1.852 km] per hour)

kV Kilovolt (equal to 1000 volts)

KVERT

Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response

Team

kW, KW Kilowatt

kWh, kW-h, kW h

Kilowatt Hour (Unit of Measurement for

Electrical Power)

L: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

L Locality

L&D

 Labor and Delivery

 Learning and Development

L/RMP Land/Resource Management Plan

 Legal Adviser

 Limited Access

 Local Authorities

 Lost Animal

 Obsolete: Legislative Affairs

Replaced by: Office of Legislative Affairs

(OLA)

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236

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LAC

 Latin America and the Caribbean

 Local Assistance Center

LACIS

Lightweight Autonomous Chemical

Identification System

LAG

 Lowest Adjacent Grade

 Lowest Adjacent Ground

LAL Lightning Activity Level

LAN Local Area Network

LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network

LANDSAT Land Satellite

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory

LAO Lead Agency Official

LAP Logistics Assistance Program

LASP

Large Aircraft Security Program

LAT Large Air Tanker

Lat/Long Latitude and Longitude

lb Pound

lbf Pound Force

LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LBP Lead-Based Paint

LBR Legislative Budget Request

LBTS

Large Blast Thermal Simulator (simulate

conventional or nuclear explosive blast effects)

LBTT Local Business Transition Team

LBW Load-Bearing Wall

 Lethal Concentration

 Logistics Center

 Logistics Command

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LC-A Logistics Center-Atlanta

L-CAR Local Capability Assessment for Readiness

LCAT Logistics Closeout Assistance Team

LCCE Life Cycle Cost Estimate

LCES

Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and

Safety Zones

LC-FW Logistics Center-Fort Worth

LCM Life Cycle Management

LC-MF Logistics Center-Moffett Field

LCMS Learning Content Management System

LCO Limiting Condition for Operation

LCoS Liquid Crystal on Silicon

LCS Local Communications System

LCT Liaison Coordination Team

 Labor and Delivery

 Lethal Dose

 Load

 Local Distribution

LD50 Lethal Dose for 50% of the Exposed Population

LDR Lutheran Disaster Response

LDRM Local Disaster Recovery Manager

LDS

 Lightning Detection System

 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints

LDW Last Day Worked

 Law Enforcement

 Leased Equipment

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238

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LEA

 Law Enforcement Activities

 Law Enforcement Agency

 Locally Equivalent Alternatives

LEAD Lead Legal Advisor

LEADERS

Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection

and Emergency Response System

LEAINTP

Law Enforcement Advanced Interviewing

Training Program

LEAP Law Enforcement Availability Pay

LEC Local Exchange Carrier

LECC Law Enforcement Coordination Center

LED Light-Emitting Diode

LEDET Law Enforcement Detachment

LEED

Law Enforcement Executive Development

Program

LEGAT Legal Attaché

LEGATs Legal Attaché offices (FBI)

LEGATS Legal Attachments

LEGS Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards

LEH Light Enforcement Helicopter

LEISI Law Enforcement Information Sharing Initiative

LEISP Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program

LEL

 Lower Explosive Limit

 Lowest Effect Level

LELI Law Enforcement Leadership Initiative

LELTI Law Enforcement Leadership Training Institute

LEM Local Emergency Management

LEMA Local Emergency Management Authority

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LEMDP

Law Enforcement Management Development

Program

LEO

 Law Enforcement Officer

 Law Enforcement Online

LEOC Local Emergency Operations Center

LEOSA Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

LEP

 Laser Eye Protection

 Limited English Proficiency

 Loaned Executive Program (DHS)

LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee

LEPPC

Local Emergency Prevention and Preparedness

Council

LERN Law Enforcement Radio Net

LERT Logistics Emergency Response Team

LES

 Law Enforcement Sensitive

 Leave and Earnings Statement

LESC Law Enforcement Support Center

LESMC Law Enforcement Shared Mission Community

LESO Law Enforcement Security Officer

LETI Law Enforcement Training Institute

LETPA

Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention

Activities (FEMA Grants Program)

LETPP Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program

LETS Law Enforcement Telecommunications System

LEU Low-Enriched Uranium

LEVEL I EST Full EST activation level (NRCC)

LEVEL II EST Intermediate EST activation level (NRCC)

LEVEL III EST Minimal EST activation level (NRCC)

LEWG Law Enforcement Working Group

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Lethal Factor (microbiology)

 Logistics Function

LFA Lead Federal Agency

LFD Letter of Final Determination

LFE Lowest Floor Elevation

LFEOC Local Federal Emergency Operations Center

LFFE Lowest Finished Flood Elevation

LFO Lead Federal Official

LFP Livestock Feed Programs

LGAD Legal Advisor

LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender

LGR Local Government Radio

LGSP Logistics Specialist

LH Local Hire

LHA Landing Helicopter - Assault

LHD

 Landing Helicopter Deck

 Local Health Department

LHMC Local Hazard Mitigation Coordinator

LHMO Local Hazard Mitigation Officer

LHMS Local Hazard Mitigation Strategy

LHR Limited Home Repair

LHW Last Hour Worked

LIBSYS Library System

LIC License

LID Low-Impact Development

LIDAR, LiDAR, LADAR

 Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging

 Light Detection and Ranging

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LIDEF Levee Inventory Data Entry Form

LIFE Legal Immigration Family Equity

Lifeline

A lifeline enables the continuous operation of

critical government and business functions and

is essential to human health and safety or

economic security.

LIHEAP

Low Income Household Energy Assistance

Program

Lima Phonetic Alphabet for L

LIMFAC Limiting Factor

LIMS

 Laboratory Information Management System

 Logistics Information Management System

LiMWA Limit of Moderate Wave Action

LInX

Law Enforcement Information Exchange (Naval

Criminal Investigative Service)

LIP Linguistically Isolated Populations

LISI Levels of Information Systems Interoperability

LISS Linear Imaging and Self-Scanning

LKA Last Known Address

LKP Last Known Position

 Landline (a wire or fiber-optic line telephone)

 Lessons Learned

LLA Lessons Learned Advisor

LLC

 Limited Liability Company

 Lessons-Learned Committee

LLEA

 Lead Law Enforcement Agency

 Local Law Enforcement Agency

LLIN Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Net

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242

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LLIS

Obsolete: Lessons Learned Information Sharing

System

Replaced by: Joint Lessons Learned Information

System (JLLIS)

LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

LLO

 Logical Lines of Operations

 Logistical Lines of Operations

LLP Limited Liability Partnership

LLPT Local Levee Partnership Team

LLR

 Lessons Learned (hot wash) Report

 Low Literacy Rate

LLW Low-Level Waste

LLWS Low-Level Wind Shear

LM Logistics Management

LMA Land Management Agencies

LMD Logistics Management Directorate

LMF Logistics Management Facility

LMFBR Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor

LMI Logistics Management Institute

LMIS Logistics Management Information System

LMPC Labor-Management Partnership Council

LMR

 Labor-Management Relations

 Land Mobile Radio

 Logistics Management Report

LMS

 Land Mobile Satellite System (mobile

communications)

 Local Mitigation Strategy

 Learning Management Systems

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

LNO Liaison Officer

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LNU Last Name Unknown

LOA Letter of Agreement

LOAC Law Of Armed Conflict

LOAD

Loadmaster (responsible for transport of aerial

cargo)

LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level

LOB Line of Business

LOC

 Level of Operational Capability

 Line of Communication

 Location

 Logistics Operation Center

LOCA

Loss of Coolant Accident (a pipe rupture in

nuclear facility)

LOC-TFCS

Letter of Credit − Treasury Financial

Communications System

LODD Line of Duty Death

LODR

Letter of Determination Review (flood hazard

determination)

LOE

 Letter of Expectation

 Line of Effect

LOFR Liaison Officer

LOG Logistics

LOGCAP Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program

LOI

 Letter of Intent

 Letter of Instruction

LOINC

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and

Codes

LOMA Letter of Map Amendment (flood hazard maps)

LOMC Letter of Map Change (flood hazard maps)

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LOMC-VALID

Letter of Map Change Revalidation (flood

hazard maps)

LOMR Letter of Map Revision (flood hazard maps)

LOMR-F

Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (flood

hazard maps)

LOP Legal Orientation Program

LOS Line of Sight

LOSA Logistical Operations Staging Area

LOSAP Length-of-Service Award Program

LOSSEST Loss Estimation

LOU

 Letter of Understanding

 Limited Official Use

LOVERS U

Laddering, Overhaul, Ventilation, Entry, Rescue,

Utilities

LPA Legislative and Public Affairs

LPD Low Probability of Detection

LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LPL Low Probability of Intercept

LPN

 License Plate Number

 Licensed Practical Nurse

LPOC

Last Port of Call (last stop on a ship’s scheduled

journey)

LPPC Local Preparedness and Prevention Council

LPR

 Lawful Permanent Resident (status)

 Legal Permanent Resident (person)

 Low Priority Request

LPZ Low Population Zone

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Lease Rental

 Lethal Radius

 Lightning Risk

 Limited Response

LRA

 Local Responsible Area

 Louisiana Recovery Authority

LR-BSDS

Long Range Biological Standoff Detection

System

LRC

 Learning Resource Center

 Logistics and Readiness Center (DOD)

 Logistics Resource Center

LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design

LRIP Low-Rate Initial Production

LRMP Long Range Management Plan

LRN Laboratory Response Network (CDC)

LRT

 Logistics Response Time

 Long Range Tracker (CBP)

LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit

 Location System

 Logistics Support

LSA

 Logistics Staging Area

 Logistics Support Area

LSB1, LSB2 Logistics Support Branch Director 1 and 2

LSC

 Legal Services Corporation

 Life Safety Code (National Fire Protection

Association)

 Life Support Center

 Logistics Section Chief

LSC1, LSC2, LSC3 Logistics Section Chief 1, 2 and 3

LSCAD Lightweight Stand-off Chemical Agent Detector

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LSCD Life Safety Code Deficiency

LSCMS Logistics Supply Chain Management System

LSCT Line Scout

LSE

 Local Subscriber Environment

 Logistical Support Element

LSFE Life Safety and Fire Engineering

LSFP

 Life Safety and Fire Protection

 Life Safety and Fire Protection Program

LSG Large-Scale Game

LSP Lump Sum Payment

LSS

 Large Standard Integrated Command Post

System (SICPS) Shelter

 Life Support System

 Logistics Support Team

LSV Logistical Staging Vehicle

LT Lieutenant (aka: Lt or Lieut.)

LTA Lighter Than Air

LTATP

Land Transportation Anti-Terrorism Training

Program

LTCR

 Long Term Care Resources

 Long-Term Community Recovery

LTD Limited

LTDRO Long-Term Disaster Recovery Office

LTE

 Less Than Expected

 Long-Term Exposure

 Low-Tide Elevation

LTG Lieutenant General

LTL Less-than Truck Load

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

LTR

 Letter

 Long-Term Recovery

LTRC

 Long-Term Recovery Committee

 Long-Term Recovery Coordinator

LTRO

Obsolete: Long-Term Recovery Office

Replaced by: Joint Recovery Office

LULC Land Use and Land Cover

LUP Land Use Plan

LVA Low Volatility Agent

LVB Large Vehicle Bomb

LVB1, LVB2 Service Branch Director 1 and 2

LWA Lost Wages Assistance

LWDR Lost Work Day Rate

LWF Lutheran World Federation

LWOP Leave Without Pay

LWR Light Water Reactor (nuclear power plant)

LXB1, LXB2

Logistics External Support Branch Director Type

1 and 2

LYMG Logistics Systems Manager

LYSP Logistics Systems Specialist

LZ Landing Zone

M: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

m Meter

 Marshalling Area

 Mission Assignment

 Mortuary Affairs

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

M&A  Management and Administrative (expenses)

MAA Mutual Aid Agreement

MAAD Mobile Asset Activities Document

MAAFS Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists

MABAS Mutual Aid and Box Alarm System

MAC

 Mapping and Analysis Center

 Mission Assignment Coordinator

 Mitigation Assistance Clinic

 Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator

 Multi-Agency Command

 Multiagency Coordinating or Coordination

Entity

MACA Military Assistance to Civil Authorities

MACC

 Multi-Agency Command Center

 Multi-Agency Coordination Center

 Multi-Agency Crime Center

MACDIS Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances

MAC Entity Multi-Agency Coordinating Entity

MACGp Multi-Agency Coordination Group

MAC Group Multi-Agency Coordination Group

MACOM Major Army Command

MACOM Major Command

MACS Multi-Agency Coordination System

MAEC Mid-America Earthquake Center

MAELU Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters

MAF Master Appropriation File

MAFC

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)

Clerk

MAFFS Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MAFPT Multi-Agency Feeding Plan Template

MAG-C Mission Assurance Governance Committee

MAGIC MidAmerica GIS Consortium

MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force

MaHIM Medical and Health Incident Management

MaHIMS

Medical and Health Incident Management

System

MALE Medium Altitude Long Endurance

MAM

 Mission Assignment Manager

 Moderate Acute Malnutrition

 Multi-Agency Meeting

MAMA-C Mid-America Mutual Aid Consortium

MAMG Mission Assignment Manager

MAN Metropolitan Area Network

MANET Mobile Ad Hoc Networking

MANPADS Man-Portable Air-Defense System

MAOC Military Air Operations Coordinator

MAPs Motorist Assist Points

MAP-21

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century

Act

MAR

 Monthly Accomplishments Report

 Mutual Aid Readiness

MARAC Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee

MARAD Maritime Administration

MARC

Multi-Agency Resource Center (National Mass

Care Strategy)

MARCE

 Multi-Agency Resource Coordination

Exercise

 Multi-Jurisdictional Animal Resource

Coordination Exercise

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MARCH

Massive Hemorrhage Control, Airway Support,

Respiratory Threats, Circulation, Hypothermia

MAREP Marine Report

MARFOR Marine Force

MARFORLANT Marine Forces Atlantic

MARIE Mutual Aid for Resilient Infrastructure in Europe

MARO Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

MARPLOT

Mapping Applications for Response, Planning

and Local Operational Tasks

MARR Mission Assignment Reimbursement Request

MARS

 Maritime Mobile Access and Retrieval

System

 Military Affiliated Radio System

 Mutual Aid and Resource Sharing

MARSA

Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation

of Aircraft

MARSEC Maritime Security

MART Morning Advisory Risk Threat

MAS Mapping Activity Statement

MASS Mutual Aid Support System

MASF Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility

MASFO Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation

MASH

Obsolete: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

Replaced by: Combat Support Hospital (CSH)

(United States Army)

MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence

MASP Mission Assignment Specialist

MASPT

Multi-Agency Sheltering/Sheltering Support

Plan Template

MASS Mutual Aid Support System

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MAST

 Maritime Analysis Support Team (USCG)

 Midwestern Alliance of Sovereign Tribes

 Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic

 Mitigation Advisors' Strategic Tracker

 Mobile Army Surgical Team

MASTF

 Multi-Agency Sheltering Task Force

 Mutual Aid System Task Force

MAT

 Mitigation Assessment Team

 Mobilization Assistance Team

MATES Mobilization and Training Equipment Site

MATF Multi-Agency Task Force

MATO Mission Assignment Task Order

MATRIX Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange

MATTS

 Marine Asset Tag Tracking System

 Mobile Air Transportable

Telecommunications System

MAUL Mission Assignment Unit Leader

MAV Micro Air Vehicle

Mayday

An international radiotelephone distress word

or signal used by ships and aircraft to indicate a

life-threatening emergency

Megabyte (either 1,000,000 bytes or

1,048,576 bytes)

Mb or mbar

Millibar (metric unit for measuring atmospheric

pressure equal to 1/1000 bar)

MBA Master of Business Administration

MBE Minority Business Enterprise

MBMG Mobile Communications Office Vehicle Manager

MBO Management by Objectives

MBOP Mobile Communications Office Vehicle Operator

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Mbps Megabits per second

MBPS Megabytes per Second

MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act

 Marine Corps

 Member of Congress

 Mission Critical

 Mobilization Center

 Movement Control

MC/EA Mass Care/Emergency Assistance

MCA Multi-Channel Analyzer

MCAD Military Crew Advisor

M-CAST

Medical Capabilities Assessment and Status

Tool

MCB

 Marine Corps Base

 Movement Coordination Branch

MCC

 Major Cities (Police) Chiefs

 Master Control Cell

 Mission Control Center

 Mobility Control Center

 Movement Coordination Center

MCCA Major Cities (Police) Chiefs Association

MCCL Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Crew Leader

MCD Medical Crew Director

MCE

 Maximum Considered Earthquake

 Maximum Credible Event

MC/EA Mass Care/Emergency Assistance

MCEER

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake

Engineering Research

MCEX

Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Specialist

Expert

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MCF

 Mass Care and Feeding

 Movement Coordination Function

MCG Multiagency Coordination Group

MCGS

Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Group

Supervisor

MCH Maternal and Child Health

MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau

MCI Mass Casualty Incident

MCM Medical Countermeasures

MCMC Mid-Continent Mapping Center

MCMT Mobilization Center Management Team

MCO

Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS)

Coordination Office

MCOC Marine Corps Operations Center

MCOE Metadata Center of Excellence (DHS)

MCOV

 Mobile Communication Office Vehicle

 Mobile Communications Operations Vehicle

MCR Military Communications Representative

MCS Movement Coordination System

MCSAP Motor Carrier Safety and Assistance Program

MCTL

Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Task Force

Leader

MCU

 Movement Coordination Unit

 Multipoint Control Unit

MCVs Mobile Coordinating Vehicles (USACE)

 Management Directive

 Medical Doctor

 Moderate Damage

MDA Maritime Domain Awareness

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MDC

 Maintenance and Deactivation Contracts

 Medical Direction Committee

 Mobile Data Center

MDD Metal Detection Device

MDF Medical, Dental and Funeral

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MDGR Millennium Development Goals Review

MDRC Mobile Disaster Recovery Center

MDRO Mission Disaster Relief Officer (DOS)

MDRP

Mission Disaster Relief Plan (United States

Embassies)

MDRV Mobile Disaster Recovery Vehicle

MDS Mennonite Disaster Service

MDST Mountain Daylight Savings Time

MDT

 Maximum Deployment Time

 Mobile Data Terminal

 Mountain Daylight Time

 Medical Examiner

 Mission Essential

MEA

 Major Emergency Action

 Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft

MEAG Major Emergency Action Guide

MEAP Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform

MEC Medical Education Campus

MECH Mechanic

MECO

Mobile Emergency Response Support

Coordinator

MED

 Medical

 Medium

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255

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation

MEDICO Medical Advice (USCG)

MEDL Medical Unit Leader

MEDRED Medical Readiness (OHA)

MEDS Minimal Essential Data Set

MEEMCN

Minimum Essential Emergency Medical

Communications Network

MEF

 Medical Emergency in Flight

 Mission Essential Functions

MEG Medical Evaluation Guidance

MEIR Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation

MEL

 Maximum Emergency Load

 Maximum Exposure Limit

MEMU Mass Evacuation Management Unit

MENA Middle East and North Africa

MEO Meteoroid Environment Office (NASA)

MEOW

 Maximum Envelope of Water

 Maximum Envelope of Winds

MEP

 Municipal Emergency Plan

 Master Exercise Program

 Mobile Electric Power (Generators)

MEPI Middle East Partnership Initiative

MEPIT

Marine Environmental Protection Industry

Training

MEPP Master Exercise Practitioner Program

MERL Mobile Emergency Radiological Laboratory

MERRT

Medical Emergency Radiological Response

Team

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256

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MERS

 Mobile Emergency Response Systems

 Mobile Emergency Response Support

Specialist

MERSA Mobile Emergency Response Support Assets

MERV Mobile Emergency Response Vehicle

MESA Mobility for Emergency and Safety Applications

MESP Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Specialist

MET

 Meteorological

 Meteorologist

 Mission Essential Task

METAR

Management Evaluation Technical Assessment

Review

METAR Meteorological Aviation Report

METL Mission Essential Task List

METOC Meteorological and Oceanographic

METSAT Meteorological Satellite

METT-T Mission Enemy Terrain Troops-Time

MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit

MEUL Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Unit Leader

MeV Megaelectronvolt (one million electron volts)

meV

Millielectronvolt (a unit of energy equal to one

thousandth of an electron volt)

MEWT Mobile Electronic Warfare Technologies

MEXUS Mexico and the United States

MFA Medical Functional Area

MFAS Marriage Fraud Amendment System

MFF Marine Fire Fighting

MFI Mass Fatality Incident

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257

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MFM Mass Fatality Management

MFR

 Memorandum For the Record

 Multi-Functional Review

MFRI Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute

MFTR Manufacturer

mg Milligram

MG Marsh Vegetation (Line)

MG/M3 Milligrams per Cubic Meter

MG-MIN/M3 Milligram Minutes per Cubic Meter

MGMT Management

MGPS Program Group Supervisor

MGRS Military Grid Reference System

 Manufactured Housing

 Mental Health

 Mobile Home

MHA Multiple Hazard Analysis

MHT Mental Health Team

MH/TT Mobile Home/Travel Trailer

MH/TT LEASE Mobile Home/Travel Trailer Lease

MHA

 Master of Health Administration

 Multiple Hazard Analysis

MHC Mobile Health Clinic

MHE Material Handling Equipment

MHEC Military Helicopter Crewmen

MHEM Military Helicopter Manager

MHMG Manufactured Housing Manager

MHMS Military Helicopter Manager Supervisor

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258

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MHS Message Handling System

MHSP Manufactured Housing Specialist

MHSS Manufactured Housing Support Specialist

MHTGR Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor

MHU Manufactured Housing Unit

MHUL Manufactured Housing Unit Leader

MHW Mean High Water

MHWL Mean High Water Line

MHz Megahertz

 Major Incident

 Middle Initial

 Miscellaneous Items

MI2 Multi-Level-Secure Information Infrastructure

MIB

 Military Intelligence Board (DOD)

 Management Information Base

MIC

 Media Information Center

 Medical Intelligence Center

 Meteorologist in Charge

 Obsolete: Monitoring and Information Centre

Replaced by: Emergency Response

Coordination Centre (ERCC, European

Commission)

Micro-REMS

Micro-Remote Environmental Monitoring

System

MICS

Monitoring Information on Contracted Studies

(System)

MICU Mobile Intensive Care Unit

MIDAS Miniaturized Integrated DNA Analysis System

MIDR

Maximum Interstory Drift Ratio (use in

determining structural seismic performance)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

259

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

M&IE

 Meals and Incidental Expenses

 Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses

MIEP Mass Immigration Emergency Plan

MIFC Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center

MIGS

Obsolete: Mobile Integrated Geospatial

Intelligence System

Replaced by: Domestic Mobile Integrated

Geospatial-Intelligence System (DMIGS)

MIH Mobile Integrated Health

MIIS Microsoft Identity Integration Server

Mike Phonetic Alphabet for M

MIL Military Advisor's Office

MILES Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

MILNET

Obsolete: Military Network (DOD)

Replaced by: Non-classified Internet Protocol

(IP) Router Network (NIPRNET)

MIL-STD Military Standard

MILVAX Military Vaccine Agency

MIM Major Incident Management

MIME Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIMMS

Major Incident Medical Management and

Support

MIN Mobile Identification Number

Min

 Minimum or Minimal

 Minute

MIND Maritime Interceptor for Nuclear Detection

MINICAM Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor

MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission to Haiti

MINWG Montana Indian Nations Working Group

MIP Mapping Information Platform

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

260

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request

MIPT

Memorial Institute for the Prevention of

Terrorism

MIRA Multi-Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment

MIRP

 Maritime Infrastructure Plan

 Mexican Interior Repatriation Program

 Military Improved Response Program

MIRV Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle

MIS Management Information System

MIS Military Information Support

MISC Miscellaneous

MISE Maritime Information Sharing Environment

MISLE

Maritime Information for Safety and Law

Enforcement

MISO Military Information Support Operations

MIST Minimum Impact Suppression Techniques

MIT Mitigation

MITAM Mission Tasking Matrix

MitFLG Mitigation Framework Leadership Group

MITT Mobile Implementation Training Team

M-JPEG Motion JPEG

MKT Mobile Kitchen Trailer

MKU Mobile Kitchen Unit

MLA Maritime Law Association

MLAT Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty

MLB Motor Lifeboat

MLD Median Lethal Dose

MLE Maritime Law Enforcement

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

261

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MLEO Marine Law Enforcement Officer

MLETP

 Marine Law Enforcement Training Program

 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (see MLA)

MLH Medium Lift Helicopter

MLI Mid-Term Levee System

MLO Military Liaison Officer

MLOS Microwave Line of Sight

MLRP Multi-Family Lease and Repair Program

MLS Multilevel Security

MLT

 Medical Laboratory Technician

 Melting Point

 Minimum Lead Time

MLU Military Liaison Unit (USAID/OFDA)

MLW Mean Low Water

mm Millimeter (equal to one thousandth of a meter)

MMA

 Major Metropolitan Area

 Maximum Management Area

MMAD Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter

MMC Main Media Center

MMCE Medical Management of Chemical Exposure

MMD Merchant Mariner Document

MMF

 Military Medical Facility

 Multinational Maritime Force

MMI

Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (depicts

shaking severity of an earthquake)

MMIS Municipal Management Information System

MMIT Merchant Marine Industry Training

MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act

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262

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MMPAC

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory

Committee

MMR

 Mass Migration Response

 Measles, Mumps and Rubella (immunization

vaccine)

MMRS Metropolitan Medical Response System

MMS Minerals Management Service

MMST Metropolitan Medical Strike Team

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)

MNAP Mapping Needs Assessment Process

MNF Multinational Force

MNS Mission Needs Statement

MNSP Management Analyst Specialist

MNUSS Map Needs Update Support System

 Medical Officer

 Method of Operation(s)

MOA

 Memorandum of Agreement

 Military Operations Area

MOAA Marina Operators Association of America

MOB

 Main Operating Base

 Mobilization (or Mobilize)

MOB Center Mobilization Center

MOC

 Media Operations Centers

 MERS Operations Center

MOD

Mission Operations Directorate (National

Reconnaissance Office [NRO])

MODEM Modulator/Demodulator

MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MOE Measure of Effectiveness

MOH Ministry of Health

MOI

 Mechanism of Injury

 Methods of Instruction

 Move Out Interview

MOM

 Maximum of Maximums (a large-scale,

catastrophic disaster or event)

 Middle of Month

MOOTW Military Operations Other Than War

MOP Measure of Performance

MOPP Mission-Oriented Protective Posture

 Making Officer Redeployment Effective

(community policing)

 Modular Operational Ration Enhancement

(rations tailored to particular environments

such as high altitude and cold weather, hot

weather operations, etc.)

MORT Mortgage

MOS Military Occupational Specialty

MOSA Modular Open Systems Approach

MOSFET Metal Oxide Silicon Field-Effect Transistor

MOSS

 Management Operations and Student

Support

 Minimum Operational Security Standards

MOTR Maritime Operational Threat Response

MOTAPM Mines Other than Anti-Personnel Landmines

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MOV

 Military-Owned Vehicle

 Move/Movement

MovCon Movement Control

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MOX Mixed Oxide Fuels

 Measurement Point

 Military Police

MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft

MPAC Muslim Public Affairs Council

MPC

 Main Planning Conference

 Main Press Center

 Maximum Permissible Concentration

 Mid-term Planning Conference

MPD

 Maximum Population Density

 Maximum Potential Destruction

 Meals per Day

MPE Maximum Permissible Exposure

MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group

MPF Multi-Purpose Facility

MPGS Program Group Supervisor

MPH

 Master of Public Health (post-nominal

letters)

 Master of Public Health (degree)

 Miles per Hour

MPS Mission Planning System

MPU

 Microprocessor Unit

 Mobile Power Unit

 Mobilization Planning Schedule

MQIT Medical Quality Improvement Team

MQM Medical Quality Management

MQTT Message Queuing Telemetry Transport

 Medical Records

 Medical Response

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Milliroentgen/Millirem (one thousandth of a

roentgen)

Millirem (dosage unit of absorbed radiation-one

thousandth of a rem)

mR/h

milliroentgen per Hour (a measurement of

hourly radiation exposure rate)

MRA

 Mission Readiness Airlift

 Monthly Rental Assistance

 Mortgage and Rental Assistance

 Mountain Rescue Association

 Mutual Recognition Agreements

MRAA Marine Retailers Association of the Americas

MRAM Media Relations Assistant Manager

MRAT Medical Radiobiology Advisory Team

MRC

 Management Review Council

 Medical Reserve Corps

 Monthly Recurring Costs

MRCC Maritime Rescue Coordination Center

MRE

Meals Ready-to-Eat (the main operational food

ration for the United States Armed Forces)

mRem Millirem (a unit of absorbed radiation dose)

MRF Medium Range Forecast

MRI

 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (medical

imaging)

 Mean Recurrence Interval

MRIC Mobile Registration Intake Center

MRL Minimal Risk Level

MRMC Medical Research and Materiel Command

MRO Mandatory Removal Offense

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MRP

 Machine Readable Passport

 Minimal Repair Program

 Mission Ready Packages (Emergency

Management Assistance Compact)

MRR Measurement Residual Ratio

MRRS MERS Response Reporting System

MRSP Media Relations Specialist

MRT Medical Response Team

MRTT Mobilization Readiness Tracking Tool

MRV

 Mobile Response Vehicle

 Monitoring Reporting and Verification

 Multiple/Missile Reentry Vehicle

 Multi-Radio Van/Vehicle

Surface Wave Magnitude (used to describe the

size of an earthquake)

M&S Modeling and Simulation

M/S

 Meters per Second

 Moving and Storage

MS&G Models, Simulations and Games

MS-1 Medical Service – 1 (Hospital)

MSA

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

 Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

 Mutual Support Agreement

 Mission Scoping Assessment

MSB Monthly Statistical Bulletin

MSC

 Major Subordinate Command (USACE)

 Map Service Center

 Marine Safety Center

 Mobile Switching Center

 Mobility Service Center

MSCA Military Support to Civil Authorities

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267

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MSCC Medical Surge Capacity and Capability

MSCLEA

Military Support to Civilian Law Enforcement

Agencies

MSD

 Marine Sanitation Device

 Military Support Detachment

 Mission Support Directorate (National

Reconnaissance Office)

 Minimum Safety Distance

MSDS

 Material Safety Data Sheet

 Manpower Standards Development System

MSE MERS Support Element

MSEHPA Model State Emergency Health Power Act

MSEL Master Scenario Events List

MSET

Marine Security Enforcement Team (joint Royal

Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Coast

Guard Team)

MSF

 Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without

Borders)

 Mail Service Facility

 Mission Support Force

MSFCMA

Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and

Management Act

MSFO Marine Safety Field Office

MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration

MSI Minority-Serving Institution

MSIA Metadata Standards for Information Assurance

MSIC Missile and Space Intelligence Center

MSIIP Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program

MSIS Marine Safety Information System

MS-ISAC

Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis

Center

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MSL Mean Sea Level

MSLO Military Support Liaison Officer

MSO

 Marine Safety Office

 Maritime Security Operations

 Military Support Officer

 Mission Safety Officer

MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board

MSR Main Supply Route

MSRAM Maritime Security Risk Assessment Model

MSST Maritime Safety and Security Team

MST

 Management Support Team

 Marine Science Technicians

 Medical Strike Team

 Mobile Service Tower

 Mountain Standard Time (GMT-7)

MSU

 Management Support Unit

 Marine Safety Unit

 Medical Support Unit

MSW Municipal Solid Waste

 Mitigation

 Mobile Terminal

 Modality Threat

Mt Megaton

mt Metric Ton

M&T Movement and Transportation

MTA

 Material Transfer Area

 Metropolitan Transit Authority

MTBF Mean Time Before/Between Failure

MTF Medical Treatment Facility

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

MTI Methodology Technical Implementation

MTMC Military Traffic Management Command

MTO Marine Tactical Operations

MTOE Modified Table of Organization and Equipment

MTOW Maximum Takeoff Weight

MTP Master Trainer Program

MTR

 Maritime Training Response

 Military Training Route

MTS Marine Transportation System

MTSA Maritime Transportation Security Act

MTSP

 Mass Transit Security Program

 HM Training Specialist

MTSRU/L

Marine Transportation System Recovery

Unit/Leader

MTT Mobile Training Team

MTZ Mutual Threat Zone

MU Medical Unit

MUAC Mid-Upper Arm Circumference

MUDAC

Meteorological and Unified Dose Assessment

Center

MUF Materials Unaccounted For

MULO Multipurpose Rain/Snow/CB Overboot

MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

MV Merchant Vessel

M/V Motor Vessel

MVA Motor Vehicle Accident

MVC Motor Vehicle Crash

MVGP Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Megawatt

 Microwave

 Mixed Waste (contains both hazardous

waste and radioactive components)

 Mount Weather

Moment Magnitude Scale (estimate

magnitudes for large earthquakes)

mW Milliwatt

MWC Missile Warning Center

MWCOG

Metropolitan Washington Council of

Governments

MWD Military Working Dog

MWEAC

 Mount Weather Emergency Action Center

 Mount Weather Emergency Assistance

Center

MWEOC Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center

MWFRS Main Wind Force Resisting System

MWh Megawatt Hour

MWMD Mount Weather Management Division

MWS Marine Weather Statement

MXMS Mixmaster (NWCG)

M-ZONE High Mudflow Hazard Area

N: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Needs Assessment

 North America

 Not Authorized

N/A

 Non-Applicable

 Not Affected

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NAAE National Association of Agriculture Employees

NAAK Nerve Agent Antidote Kit

NAAP Nuclear Accident Alerting Procedures

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAAT North American Aviation Trilateral

NAC

 National Advisory Committee

 National Advisory Council

 National Agency Check

 Nebraska Avenue Complex (DHS)

 North Atlantic Council (NATO)

NACA

 National Air Carrier Association

 National Animal Care and Control

Association

 National Association of County

Administrators

NAC/AEGL

National Advisory Committee for Acute

Exposure Guideline Levels (for Chemical

Substances)

NACCHO

National Association of County and City Health

Officials

NACCD

National Advisory Council on Children and

Disasters (HHS)

NACD National Association of Corporate Directors

NACDD

National Association of Councils on

Developmental Disabilities

NACE National Association of County Engineers

NACED

National Advisory Council for Employees with

Disabilities

NACI National Agency Check with Inquiries

NACIC National Counterintelligence Center

NACo National Association of Counties

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

272

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NACS

 National Emergency Management

Information System (NEMIS) Access Control

System

 NetWare Asynchronous Communications

Service

 Network Access Control System

NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies

NAD27 North American Datum of 1927

NAD83 North American Datum of 1983

NADB National Assets Data Base

NADO

National Association of Development

Organizations

NAE National Academy of Engineering

NAEMSE National Association of EMS Educators

NAEMSP National Association of EMS Physicians

NAEMT

National Association of Emergency Medical

Technicians

NAERG

North American Emergency Response

Guidebook

NAFAX National Facsimile Network

NAFSMA

National Association of Flood and Stormwater

Management Agencies

NAFTA North America Free Trade Agreement

NAFTZ National Association of Free Trade Zones

NAHB National Association of Home Builders

NAHERC

National Animal Health Emergency Response

Corps

NAHF National Association of Hispanic Firefighters

NAHLN National Animal Health Laboratory Network

NAI North American Initiative

NaI(Tl) Sodium Iodide Doped with Thallium (Scintillator)

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273

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NAIC

National Association of Insurance

Commissioners

NAII

Obsolete: National Association of Independent

Insurers

NAIIA

National Association of Independent Insurance

Adjusters

NAILS

National Automated Immigration Lookout

System

NAM National Academy of Medicine

NAMRI Naval Medical Research Institute

NANDA North American Nuclear Detection Architecture

NAO North Atlantic Oscillation

NAOC National Airborne Operations Center

NAOS North American Atmospheric Observing System

NAP

 National AIDS Policy

 Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance

Program

NAPA National Academy of Public Administration

NAPI National Arson Prevention Initiative

NAPSR

National Association for Pipeline Safety

Representatives

NARA National Archives and Records Administration

NARAC National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center

NARCL Nuclear Accident Response Capabilities Listing

NARFE

National Active and Retired Federal Employees

Association

NARP

 National Agriculture Release Program

 Nuclear Accident Response Plan

 Nuclear Accident Response Procedures

NARS National Archives and Records Service

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274

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NARSAP

National Advanced Remote Sensing

Applications Program

NARSC

National Animal Rescue and Sheltering

Coalition

NARTC National Advanced Resource Technology Center

NARUC

National Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASAAEP

National Alliance of State Animal and

Agricultural Emergency Programs

NASAR National Association for Search and Rescue

NASCDD

Obsolete: National Association of State Civil

Defense Directors

NASCIO

National Association of State Chief Information

Officers

NASEMSD

National Association of State Emergency

Medical Services Directors

NASEMSO

National Association of State Emergency

Medical Officials

NASEO National Association for State Energy Officials

NAS National Academy of Science

NASF National Association of State Foresters

NASFM National Association of State Fire Marshals

NASMHPD

National Association of State Mental Health

Program Directors

NASNA

National Association of State 9-1-1

Administrators

NASTD

Obsolete: National Association of State

Telecommunications Directors

Replaced by: National Association of State

Technology Directors (NASTD)

NASULGC

National Association of State Universities and

Land-Grant Colleges

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

275

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NAT Needs Assessment Tool

NATA National Air Transportation Association

NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association

National VOAD

National Voluntary Organizations Active in

Disaster

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATO ACT NATO Allied Command Transformation

NAVAID Navigational Aid

NAVC National Audio-Visual Center

NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988

NAVELSG Navy Expeditionary Logistic Support Group

NAVFOR Navy Forces

NAVSAC Navigation Safety Advisory Council

NAWAS

 National Alert and Warning System

 National Warning System

NAWAS/BCC

National Warning System Bridge and

Conference Controller

NAWC National Association of Water Companies

NAWE National Association for Waterfront Employees

NBAA National Business Aviation Association

NBAC NIEM Business Architecture Committee

NBACC

National Biosecurity Analysis and

Countermeasures Center (DHS)

NBAF National Bio-and Agro-Defense Facility

NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical

NBCRV

Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance

Vehicle

NBF National Boating Federation

NBFAC National Bioforensic Analysis Center

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276

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NBFSPQ

National Board on Fire Service Professional

Qualifications

NBHPP

National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness

Program

NBIC National Biosurveillance Integration Center

NBIS National Biosurveillance Integration System

NBSAC National Boating Safety Advisory Council

NBSCAB

National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory

Board

NBSG National Biosurveillance Group

NBTA National Business Travel Association

NBWDA National Bioweapons Defense Analysis Center

NC&B Nuclear, Chemical and Biological

NCA

 National Climate Assessment

 National Command Authority (DOD)

NCAI National Congress of American Indians

NCAP National Corrective Action Program

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCAS National Cyber Alert System

NCAT Network Centric Analysis Tool

NCATF National Church Arson Task Force

NCAVC National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

NCBDDD

National Center on Birth Defects and

Developmental Disabilities

NCBFAA

National Customs Brokers and Forwarders

Association of America

NCC

 National Coordinating Center

(Telecommunications)

 National Coordination Committee

 National Counterterrorism Center (DNI)

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NCCC National Council of the Churches of Christ

NCCG National Civilian Community Group

NCCIC

National Cybersecurity and Communications

Integration Center (DHS)

NCD

 National Council on Disability

 Non-Communicable Diseases

NCDC National Climatic Data Center

NCDDM National Center for Disaster Decision Making

NCEH National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)

NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services

NCEZID

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic

Infectious Diseases (CDC)

NCFPD

National Center for Food Protection and

Defense

NCFS National Center for Forensic Science

NCGIA

National Center for Geographic Information and

Analysis

NCHRP

National Cooperative Highway Research

Program

NCHS National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)

NCI

National Council of Information Sharing and

Analysis Centers

NCIC National Crime Information Center (FBI)

NCID National Center for Infectious Diseases (CDC)

NCIJTF

National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force

(FBI)

NCIPP

National Critical Infrastructure Prioritization

Program (DHS)

NCIRP National Cyber Incident Response Plan (DHS)

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service

NCISP National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan

NCISS National Cyber Incident Severity Schema

NCIX Office of National Counterintelligence Executive

NCJA National Criminal Justice Association

NCLIS

National Commission on Libraries and

Information Science

NCMEC

National Center for Missing and Exploited

Children

NCMPS National Center for Maritime and Port Security

NCO

 National Coordination Office

 Network-Centric Operations

 Non-Commissioned Officer

NCOC

NIEM Communications and Outreach

Committee

NCOIC

Network Centric Operations Industry

Consortium

NCOMP Non-Compliance

NCOW-RM

Net-Centric Operations and Warfare Reference

Model

NCP

 National Contingency Plan

 National Continuity Programs

 National Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan (EPA)

NCPA National Cybersecurity Protection Act

NCPC

 National Capitol Planning Commission

 National Citizens Participation Council

NCPI National Committee on Property Insurance

NCR

 National Capital Region

 Natural and Cultural Resources

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

279

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NCR RSF

Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery

Support Function

NCRC Office of National Capital Region Coordination

NCRCG National Cyber Response Coordination Group

NCRP

National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements

NCS

 National Communications System (DHS)

 Non-Critical Sensitive (security clearance

designation)

 National Coordinating State (EMAC)

NCSA National Cyber Security Alliance

NCSBN National Council of State Boards of Nursing

NCSC National Cybersecurity Center

NCSD

 National Communications System Directive

 National Cyber Security Division

NCSL National Council of State Legislators

NCSP

 National Cyber Security Partnership

 Recovery Coordination Specialist

NCSRM

National Communications Systems Regional

Manager

NCSSA

National Cartographic Standards for Spatial

Accuracy

NCSWIC

National Council of Statewide Interoperability

Coordinators

NCTC

National Counter-Terrorism Center (Office of the

Director of National Intelligence)

NCUA National Credit Union Administration

NCVIP National Child Victim Identification Program

NCW Net-Centric Warfare

ND Grant System

Non-Disaster Grants Management System

(FEMA’s non-disaster grants consolidated into

one management lifecycle single system)

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NDA

 National Defense Area (DOD)

 No Data Available

 Non-Disclosure Agreement

NDAA

 National Defense Authorization Act

 Natural Disaster Assistance Act

NDAC Network Design and Analysis Center

NDC National Data Center

NDEA National Defense Emergency Authorization

NDEC National Disaster Education Coalition

NDEP National Digital Elevation Program

NDER National Defense Executive Reserve

N-DEx Law Enforcement National Data Exchange

NDFD National Digital Forecast Database

NDHS National Disaster Housing Strategy

NDHTF National Disaster Housing Task Force

NDIA National Defense Industrial Association

NDIC National Drug Intelligence Center

NDMC National Drought Mitigation Center

NDMN National Donations Management Network

NDMOC National Disaster Medical Operations Center

NDMS National Disaster Medical System

NDMSOSC

National Disaster Medical System Operations

Support Center

NDPC National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

NDPO National Domestic Preparedness Office

NDPP NATO Defense Planning Process

NDR Naming and Design Rules

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

281

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NDRF National Disaster Recovery Framework

NDRN National Disability Rights Network

NDRPD National Disaster Recovery Program Database

NDRS National Disaster Recovery Support

NDRSMP

Obsolete: National Distress and Response

System Modernization Project

Replaced by: Rescue 21

NDS

 National Defense Stockpile

 National Defense Strategy

 Nuclear Detection System

NDSP National Dam Safety Program

NDT National Decontamination Team

NDTA National Defense Transportation Association

NDU National Defense University

NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NDW Naval District of Washington

 Northeast

 New England

 Nuclear Engineer

NEA Near-Earth Asteroid

NEARS

National Emergency and Alerting Response

System

NEBS Network Equipment Building Standards

NEC

 National Earthquake Center

 National Electric Code

NECA Newport Chemical Activity

NECC

Obsolete: National Emergency Coordination

Center

Replaced by: National Response Coordination

Center (NRCC)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

282

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NECLC National Emergency Child Locator Center

NECN National Emergency Communications Network

NECP

National Emergency Communications Plan

(DHS)

NED

 National Elevation Dataset (United States

Geological Survey)

 National Exercise Division

 Nuclear Explosive Device

NEDARC National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center

NEDCTP

National Explosives Detection Canine Team

Program

NEDSS

National Electronic Disease Surveillance

System

NEET National Exercise Evaluation Team

NEF National Essential Function

NEFRLS

National Emergency Family Registry and

Locator System

NEFSMA

New England Floodplain and Stormwater

Managers Association

NEG National Emergency Grant

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities

NEHA National Environmental Health Association

NEHRP

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Program

NEI Nuclear Energy Institute

NEIC

 National Earthquake Information Center

 National Enforcement Investigations Center

NEIS National Earthquake Information Service

NELT National EMAC Liaison Team

NEMA National Emergency Management Association

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

283

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NEMB-CAP

National Emergency Management Baseline -

Capability Assessment Program

NEMG Network Manager

NEMIS

National Emergency Management Information

System

NEMSAC

National Emergency Medical Services Advisory

Council

NEMSES

National Emergency Medical Services

Education Standards

NEMSIS

National Emergency Medical Services

Information System

NEMSMA

National Emergency Medical Services

Management Association

NEMSPI

National Emergency Medical Services

Preparedness Initiative

NEMT National Emergency Management Team

NENA National Emergency Number Association

NEO

 Near-Earth Object

 Non-combatant Evacuation Operation

NEOB New Executive Office Building

NEOC National Emergency Operations Center

NEOCC

Noncombatant Evacuation Operations

Coordination Center (DOD)

NEP National Exercise Program

NEPA

 National Environmental Policy Act

 National Environmental Protection Act

NEPPC

National Emergency Prevention and

Preparedness Council

NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NERR National Emergency Resource Registry

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

284

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NERRTC

National Emergency Response and Rescue

Training Center (Texas A&M Engineering

Extension Service)

NERT National Emergency Response Team

NESC

 National Exercise Simulation Center

 National Electric Safety Code

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data and

Information Service

NESEC Northeast States Emergency Consortium

NESHAP

National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants

NESN Necessary Expenses and Serious Needs

NESP

National Environmental Studies Project

Network Specialist

NESPM National EMS Scope of Practice Model

NEST National Emergency Support Team (DOE)

NESWG National Earthquake Strategy Working Group

NET No Earlier Than

NETAC

National Environmental Technology Application

Center

NETAP

National Earthquake Technical Assistance

Program

NETC National Emergency Training Center

NETEC National Ebola Training and Education Center

NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar

NEXS National Exercise Schedule

NEXUS Next Generation Upper Weather System

NFA National Fire Academy

NFAAA National Fire Academy Alumni Association

NFAEB National Fire and Aviation Executive Board

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

285

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NFAR No Further Action Required

NFC

 National Finance Center

 National Fire Codes

NFCA National Fusion Center Association

NFCD National Finance Center Database

NFDA

 National Flood Determination Association

 National Funeral Directors Association

NFDC National Fire Data Center

NFDRS National Fire Danger Rating System (DOI)

NFES National Fire Equipment System

NFFE National Federation of Federal Employees

NFFF National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

NFFS Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors

NFHL National Flood Hazard Layer

NFI

 National Flood Insurance

 Non-Food Item(s)

NFIB National Foreign Intelligence Board

NFIC National Fire Information Council

NFIF National Flood Insurance Fund

NFIP

 National Flood Insurance Program

 National Foreign Intelligence Program

NFIRA National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994

NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System

NFMA National Forest Management Act

NFOP National Fugitive Operations Program

NFP

 National Fire Plan

 Not For Profit

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

286

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NFPA

 National Fire Protection Association

 National Flight Paramedic Association

NFPCA

National Fire Prevention and Control

Administration

NFPE National Fire Protection Equipment

NFR

 National Field Response (ASPCA)

 Notice of Finding and Recommendation

NFS

 Nuclear Facility Safety

 United States National Forest Service

NFSA National Fire Sprinkler Association

NFSC Narcotics Financing Strategy Center

NFSCC National Fire Science Curriculum Committee

NFSLO National Fire Suppression Liaison Officer

NFTS National File Tracking System (DHS)

NG National Guard

NG 9-1-1, NG9-1-1, NG911 Next-Generation 9-1-1

NGA

 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

 National Governors Association

NGB

 National Governing Body

 National Guard Bureau

NGDC National Geophysical Data Center

NGI Next-Generation Identification (FBI)

NGIC

National Ground Intelligence Center (United

States Army)

NGLO National Guard Liaison Officer

NGM Nested Grid Model

NGN Next-Generation Network

NGO Non-Government Organization

NGPO National Geospatial Program Office

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

287

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NGRF National Guard Response Force

NGRS National Geodetic Reference System

NGS National Geodetic Survey

NGTOC

National Geospatial Technical Operations

Center

NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum

NGVD29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

NGWT Next Generation Warning Tool

NH National Hose Thread

NHC National Hurricane Center

NHD

National Hydrography Dataset (United States

Geological Survey)

NHO Native-Hawaiian Organization

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NHPI Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

NHPP

National Healthcare Preparedness and

Response Program (HHS)

NHS National Health Service (UK)

NHSC National Homeland Security Consortium

NHSN National Healthcare Safety Network

NHSPI

National Health Security Preparedness Index

(HHS)

NHSRC National Homeland Security Research Center

NHSS National Health Security Strategy

NHSSS, NH3S National Homeland Security Support System

NHSU National Homeland Security University

NHTSA

National Highway Transportation Safety

Administration

NHV Natural Hazard Vulnerability

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

288

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NI No Insurance

NIAAA

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism

NIAID

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

NIAC

 National Infrastructure Advisory Council

 National Interagency Aviation Council

NIB National Industries for the Blind

NIBC National Interagency Biodefense Campus

NIBRS National Incident Based Reporting System

NIBS National Institute of Building Sciences

NIC

 National Integration Center

 National Intelligence Council

 Obsolete: NIMS Integration Center

Replaced by: the National Integration Center

NICACS

National Incident Control and Action

Communication System

NICC

 National Infrastructure Coordination Center

(CISA)

 National Interagency Coordination Center

(National Interagency Fire Center)

NICCL

National Incident Communications Conference

Line

NICCP

National Interdiction Command and Control

Plan

NICE National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

NICI National Interagency Counterdrug Institute

NICP Nuclear Incident Contingency Plan

NICRAT

National Incident Command Resource

Allocation Tool

NICS

 National Instant Background Check System

 Next-Generation Incident Command System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

289

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NIC/SAO

National Incident Command/Senior Agency

Official

NICU Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit

NID

 National Intelligence Director

 National Inventory of Dams

NIDF National Insurance Development Fund

NIDRR

National Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health

Services

NIEM National Information Exchange Model

NIEOC

National Interagency Emergency Operations

Center

NIER National Industrial Equipment Reserve

NIF

Network Centric Operations Industry

Consortium (NCOIC) Interoperability Framework

NIFC National Interagency Fire Center

NIFCC National Interagency Fire Coordination Center

NIFMID

National Interagency Fire Management

Integrated Database

NIFOG

National Interoperability Field Operations Guide

(DHS)

NIFTI Naval Infrared Thermal Imager

NIH National Institutes of Health (HHS)

NIHS National Institute for Hometown Security

NII

 National Information Infrastructure

 Non-Intrusive Inspection

NII/GII

National Information Infrastructure/Global

Information Infrastructure

NIICD

National Interagency Incident Communications

Division

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

290

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NIIPA

National Information Infrastructure Protection

Act of 1996

NIM-CT

National Intelligence Manager for

Counterterrorism

NIIMS

National Interagency Incident Management

System

NIIS Non-Immigrant Information System

NII National Information Infrastructure

NIJ National Institute of Justice (DOJ)

NLETS

National Law Enforcement Telecommunication

System

NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency

N-IMAT

National Incident Management Assistance

Team

NIMG National Interagency Mobilization Guide

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

NIMO National Incident Management Organization

NIMS National Incident Management System

NIMS SC NIMS Support Center

NIMS STEP

NIMS Supporting Technology Evaluation

Program

NIMS/NET National Incident Management System Network

NIMSCAST

Obsolete: National Incident Management

System Compliance Assistance Support Tool

NiOS Network Inventory and Optimization Solution

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (CDC)

NIP

 National Immunization Program

 National Intelligence Program

NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

291

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NIPF National Intelligence Priority Framework

NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan (DHS)

NIPRNet, NIPRNET

 Non-classified Internet Protocol Router

Network

 Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network

NIPS Numerically Integrated Profiling System

NIR Non-Ionizing Radiation

NIRSC National Interagency Radio Support Cache

NIRT Nuclear Incident Response Team

NIS

 National Immunization Survey (CDC)

 Navigation Information Service (DOT)

 Nonproliferation and International Security

Division (DOE)

NISAC

National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis

Center

NISE National Intelligence Support Element

NISM National Incident Support Manual

NISP National Industrial Security Program

NISPOM

National Industrial Security Program Operating

Manual

NISS National Information Sharing Standards

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NITRD

Networking and Information Technology

Research and Development

NITTF National Insider Threat Task Force

NIUSR National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue

NIVS Non-immigrant Visa System

NJIC National Joint Information Center

NJOIC

National Joint Operations and Intelligence

Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

292

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NJTTF National Joint Terrorism Task Force

NLC

 National League of Cities

 National Logistics Coordinator

 Nurse Licensure Compact

NLD National Levee Database (USACE)

NLDN National Lightning Detection Network

NLE

National-Level Exercise (also referred to as

National-Level Capstone Exercises)

NLECC National Law Enforcement Coordination Center

NLETS, Nlets

National Law Enforcement Telecommunications

System

NLM National Library of Medicine

NLRA National Labor Relations Authority

NLRB National Labor Relations Board

NLS National Language Standards

NLSA National Logistics Staging Area

NLT

 National Leadership Team

 NATO Liaison Team

 Navy Liaison Team

 No Later Than

 Not Later Than

 Non-Life Threatening

NLW Nonlethal Weapons

NLZ No Lone Zone

 Nautical Mile (1 Nautical Mile = 6,080 feet)

 Nuclear Materials

NMAB National Materials Advisory Board

NMAC National Multi-Agency Coordination Group

NMAS National Map Accuracy Standard

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

293

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NMB National Mediation Board

NMC

 National Meteorological Center

 Non-Mission Capable

NMCC

 National Mass Care Council

 National Master Control Cell (National

Exercise Simulation Center-FEMA)

 National Military Command Center (DOD)

NMCS National Mass Care Strategy

NMD

National Mapping Division (United States

Geological Survey)

NMETS National Mass Evacuation Tracking System

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NMI No Middle Initial

NMIC National Maritime Intelligence Center

NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center

NMMA National Marine Manufacturers Association

NMOC

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography

Command

NMRI Naval Medical Research Institute

NMRS National Medical Response System

NMRT National Medical Response Team

NMSAC National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

NMSP

 National Maritime Security Plan

 Recovery Mission Support Specialist

NMSRA National Maritime Strategic Risk Assessment

NMSS Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security

NMSZ New Madrid Seismic Zone

NMT

New Mexico Tech (National Domestic

Preparedness Consortium)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

294

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NMTSP National Marine Transportation Security Plan

NMVTIS National Motor Vehicle Title Information System

NNALEA

National Native American Law Enforcement

Association

NNEC National Network Emergency Center

NNFC National Network of Fusion Centers

NNO National Night Out

NNOB National Network Operations Branch

NNOC National Network Operations Center

NNRT National Nurses Response Team

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE)

NNSS Nevada National Security Site

 National Office

 Nitrogen Oxide (air pollution/acid rain EPA)

No FEAR Act

Notification and Federal Employee Anti-

discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002

No. Number

Nitrogen Dioxide

NoA Notice of Award

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effects Level

NOBLE

National Organization of Black Law

Enforcement Executives

NOC

 National Ocean Council

 National Olympic Committee

 National Operations Center (DHS)

 Navy Operations Center

 Network Operations Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

295

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NOC-HQE

National Operations Center - Headquarters

Element

NOE Notice of Eligibility

NOEL No Observed Effects Level

NOFA Notice of Funds Availability

NOFD New Orleans Fire Department

NOFO Notice of Funding Opportunity

NOGA Notice of Grant Award

NOI

 Notice of Intent

 Notice of Interest

NOID Notice of Intent to Deny

NOIRA Notice of Intended Regulatory Action

NOK Next of Kin

NONREF Non-Referral

NONREG Non-Registration

NOPD New Orleans Police Department

NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NOR Notice of Revision

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

NORM Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material

NORTHCOM United States Northern Command

NOS

 National Ocean Survey

 Not Otherwise Specified

NOSAC National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

NOSORH

National Organization of State Offices of Rural

Health

NOTAM Notice to Airmen

NOUE Notice of Unusual Event

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

296

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NOV Notice of Violation

November Phonetic Alphabet for N

 National Park

 Nurse Practitioner

 Navigation Processor

 Obsolete: National Preparedness

Replaced by: National Preparedness System

(NPS)

N/P Not Provided

NPAD National Preparedness Assessment Division

NPC

 National Paralympic Committee

 National Petroleum Council

NPD National Preparedness Directorate

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System

NPDL Notice of Potential Debt Letter

NPDN National Plant Diagnostic Network

NPDP National Performance of Dams Program

NPES National Planning and Execution System

NPF National Planning Frameworks

NPG, NPGs

 National Preparedness Guidelines

 National Preparedness Goals (includes the

32 Core Capabilities listed in the Addendum

section)

NPIs Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

NPL National Priorities List

NPLA National Preparedness Leadership Academy

NPLNS National Plans

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

297

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NPM National Preparedness Month

NPMA National Property Management Association

NPMOC

Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography

Center

NPOC Next Port of Call

NPOESS

National Polar-Orbiting Operational

Environmental Satellite System

NPP Nuclear Power Plant

NPPC National Preparedness and Prevention Council

NPPD

National Protection and Programs Directorate

(DHS)

NPR

 National Preparedness Report

 National Public Radio

 Nationwide Plan Review

 Nuclear Posture Review

NPRA

National Petrochemical and Refiners

Association

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPRT National Pharmacist Response Team

NPS

 National Park Service

 National Planning Scenarios

 National Preparedness System

 Naval Postgraduate School

NPSBN Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

NPSC National Processing Service Center

NPSH National Pipe Straight Hose

NPSM National Pipe Straight Mechanical Thread

NPSP National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program

NPSPAC

National Public Safety Planning Advisory

Committee

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

298

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NPSTC

National Public Safety Telecommunications

Council

NPT

 National Periodic Test (emergency alert

system)

 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

NPTF

 National Preparedness Task Force

 Network Planning Task Force

 No Plan To Fix

NQS National Qualifications System

 Naval Reserve

 Navigational Radar

 No Response

 Normal Range

 Nuclear Reactor

NR KPP

Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter (IT

Information Exchange)

NRAT

 National Radiological Advisory Team

 Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team

NRB Nonrebreather Mask

NRC

 National Records Center

 National Research Council

 National Response Center

 United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

NRCC

 National Registry in Clinical Chemistry

 National Response Coordination Center

 Northern Regional Coordination Center

 Northern Rockies Coordination Center

NRCOC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations

Center (United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission)

NRCS National Response Coordination Staff

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

299

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NRCSDC

Natural Resources Conservation Service District

Conservationist

NRCSSC

Natural Resources Conservation Service State

Conservationist

NRDA

National Resource Damage Assessment and

Restoration

NRECA National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory (DOE)

NREMT

National Registry of Emergency Medical

Technicians

NRF

National Response Framework (supersedes the

former National Response Plan) FEMA

NRF-CIA

National Response Framework-Catastrophic

Incident Annex

NRF-CIS

National Response Framework-Catastrophic

Incident Supplement

NRHA National Rural Health Association

NRHP National Register of Historic Places (NPS)

NRI

 National Risk Index

 Nuclear/Radiological Incident

NRIA Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex

NRIMC

National Resources Information and Mapping

Center

NRIPP

Nuclear/Radiological Incident Prevention

Program

NRIS National Resource Information System

NRITF Nuclear/Radiological Incident Task Force

NRL National Resource Lands

NRO National Reconnaissance Office

NROC NRO Operations Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

300

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NRP

Obsolete: National Response Plan

Replaced by: National Response Framework

(NRF)

NRPC

 National Railway Passenger Commission

 National Resource Prioritization Cell

NRP-CIS

National Response Plan Catastrophic Incident

Supplement

NRR Noise Reduction Rating

NRS National Response System

NRT

 National Response Team (ATF)

 Near Real-Time

NRWA National Rural Water Association

NS National Strategic (Task)

NS/EP National Security and Emergency Preparedness

NS/EPC

Committee for National Security and Emergency

Preparedness Communications

NSA

 National Security Agency

 National Security Area

 National Sheriff’s Association

 Network Security Agreement

NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

NSAC Navigation Safety Advisory Council

NSA/CSS

National Security Agency/Central Security

Service

NSAT Network Service Acceptance Test

NSAIDs

Aspirin and Other Non-steroidal Anti-

inflammatory Drugs

NSBC National Safe Boating Council

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

301

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NSC

 National Safety Council

 National Security Council (United Nations)

 National Security Cutter (USCG)

 National Standard Curriculum (National

Highway Transportation Safety

Administration Office of EMS)

NSD

 Named Storm Day

 National Security Directive

NSDD National Security Decision Directive

NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure

NSEC

 National Security Emergency Coordination

 National Standard Exercise Curriculum

NSEERS National Security Entry Exit Registration System

NSEPT

National Security and Emergency Preparedness

Telecommunications

NSF

 National Safety Foundation

 National Science Foundation

 National Strike Force

NSFCC National Strike Force Coordination Center

NSGIC National States Geographic Information Council

NSGP Non-Profit Security Grant Program

NSHS National Strategy for Homeland Security

NSI

 National Security Information

 Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting

(SAR) Initiative

 Nuclear Surety Inspection

NSISS

National Strategy for Information Sharing and

Safeguarding (recording of damaging

earthquakes)

NSLRSDA

National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data

Archive

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

302

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NSN

 National Security Notifications

 National Stock Number

NSO Nuclear Safety Officer

NSP National Support Plan

NSPD National Security Presidential Directive

NSPE National Society of Professional Engineers

NSPM National Security Presidential Memorandum

NSPS National Security Personnel System

NSRS National Spatial Reference System

NSRV

National Security and Records Verification

(USCIS)

NSS

 National Security Strategy

 National Shelter System

 National Security Staff

NSSA National Safe Skies Alliance

NSSDA National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy

NSSE

National Special Security Event (designated by

the Secretary of DHS)

NSSFC National Severe Storms Forecast Center

NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory

NST

 National Security Threat

 National Training Standard

NSTAC

National Security Telecommunications Advisory

Committee/Council

NSTC National Science and Technology Council

NSTIC

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in

Cyberspace

NSTISS

National Security Telecommunications and

Information Systems Security

NSTR Nothing Significant to Report

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

303

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Net Tons

 Net Tonnage

 Network Technology

 Non-Transferable

NTAA National Tribal Affairs Advisor

NTAC

 National Threat Assessment Center

 National Information Exchange Model

(NIEM) Technical Architecture Committee

NTAP NIEM Tools Advisory Panel

NTARA National Tribal Amateur Radio Association

NTAS

National Terrorism Advisory System (DHS)

(includes bulletin and alert advisories)

NTC-MW

National Teleregistration Center at Mount

Weather

NTE Not to Exceed

NTED National Training and Exercise Division

NTEMC National Tribal Emergency Management Council

NTES National Training and Education System

NTEU National Treasury Employees Union

NTFI National Task Force on Interoperability

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information

Administration

NTIMC National Traffic Incident Management Coalition

NTIS National Technical Information Service

NTM

National Technical Means (monitoring

verification techniques)

NTMR National Technical Means of Reconnaissance

NTMS

National Telecommunications Management

Structure

NTNFC National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

304

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NTOA National Tactical Officers Association

NTR

 Non-Tide Residuals

 Nothing to Report

N-TRAP

National Terrorism Response Awareness

Program

NTRO National Terrorism Response Objective

NTS

National Traffic System (amateur radio

operators)

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board

NTSC

National Telecommunications Standards

Committee

NTSP

 National Plan for Telecommunications

Support in Non-Wartime Emergencies

 National Telecommunications Support Plan

 National Transportation Safety Board

NTSRA

National Transportation Sector Risk

Assessment

NTU

Nephelometric Turbidity Units (EPA) (air quality

measurement for pollution monitoring, climate

monitoring)

NTVRP Non-Tank Vessel Response Plan

NU Name Unknown

NUCFLASH

Accidental, Unauthorized, or Unexplained

Nuclear Detonation

NUDET Nuclear Detonation

NUEVAC Nuclear Evacuation Analysis Code

NUG

National Unified Goal (traffic incident

management)

NUL National Urban League

NUMARC Nuclear Management and Resources Council

NUO National Utilization Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

305

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NUREG Nuclear Regulation

NUSRS

National Urban Search and Rescue System,

Advisory Committee of the

NUWAX Nuclear Weapon Exercise

NUWC Naval Undersea Warfare Center

NVAC

 National Vaccine Advisory Committee (HHS)

 National Visualization and Analytics Center

(DHS)

NVD Night Vision Device

NVDC National Vessel Documentation Center

NVFC National Volunteer Fire Council

NVG Night Vision Goggles

NVIC Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular

NVL Night Vision Laboratory

NVLAP

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Program

NVMC National Vessel Movement Center

NVOAD

National Voluntary Organizations Active in

Disasters

NVTSA Night Vision Technology Safety Act

NVUE New, Validated, or Updated Engineering

NW Neighborhood Watch

NWARSG

Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Steering

Group

NWC

 National Warning Center (National Weather

Service)

 National Watch Center

NWCC

 National Water and Climate Center (USDA)

 Northwestern Coordination Center (wildland

fire management and suppression)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

306

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWIS

National Water Information System (United

States Geological Survey )

NWP Neighborhood Watch Program

NWR

National Weather Radio (also known as NOAA

Weather Radio All-hazards)

NWRTC Northwest Regional Technology Center

NWS

National Weather Service (National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration)

NWSC National Water Safety Congress

NWSFO National Weather Service Forecast Office

NWTEMC Northwest Tribal Emergency Management

NWWS National Weather Wire Service

NYCC New York Panel on Climate Change

NYCDEP

New York City Department of Environmental

Protection

NYSERDA

New York State Energy Research and

Development Authority

O: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

O/S On-Scene

O3 Ozone

 Office Automation

 Office of the Administrator

 Over and Above

OAA Older Americans Act

OAD Operations Analysis Division (DHS S&T)

OADR Originating Agency Determination Required

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OAFME Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner

OAG Office of Attorney General

OAGIS

Open Application Group Integration

Specification

OAM Office of Acquisition Management

OAN Over the Air Networking

OAO Office of Aviation Operations

OAR

 Office of Air and Radiation

 Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

OAS

 Office of Administrative Support

 Office of Aircraft Services

 Organization of American States

OASD Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

OASH/OEP

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Health/Office of Emergency Preparedness

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured

Information Standards

OAST Office of Accessible Systems and Technology

OAWG Organizational Attack Working Group

OB Official Business

OBE Overcome or Overtaken by Events

OBIM Office of Biometric Identity Management (DHS)

OBP Office of Border Patrol (CBP)

OBS Observation

 On Call

 Operations Center

 Organized Crew

O.C. On Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

308

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

O/C Observer/Controller

OCA

 Office of Congressional Affairs

 Original Classification Authority

OCAO Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

OCB Operations Centers Branch

OCC

 Occupancy

 Office of the Chief Counsel

 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

 Operations Coordination Center

OCC VRFN Occupancy Verification

OCD Office of Community Development

OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

OCDI

Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of

Japan

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OCFOAS

Office of Chief Financial Officers and

Administrative Services

OCGFC Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims

OCHA

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian

Affairs (United Nations)

OCHAMPUS

Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of

the Uniformed Services

OCHCO Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

OCIA Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis

OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer

OCIPEP

Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and

Emergency Preparedness

OCJCS

Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff

OCKO Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

309

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OCLA Office of Congressional Liaison and Affairs

OCLUS

Outside the Continental Limits of the United

States

OCN Optimal Climate Normals

OCO Overseas Contingency Operations

OCOG Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games

OCONUS Outside the Continental United States

OCPM Office of Crisis Planning and Management

OCPO Office of the Chief Procurement Officer

OCR

 Office for Civil Rights

 Operational Capability Requirement

 Optical Character Reader

 Optical Character Recognition

OCRWM

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste

Management (DOE)

OCS

 Office of Cyber Security

 Officer Candidate School

 Operational Contract Support

 Outer Continental Shelf

OCSO Office of the Chief Security Officer

OCSP

 Office of Counterterrorism and Security

Preparedness

 Online Certificate Status Protocol

OCTAVE

Operationally Critical Threat, Asset and

Vulnerability Evaluation

OCTEL Operations Center Telephone

OCZM Office of Coastal Zone Management

 Operational Discipline

 Outside Diameter

ODAM Offsite Dose Assessment Manual

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310

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ODBC Open Database Connectivity

ODC Other Direct Cost

ODEP Office of Disability Employment Policy

ODIC Office of Disability Integration and Coordination

ODIS Offshore Detection Integrated System

ODM Outside Diameter of the Male Pipe Threads

ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence

ODP Office for Domestic Preparedness

ODPHP

Office of Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion (HHS)

ODRO Office of Detention and Removal Operations

ODS

 Official Duty Station

 Operation Desert Safeguard

 Operational Data Storage

 Operational Environment

 Operating Expenses

 Organizational Elements

OEA

 Office of Economic Adjustment

 Office of External Affairs

OEC Office of Emergency Communications

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development

OEG

Operational Exposure Guidance (radiation

exposure control)

OEM

 Office of Emergency Management

 Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEMC

Office of Emergency Management and

Communications

OEMP Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness

OEMS Office of Emergency Medical Services

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

311

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OEP

 Occupant Emergency Plan

 Occupant Emergency Program

 Office of Emergency Preparedness (United

States Department of the Treasury)

OEP Office of Ecosystem Protection (EPA)

OER

 Office of Emergency Response

 Office of Equal Rights

OES Office of Emergency Services

OET

 Occupant Emergency Team

 Office of Emergency Transportation (DOT)

OEWG

Organizational Effectiveness Working Group

(DHS)

 Office of Finance

 Over-water Fetch (unobstructed distance of

wind travelling over open water)

OFA

 Office of Family Assistance

 Other Federal Agency

OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control

OFCR Optical and Fiber Communications Reports

OFDA

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (United

States Agency for International Development)

OFF Offshore Forecast

OFM Office of Financial Management

OFMA Oklahoma Floodplain Management Association

OFO Office of Field Operations (CBP)

OFP Office of Field Programs

OFRD

Office of Force Readiness and Deployment

(United States Public Health Service)

OFSEP

Office of Food Security and Emergency

Preparedness

OGA Other Government Agency

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

312

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OGAT Official Government Acceptance Test

OGC

 Office of the General Counsel

 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGE

 Office of Government Ethics

 Other than Government Employees

OGO Office of Grant Operations

OGSA Open Grid Services Architecture

 Occupational Health

 Overhead

OHA Office of Health Affairs (DHS)

OHCHR

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human

Rights

OHDACA

Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid

(DOD)

OHDM

Office of Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster

Relief and Mine Action (DOD)

OHMD Optical Head Mounted Display

OHMS Oil and Hazardous Materials Specialist

OHR Office of Human Resources

OHRM Office of Human Resources Management

OHRP Office for Human Research Protections

OHS Obsolete: Office of Homeland Security

OHSEPR

Office of Human Services Emergency

Preparedness and Response (HHS)

OHUL Oil and Hazardous Materials Unit Leader

 Occurrence Index

 Office of Investigations

OIA Office of International Affairs

OIC

 Office for Interoperability and Compatibility

 Officer in Charge

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

313

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OIE Office of International Enforcement

OIG Office of Inspector General

OIM

 Office of Incident Management

 Office of Information Management

OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

OIS Office of Immigration Statistics

OIT Office of Information Technology

OIWG Operational Intelligence Working Group

OJCS Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

OJP Office of Justice Programs (DOJ)

OJT On the Job Training

OKC Oklahoma City

OLA Office of Legislative Affairs

OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing

OLAW Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

OLC Office of Legal Counsel

OLE

 Object Linking and Embedding

 Office of Law Enforcement

OLE/FAMS

Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal

Service (Transportation Security Administration

[TSA])

OLES

 Obsolete: Office of Law Enforcement

Standards

Replaced by: Law Enforcement Standards

Office (NIST/LESO)

 Obsolete: Law Enforcement Standards

Office

Replaced by: Special Programs Office

(NIST/SPO)

OLR Outgoing Longwave Radiation

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

314

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OLS

Obsolete: Operation Life Safety

Replaced by: Residential Fire Safety Institute

(RFSI)

OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing

O&M Operations and Maintenance

OMA Operations, Management and Administration

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMC Operations and Maintenance Center

OMD Operational Medical Director

OMG Object Management Group

OMH Office of Minority Health

OMNCS

Office of the Manager, National

Communications System

OMS Operations Management Systems

OMTPE

Office of Mission to Planet Earth (Earth Science-

NASA)

ONA Other Needs Assistance (IHP)

ONC

Office of the National Coordinator for Health

Information Technology (HHS)

ONCL Other Needs Assistance Crew Leader

ONCRC Office of National Capital Region Coordination

ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy

ONEX ONA Specialist Expert

ONRA Office of National Risk Assessment

O number Order Number

OO Operation/Operational Order

OOC Office of Operations Coordination

OoC Office of Citizenship (USCIS)

OOW Officer of the Watch

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

315

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Operational Period

 Organizational Partners

OPA

 Office of Public Affairs

 Oil Pollution Act

 Otherwise Protected Area

OPAC On-Line Payments and Collection

OPAs Otherwise Protected Areas (CBRS)

OPBD Operations Branch Director

OPC

 Organizational Program Coordinators

 Office of Operations Coordination

 Ocean Prediction Center

OPCOM Operational Command

OPCON Operational Control

OPD Office of Policy Development

OPDAT

Overseas Prosecutorial Development,

Assistance and Training

OPDIV Operating Division

OPEN

Open Platform for Emergency Networks

(Integrated Public Alert and Warnings System)

O-PERIOD Operational Period

OPF Official Personnel Folder

OPG Order Processing Group

OPGS Order Processing Group Supervisor

OPHEMC

Office of Public Health Emergency Medical

Countermeasures (HHS)

OPHEP

Office of Public Health Emergency

Preparedness (HHS)

OPHPR

Office of Public Health Preparedness and

Response (CDC)

OPHS Office of Public Health and Science

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

316

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OPIC Office of Preparedness and Integration

OPIM Other Potentially Infectious Materials

OPLAN Operations Plan

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OPO Operation Order

OPORD Operations Order (DOD)

OPORDER Operation Order

OPPA Office of Policy and Program Analysis

OPPRED Operation Predator

OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (EPA)

OPR

 Office of Primary Responsibility

 Office of Professional Responsibility

 Office of Protective Research (United States

Secret Service [USSS])

OPREP Operational Report

OPS

 Office of Operations Coordination and

Planning (DHS)

 Office of Pipeline Safety

 Operational Planning System

 Operations

 Operations Section

OPSEC Operational/Operations Security

OPSG Operation Stonegarden

OPSP Operations Specialist

OPSUM Operations Summary

OPT Operations and Planning Team

OPTEMPO Operational Tempo

OPTL Operations Task Force Leader

OPUS Olympic Properties of the United States

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317

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OPVAL Operational Validation Program

OPW Operational Planning Worksheet

OR Operating Room

OR&R Office of Regulations and Rulings

ORA

 Office of Readiness and Assessment

 Office of Regional Affairs

 Operational Risk Assessment

ORCA Operational Readiness Capability Assessment

ORD

 Office of Research and Development (EPA)

 Office of the Regional Director

 Operational Requirements Document

ORDL Ordering Unit Leader

ORDM Ordering Manager

OREMS Oak Ridge Evacuation Modeling System

ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air

ORISE Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

ORM

 Operation Risk Management

 Other Regulated Materials

ORMG Ordering Manager

ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORO

 Off-site Response Organization

 Office of Regional Operations

ORPA Orthophoto Analyst

ORR

 Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS)

 Office of Response and Recovery

 Operational Readiness Review

ORS

 Oral Rehydration Salts

 Outside Residual Spraying (mosquito control

spraying)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

318

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ORSITREP Operational Readiness Situation Report

ORSP Ordering Specialist

ORT

 Operational Readiness Training

 Oral Rehydration Therapy (to address

dehydration especially of infants and

children)

ORV Off-road Vehicle

 Operating System

 Operations Support

O/S On-Scene

OSC

 On-Scene Commander

 Operations Section Chief

OS&Y Outside Stem and Yoke

OSA

 Open System Architecture

 Operational Staging Area

OSAI Office of SAFETY Act Implementation

OSARP On-Screen Alarm Resolution Protocol

OSB Oriented-Strand Board

OSC

 Office of Special Counsel

 On-Scene Commander or Coordinator

 Operation Safe Commerce

 Operational Support Center

 Operations Section Chief

 Operations Support Center

 Operations Systems Center

OSC1, OSC2, OSC3

Operations Section Chief Type 1, Type 2 and

Type 3

Oscar Phonetic Alphabet for O

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in

Europe

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

319

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OSD

 Office of the Secretary of Defense

 Operational System Description

 Operational Systems Document

 Operations Support Division

OSDBU

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization

OSD-HD

Office of the Secretary of Defense for Homeland

Defense

OSEP

 Occupational Safety and Environmental

Programs (DHS)

 Office of Safety and Environmental Programs

OSERS

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services

OSG Operational Support Group

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHE Occupational Safety, Health and Environment

OSI

 Occupational Stress Indicator

 Office of Special Investigations

 Open-Source Information or Intelligence

 Open Systems Interconnect or

Interconnection

OSIH Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene

OSINT Open-Source Intelligence

OSL Office of Space Launch (NRO)

OSLGC&P

Office of State and Local Government

Coordination and Preparedness

OSLLE

Office for State and Local Law Enforcement

(DHS)

OSLTF Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

OSM Office of Surface Mining

OSO Office of Security Operations (TSA)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

320

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OSOCC

On-Site Operations Coordination Center

(coordinating international relief in the affected

country)

OSP Office of Office of Strategic Plans

OSPF Open Shortest Path First

OSPIE

Office of Security Policy and Industry

Engagement

OSRP Oil Spill Response Plan

OSS Officer Safety and Survival Training Program

OSSPAC

Oregon Seismic Safety Public Advisory

Commission

OST

 Office of the Secretary for Transportation

 Operation Support Team

 Other Storms

OSTC On-Scene Tactical Commander

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy

OSU Operational Support Unit

OSW Office of Solid Waste (EPA)

 On Target

 Other Transaction

 Overtime

OTAN

Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantlique Nord

(NATO)

OTAR Over the Air Rekeying

OTBE Over-Taken By Events

OTC Over-the-Counter

OTD

 Office of Training and Development

 Open Technology Development

OTE Operational Test and Evaluation

OTH Over the Horizon

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

321

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

OTI Office of Transition Initiatives

OTR Office of Trade Relations

OTRS Official Time Reporting System

OTS Office of Thrift Supervision

OTSP Office of Transportation Security Policy

OTVP

Office of Transportation Vetting and

Credentialing

OU Organizational Unit

OUI Operating Under the Influence

OUS Office of the Undersecretary

OUSD (C)

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller)

OVC Office for Victims of Crime

OVI Office of Volunteerism Initiatives

OVP

 Office of the Vice President

 Overvoltage Protection (electrical circuit)

OWCP Office of Worker's Compensation Program

OWL Web Ontology Language

OWMD Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction

OWS

 Officer Water Survival

 Official Work Site

OY Operating Year

P: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

P25

Project 25 (suite standards for the design and

manufacture of interoperable digital two-way

wireless communications products) (see APCO)

P2P Peer-to-Peer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

322

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

P34

Project 34 (wideband aeronautical and

terrestrial mobile digital radio technology

standards for the transmission of wireless data)

(see APCO)

 Personnel Accountability

 Physician Assistant

 Principal Advisor

 Programmatic Agreement

 Public Address (system)

 Public Affairs

 Public Announcement

 Public Assistance

P&A

 Planning and Assessment

 Price and Availability

PA05 Purchasing Agent, $5K

PA10 Purchasing Agent, $10K

PA25 Purchasing Agent, $25K

PA50 Purchasing Agent, $50K

PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange

PAC

 Political Action Committee

 Primary Agency Committee

 Public Assistance Coordinator

PACC Patient Airlift Control Center

PACE Promote Accuracy, Consistency and Efficiency

PA C-G Public Assistance Categories C-G

PACL Public Assistance Crew Leader

PACOM United States Pacific Command

PAD

 Protective Action Decision

 Public Affairs Director

PADC

Patch Authentication and Dissemination

Capability

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

323

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PADRE Protective Action Dosage Reduction Estimator

PA&E Program Analysis and Evaluation

PAECE

Protective Action Evaluator for Chemical

Emergencies

PAES Private Aircraft Enforcement System

PAEX Public Assistance Technical Specialist

PAFR Primary Authority for Federal Response

PAGS Public Assistance Group Supervisor

PAGs Protective Action Guidelines

PAH Poly-nuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PAHO Pan-American Health Organization

PAHPA Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

PAHPRA

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness

Reauthorization Act of 2013

PAL

 Project Activity Level

 Provisionally Accredited Levee

 Public Affairs Level

PALS

 Pediatric Advanced Life Support

 Portable Automated Lookout System

PAMR Public Access Mobile Radio

PAN

 Pandemic

 Personal Area Network

PA-NST Public Affairs - National Support Team

PANYNJ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

PAO

 Pacific Area Office

 Public Affairs Office

 Public Affairs Officer

 Public Affairs Official

 Public Assistance Officer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

324

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PAP Project Application Processor

Papa Phonetic Alphabet for P

PAPD Port Authority Police Department

PAPPG

Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures

Guide (National Science Foundation)

PAPOs Preparedness Analysis and Planning Officers

PAPR Powered Air Purifying Respirator

PAPRS Phone Activated Paperless Request System

PA-PRT Public Affairs - Planning Response Team

PAR

 Performance and Accountability Report

 Personal Accountability Record

 Personnel Accountability Record or Reports

 Population at Risk

 Protective Action Recommendation

 Public Administration Review

PARADE

Prevention, Advocacy, Resources and Data

Exchange

PARDOS Partial Dosage

PARRE Program for Risk and Resiliency Evaluation

PART Program Assessment Rating Tool (OMB)

PAS

 Personal Assistance Services (to provide

support to Individuals with disabilities)

 Personnel Accountability System

 Planning Advisory Service

 Presidential Appointment with Senate

Confirmation

PAs Protective Actions

PASG Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment

PASP

 Protective Action Strategy Plan

 Public Assistance Project Specialist

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

325

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PASS

 Partners Assuring Safer Schools

 Performance Accountability and Standards

System

 Personnel Alert Safety System

PAT Process Action Team

PATCO

Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical,

Other

PATF Practical Applications Training Facility

PATL Public Assistance Task Force Leader

PATRIOT Act, USA PATRIOT Act

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and

Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001

PAWSA Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment

PAX

 Passengers

 Private Automatic eXchange

PAZ Protective Action Zone

Pb Chemical Symbol for Lead

 Prussian Blue (An antidote used for certain

types of radioactive contamination especially

Cs-137)

 Public Broadcasting

PBA Pine Bluff Arsenal

PBAC Policy Based Access Control

PBCA Pine Bluff Chemical Activity

PBD Program Budget Decision

PBD1, PBD2

Infrastructure Branch Director Type 1 and Type

PBDS Prototype Biological Detection System

PBIED Person-Borne IED

PBOP Probeye Operator

PBPB Performance Based Program Budgeting

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

326

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PBRB Program Budget Review Board

PBS

 Public Broadcasting System

 Public Buildings Service

PBSIS Public Building Service Information System

PBX

 Phone Bank Exchange

 Private Branch Exchange

 Personal Computer

 United States Peace Corps

P/C Pleasure Craft

PCA

 Posse Comitatus Act

 Presbyterian Church in America Disaster

Response

 Program Component Area

PCB Professional Certification Board

PCB Printed Circuit Board

PCC

 Pathobiologics Collaborating Center

 Poison Control Center

 Policy Coordination Committee

PCCA

Portable Computer and Communications

Association

PCCIP

President’s Commission on Critical

Infrastructure Protection

PCD Physician Course Director

PCE Programmatic Categorical Exclusion

PCERT

Preliminary Computer Evidence Recovery

Training

PCF

 Patient Care Form

 Pounds Per Cubic Foot

PCII Protected Critical Infrastructure Information

PCII MS PCII Management System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

327

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PCIS Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security

PCLOB Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

PCO Privy Council Office

PCR

 Polymerase Chain Reaction

 Program and Capability Review

P/CRCL Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

PCS

 Permanent Change of Station

 Personal Communications Service/System

 Planning, Coordination and Support

PCSC Preventing and Combating Serious Crime

PCSF Process Control Systems Forum

PCT

 Pacific Coast Time

 Pastoral Care Team

 Percent

 Precinct

PCTARE

Personal Computer Time and Attendance

Remote Entry

PCWHF

Presidential Commission on White House

Fellows

 Paid

 Per Diem

 Police Department

 Policy Directive

 Position Description

 Presidential Declaration

 Program Directive-Outline

P&D Production and Development

PDA

 Personal/Portable Data Assistant (electronic

information devices)

 Planning and Decision Aid

 Preliminary Damage Assessment

 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

328

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PDASH

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health

(HHS)

PDASPR

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Preparedness and Response (HHS)

PDB President's Daily Brief

PDC

 Pacific Disaster Center

 Personnel Data Card

 Policy Doctrine Coordination Branch

 Professional Development Committee

PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Adjust

PDCO Planetary Defense Coordination Office (NASA)

PDD Presidential Decision Directive

PDDNRO

Principal Deputy Director of the National

Reconnaissance Office

PDEV Office of Policy Development, (PLCY)

PDF

 Personal/Personnel Data Form

 Probability Density Function

 Protected or Portable Document Format

PDIM

 Planning Development and Implementation

Management

 Planning Development and Information

Management

 Planning Document Imaging Management

 Power Distribution and Illumination System

(transmits electrical power in an austere

field environment)

PDM Pre-disaster Mitigation (FEMA Program)

PDMF Pre-disaster Mitigation Fund

PDNA Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

PDO

 Pacific Decadal Oscillation

 Program Decision Option

PDOP Position Dilution of Precision

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

329

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PDP Policy Decision Point

PDRP Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plan

PDS

 Personnel Decontamination Station

 Practice(s) Dangerous to Security

PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index

PDT Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)

PE Professional Engineer

PEA Programmatic Environmental Assessment

PEA Pulseless Electrical Activity

PEAD Presidential Emergency Action Document

PEARS

Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition

and Stabilization

PECARN

Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research

Network

PECC

 Provincial Emergency Coordination Center

 Pediatric Emergency Care Council

PED

 Pedestrian

 Pediatric

 Portable Electronic Device

PEDS

 Pediatrics

 Personal Emergency Device

 Portable Emergency Data System

 Property Evidence Division

PEER

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research

Center

PEG

 Performance Evaluation Group

 Performance Evaluation Guide

PEIS Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

PEL Permissible Exposure Limit (OSHA)

PEM Protein-Energy Malnutrition

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

330

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PEMS Peninsula EMS Council

PEO

 Program Execution Office

 Public Education and Outreach

PEOC

President’s Emergency Operations Center

(White House Underground Command Center)

PEP

 Policy Enforcement Point

 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

 Prepositioned Equipment Program

 Primary Entry Point

 Professional Excellence Program

 Project Execution Plan

PEPAC Primary Entry Point Advisory Committee

PEPCCA

Program to Enhance Preparedness for Complex

Coordinated Attacks

PEPP

Pediatric Education for Prehospital

Professionals

PERI Public Entity Risk Institute

PERSTAT Personnel Status

PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PES

 Peak Evacuation Shelter Population

 Performance Excellence Series

PETS Act

Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards

Act of 2006

PETL Prevention Education Team Leader

PETM Prevention Education Team Manager

PFA

 Primary Federal Agency

 Procurement Funding Authority

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

331

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PFC

 Permeable Friction Course (layer of porous

asphalt)

 Police and Fire Commission

 Post Flood Check

PFD

 Personal Flotation Device

 Primary Frontal Dune

PFDMA

Personal Flotation Device Manufacturers

Association

PFL

Person First Language (putting the person first,

not their disability, medical diagnosis, etc.)

PFO

 Principal Federal Officer

 Principal Federal Official

PFOR Principal Federal Official’s Representative

PfP Partnership for Peace (NATO)

PFPA Pentagon Force Protection Agency

PFT

 Permanent Full-Time (employee)

 Physical Fitness Test

 Pulmonary Function Tests

 Performance Group

 Planning Group

PGA Peak Ground Acceleration

PGC Privacy Guidelines Committee

PGD Preparedness Grants Division

PGM

 Program

 Preparedness Grants Manual

PGP Pretty Good Privacy

PGSP Photography Specialist

 Phone

 Power of Hydrogen (solution is acidic or

alkaline)

 Public Health

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332

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PHA Program Health Assessment

PHEIC

Public Health Emergency of International

Concern (a formal declaration by the World

Health Organization)

PHEP Public Health Emergency Preparedness

PHER Public Health Emergency Response

PHI Protected Health Information

PHILIS

Portable High-Throughput Integrated Laboratory

Identification System

PHIN Public Health Information Network (CDC)

PHMCE

Public Health Medical Countermeasures

Enterprise

PHMS Public Health and Medical Specialist

PHMSA

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety

Administration (DOT)

PHN Public Health Nurse

PHIO/GST

Public Health Intelligence Office/Global Security

Team (CDC)

PHOTO Photograph

PHR Public Health Region

PHRBAE

Public Health Readiness for Biological Agent

Event

PHS Public Health Service

PHSP

Personnel/Human Resources Support

Specialist

PHTLS Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

PHUL Public Health and Medical Services Unit Leader

PHY Physical Layer

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333

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Pandemic Influenza

 Principal Investigator (lead scientific

researcher)

 Project Impact

 Project Inspector

P&I Protection and Indemnity

PIA Privacy Impact Assessment

PIADC Plum Island Animal Disease Center

PIANC

Permanent International Association of

Navigation Congresses (also known as the

World Association for Waterborne Transport

Infrastructure

PIAT Public Information Assist Team

PIBAL Pilot Balloon Operation

PIC

 Performance Improvement Coordinator

 Personal Identification Code

 Pilot in Command

 Private Industry Council

Pic Picture

PICCL

Private Sector Incident Communications

Coordination or Conference Line

PID

 Patient Identification

 Permanent Identifier

 Poisons Information Database

PIER Public Information, Education and Relations

PIEVC

Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability

Committee

PIF Policies in Force

PIG Public Interest Group

PII Personally Identifiable Information

PIIU Program Innovation and Improvement Unit

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334

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Personal Identification Number

 Priority Information Needs

PINS Personnel in Need of Supervision

PINX Private Integrated Services Network Exchange

PIO, PIOF Public Information Officer

PIO1, PIO2 Public Information Officer Type 1, Type 2

PIOET

Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging

Threats (USAID)

PIP Proposer Information Pamphlet

PIPS Pre-Incident Planning System

PIR

 Post Implementation Review

 Priority Intelligence Requirement

PITLS Pediatric International Trauma Life Support

PIV

 Personal Identity Verification

 Post Indicating Valve

PIW Person in the World

PKEMRA

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform

Act of 2006

Pkg Package

PKI Public Key Infrastructure

 Padlock

 Planning

 Preparedness Level

 Public Law

PL 93-288

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act

PLA

 Parachute Landing Area

 Principal Legal Advisor

 Property Lease Agreement

 Provisionally Accredited Levee

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335

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PLAN Personal Localized Alerting Network

PLANS Planning Section

PLC Pacific Logistics Center

PLCY Office of Policy

PLE Principal Level Exercises

Plf Pounds Per Linear Foot

PLI

 Position Location Information

 Professional Liability Insurance

 Public Lands and Institutions

 Public Liability Insurance

PLMG Communications Planning Manager

PLMR Private Land Mobile Radio

PLOTS Passport Lookout Tracking System

PLS Palletized load System

PLSL Planning Support Unit Leader

PLSP Planning Specialist

PLSS Public Land Survey System

PLUMIS Plum Island

 Post Meridiem (from noon to midnight =12-

hours)

 Postmaster

 Procedure Memorandum

 Program Manager or Management

 Project Monitor

 Personnel Mobilization

PM10

Particulate Matter of Mass Median

Aerodynamic Diameter (MMAD) less than or

equal to 10 micrometers (NWCG)

PM2.5

Particulate Matter of Mass Median

Aerodynamic Diameter (MMAD) less than or

equal to 2.5 micrometers (NWCG)

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336

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PMA

 Political-Military Assessment

 President’s Management Agenda

PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMC

 Personnel Mobilization Center

 Partially Mission Capable

PMCE Positive Memorable Customer Experience

PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services

PMF Presidential Management Fellows

PMG

 Program Management Group

 Program Monitoring Group

PMIS Performance Measurement Information System

PM-ISC

Program Manager for the Information Sharing

Council

PM-ISE

Program Manager for the Information Sharing

Environment

PML Personal/Personnel Marker Light

PMO

 Program Management Office

 Project Management Office

 Property Management Officer

PMP

 Performance Monitoring Plan

 Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness

 Program Management Plan

 Project Management Professional

PMR

 Patient Movement Request

 Physical Map Revision

 Private Mobile Radio

PMRS

Performance Management and Recognition

System

PMS

 Payments Management System

 Program Management System

 Program Management Section

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PMSP Program Liaison Specialist

PMT Project Management Team

PMTL Protective Measures Target List

PMU

 Property Management Unit

 Phasor Measurement Unit (also called

synchrophasors used to assess an electrical

power distribution system)

PMWG Performance Management Working Group

 Part Number

 Partner Nation

 Project Number

PNE Peaceful Nuclear Explosion

PNG

 Persona Non Grata (Latin meaning "an

unwelcome person")

 Pipeline Natural Gas

 Portable Network Graphics

 Pressurized Natural Gas

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNOV Preliminary Notice of Violation

PNP

 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

 Private Non-Profit

 Protection and National Preparedness Office

PNR Passenger Name Record

PNT

Positioning, Navigation and Timing (part of

Global Positioning System)

PNV Present Net Value

PNWCG Pacific Northwest Coordinating Group

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338

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Personnel Office

 Post Office

 Preparedness Officer

 Program Office

 Project Officer

 Purchase Officer

 Purchase Order

POA

 Plan of Action

 Point of Arrival

 Power of Attorney

POAM Plan of Action and Milestones

POB Place of Birth

POC

 Point of Contact

 Proof of Concept

POD

 Point of Departure

 Point of Dispensing

 Point of Distribution

 Port of Destination

 Probability of Detection

PODS Point of Distribution Sites

POE

 Point of Entry

 Port of Embarkation

 Port of Entry

POEC Ports of Entry Coordinator

POES Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite

POETE Plan, Organize, Equip, Train, Exercise

POETE/OPS

Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training,

Exercises and/ Operations Support

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339

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

POI

 Point of Impact

 Poisonous

 Probability of Ignition

 Program of Instruction

POL Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants

POLAD

 Policy Advisor

 Political Advisor

POLF Points of Light Foundation

Pol-Mil Political-Military

POLREP Pollution Report

POMSO Plans, Operations and Military Support Officer

PoP Period Of Performance

POP-3 Post Office Protocol (Version 3)

POR Point of Review

POS

 Probability of Survival

 Period of Service

POTS Plain Old Telephone Service

POTUS President of the United States

POTW Public Owned Treatment Works

PoUWT Point-of-Use Water Treatment

POV Personal/Privately Owned Vehicle

 Pay Period

 Per Person

 Personal Property

 Personal Protection

 Pilot Project

PP&E Personal Property and Equipment

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340

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PPA

 Partnership Project Agreement

 Performance Partnership Agreement

 Prompt Payment Act

PPACA

Performance Partnership Agreement

Cooperative Agreement

PPAG Proposed Public Affairs Guidance

PPB

 Parts Per Billion

 Plans, Programs and Budget

PPBCP

Professional Practices for Business Continuity

Professionals

PPBE

Planning, Programming, Budgeting and

Execution

PPBES

Planning, Programming and Budgeting

Execution System

PPBM Positive Passenger Baggage Match

PPBS Planning, Programming and Budgeting System

PPC Prevention and Preparedness Council

PPCBP Prickly Pear Cactus Burning Program

PPD Presidential Policy Directive

PPDR Public Protection and Disaster Relief

PPDS Pre-Positioned Disaster Supplies

PPE

 Pay Period Ending

 Personal Protective Equipment

PPFRP Prepared and Perishable Food Rescue Program

PPG Program Planning Guidance

PPI

 Protected Personal Information

 Port Partnership Initiative

 Preliminary Placement Interview

 Pre-Placement Interview

 Progressive Policy Institute

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341

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PPM

 Parts Per Million

 Printer/Plotter Module

 Program Performance Monitoring

 Processing Procedures Manual

PPMG Public Assistance Planning Manager

PPN Passport Number

PPO Preferred Provider Organizations

PPP

 Point-to-Point Protocol

 Prohibited Personnel Practice

PPPA

(Office of) Preparedness Policy, Planning and

Analysis

PPQ

 Plant Protection and Quarantine

 Past Performance Questionnaires

PPR

 (Office of) Plans, Programs and

Requirements

 Prior Permission Required

PPRP Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan

PPS Pre-Positioned Site

PPSP Public Assistance Planning Specialist

PPU Policy and Planning Unit

PPV Positive Pressure Ventilation

PQS Performance Qualification Standard

 Personnel Recovery

 Positive Response (Exercise Series)

 Public Relations

 Purchase Request

Pr Precipitation

PR4 Project Responder 4

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342

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PRA

 Paperwork Reduction Act

 Patient Reception Area

 Patient Reporting Activity

 Priority Redevelopment Area

PRB Procurement Review Board

PRC

 People's Republic of China

 Permanent Resident Card (also known as a

“Green Card” - USCIS)

 Populace and Resources Control

 Postal Rate Commission

 Presidential Reserve Call-up

 Purchase Request and Committal

PRD Personal Radiation Detection Device

PRECOM Preliminary Communication Search

PREP Obsolete: DHS Directorate for Preparedness

PREPnet National Preparedness Network

PRER Peacetime Radiological Emergency Response

PRFA Pollution Removal Funding Authorization

PRIME POWER USACE Engineer Battalion School

PRISM

 Permanent Image Repository of Passport

Applications and Supporting Documentation

 Planning Tool for Resource, Integration,

Synchronization and Management

 Obsolete: Performance and Registration

Information Systems Management

Replaced by: Protective Threat Management

System “PTMS” (USSS)

PRIT Passive Rapid Intervention Teams

PRIV

 Privacy Office

 Privileges

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PRM/BPRM

Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

(DOS)

PRND Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection

PRNG Puerto Rico National Guard

PRO Personnel Records On-Line

PROACT

Protective and Response Options for Airport

Counter Terrorism

PROC

 Acquisition Procurement Unit Leader

 Procurement Unit Leader

PROFLOW Procedural Flow

PROP Property Management Unit Leader

PROTECT

Program for Response Options and Technology

Enhancements for Chemical/Biological

Terrorism

ProTrac Procurement Tracking System

PRP

 Personnel Reliability Program

 Preferred Risk Policy (type of flood insurance

policy)

PRS Primary Receiving Site

PRSP Acquisition Procurement Specialist

PRT

 Planning and Response Team

 Printer

 Peer Review Team

PRVOAD

Puerto Rico Voluntary Organizations Active in

Disasters

 Private Sector

 Program Support

 Planning Staff

 Public School

PS Prep

Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness

Accreditation and Certification Program

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344

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PSA

 Patient Staging Area

 Port Security Assessment

 Priority Shortfall Area

 Protective Security Advisor

 Public Service Announcement

PSAG

Obsolete: Public Safety Advisory Group

Replaced by: Transportation Safety

Advancement Group (TSAG)

PSAMS Personnel Security Activity Management System

PSAP Public Safety Answering Point

PSAT Protective Security Assistance Teams

PSB Planning Support Branch

PSBS Public Safety Bomb Squad

PSC

 Personal Services Contractor/Contract

 Planning Section Chief

PSC1, PSC2, PSC3

Planning Section Chief Type 1, Type 2 and Type

PSCD

 Protective Security Coordination Division

 Public Safety Communication Device

PSCR

Public Safety Communications Research

Program (NIST)

PSD

 Plastic Sphere Dispenser (aerial wildland

firefighting ignition device)

 Prevention of Significant Deterioration

 Protective Security Division

PSEAG Physical Security Equipment Action Group

PSEG Public Service Enterprise Group

PSG Practitioner Steering Group

PSGP Port Security Grant Program

psi Pounds per Square Inch

PSI Proliferation Security Initiative

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PSIA Pounds per Square Inch Absolute

PSIC Public Safety Interoperable Communications

PSIG Pounds per Square Inch Gauge

PSISWP

Private Sector Information Sharing Working

Plan

PSL

Obsolete: Office of Private Sector Liaison

Replaced by: Private Sector Office (PSO)

PSMA Pre-Scripted Mission Assignment

PSMG Private Sector Manager

PSN Public Switched Network

PSO

 Peace Support Operations

 Private Sector Office (DHS)

PSOB Public Safety Officer Benefits

PSOTP Protective Security Operations Training Program

PSP Project Specialist

PSPP Public Safety Partnership Project

PSR

 Personal Service Radio

 Power Soft Report

PSRC Presidential Selected Reserve Call-up

PSS

 Physical Security Specialist

 Planning Support Section

 Project Scope Statement

PSSC Planning Support Section Chief

PSSIT Port Safety and Security Industry Training

PSSP Private Sector Specialist

PSSS Public Safety and Security Specialist

PST

 Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8)

 Police Service Technician

 Public Safety Telecommunicator

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

PSU Port Security Unit

PSUL Public Safety and Security Unit Leader

PSWAC Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee

PSWN Public Safety Wireless Network

PSYOPS Psychological Operations

 Part-Time

 Payload Transporter

PT&E

Obsolete: Preparedness, Training and Exercises

Directorate

PTA

 Parent-Teachers Association

 Privacy Threshold Analysis

 Prior To Arrival

P-TAC

Obsolete: Preparedness Technology, Analysis

and Coordination Center

PTB Position Task Book

PTE

 Potential Threat Element

 Potential Threat Environment

PTEP Project Task Execution Plan

PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene (a fluorocarbon solid)

PTI Positive Threat Identification

PTK Prep Toolkit

PTLS Pediatric Trauma Life Support

PTMS Protective Threat Management System (USSS)

PTN Private Telecommunication Network

PTO Patent and Trademark Office

PTR

 Pointer

 Printer

 Property Transfer Report

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PTRC Personnel Time Recorder

PTS

 Patient Transport Services

 Post-Traumatic Stress

 Production and Technical Services

PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTT

 Permanent Part-time

 Press to Talk

 Push to Talk

PTWC Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Pu Chemical symbol for Plutonium

Public Assistance

Category A

Debris Removal

Public Assistance

Category B

Emergency Protective Measures

Public Assistance

Category C

Roads and Bridges

Public Assistance

Category D

Water Control Facilities

Public Assistance

Category E

Buildings and Equipment

Public Assistance

Category F

Utilities

Public Assistance

Category G

Parks, Recreational Facilities and Other

PUCA Pueblo Chemical Activity

PUCD Pueblo Chemical Depot

PUD Planned Unit Development

PUDA Pueblo Depot Activity

PUG Practical Exam Users Guide

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PUM Public Utility Model

PUP Principal User Processor

PUREX Plutonium Uranium Extraction

PV Photovoltaic

PVA Port Vulnerability Assessment

PVC

 Permanent Virtual Circuits (IT Network

Connections)

 Polyvinyl Chloride

PVCS Polyton Version Configuration System

PVO

 Private Voluntary Organization

 Private Volunteer Organization

PVT

 Pressure, Volume and Temperature

 Positioning, Velocity and Timing

 Private (United States Army)

PVTSAC Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee

 Project Worksheet

 Public Works

PWC

 Personal Watercraft



PWCS Ports Waters and Coastal Security

PWD  Password

PWG Practitioners Working Group

PWIA Personal Watercraft Industry Association

PWIN

Obsolete: Prototype World Wide Military

Command and Control System (WWMCCS)

Intercomputer Network

Replaced by: WWMCCS Intercomputer Network

(WIN)

PWM Pulse-Width Modulation

PWPP Pandemic Workforce Protection Plan

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

PWR

 Power

 Pressurized Water Reactor

PWSP Public Works and Engineering Unit Leader

PY Past Year

PZ Precautionary Zone

P-Δ Axial Load-Deflection

Q: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Q3 Quality Level 3

QA Quality Assurance

Q&A

 Quality and Accountability

 Question and Answer

QAM Quality Assurance Manager

QAP

 Qualified Ambulance Paramedic

 Quality Assurance Plan

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan

QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QBE Query by Example

QBO Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

QC Quality Control

Q&C Qualification and Certification

QCMG

Public Assistance Quality Assurance/Quality

Control Manager

QCSP

Public Assistance Quality Assurance/Quality

Control Specialist

QD Quantity/Distance

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

QDR Quadrennial Defense Review (DOD)

QFR

 Questions for Review

 Questions for the Record

QMP Qualifications Management Portal

QMS Quality Management System

QOP Quality of Protection

QOS Quality of Service

QPHO Quarantine Public Health Officer (CDC)

QR Quality Review

QRB Quality Review Board

QRC Quick Reaction Checklist

QRP Quick Response Program

QRS Quick Response System

QRT

 Quick Reaction Team

 Quick Response Team

QRU Quick Response Unit

QSI Quality Step Increase

QSIG Q interface Signaling Protocol

 Total Activity Released

 Quart

QTF Quantitative Temperature Forecast

QTY Quantity

Quebec Phonetic Alphabet for Q

QUF

Uranium Hexafluoride

Inventory

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R: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

R Roentgen (international unit of x- or γ-radiation)

 Rehabilitation Act of 1973

 Regional Administrator

 Reimbursable Agreement

 Rental Assistance

 Resource Advisor

 Risk Assessment

 Recipient Agency

R&A  Rescue and Assistance

RAA

 Radiological Accident Assessment

 Regional Airline Association

 Request for Allocation Advice

RAAC Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts

RAAW Request for Allocation Advice Worksheet

RAB Reservist Advisory Board

RABC Radio Advisory Board of Canada

RAC

 Reception and Care

 Regional Assistance Committee

 Remedial Action Coordinator

 Regional Advisory Council

 Risk Assessment Code

RAC AC

Regional Assistance Committee Advisory

Council

RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services

RACF Resource Access Control Facility

RACM Reasonably Available Control Measures

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352

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RAD

 Radiation-Absorbed Dose

 Radiological

 Resource Allocation Decision

 Recovery Analytical Division

RADCON Radiological Control (Team)

RADEF Radiological Defense

RADIAC

Radioactivity Detection, Indication and

Computation

RADID Radar Information Display

RADLAB Radiological Laboratory

RadNet

Nationwide System that Monitors Radiation in

the Environment (EPA)

RADNUC Radiological/Nuclear Enforcement

Rad/Nuc Radiological/Nuclear

Rad/NUc CTEC

Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test

and Evaluation Complex

RADO Radio Operator

RAFACS

Receipt and Alien File Accountability and

Control System

RAIC Resident Agent in Charge

RAID

 Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection

 Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAIO

Refugee, Asylum and International Operations

(DHS-USCIS)

RAM

 Radiological/Radioactive Material

 Random-Access Memory

 Remedial Action Manager

 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability

RAMAC Random Access Method Accounting Control

RAMCAP

Risk Analysis and Management for Critical

Asset Protection

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RAM-D Risk Assessment Methodology for Dams

RAMOS

Remote Automated Meteorological Observing

System

RAMP

 Ramp Manager

 Remedial Action Management Program

RAMPID

Remedial Action Management Program Issue

Database

RAMPREP Remedial Action Management Program Report

RAMT Radiological Assessment Medical Team

RAMTAR

Radiological Material Transportation Accident

Response

RAP

 Radiological Assistance Plan

 Radiological Assistance Program (DOE)

 Remedial Action Project

 Resource Allocation Plan

 Resource Allocation Process

 Risk Assessment Policy

RAPID

 Recovery Assistance Programs Information

and Delivery

 Risk Assessment Process for Informed

Decision Making

RAPS Refugees, Asylum and Parole System (USCIS)

RAPTAD Random Particle Transport and Diffusion

RAR

 Regional Analysis and Recommendation

 Resources at Risk

RARE Roadless Area Review and Evaluation

RART Regional Assessment and Response Team

RAS

 Registration, Admission and Status

 Pharmacy/Treatment Administration (HL7)

RASCAL

Radiological Assessment System for

Consequence Analysis

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RASO

Radiological Affairs Support Office (United

States Navy)

RASP Risk Analyst Specialist

RASS Radio Acoustic Sounding System

RAT

 Radiological Assistance Team

 Rapid Assessment Team

RATLS Remote Area Trauma Life Support

RAWG Rapid Assessment Work Group

RAWN Radar Wind Sounding

RAWS

 Remote Automated Weather Station

 Remote Automated Weather System

R/B Roads and Bridges

RBAC Role-Based Access Control

RBCS Rural Business Cooperative Service

RBDF Royal Bahamian Defense Force

RBDM Risk Based Decision Making

RBFF Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation

RBIS Risk-Based Inspection System

RB-M/RB-S

Response Boat - Medium/Response Boat –

Small

RBS Recreational Boating Safety

RBSP Reports and Briefing Specialist

 Reception Center

 Recovery Center

 Red Cross

 Reserve Component

 Refugee Camp

R&C Regulation and Compliance

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355

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RC3

Regional Consortium Coordinating Council

(DHS)

RC&D Resource Conservation and Development

RCA

 Radiological Control Area

 Refrigerant-Containing Appliance

 Riot Control Agent

 Riparian Conservation Area

 Rural Community Assistance

RCAC Red Cross Assistance Center

RCB

 Regional Coordination Branch

 Resource and Capability Branch

RCBAP

Residential Condominium Building Association

Policy

RCBD Resource and Capability Branch Director

RCC

 Reception and Congregate Care

 Regional Climate Center

 Rescue Coordination Center

 Recovery Core Capability

RCCC Regional Consortium Coordinating Council

RCCL Recovery Coordination Crew Leader

RCDCB Regional Civil Defense Coordinating Board

RCDM Receiving/Distribution Manager

RCF Release Conversion Factor

RCG Recovery Coordination Group

RCGS Recovery Coordination Group Supervisor

RCLSC Resource and Center Logistics Section Chief

RCMs

Regional Continuity Managers

Regional Climate Model

RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police

RCO Regional Coordinating Officer

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356

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RCP

 Regional Contingency Plan

 Regional Oil and Hazardous Substances

Pollution Contingency Plan

RCPG Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant

RCPGP

Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant

Program

RCPT

 Receipt

 Regional Catastrophic Planning Team

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCRT Recertification

RCS

 Reactor Coolant System

 Reports Control System

RCSP Public Assistance Resource Specialist

RCT Response Coordination Team

RCTL Recovery Coordination Task Force Leader

RCV Replacement Cost Value

 Regional Director

 Restricted Data

 Rural Delivery

 Rural Development

R&D Research and Development

RDB Resource Database

RDBMS Relational Database Management System

RDC Regional Disaster Coordinator

RDCD Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection

RDD Radiological Dispersal Device

RDF

 Resource Description Framework

 Rapid Deployment Force

RDFS Resource Description Framework Schema

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RDIS Regional Disability Integration Specialist

RDMG Receiving and Distribution Manager

RDO

 Radiological Defense Officer

 Regional Disaster Office

 Regional Duty Officer

 Regular Day Off

RDOS Real-Time Disk Operating System

RDP Regional Delivery Program

RDPC Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium

RDS Remote Delivery Site

RDT Rapid Deployment Team

RDTE or RDT&E Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation

RDUL Receiving and Distribution Unit Leader

 Real Estate

 Responsible Entity

 Reference

Re Revised

REA

 Radioactive Emergency Area

 Rural Electrification Administration

REAC

Radiation or Radiological Emergency Assistance

Center

REACT

 Radio Emergency Assistance

Communications Team

 Radio Emergency Associated

Communications Team

REAC/TS

 Radiation Emergency Assistance Center -

Training Site

 Radiological Emergency Assistance Center -

Training Site

READ Recycling Electronics and Asset Disposition

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

358

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

READI

Response to Emergencies and Disasters

Institute

REAL ID Real Identification

REC

 Regional Emergency Coordinator (HHS)

 Regional Examination Center

RECA Residual Capability Assessment

RECAT Residential Capability Assessment Team

RECC

Regional Emergency Communications

Coordinator

RECCWG

Regional Emergency Communications

Coordination Working Group

RECD Rural Economic and Community Development

RECEO VS

Rescue, Exposure, Confinement, Extinguish,

Overhaul, Ventilation and Storage

RECERT Recertification

RECON

 Reconnaissance

 Reconsideration

RECOUP Recoupment

RECP

Regional Emergency Communications

Plan/Planner

RECS

Radiological Emergency Communications

System

RED Radiological Exposure Device

REDAM

Radiological Emergency Dose Assessment

Model

REDCAP Readiness and Capability Exercise

REDI Regional Emergency Disaster Inventory

REDOPS Response and Defeat Operations Support

RefCoord DOS Regional Refugee Coordinator

REFTEL Reference Telegram.

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

359

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

REG Registration

REHB Responder Rehabilitation Manager

REL

 Recommended Exposure Limit

 Release

RELT Regional EMAC Liaison Team

REM Roentgen Equivalent Man/Mammal

REMM

Radiation Emergency Medical Management

(HHS)

REMS Remote Environmental Monitoring System

REMS-TA Center

 Readiness and Emergency Management for

Schools

 Technical Assistance Center (Department of

Education)

REMT Regional Emergency Management Team

RENC Regional Emergency Notification Center

REO

 Regional Environmental Officer

 Regional Exercise Officer

REOC Regional Emergency Operations Center

REP

 Radiological Emergency Preparedness

 Regional Evacuation Plan

 Regional Evacuation Point

REPLICA

Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure

Interstate Compact Act

REPLO

Regional Emergency Preparedness Liaison

Officer

REPP Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program

REQ-A Request for Assistance

RER Record of Environmental Review

RERO Radiological Emergency Response Operations

RERP Radiological Emergency Response Plan

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

360

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team (EPA)

RESFs Regional Emergency Support Functions

RESL Resources Unit Leader

RESTAT Resources Status

RET

 Regional Emergency Transportation

 Retardant

 Renewable Energy Technology

RETCO Regional Emergency Transportation Coordinator

RETOPS Radiological Emergency Team Operations

RETREP

Regional Emergency Transportation

Representative

REX Readiness Exercise

 Radio Frequency

 Resonance Frequency

 Reserve Force

RFA

 Request for Assistance

 Request for Federal Assistance

RFC

 River Forecast Center

 Repetitive Flood Claims

 Revision Final Coordination

RFD

 Rescue Floatation Device

 Revision Final Draft

 Rural Free Delivery

 Racketeering, Fraud and Diversion

RfD Reference Dose

RFF Request for Feedback (assessment)

RFHL Regional Flood Hazard Layer

RFI

 Radio Frequency Interference

 Request for Information

RFID Radio Frequency Identification

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

361

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RFO

 Ready for Occupancy

 Regional Field Office

RFP Request for Proposal

RFQ Request for Quote

RFS Request for Service

RFSI Residential Fire Safety Institute

RFW Red Flag Warning

 Relative Greenness (a visual representation

of live fuel moisture related to fire potential)

 Review Guide

RGN Region

 Relative Humidity (measurement of moisture

in the air relative to the air temperature)

 Reproductive Health

Rhesus Factor (Blood Typing - Rh Blood Group

System)

R/h Roentgens per hour

RHA

 Reduced Hazard Ammunition

 Regional Health Administrator (HHS)

 Rural Housing Agency

RHAVE Risk Hazard and Value Evaluation Program

RHIA

Registered Health Information Administrator

RHIT Registered Health Information Technician

RHP Rural Health Plan

RHS Rural Housing Service

 Registration Intake

 Remedial Investigation

RIA Requiring Immediate Action

RIAT Rapid Impact Assessment Team

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

362

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RIB Regional Integration Branch

RIC Recovery Information Center

RICCS

Regional Incident Communication and

Coordination System

Richter Scale

Rating the Magnitude (or the energy released)

by an earthquake on the following scale:

Scale 1.0–1.9 = Micro Earthquake

Scale 2.0–3.9 = Minor Earthquake

Scale 4.0–4.9 = Light Earthquake

Scale 5.0–5.9 = Moderate Earthquake

Scale 6.0–6.9 = Strong Earthquake

Scale 7.0–7.9 = Major Earthquake

Scale 8.0–8.9 = Great Earthquake

Scale 9.0-Higher = Greater Earthquake

RICO Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization

RICT Regional Incident Coordination Team

RIF Reduction in Force

RIID

 Radiation Isotope Identifier Device

 Radioisotope Identification

 Radio-isotope Identification Detectors

RIJAN Regional Information Joint Awareness Network

R-IMAT

Regional Incident Management Assistance

Team

RIMS Recovery Information Management System

RIO

 Regional Information Officer

 Remote Infrastructure Operations

RIP

 Routing Information Protocol

 Rehabilitation and Inspection Services

(USACE)

RIPRNet Releasable Internet Protocol Router Network

RIS Regulatory Issue Summary

RISC Regional Interagency Steering Committee

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

363

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RISK Map

Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning

Program

RISM Regional Incident Support Manual

RISS, RISSNET Regional Information Sharing System

RIT Rapid Intervention Team

RITF Rapid Intervention Task Force

RITIS

Regional Integrated Transportation Information

System

RITN Radiation Injury Treatment Network

RKB-LLIS

Responder Knowledge Base-Lessons Learned

Information Sharing

 Recording level

 Repetitive Loss

RLE Run Length Encoding

RLP Repetitive Loss Property

RLS Registered Land Surveyor

RLTG Repetitive Loss Target Group

 Radiological Monitor

 Records Management

 Resource Manager

 Resource Messaging (see EDXL-RM)

 Risk Management

RMA

 Risk Management Agency (USDA)

 Risk Management and Analysis

RMAT Risk Management Assessment Tool

RMCC Rocky Mountain Coordination Center

RMD Readiness Management Division

RMD Risk Management Division

RMD Records Management Department

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

364

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RMEC Regional Military Emergency Coordinator

RMG Resource Management Group

RMI Republic of the Marshall Islands

RMI NDMO

Republic of the Marshall Islands National

Disaster Management Office

RMM River Mile Marker

RMNCS

Regional Manager National Communications

System

RMP

 Response Management Plan

 Risk Management Plan

 Royal Mounted Police (Canada)

 Remote Medical Practitioner

RMRIWFCG

Rocky Mountain Regional Interagency Wildland

Fire Communications Group

RMS

 Radiation Monitoring System

 Risk Management System

 Remote Monitoring Station / System

RMSE Root Mean Square Error

RMSI Regional Maritime Security Initiative (DHS)

RMSP Remote Sensing Specialist

RMT

 Radiological Monitoring Team

 Required Monthly Test (Wireless Emergency

Alert)

 Response Management Team

RMTN

Regional Meteorological Telecommunications

Network

RMTO Resources Management Transformation Office

RMWG Records Management Working Group

 Radiological/Nuclear

 Radon

 Registered Nurse

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

365

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

R/N Radiological and Nuclear

RNA Rapid Needs Assessment

RNAT Rapid Needs Assessment Team

RNC-SAA

Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasure-

System Architectures Analysis

RNCTEC

Radiological/Nuclear Counter-measures Test

and Evaluation Complex

RND Radiological and Nuclear Detection

RNHCIs Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institutions

RNI Reference Nutrient Intakes

RNMCB Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion

 Radiological Officer

 Read Only

 Receive Only

 Regional Office

 Reports Officer

 Responsible Officer

ROB Regional Office Building

ROBCAT

Rules of Behavior and Computer Awareness

Training

ROC

 Obsolete: Regional Operations Center

Replaced by: Regional Response

Coordination Center (RRCC)

 Rally Operations Center

 Rehearsal of Concept

 Report on Conditions

ROCL Recovery Outreach Support Crew Leader

ROD Record of Decision

ROE

 Right-of Entry

 Rules of Engagement (use of deadly force)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

366

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ROI

 Release of Information

 Report of Investigation

 Return on Investment

ROM Read-Only Memory

Romeo Phonetic Alphabet for R

RON Remain Overnight

ROR Released on their Own Recognizance

RORO Roll On/Roll-Off

ROS

 Rate of Spread

 Response Operating System

 Report of Survey

ROSP Recovery Outreach Support Specialist

ROSS

 Radiological Operations Support Specialist

 Resource Ordering and Status System

ROST

 Regional Office Support Team

 Regional Operations Support Team

ROTHR Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar

ROW Right-of-Way

ROWPU Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit

 Real Property

 Responsible Party

 Rallying Point (a designate collection area)

RPA

 Regional Planning Agent

 Remotely Piloted Aircraft(s)

 Request for Public Assistance

 Resources Planning Act

RPBA Recreational Powerboating Association

RPBD Recovery and Protection Branch Director

RPBP Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

367

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RPC Obsolete: Regional Preparedness Committee

RPG

 Response Planning Guide

 Rocket Propelled Grenade

RPH Resource Priority Header

RPIC Responsible Party Incident Commander

RPLC Replace

RPM

 Radiological Portal Monitor

 Remedial Project Manager

 Revolutions Per Minute

 REP Program Manual

RPMFR

Remote Physiological Monitoring of First

Responders

RPO Regional Project Officer

RPOC Regional Point of Contact

RPP

 Radiological Pilot Project

 Resource Phasing Plan

RPPG-S Recovery Pre-Disaster Planning Guide for States

RPPO Radiological Pilot Program Office

RPR

 Repair

 Risk Profile Report

RPS

 Radiation Protection Supervisor

 Radiological Protection System

 Reception Processing Site

RPT

 Radiation Protection Technician

 Report

RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle

 Reportable Quantity

 Readiness Quotient

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

368

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RR, R&R

 Railroad

 Recruitment and Retention

 Response and Recovery

 Rural Route

RRAC Regional Radiological Assistance Committee

RRAP Regional Resiliency Assessment Program

RRB Railroad Retirement Board

RRCC Regional Response Coordination Center

RRCS Regional Response Coordination Staff

RRF

 Rapid Reaction Force

 Regional Response Force

 Rescue and Recovery Function

 Resource Request Form

RRI Release and Return Instructions

RRIS Rapid Response Information System

RRP Regional Response Plan

RRR Readiness, Response and Recovery

RRRV Regional Rapid Response Vehicle

RRT

 Radiological Response Team

 Regional Response Team

RRWG Reward and Recognition Working Group

 Railway Station

 Regional Summary

 Remote Sensing

 Rescue Squad

 Response Support

RSA RSA Security SecureID Hardware Token

RS/T Religious Support/Team

RSAF Rescue Squad Assistance Fund

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

369

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RSAT Risk Self-Assessment Tool

RSC

 Recovery Service Centers

 Regional Support Center

RSCL Recovery Mission Support Crew Leader

RSD

 Radar Storm Detection

 Remote Sensing Data

 Responder Solutions Directorate

RSF Recovery Support Function

RSFLG Recovery Support Function Leadership Group

RSGS

Recovery Mission/Outreach Support Taskforce

Leader

RSI

 Radiation Status Indicator

 Repetitive Stress Injury

RSL Recommended Standard List

RSLTT Regional, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial

RSO Radiation/Radiological Safety Officer

RSO Regional Security Officer/Office (DOS)

RSOI

Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and

Integration

RSP

 Regional Support Plan

 Regular Services Program

 Render Safe Procedures

RSPA Research and Special Programs Administration

RSS

 Really Simple Syndication

 Remote Storage Site

 Resource Support Section

 Recovery Support Strategy

RSSC Remote Sensing Support Coordinator

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

370

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RST

 Reference Standard Time

 Regional Support Team

 Religious Support Team

 Remote Sensing Team

 Render Safe Team

RSTA

Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target

Acquisitions

RSTL

Recovery Mission/Outreach Support Taskforce

Leader

RSU

 Response Support Unit

 Reunification Services Unit

RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Program

 Registered Traveler

 Resource Tracker

 Resource Tracking

 Resource Type

 Resource Typing

 Respiratory Therapist

 Retweet (a re-posting of a tweet on social

media)

RTA Responder Technology Alliance

RTAP

 Rapid Technology Application Program

 Real-Time Analytical Platform

RTC Road to Crisis

RTD Resource Typing Definition

RtePM Real Time Evacuation Planning Model

RTF

 Responder/Response Task Force

 Rich Text Format

 Rescue Task Force

RTF-E Response Task Force - East

RTF-W Response Task Force - West

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

371

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RTI Regional Technology Integration

RTK Real Time Kinematic

RTLs Regional Tribal Liaisons

RTLT Resource Typing Library Tool

RTM Regional Training Manager

RTN Request Tracking Number

RTN MAIL Return Mail

RTO

 Rejected Takeoff

 Response Technology Objective

RTPD Recovery Technology Programs Division

RTR

 Radiation Triage, Treatment and Transport

system (supports medical care following a

nuclear incident)

 Rapid Temporary Repair

RTS Regional Transit System

RTSWG Regional Transit Security Working Group

RTT

 Regional Transition Team

 Return to Target

RUF Rules for the Use of Force

RUL Resource Unit Leader

RUS Rural Utilities Service

RV Recreation Vehicle

RVAC Regional Visual Analytics Center

RVAR

Regional Administrator's Validation and

Recommendation

RVSS Remote Video Surveillance Systems

RVT Remote Video Terminal

RWA Reimbursable Work Authorization

RWC Regional Watch Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

372

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

RWFD Rigid Wall-Flexible Diaphragm

RWP Regional Work Plan

RWS Revised Work Schedule

 Prescribed (Fire)

 Prescription (medical)

 Reactor

Rx Receiver

RXB1, RXB2, RXB3 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss 1, 2, 3

RXCM Prescribed Fire Crew Member

RXI1, RXI2 Ignition Specialist Type 1, Type 2

RXM1, RXM2 Prescribed Fire Manager Type 1, Type 2

RXPL Prescribed Fire Planner

S: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

S1 DHS Secretary

S2 DHS Deputy Secretary

S-2 Intelligence Staff Officer

S-4 Logistics Staff Officer

S-60 DOT Office of Intelligence Security

 Situational Awareness

 Special Agent or Advisor

 Special Assistant

 State Agency

 Support Agency

 Surveillance Area

 System Administration

SAA State Administrative Agency

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

373

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SAAD Safety Advisor

SAADRA

Southern Animal and Agricultural Disaster

Response Alliance

SAAM Special Airlift Assignment Mission

SAAR Secretary's After-Action Report

SAAT Standardized Awareness Authorized Trainer

SAB Scientific Advisory Board

SABA Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus

SABT Special Agent Bomb Technician

SAC

 Special Agency in Charge

 Strategic Air Command

SACC Southern Area Coordination Center

SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)

SACS

 Secure Access Control System

 Security and Communications Systems

SAD

 Seasonal Affective Disorder

 Southern Area District

SAE

 Site Area Emergency (Nuclear)

 Significant Adverse Event

 Stafford Act Employee (Also Disaster

Assistance Employee - DAE)

SAFE

 Screening Applied Fairly and Equitably

 Secure Against Fires and Embers

 Secure All-around Flotation Equipped

 Security and Accountability for Every Port

SAFE TEA

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient

Transportation Equity Act

SAFECOM Safety Communique

SAFER

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency

Response

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

374

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SAFETY ACT

Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective

Technologies Act of 2002

SAFTI

Secure and Facilitated International Travel

Initiative

SAG Senior Advisory Group

SAIC Special Agent in Charge (USSS)

SAIDI System Average Interruption Duration Index

SAIFI System Average Interruption Frequency Index

SAIL Secure Automobile Inspection Lanes

SAIT

 Safety Accident Investigation Team

 Serious Accident Investigation Team

SAL Salvation Army

SALEMDUG

State and Local Emergency Managers Data

Users Group

SALT

 Sort, Assess, Life-saving intervention,

Treatment/Transport

 Solution-Oriented, Articulate, Legally-

Sufficient, and Timely

SAM

 Security Advisory Memorandum

 Severe Acute Malnutrition

 System for Award Management

 Station for Atmospheric Measurements

 Surface to Air Missile

SAME Specific Area Message Encoding

SAMHSA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (HHS)

SAML Security Assertion Markup Language

SAMP Special Area Management Plan

SAN Storage Area Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

375

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SANS

 Ship Arrival Notification System

 System Admin, Audit, Network, Security

 System Administration and Network Security

SAO

 Security Advisory Opinion (DHS)

 State Approving Officer/Official

SAP

 Special Access Program

 State Action Plan

 State Administrative Plan

 Simplified Acquisition Procedure

SAR

 Safety Analysis Report

 Search and Rescue

 Sector Annual Reports

 Special Access Required

 Suspicious Activity Report(ing)

 Site Access Request

SARA

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization

Act

SARDA

State Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage

Assessment

SAREX Search and Rescue Exercise

SARS

 Security Activities Reporting System

 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking

SART

 Search and Rescue Transponder

 State Animal Response Team

SAS

 Scientific Analysis Section

 Situational Awareness Section

 Situational Support Section

SASC Situational Awareness Section Chief

SASP Safety Specialist

SASS Student Administration and Scheduling System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

376

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SASSM Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing

SAST Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team

SAT

 Satellite

 Search Augmentation Team

 Simplified Acquisition Threshold

 Shelter Assessment Tool

SATCOM Satellite Communications

SATERN Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network

SATO Scheduled Airline Ticket Office

SAV

 Site Assistance Visit

 Staff Assistance Visit

SAVE Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements

SAVER

 Systems Assessment Validation for

Emergency Responders (DHS)

 Systems Assessment and Validation and

Equipment Response (DHS)

SAVI Suspect and Violator Indices

SAWS Seismic Analysis of Wood Frame Structures

SBA

 Shared Border Accord

 Small Business Administration

SBAL Small Business Administration Liaison

SBACC Shared Border Accord Coordination Committee

SBC Southern Baptist Convention

SBCCI

Obsolete: Southern Building Code Congress

International

SBCCOM

Soldier and Biological Chemical Command

(United States Army)

SBD

 Smart Border Declaration

 Strategic Policy and Budget Division (S&T)

SBDC Small Business Development Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

377

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SBI

 Secure Border Initiative

 Special Background Investigation

SBINET Secure Border Initiative Network

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SBL Straight Bill of Lading

SBOL Straight Bill of Lading

S-BOSS Scenario-Based Orientation for Senior Staff

SBSP Small Business Set-Aside Program

SBU Sensitive But Unclassified

 Sanctioned Community (National Flood

Insurance Program)

 Section Chief

 Strategic Communication

 Steering Committee

 Study Contractor

SCA

 Small Craft Advisory (Magazine)

 Space Coordinating Authority

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (type

of computerize industrial control system)

SCAT

 Security Control of Air Traffic

 Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique

 Space Coast Area Transit (Florida)

SCATANA

Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation

Aids

SCBA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

SCC

 Secretary's Command Center

 Sector Coordinating Council

 Standards Coordinating Council

SCC-WMD

United States Strategic Command Center for

Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction

SCD Service Computation Date

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

378

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SCEC Southern California Earthquake Center

SCEPC

Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee

(NATO)

SCF Surge Capacity Force

SCG Security Classification Guide

SCHIP State's Child Health Insurance Program

SCI

 Sensitive Compartmented Information

 Security and Counterintelligence Interviews

 Supply Chain Intelligence

SCIC Software Control Integration Center

SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SCIP Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan

SCKN Status/Check-In Recorder

SCEM Supply Chain Event Management

SCIP Statewide Communication Interoperable Plan

SCM

 Supply Chain Management

 Survivable Crisis Management

S&CM Strategic and Critical Materials

SCO

 Screening Coordination Office (PLCY)

 Shareable Content Object

 State Coordinating Officer / Office

 Senior Contracting Official / Officer

SCOPE

Systems, Capabilities, Operations, Programs

and Enterprises

SCORE

 Service Corps of Retired Executives

 Special Cyber Operations Research and

Engineering

SCORM Shareable Content Object Reference Model

SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

379

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SCP

 Sealift Capability Package

 Security Control Point

SCR

 Silicon Controlled Rectifier

 Software/System Change Request

SCRAG

Senior Civilian Representative of the Attorney

General

SCRR Special Conversion Recommendation Report

SCS Soil and Conservation Service

SCSC Source Control Support Coordinator

SCSEP Senior Citizen Service Employment Program

SCSN Southern California Seismic Network

SCTF State Coordination Task Force (CDC)

SCUB Scuba Diver

 Security Directive

 Severe Damage

 Static Data

SD&D System Development and Demonstration

SDA

 Senior Development Advisor

 Seventh Day Adventist

SDC Seismic Design Category

SDCA Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency

SDCL

Floodplain Management Substantial Damage

Crew Leader

SDD Software Development Division

SDF Special Direct Facility

SDI State Disability Insurance

SDK Software Development Kit

SDLC Systems Development Lifecycle

SDLO Senior Disaster Logistics Officer or Official

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

380

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SDM Scenario Development Message

SDO

 Staff Duty Officer

 Standards Development Organization

SDP

 Secretarial Development Program

 Service Delivery Point

 Software Development Plan

SDPWS Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic

SDR

 SAR Data Repository (Suspicious Activity

Report)

 Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction

SDRC State Disaster Recovery Coordinator

SDSC Software Development Service Center

SDSFIE

Spatial Data Standard for Facilities,

Infrastructure and Environment

SDTS

 Spatial Data Transfer Standard

 Spatial Data Transfer System

SDUSM Special Deputy U. S. Marshal

SDVOSB

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small

Business

SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act

SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System

S&E Salaries and Expenses

SEAOC Structural Engineers Association of California

SEAONC

Structural Engineers Association of Northern

California

SEAR Special Events Assessment Rating

SEAT Single Engine Air Tankers

SEB Staphylococcus Enterotoxin Type B

sec Seconds

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

381

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SEC

 (Office of the) Secretary

 Secretary

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 Security

SEC1, SEC2 Security Specialist Level 1, Level 2

SECARMY Secretary of the Army

SECC State Emergency Coordination Center

SECDEF Secretary, Department of Defense

SECDHS Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

SECG Security Guard (not law enforcement)

SECHHS

Secretary, Department of Health and Human

Services

SECLAN Secure Local Area Network

SECM Security Manager

SECT

 Section

 Security Technician

SECURE

Obsolete: Strategic Communications Resources

Effort

SED

 Shippers Export Declaration

 Systems Engineering and Development

 Systems Engineering Directorate (National

Reconnaissance Office)

SEHS Special Events Homeland Security

SEI

 Software Engineering Institute

 Special Experience Identifier

 Structural Engineering Institute

SEL

Standardized Equipment List (Interagency

Board)

SELC Systems Engineering Lifecycle

SELS Severe Local Storms

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

382

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SEMA State Emergency Management Agency

SEMG Security Manager

SEMO State Emergency Management Office /Official

SEMS Standardized Emergency Management System

SENTINEL

Securing the Nation through Infrastructure

Enhancements Locally

SENTRI

Secure Electronic Network for Traveler's Rapid

Inspection

SENTRY

SENTRY database (United States Federal

Bureau of Prisons)

SEO Senior Energy Official

SEOC

 Simulated Emergency Operations Center

 State Emergency Operations Center

SEP State Emergency Plan

SEPLO State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer

SEPTEL Separate Telegram

SERC State Emergency Response Commission ( EPA)

SERF Standard Exercise Report Form/Format

SERFC Southeast River Forecast Center (NWS)

SERL Special Events Readiness Level

SERL I

Unique Event Requiring Full Support of United

States Government

SERL II

Primary Event Requiring Local Resource

Augmentation and Limited Pre-deployment of

United States Government Assets

SERL III

Secondary Event Requiring Limited Local

Resource Augmentation and Limited Pre-

deployment of United States Government

assets

SERL IV

Minor Event Generally Requiring no United

States Government Asset Support

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

383

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SERRI Southeast Region Research Initiative

SERT

 Secretary's Emergency Response Team

(HHS)

 Significant Events Response Team

 State Emergency Response Team (DHS)

SES Senior Executive Service (Federal Government)

SES CDP

Senior Executive Service Candidate

Development Program (DHS)

SESP Security Specialist

SET Source Evaluation Team

SETCP Southeast Transportation Corridor Pilot

SEUS Snow Estimation and Updating System

SEVIS

Student and Exchange Visitor Information

System

SEVP Student and Exchange Visitor Program

 Safety

 Square Foot/Feet

 Security Forces

 Security Function

 Special Facility

 Special Forces

 Standard Form

Sulfur Hexafluoride (extremely potent

greenhouse gas)

SFAR Special Federal Aviation Regulation

SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area

SFI Secure Freight Initiative

SFIP Standard Flood Insurance Policy

SFLEO

Senior Federal Law Enforcement Officer or

Official

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

384

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SFO

 Safety Officer

 Senior FEMA Official

 State Field Office

 State Field Officer

 Standard Firefighting Order

 Satellite Field Office

 Obsolete: Senior Federal Official

Replaced by: Senior Official

SFO1, SFO2, SFO3

Safety Officer Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3

(NWCG)

SFP

 Security Function Policy

 Supplementary Feeding Program

SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers

SFPUC San Francisco Public Utility Commission

SFRS Seismic-Force-Resisting System

SFSO Senior Financial Services Officer

SFSP Summer Food Service Program

 Secretary General

 Specification Group

 Surgeon General

SGE Special Government Employee

SGIP Smart Grid Interoperability Panel

SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language

SGTP Society of Government Travel Professionals

SGTR Steam Generator Tube Rupture

SGTS Standard Gas Treatment System

SHA

 Secure Hash Algorithm

 Senior Humanitarian Advisor (USAID)

SHARE Safety, Health and Return-to-Employment

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

385

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Shared Resource (NCS high frequency radio

network)

SHARP Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects

SHCP Strategic Human Capital Plan

SHEF Standard Hydrologic Exchange Format Code

SHELDUS

Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for

the United States

SHFT Sheltering and Housing Field Team

SHHS Secretary of Health and Human Services

SHIELD

Strategic Hazards Identification Evaluation for

Leadership Decisions

SHIRA

Strategic Homeland Infrastructure Risk

Assessment

SHMO State Hazard Mitigation Officer

SHMP State Hazard Mitigation Program

SHO

 Safety and Health Official

 State Health Officer

 Senior Health Official

SHP

Shapefile (geospatial vector data format for GIS

software)

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office

SHSAS

State Homeland Security Assessment and

Strategy

SHSEEP

State Homeland Security Exercise and

Evaluation Program

SHSI Sensitive Homeland Security Information

SHSP State Homeland Security Program

SHSS State Homeland Security Strategy

SHWT Safety and Health Working Team

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

386

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Secure Identification

 Special Interest

 Smoke Inhalation

SIA

 Special Interest Alien

 Social Impact Assessment

 Station of Initial Assignment

SIAM Structure Ignition Assessment Model

SICCL

State Incident Communications Coordination or

Conference Line

SICG Senior Interagency Coordination Group

SICPS Standard Integrated Command Post Shelter

SID

 Station Identifier

 System Identifier

SIDA

 Security Identification Display Area

 Swedish International Development Agency

SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SIEC State Interoperability Executive Committee

SIED Special Improvised Explosive Device

Sierra Phonetic Alphabet for S

SIES

Office of Strategic Industries and Economic

Security

SIF

 Selective Identification Feature

 Standard Interchange Format

 System Integrator Forum

 Source Image Format

SIG

 Signal

 Senior Interdepartmental Group

 Strategic Implementation Group

 Special Interest Group(s)

sig Signature

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

387

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SIGB Statewide Interoperability Governance Body

SIGINT

 Signals Intelligence

 Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition

Directorate (NRO)

SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information

SIGSEC Signals Security

SII Security/Suitability Investigations Index

SIIA Software and Information Industry Association

SIMBAD

Sensor Integration and Modeling for Biological

Agent Detection

SIMCELL Simulation Cell

SIMCEN Simulation Center

SIMWYE

Reversible Siamese (NWCG) (type of hose

fitting)

SIN Standing Information Needs

SIO

 Senior Infrastructure Officer

 Senior Intelligence Officer

SIOC

 Strategic Information and Operations Center

(FBI)

 Space Information Operations Directorate

(DOD)

SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan

SIP

 Shelter Implementation Plan

 Shelter-In-Place

 Sooner If Possible (similar to ASAP)

 State Implementation Plan

 Strategic Inflection Point

 Streamlined Inspection Program

SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (DOD)

SIR Signal to Interference Ratio

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

388

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SIRIXS

Secure Infrastructure for Rapid Information

Exchange Solution

SIS Small Island States

SISP Single Integrated Space Picture (DOD)

SISSSC

Senior Information Sharing and Safeguarding

Steering Committee (White House Interagency

Committee)

SIT Situation Reporting System

SIT REPORT Interagency Management Situation Report

SITL Situation Unit Leader

SITMAN Situation Manual

SitRep Situation Report

SITROOM Situation Room

SITSTAT Situation Status

SJA

 Safe Job Analysis (hazardous workplaces)

 Strategy, Justification and Approval

 Senior Level

 Social Listening

S&L

 Savings and Loan

 State and Local

SLA

 Service Level Agreement

 State and Local Assistance

SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar

SLB Senior Leader Brief

SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

SLC

 Subscriber Line Carrier

 Senior Logistics Consultant/Contractor

 State Level Coordinator

 System Life Cycle

SLCGP State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

389

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SLEA Senior Law Enforcement Advisor

SLE State and Local Exercise

Sleeping Dragon

Term used to identify a barrier of protesters

who have linked themselves to one another to

cause disruption

S/L EM State/Local Emergency Management

SLEP State and Local Exercise Program

SLFC State and Local Fusion Center

SLG State and Local Guide

SLGCP

Obsolete: Office of State and Local Government

Coordination and Preparedness

Replaced by: NPPD

SLICERS

Size Up Scene, Locate Fire, Identify and Control

Flow Path, Cool Heated Space, Extinguish Fire,

Rescue and Salvage

S/L LE State and Local Law Enforcement

SLM Sound Level Meter

SLO State Liaison Officer

SLOSH

Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from

Hurricanes

SLP State and Local Program

SLPA Sea Level Pressure Anomaly

SLPS

Obsolete: State and Local Programs and

Support Directorate

SLR Sea Level Rise

SLR

 State Liaison Representative

 Social Listening Report

SLRFC State, Local and Regional Fusion Center

SLSAC

State and Local Officials Senior Advisory

Committee

SLT State, Local and Tribal

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

390

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SLTT State, Local, Tribal and Territorial

SLTTGCC

State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government

Coordinating Council

SLUDGEM

Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation,

Gastric Distress, Emesis and Mitosis

 Shelter Management

 Student Manual

SMA

 Software Maintenance Agreement

 State Mutual Aid

SMAC State Mapping Advisory Committee

SMAD Space Mission Analysis and Design

SMARA Survivor Mobile Application Reporting Analysis

SMART

 Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic

and Timely

 Survivor Mobile Application Reporting Tool

SMB Secretary's Morning Brief

SMC Specialty/Specialized Management Center

SMCC System Management Control Center

SME Subject Matter Expert

SME PED

Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic

Device

SMG Specialty Management Group

SMHA State Mental Health Agency

SMI

 Safety Management Institute

 Severe Mental Illness

 Smithsonian Institute

S-MIME Secure MIME

SMJ Smokejumper

SMMA Standard Mitigation Measures Agreement

SMO Security Management Office

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

391

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SMP State Mitigation Plan

SMPS Switch Mode Power Supply

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television

Engineers

SMRS Specialized Mobile Radio System

SMS

 Short Message Service (also known as text

messaging)

 Software Management System

 Systems Management Server

SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

SMSD State-Managed Small Disaster

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SMU

 Shelter Management Unit

 Special Mission Unit

SMURC Satellite Mobile US&R Resupply Cache

SN Serial Number

SNA

 Survivable Network Analysis

 Social Network Analysis

SNAP

 Significant New Alternatives Policy

 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

SNJTK Special Needs Jurisdiction Tool Kit

SNL Sandia National Laboratory

SNM Special/Specific Nuclear Material

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SNO Statement of No Objection

SNOMED Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

SNPRM

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(see ANPRM and NPRM)

SNR Signal to Noise (S/N) Ratio

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

392

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SNRA Strategic National Risk Assessment

SNS Strategic National Stockpile (CDC)

SNSEE

School for National Security Executive

Education (NDU)

S number Supply number

SNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information

 Safety Officer

 Sheriff’s Office

 Significant Other

 Supervisor's Office

 System Owner

SOA

 Safe Operating Area

 Service Oriented Architecture

SOAP

 Simple Object Access Protocol

 Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program

SOB

 Shortness of Breath

 Souls On Board (communicates the number

of living humans on board a ship or aircraft)

SOBA States Organization for Boating Access

SOC

 Secretary's Operations Center (HHS)

 Security Operations Center (DHS)

 State Operations Center

 Space Operations Command

 Standard(s) of Care

SOCA Seed Key-ONLY COMSEC Account

SOCMA

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers

Association

SOE

 Senior Officials Exercise (DHS Exercise

Evaluation Program (DHS-EEP)

 Summary of Expenses

SOF

 Special Operations Force

 Strength Of Function

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

393

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SOF1, SOF2 Safety Officer Type 1, Type 2 (NWCG)

SOFA Status of Forces Agreement

SOFE

Second-Order Fire Effects (NWCG) (the

secondary effects from a fire event)

SOFR Safety Officer, Line (NWCG)

SOG

 Seat of Government

 Standard Operating Guideline

SOI Southern Oscillation Index

SOIC Senior Official of the Intelligence Community

SOJTF Special Operations Joint Task Force

SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea

SOLGEN Solicitor General

SOLIC Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict

SOLRAD Solar Radiation

SOMA Summary of Map Actions

SON Statement of Need

SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging

SONET Synchronous Optical Network

SONS Spill of National Significance

SOO

 Statement of Objective

 Senior Operations Officer

SOP

 Safe Operating Procedure

 Standard/Standing Operating Procedure

SoP Scope of Practice

SOPEP Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

SOR, SoR Statement of Requirements

SORDS Stand-Off Radiation Detection System

SORH State Offices of Rural Health

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

394

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SORN System of Record Notice

SORS Spilled Oil Recovery Systems

SOS

 Code Visual or Auditory Distress Signal) Save

Our Souls or Save Our Ship (International

Morse

 Software Operating System

 Status of Studies

SOSC

 State On-Scene Coordinator

 Strategic Operations Section Chief

SOU

 Special Operations Unit

 Statement of Understanding

SOUTHCOM United States Southern Command

SOW

 Statement of Work

 Scope of Work

 Shore Patrol

 Single Pedestal (FEMA Structural Elevation)

 Spanish

 Standard Procedure

 State Police

SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

SPC

 Storm Prediction Center

 Specification

SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

SPD Special Programs Division (S&T)

SPE

 Skill Performance Evaluation

 Strategic Planning and Evaluation

SPEGL Short-term Public Emergency Guidance Level

SPEI

Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration

Index

SPEMAMA

State and Province Emergency Management

Assistance Memorandum of Agreement

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

395

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SPEN State Police Emergency Network

SPG

 Senior Policy Group

 Strategic Planning Guide

SPII Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information

SPIRIT

Security, Planning and Integrated Resources for

Information Technology

SPL Single Pedestal Left

SPLASH

Special Program to List the Amplitude of Surge

from Hurricanes

SPM System Programming and Maintenance

SPMG Supply Manager

SPD State Police Department

SPO

 Security and Protection Officer

 Senior Program Officer

 Shore Patrol Officer

 Strategic Planning Office

SPOC

 Single Point of Contact

 Staffing Point of Contact

SPOD Seaport of Debarkation

SPOE Seaport of Embarkation

SPOT

 Satellite Positioning and Tracking

 Screening of Passengers by Observation

Techniques

 Single Point Order Tracking

SPOTREP

Spot Report (one-time reports used to transmit

intelligence or information of immediate value)

SPP

 Screening Partnership Program (TSA)

 Security Policies and Procedures

 State Partnership Program (United States

National Guard)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

396

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SPR

 Single Pedestal Right

 Special Problem Report

 Stakeholder Preparedness Review

 Strategic Petroleum Reserve

SPRB Senior Performance Review Board

SPRL Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory

SPSCIF

Semi-Permanent Sensitive Compartmented

Information Facility

SPSP Supply Specialist

SPUL Supply Unit Leader

SPWC Space Weather Prediction Center

 Signal Quality

 Squadron

 Square

SQL Structured Query Language

SR Single Resource

SRA

 Safe Refuge Area

 Society for Risk Analysis

 State Resource Area

SRB Surf Rescue Boat

SRC Source

SRD

 Self-Reading Dosimeter

 System Reference Document

SRF Service Response Force

SRFC Service Response Force Commander

SRFX Service Response Force Exercise

SRIA Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013

SRL

Severe Repetitive Loss (Disaster/Hazard

Mitigation)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

397

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SRM Service Reference Model

SROE

 Safety Rules of Engagement

 Standing Rules of Engagement

SRP Scientific Resolution Panel

SRR Search and Rescue Region

SRSC Strategic Review Steering Committee

SRSO State Radiation Safety Officer

SRSP Search and Rescue Specialist

SRSS Square Root Sum of The Squares

SRT

Search Rescue Team

Supplemental Response Team

SRU Search and Rescue Unit

SRUL Search and Rescue Unit Leader

SRUF Standing Rules for the Use of Force

SRV Safety Relief Value

SRWG Site Remediation Working Group

 System Supervisor

 Social Security

 Sub-Station

 Sterile Solution

SSA

 Sector-Specific Agency

 Self-Storage Association

 Senior State Advisor

 Social Security Administration

 Standard Service Agreement

 Survivable Systems Analysis

 State Staging Area

SSAA System Security Authorization Agreement

SSAN Social Security Account Number

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

398

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SSAS Strategic Sourcing and Acquisition Systems

SSB

Single Side Band (sideband modulation use for

radio communications)

SSBI Single-Scope Background Investigation

SSBN Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine

SSC

 Scientific Support Coordinator

 Sector Coordinating Councils (DHS)

 Seismic Safety Commission of the State of

California

 Senior Site Controller

 Small-Scale Contingencies

 Strategic Storage Center

SSCJ San Diego Sector Command Center Joint

SSD Systems Support Division

SSE Safe Shutdown Earthquake

SSF Spectral Shape Factor (Seismic Risk Analysis)

SSFSD Secret Service Forensic Sciences Division

SSG

 Senior Steering Group

 Services Specification Group

 Strategic Sourcing Group

SSHP Site Safety and Health Plan

SSHS

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (a 1 to 5 rating

based on an Atlantic hurricane's sustained wind

speed)

SSI

 Sensitive Security Information

 Supplemental Security Income

SSL Secure Socket Layer

SSM

 Shelf Stable Meals

 System Status Management

SSN

 Social Security Number

 Space Surveillance Network

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

399

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SSO

 Special Security Officer

 Standards Setting Organization

SSP

 Sector-Specific Plan

 Security Support Specialist

 System Safety Plan

 Sheltering and Services Program

SSR

 Search and Rescue Region

 Security Survey Report

 Special Security Representative

SSS

 Selective Service System

 Small Structure Survey

SS-SATCOM Slow Speed Satellite Communicator

SSSC State School Safety Centers

SSSE State Support Service Element

SST

 Safe Secure Transport

 Sea-Surface Temperature

 Shelter Survey Technician

 Super-Sonic Transport

S&T

 Science and Technology

 DHS Science and Technology Directorate

 Security Target

 Strike Team

 State and Tribal

ST ISAC

Surface Transportation Information Sharing and

Analysis Center

STA Special Temporary Authority

STAC Science and Technology Advisory Committee

STAFFORD ACT

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act

STAM Staging Area Manager

STANAG Standardization Agreement (NATO)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

400

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

STAR

 Science to Achieve Results

 Science-based Threat Analysis and

Response Program

 Strategic Threat and Action Report

 Studies, Training, Analysis and Research

STARC State Area Command

STARS

Standard Terminal Automation Replacement

System

START

 Scientific and Technical Advisory and

Response Team

 Scientific and Technical Analysis and

Response Team

 Security Through Advanced Research and

Technology

 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

 Superfund Technical Assessment and

Response Team

STARTEAM Specialized Target Area Registration Team

STARTEX Start of Exercise

State/CMS

United States State Department’s Office of

Crisis Management Support

STATEX Statutory Exclusion

STATREP Status Report

STB

 Science and Technology Board

 Surface Transportation Board

STBD Staging Area Branch Director

STC

 Satellite Teleregistration Center

 Secure the Cities

 State Coordinator

STCC Standard Transportation Commodity Code

STCR Strike Team Leader Crew

STCW

Standards of Training, Certification and Watch

keeping [for Seafarers]

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

401

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

STDO Security Technology Deployment Office

ST-DOSE Source Term to Dose

STDZ Strike Team Leader Dozer

STE Secure Telephone/Terminal Equipment

STEL Short-Term Exposure Limit

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics

STEMI ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

STEN Strike Team Leader Engine

STEP

 Security Training Exercise Program

 Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power

 Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (DOS)

 State Tribal Education Program

STGS Staging Area Group Supervisor

STI Sexually Transmitted Infection

STIX Structured Threat Information eXpression

STL Strike team leader

STLM Strike Team Leader Military

STLMT Settlement

STMT Statement

STO Special Technical Operations

STOC Sniper Tactical Operations Center

STOL Short Takeoff and Landing (Aircraft)

STOLS System to Locate Survivors

STOP Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy

STOP PAY Stop Payment Form

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

402

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

STP

 Standard Temperature and Pressure

 Standards Technical Panel

STPL Strike Team Leader Tractor/Plow

STPS Structural Protection Specialist

STQ Screening Threshold Quantities

STR

 Shoreline Treatment Recommendation

 Suspicious Transaction Report

STRATCOM Strategic Command

STRK

Suitability Tacker (used by FEMA Inspection

Services for work in the field)

STSC Student and Schools System

STU

 Satellite Transmission Unit

 Secure Telephone Unit

STUDS Small Tactical Ubiquitous Detection Sensors

STU-III Secure Telephone Unit – Third Generation

STU-IV Secure Telephone Unit – Fourth Generation

STVE Strike Team Leader, Vessel

STX Situational Training Exercise

SUA

 Shared Use Agreement

 Special Use Airspace

 Specified Unlawful Activities

SUBD Support Branch Director

SUI Sensitive Unclassified Information

SUL Situation Unit Leader

SUM Software User’s Manual

SUMA Supply Management

SUMMIT

Standard Unified Modeling, Mapping and

Integration Toolkit

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

403

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SUPREPS

Supplemental Reports Created by Officer in

Charge

SUPSALV Supervisor of Salvage

SUV Sport Utility Vehicle

Sv 1 Sievert (=100 rem)

S/V Sailing Vessel

SVA

Supplemental Vertical Accuracy (Remote

Sensing and Geospatial Data Acquisition)

SVBD Service Branch Director

svc Service

SVC Switched Virtual Circuits

SVCL Disaster Survivor Assistance Crew Leader

SVG Scalable Vector Graphics Filename Extension

SVI Social Vulnerability Index

SVIS Secure Video System

SVOS Secure Voice System

SVSS Small Vessel Security Strategy

SVT Survivors of Violence and Torture

SVTC Secure Video Teleconference

SVTS Secure Video Teleconferencing System

 Social Worker

 Soil and Water

 Southwest

 Storm Water

SWaM Small, Woman Owned and Minority Business

SWAM, SAM Software Asset Management

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

404

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

SWAT

 Special Weapons and Tactics (law

enforcement)

 Special Weapons and Training

 Strategic Workforce Augmentation Team

SWBCWG

Southwest Border Communications Working

Group

SWC Severe Weather Center

SWCC Southwest Coordination Center

SW-CMM Software Capability Maturity Model

SWEL Stillwater Flood Elevation

SWFL Stillwater Flood Level

SWG

 Scenario Working Group

 Security Working Group

 Standards Working Group

SWGDE Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence

SWGFACT

Scientific Working Group for Forensic Analysis

of Chemical Terrorism/Threats

SWH Significant Wave Height

SWIC

 Statewide Interoperable Communications

 Statewide Interoperability Coordinator

SWIS Satellite Weather Information System

SWO Senior Watch Officer

SWOT

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and

Threats

SWP

 State Warning Point

 State Weekends Program

SWS Severe Weather Statement

SWSA Semantic Web Services Architecture

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

405

T: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

t Tonne

T2 Top Officials Exercise/TOPOFF 2

 Table of Allowances

 Technical Assistance

 Time and Attendance

 Travel Authorization

T&A Time and Attendance

TAC

 Obsolete: Tactical Air Command (USAF)

Replaced by: Air Combat Command (ACC)

 Tactical Channels (radio)

 Technical Advisory Committee

 Technical Assistance Contract/Contractor

TAC-G Tribal Assistance Coordination Group

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access Control

System

TACAN Tactical Air Navigation System

TACC Tanker Airlift Control Center

TACC Training Academy Charter Committee

TAC-DESK Tactical Desk

TACEX Tactical Exercise

TACLET Tactical Law Enforcement Team

TACOM Tactical Command

TACON Tactical Control

TAC-SMC Tactical Specialized Management Center

TAD Technical Assistance Division

TADS

 Threat Assessment Database System

 Training Aids for Dam Safety

TAES Tactical Aero-medical Evacuation System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

406

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TAFA Terrorism and Foreign Assassination

TAFIM

Technical Architecture Framework for

Information Management

TAFT Test, Analyze, Fix and Test

TAG

 Technology and Architecture Group

 The Adjutant General

 Threat Advisory Group

TAI

 International Atomic Time (Temps Atomique

International)

 TSA Approved Instructor (TSA)

TAIS

Telecommunications and Automated

Information Systems

TAISS

Telecommunications and Automated

Information Systems Security

TALCE Tanker Airlift Control Element

Tango Phonetic Alphabet for T

TAOS The Arbiter of Storms

TAP Task Analysis Plan

TAPS Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

TAR

 Tone-Alert Radio

 Tribal Chief Executive’s Authorized

Representative

TARP Troubled Asset Relief Program

TARS

 Tethered Aerostat Radar System

 Tone-Alert Radios

TASP Training and Administrative Specialist

TAT Technical Assistance Team

TATP Triacetone-Triperoxide (an explosive)

TAV

Technical Assistance Visit (DPETAP/NDPC)

Total Asset Visibility

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

407

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TAVISS Targeted Violence Information Sharing System

 Tank Barge (water vessel transporting bulk

liquids)

 Technical Bulletin

 Tuberculosis

 Terabyte (either 1,000 or 1,024 Gigabytes)

TB Med Technical Bulletin (Medical)

TBA

 Thyroid Blocking Agent

 To Be Announced

TBD

 To Be Determined

 To Be Defined

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

TBM

 Temporary BenchMark

 Tunnel Boring Machine

TBP To be Published

TBR Travel Business Roundtable

TC Technical Committee

T&C Time and Cost

TC3 Tactical Combat Casualty Care

T-CAR Tribal Capability Assessment for Readiness

TCC

 Tele-Communications Center

 Telephone Contact Center

 Traffic Control Center

 Training and Certification Committee

 Transportable Communications Center

 TSA Telephone Contact Center

TCCC Tactical Combat Casualty Care

TCD Tropical Cyclone Discussion

TCG

Obsolete: THIRA Coordination Group (Threat

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

408

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TCGP Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program

TCL Target Capabilities List

TCO Territorial Coordinating Officer

TCOP Tactical Common Operating Picture

TCP

 Tele-Communications Priorities

 Theater Campaign Plan

 Traffic Control Point

 Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCR Total Case Rate

TCS

 Tactical Control System

 Tracking and Correspondence System

(Standard Flood Hazard)

TCSA

Tribal Coordination Support Annex (Bureau of

Indian Affairs Emergency Management)

TCTC Toxic Chemical Training Course

TCTL Tactical Communications Task Force Leader

TCU

 Threat Containment Unit

 Transportation Coordination Unit

 Tribal Colleges and Universities

TCV Total Containment Vessel

TDC

 Technical Data Center

 Theater Deployable Communications

 Total Development Cost

 Travel Document Checker

TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

TDEA Triple Data Encryption Algorithm

TDFM Traffic Demand Forecast Model

TDI Tactical Display Interface

TDIS Travel Document Issuance System

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

409

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access (a Process of

Sharing a Single Radio Channel)

TDO Typhoon Duty Officer

TDRC

 Tribal Disaster Recovery Center Coordinator

 Tribal Disaster Recovery Coordinator

TDS Time, Distance and Shielding

TDY Temporary Duty

 Terminal Equipment (Communications

Equipment at Either End of a

Communications Link)

 Targeted Enforcement

T&E

 Test and Evaluation

 Threatened and Endangered

 Training and Exercise

TEAM-CPR

Thermal, Etiological, Asphyxiation, Mechanical,

Chemical, Psychological and Radioactive

TECC Tactical Emergency Casualty Care

TECS Treasury Enforcement Communications System

TED

 Total Effective Dose

 Office of Training, Exercise and Doctrine

TED-EX

Office of Training, Exercise and Doctrine-

Exercise Unit

TEDE Total Effective Dose Equivalent

TEEM Training Excellence Emergency Management

TEEX Texas Engineering Extension Service

TEFAP The Emergency Food Assistance Program

TEI Training and Exercise Integration (Division)

TEL Transporter Erector Launcher

TELECOM Telecommunications

TELINT Telemetry Intelligence

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

410

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TELL

Office of Training, Exercises and Lessons

Learned

TELNET Tele-conference Network

TEMA Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

TEMAC Tribal Emergency Mutual Aid Compact

TEMCC

Tribal Emergency Management Coordinating

Council

TEMG Telecom Manager

TEMP

 Temporary Employee

 Test and Evaluation Master Plan

TEMPEST

Obsolete Codename

Replaced by: Emission Security (EMSEC)

TEMS Tactical Emergency Medical Support

TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities

TEOAF Treasury Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture

TEOC

 Tele-Engineering Operations Center

 Transportation Emergency Operations

Center

TEP

 Tracking Emergency Patients (see EDXL-TEP)

 Technical Evaluation Panel

 Training and Exercise Plan

TEPD

Training, Education and Professional

Development

TEPW Training and Exercise Planning Workshop

TERO Tribal Employment Rights Organization

TERT

Telecommunicator Emergency Response

Taskforce

TESP Telecom Specialist

TETRA Terrestrial Trunked Radio

TEU Technical Escort Unit

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

411

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TEW Terrorist Early Warning (Group)

TF Task Force

TFA

 Technical Focus Areas

 Transportation Feasibility Analysis

TFAH Trust for America’s Health

TFC/TFP Therapeutic Feeding Center/Program

TFCC Task Force Control Center

TFER Task for Emergency Readiness

TFL

 Task Force Leader

 Temporary Fuel Location

TFLD Task Force Leader

TFOPA

Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering

Point Architecture

TFPL Task Force Planner

TFR Temporary Flight Restriction

TFS Texas Forest Service

TFT Temporary Full-Time

TG Transport Group

 Technological Hazards

 Temporary Housing

T/H Threat/Hazard

THA Temporary Housing Assistance

THAMIC

Toxic Hazard Analysis Model for Industrial

Chemicals

THC

 Temporary Housing Checkwriter

 Temperature and Humidity Control

THD Technological Hazards Division

THIRA

Threat Hazard Identification and Risk

Assessment

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

412

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

THIRA/CE

Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk

Assessment/Capability Estimate

THO Temporary Housing Officer

THP Temporary Housing Program

THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Officer

THREAT

Threat Suppression, Hemorrhage Control, Rapid

Extrication to Safety, Assessment by Medical

Providers and Transport (to definitive care)

THREATCON Threat Condition

THSGP Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program

THSP Technical Specialist

THU Temporary Housing Unit

TIA

 Telecommunications Industry Association

 Terrorism Information Awareness

 Transient Ischemic Attack

TIARA Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities

TIAS Training Information Access System

TIB Temporary Importation Bond

TIC

 Toxic Industrial Chemical

 Trainee Incident Commander

 Thermal Imaging Cameras

TICP Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan

TIDE Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment

TIE Trusted Identity Exchange

TIER Treasury Information Executive Repository

TIFF Tagged Image File Format

TIG

 Tetanus Immune Globulin

 Tungsten Inert Gas (Welding)

TIGER

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding

and Reference (System)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

413

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TIH Toxic Inhalation Hazard

TIIDE

Terrorism Injuries: Information, Dissemination

and Exchange

TIM

 Toxic Industrial Material

 Traffic Incident Management

TIMACS

Telecommunications Inventory Management

and Control System

TIME Time Unit Leader

TIMS

Traffic Incident Management Systems (United

States Fire Administration)

TIN

 Taxpayer Identification Number

 Triangular Irregular Network

TIOC Transportation Information Operations Center

TIP

 Threat Image Projection

 Threat Image Protection

 Trafficking in Persons

TIPOFF Terrorism Information Program (DOS)

TIPS Terrorism Information and Prevention System

TIPT Tapered Iron Pipe Thread

TIR Technical Input Report

TIROS Television and Infrared Observation Satellite

TISD Transportation Infrastructure Security Division

TISP The Infrastructure Security Partnership

Title 10 U.S. Code

Authorizes the President to federalize and then

mobilizing National Guard forces under Title 10

United States Code

Title 32 U.S. Code

Authorizes a Governor to order their state

National Guard forces to be activated to

perform, or in support of, Homeland Defense

activities under Title 32 United States Code

TKB Terrorism Knowledge Base

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

414

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TKSP Tracking Specialist

 Team Leader

 Time Lag

 Truckload

TLC Obsolete: Territory Logistics Center

TLC-C Obsolete: Territory Logistics Center- Central

TLC-E Obsolete: Territory Logistics Center- East

TLC-W Obsolete: Territory Logistics Center- West

TLD Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter

TLO Tribal Liaison Officer

TLS Transport Layer Security

TLV Threshold Limit Value

 Technical Manual

 Technical Monitor

 Trademark

TMARS Team Management and Rostering System

TMC

 Transportation Management Center

 Trauma Managers Council

 Travel Management Center

TMCG

Transportation and Movement Coordination

Group

TMI Three Mile Island

TMRC Tribal Medical Reserve Corps

TMS

 Training Management System

 Traffic Management Specialist

TMT

 Threat Monitoring Team

 Traffic Management Team

 Training Management Team

 Training Management Tool

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

415

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TNA Training Needs Assessment

TNC Terminal Node Controller

TNF Technical Nuclear Forensics

TNM

The National Map (United States Geological

Survey)

TNO Theater Nuclear Option

TNSP

 Training Specialist

 Transportation Services Specialist

TNT Trinitrotoluene (Explosive Nitrogen Compound)

 Table of Organization

 Technical Order

 Theater of Operations (DOD)

 Travel Order

TOA

 Time of Arrival

 Transportation Operating Agency

TOC

 Table of Contents

 Tactical Operations Center

 Tactical Operators Course

 Traffic Operations Center

TOCDF Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility

TOD

 Take-Off Distance

 Thermal on Demand (Thermal Imaging)

 Time of Death

 Time of Delivery

 Time of Departure

TOE

 Target of Evaluation

 Time of Event

TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework

TOI

 Target of Interest

 Time of Impact

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

416

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TOLC Take-Off and Landing Coordinator

TONO Travel Order Number

TOP

 Technical Operations Plan

 Tactical Operational Period

 Temporary Occupation Permit

TOPOFF

Obsolete: Top Officials (national-level exercise

series 2000-2009)

Replaced by: the National Level Capstone

Exercises

TOR

 Task Order Request

 Terms of Reference

 Tornado

 Transfer of Responsibility

TOS Transfer of Station

TOSC Tactical On-Scene Commander

TOSO Tribal On-Scene Coordinator

TOT Time on Target

TP Time Period

TPC Tropical Prediction Center

TPED

Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and

Dissemination

TPEP Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program

TPFDD Time-Phased Force Deployment Data

TPFDL Time-Phased Force Deployment List

TPI

 Two-Person Integrity

 Threads per Inch

TPM Trading Partner Management (System)

TPO

 Technical Program Officer

 Transition Planning Office

TPOC Training Point of Contact

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

417

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TPOP Tractor Plow Operator

TPP Thermal Protective Performance

TPPB

Terrorism Production Planning Board (United

States National Counter-Terrorism Center)

TPS Temporary Protected Status (USCIS/USICE)

TQ Tourniquet

TQSP

Training FEMA Qualification System (FQS)

Specialist

 Team Rubicon (NGO)

 Technical Report

 Technical Resources

 Transportation Request

TRA

Technical Review Authority (Subject Matter

Expert)

TRAC2ES

TRANSCOM Regulating and Command and

Control Evacuation System

TRACEM

Thermal, Radioactive, Asphyxiation, Chemical,

Etiological and Mechanical

TRADE Training Resources And Data Exchange

TRADOC

Training and Doctrine Command (United States

Army)

TRAGIS

Transportation Routing Analysis Geographic

Information System

TRAM Transit Risk Assessment Methodology

TRANS Transportation

TransCAER

Transportation Community Awareness

Emergency Response

TRANSCOM

 Tracking Communications System (Nuclear

Radiological Incident)

 Transportation Command (DOD)

 Transportation Operations Coordinating

Committee (for Metro New York, New Jersey,

Connecticut)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

418

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TRANSEC

Transmission Security (a component of

communications security)

TRATEAMS Training Teams

TRAVEL

Transportation Risk Assessment and

Vulnerability Evaluation Tool

TRB Transportation Research Board

TRC

 Technology Review Committee

 Telephone Response Center

TREAS

Department of the Treasury (United States

Federal Government)

TRES

Department of Treasury (United States Federal

Government)

TRI Toxic Release Inventory

TRIA Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (PLCY/PSO)

TRICS

Telephone to Radio Interface Communications

System

TRIP

 Transit and Rail Inspection Pilot (TSA)

 Traveler Redress Inquiry Program

TRIPS

Travel Reporting and Information Processing

System

TRM Technical Reference Model

TRMG Training Manager

TRNL Training Unit Leader

TRO

 Transient Accommodations Only

 Transitional Recovery Office

TROPAN Tropical Analysis Facsimile Network

TROR Treasury Report on Receivables

TRP

 Tactical Response Plan

 Technical Review Panel

 Transponder

 Troop

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

419

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TRPB Tractor/Plow Boss

TRR Test Readiness Review

TRSP Training Specialist

TRT Tactical Response Team

 Technical Specification

 Thunderstorm

 Top Secret

 Transfer System

 Tropical Storm

TS/SCI

Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented

Information

TSA

 The Salvation Army

 Transitional Sheltering Assistance

 Transportation Security Administration

TSAAC

Transportation Security Administration's Access

Certificate

TSAC Towing Safety Advisory Committee

TSAG

Transportation Safety Advancement Group

Replaces: Public Safety Advisory Group (PSAG)

TSAI Transitional Sheltering Assistance Information

TSAR

 Technical Search and Rescue

 Transportation Security Administration

Representative (DHS)

TSARM TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module

TSB

 Technical Services Branch

 Training Support Brigade

TSC

 Technical Steering Committee

 Technical Support Center

 Terrorist Screening Center (FBI)

 Transportation Security Clearinghouse

TSCA Toxic Substance Control Act

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

420

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TSCC Transportation Security Command Center (TSA)

TSCM

 Technical Security Countermeasure

 Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

TSCO

 Traffic Safety Control Officer

 Transportation Security Operations Center

TSD

 Technical Services Division

 Test and Evaluation Standards Division (DHS

S&T)

TSDB Terrorist Screening Data Base

TSDN Technical Support Data Notebook

TSDR Toxic Substance and Disease Registry

TSER Total Static Economic Resilience

TSF

 Temporary Storage Facility

 Tons per Square Foot

TSG Technical Specification Group

TSGP Transit Security Grant Program

TSI Transportation Security Inspector

TSIS Transportation Security Intelligence Service

TSK

Transmission Security Key (part of

communication transmission security)

TSL Transportation Security Laboratory

TSMG Transportation Manager

TSN Trade Support Network

TSNM

Transportation Sector Network Management

(TSA)

TSO

 Transportation Security Officer

 Transportation Security Operations Center

TSOC Transportation Security Operations Center

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

421

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TSP

 Telecommunications Service Priority

 Thrift Savings Plan

 Total Suspended Particulates

 Training Support Package

 Transit Security Program

TSPSOC

Telecommunications Service Priority/System

Oversight Committee

TSR

 Telecommunications Service Request

 Teleregistration Service Representative

TSRI

Transitional Sheltering Assistance

Reimbursement

TSRN

Transitional Sheltering Assistance

Reimbursement Not Eligible

TSS Temporary Storage Site

TSSP

 Training Support Specialist

 Transportation Sector Specific Plan

TSU Technical Support Unit

TSUL Transportation Service Unit Leader

TSWA Temporary Secure Working Area

TSWG Technical Support Working Group

TT Travel Trailer

TT&E Training, Testing and Exercising

TTAC Terrorist Threat Assessment and Credentialing

TTAP Tribal Technical Assistance Program

TTC

 Technical Training Center

 Time To Complete

TTD Teletype Writing Device for the Deaf

TTF Terrorism Task Force

TTIC Terrorism/Terrorist Threat Integration Center

TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

422

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TTP Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

TTPP Transportation Threat Protection Program

TTS

Tailored Trustworthy Space (security in a

cyberspace environment)

TTT Train the Trainer

TTWS Terrorist Threat Warning System (DHS)

TTX Tabletop Exercise

TTY

Teletypewriter (allows for type text messages

over the telephone)

TUAV Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

TUH Two Unit Housing

TUTT Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough

 Terminal Velocity (a free-falling object’s

speed travelling through air, gas or liquid)

 Transport Vehicles

 Travel Voucher

T/V Tank Vessel

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

TVIS Threat Vulnerability Integration System

TVM Threat-Vulnerability Mapper

TVMG Travel Manager

TVSP Travel Specialist

TVTA

Threat and Vulnerability, Testing and

Assessment

TWA Time Weighted Average

TWD Tropical Weather Discussion

TWG

 Technical Working Group

 Terrorist Working Group

TWh

Terawatt-hours (Unit of Measure for Electric

Power)

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

423

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

TWIC Transportation Workers Identification Credential

TWL Total Water Level

TWOV Transit Without Visa Program (DOS)

TWP Township

TWPDES

Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange

Standard

U: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

U Chemical Symbol for Uranium

U5MR Under-5 Mortality Rate

 Universal Adversary

 Unmanned Aircraft

 Urban Area

 User Authentication

UAA Uncontrolled Access Area

UAC

 Unified Area Command

 Unaccompanied Child or Children

UACG Unified Area Coordination Group

UAP User Access Point

UAS Unmanned Aircraft System

UASI Urban Area Security Initiative

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UAV ESG UAV Executive Steering Group

UAWG Urban Area Working Group

UBC Uniform Building Code

UBR Universal Business Registry

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

424

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Unemployment Compensation

 Unified Command

UCC Unified Combatant Command

UCD

Umatilla Chemical Depot (a United States Army

Installation in Oregon that Stored Chemical

Weapons)

UCG Unified Coordination Group

UCGIS

University Consortium for Geographic

Information Science

UC/IC Unified Command/Incident Command

UCP

 Unified Command Plan

 Unified Command Post

UCS

 Unified Command System

 Unified Coordination Staff

UCT

 Unified Command Team

 Universal Coordinated Time (also ZULU

Time)

UD Unified Defense

UDA Undocumented Aliens

UDDI Universal Description, Discovery and Integration

UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UDOP User Defined Operational Picture

UDP

 Urban Dispersion Program

 User Datagram Protocol

UEC

Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial

Waters

UEL Upper Explosive Limit

Uranium Hexafluoride

UFAS Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards

UFC United Facilities Criteria

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

425

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

UFR

Unified Federal Environmental and Historic

Preservation Review

UGC Universal Generic Code

UHF Ultra-High Frequency

 Unemployment Insurance

 Unique Identifier

 Urban Interface

 User Interface

UIC Unified Incident Command

UICDS

Unified Incident Command and Decision

Support

UIM User Identity Module

UJTL Universal Joint Task List

U.K., UK United Kingdom

UL Underwriters Laboratories

ULD Unit Loading Device

ULF Ultra-Low Frequency

ULN Unit Line Number

ULO Unliquidated Obligation

ULP Unfair Labor Practice

UMCA Umatilla Chemical Activity

UMCD Umatilla Chemical Depot

UMCOR United Methodist Committee on Relief

UMDA Umatilla Depot Activity

UMIB Urgent Marine Information Broadcast

UML Unified Modeling Language

UMOC Unified Medical Operations Center

UMP Upward Mobility Program

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

426

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

UN United Nations

UN-CIMIC

United Nations Civil-Military Coordination (UN

Peace Keeping and/or Disaster Response

Operations)

UN-CMCoord United Nations - Civil-military Coordination

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNC Universal Naming Convention

UNCLASS Unclassified

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the

Sea

UNCT United Nations Country Team

UNDAC

United Nations Disaster Assessment and

Coordination

UN-DDR

United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization

and Reintegration

UNDMT United Nations Disaster Management Team

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief Organization

UNDSS

United Nations Department of Safety and

Security

UNEMPL Unemployment

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNHAS United Nations Humanitarian Air Service

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

427

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

UNHCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human

Rights

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees

UNHRD United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women

Uniform Phonetic Alphabet for U

UNISDR

United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction

UNJLC United Nations Joint Logistics Center

UNMAP

User's Network for Applied Modeling of Air

Pollution

UNOCHA

United Nations Office for the Coordination of

Humanitarian Affairs

UNP Unmet Needs Program

UNPF United Nations Population Fund

UNRC United Nations Resident Coordinator

UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency

UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission

UNV United Nations Volunteers

UO2F2 Uranyl Fluoride

UOC USACE Operations Center

UOM Unit Of Measure

UPC Universal Product Code

UPR User Profile Record

UPS

 Under Provisions of Section

 Uninterruptible Power Supply

 United Parcel Service

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

428

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

UPT

 Undergraduate Pilot Training (USAF)

 Universal Personal Telecommunications

URA

Uniform Relocation Act (United States

Department of Housing and Urban

Development)

URGENT

Uniform Regional Guidance Employing National

Teams

URI

 Uniform Resource Identifier

 Upper Respiratory Infection

 Utility Resilience Indicator

URISA

Urban and Regional Information Systems

Association

URL Uniform Resource Locator

URN Uniform Resource Name

URT Unified Reporting Tool

US&R Urban Search and Rescue

US, U.S. United States

US, U/S Under Secretary

USA

 United States of America

 United States Army

USA PATRIOT Act

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and

Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001

USACBDC

United States Army Chemical and Biological

Defense Command

USACDA

United States Arms Control and Disarmament

Agency

USACDRA

United States Army Chemical Demilitarization

and Remediation Activity

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

429

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

USACHPPM

Obsolete: United States Army Center for Health

Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Replaced by: United States Army Public Health

Center (USAPHC)

USACK USA Canoe/Kayak

USACMDA

United States Army Chemical Material

Destruction Agency

USACOM

Obsolete: United States Atlantic Command

Replaced by: United States Joint Forces

Command (USJFCOM)

USADACS

United States Army Defense Artillery Center and

School

USAEHA

Obsolete: United States Army Environmental

Hygiene Agency

Replaced by: United States Army Center for

Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

(USACHPPM)

USAF United States Air Force

USAFA United States Air Force Academy

USAFMSA

United States Army Force Management Support

Agency

U.S. AFRICOM United States Africa Command

USAHA United States Animal Health Association

USAID

United States Agency for International

Development (DoS)

USAISC

United States Army Information Systems

Command

USA-ITA

United States Association for Importers of

Textiles and Apparel

USAMRAA

United States Army Medical Research

Acquisition Activity

USAMRICD

United States Army Medical Research Institute

of Chemical Defense

USAMRIID

United States Army Medical Research Institute

for Infectious Disease

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

430

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

USANCA

United States Army Nuclear and Chemical

Agency

USAPHC

Obsolete: Army Public Health Center

Replaced by: Army Public Health Center

(Provisional) (APHC)

USAR  United States Army Reserve

USARPAC United States Army Pacific

USARSDL

United States Army Radiation Standards and

Dosimetry Laboratory

USATONS United States Aids To Navigation

USB Universal Serial Bus

USBP

Obsolete: United States Border Patrol

Replaced by: CBP

USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation (DOI)

USC United States Citizen

U.S.C.

United States Code (codification of the general

and permanent laws of the United States)

USCA United States Court of Appeals

USCAP United States Civilian Aviation Partnership

USCENTCOM United States Central Command (DOD)

US-CERT

United States Computer Emergency Readiness

Team

USCG United States Coast Guard

USCG-A, USCG-AUX United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

USCGR United States Coast Guard Reserve

USCIRF

United States Commission of International

Religious Freedom

USCIS

United States Citizenship and Immigration

Service

USCM United States Conference of Mayors

USCOLD United States Committee On Large Dams

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

431

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

USCP United States Capitol Police

USCS

Obsolete: United States Customs Service

Replaced by: CBP

USCSCFAC

United States Customs Service COBRA Fees

Advisory Committee

USCYBERCOM United States Cyber Command (DOD)

USD (P) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USDA/CSREES

United States Department of

Agriculture/Cooperative State Research,

Education and Extension Service

USDOL United States Department of Labor

USDOT United States Department of Transportation

USET United South and Eastern Tribes

USEUCOM United States European Command (DOD)

USFA United States Fire Administration

USFS United States Forest Service

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USG United States Government

USGBC United States Green Building Council

USGCRP United States Global Change Research Program

USGIF

United States Geospatial Intelligence

Foundation

USGS United States Geological Survey

USGS-DLG

United States Geological Survey-Digital Line

Graph (cartographic map features converted

into a digital form)

USHS I&A

Under Secretary of Homeland Security for

Intelligence and Analysis (DHS)

USIA United States Information Agency

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

432

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

USIA, U/SIA Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis

USIC United States Interdiction Coordinator

USITC United States International Trade Commission

USJFCOM United States Joint Forces Command

USMC United States Marine Corps

USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve

USML United States Munitions List

USMRICD

United States Army Medical Research Institute

of Chemical Defense

USMS United States Marshals Service

USMTF United States Message Text Format

USN United States Navy

USNCB United States National Central Bureau

USNG

 United States National Grid

 United States National Guard

USNORTHCOM United States Northern Command (DOD)

USNR United States Naval Reserve

USO

United Service Organizations (nonprofit

assisting United States military service

members)

USOC United States Olympic Committee

USP Under Secretary for Preparedness

USPACOM United States Pacific Command

USPHS United States Public Health Service (HHS)

USPIS United States Postal Inspection Service

USPP United States Park Police

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

433

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

USPS

 United States Parcel Service

 United States Postal Service

 United States Power Squadrons (Non-profit

Boating Organization)

USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office

USR Unit Status Report

USS

 United States Senate

 United States Ship

USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command

USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command (DOD)

USSPACECOM United States Space Command (DOD)

USSS United States Secret Service (DHS)

USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command (DOD)

UST Underground Storage Tank

USTR United States Trade Representative

USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command (DOD)

USVI United States Virgin Islands

US-VISIT

Obsolete: United States Visitor and Immigrant

Status Indicator Technology

Replaced by: Office of Biometric Identity

Management (DHS)

USWMS Uniform State Waterway Marking System

UT User Terminal

UTC

 Unit Type Code

 Universale Temps Coordinaire (Coordinated

Universal Time-an standardize global time

measurements)

 Utilities Telecom Council

UTCP Unified Tactical Communications Program

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434

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

UTF Unable to Fill

UTIL BILL Utility Bill

UTL

 Unable to Locate

 Universal Task List

 Utility Boat

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

UV Ultraviolet

UVI Ultraviolet Index

UVP Under Voltage Protection

UWB Ultra-Wideband

UXO Unexploded Ordinance

V: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

V Voltage

v volt

 United States Department of Veteran’s

Affairs

 Volcanic Ash

 Volt Amps

 Vulnerability Assessment

VACF Vetted Anti-Counterfeiting Forces

VACIS Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System

VACL Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) Crew Leader

VADM Vice Admiral

VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VAEX Voluntary Agency Liaison Specialist Expert

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

435

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

VAGS Voluntary Agency Liaison Group Supervisor

VAL

 Validation

 Voluntary Agency Liaison

VALS Voluntary Agency Liaison Specialist

VAMC Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

VASP Voluntary Agency Liaison Specialist

VAT

 Video Audio Teleconference

 Vulnerability Assessment or Analysis Team

VATL Voluntary Agency Liaison Task Force Leader

VAUL Voluntary Agency Unit Leader

VAX Virtual Address Extension

VBIED Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device

VCA Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis

VCC Venue Control Cell

VCOS Volunteer Chief Officer Section

VCR Video Cassette Recorder

VCRP

Vector Control Response Plan (animal or insect

capable of transmitting human diseases)

VCU

 Vector Control Unit

 Voluntary Agency (VOLAG) Coordination Unit

VDS Visual Distress Signal

VDU

 Visual Display Unit

 Visual Docking Unit

VEDS Vehicular Emergency Data Set

VEE Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis

VEI Volcanic Explosivity Index

VERA Voluntary Early Retirement Authority

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

436

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

VETCOM

Obsolete: United States Army Veterinary

Command

Replaced by: USAPHC

VFD Volunteer Fire Department

VFIB Ventricular Fibrillation

VFR Visual Flight Rules

VFRC Visual Flight Rules Conditions

VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

VG Visual Greenness

VGA Video Graphics Adapter

VGSP Videographer Specialist

VGTOF Violent Gangs Terrorist Organization File

VHA Veterans’ Health Administration

VHF Very High Frequency

 United States Virgin Islands

 Visual Inspection

VIA

 By Way Of

 Visual Intelligence and Analysis

Victor Phonetic Alphabet for V

VID Visual Identification

VIG Vaccinia Immune Globulin

VIK Value in Kind

VIP

 Ventilated Improved Pit (Latrine)

 Very Important Person

 Virtual Incident Procurement

 Volunteer Incentive Program

VIPR Visual Intermodal Protection and Response

VIPS Volunteers in Police Service

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

437

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

VIRT

Vessel Identification, Registration and Titling

Committee

VIS Vessel Identification System

VISAT

Obsolete: Vulnerability Identification Self-

Assessment Tool

Replaced by: Risk Self-Assessment Tool (RSAT)

VISC Visual Information Support Center

VISIT

Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator

Technology

VISN Veteran's Integrated Services Network

VISP Visual Imaging Specialist

VISTA Volunteers in Service to America

VITA Volunteers in Technical Assistance

VJPO Virtual Joint Planning Office

VLAT Very Large Air Tanker

VLF Very Low Frequency

VLN Virtual LAN

VLSI Very Large-Scale Integration

VMAS Vertical Map Accuracy Standard

VMAT Veterinary Medical Assistance Team

VMC Virtual Model Community

VMI Vendor Managed Inventory

VMO Veterinary Medical Officer

VMS

 Variable Message Sign

 Virtual Memory System

 Visitor Management System

VNN Virtual News Network

VNPSC Virginia National Processing Service Center

V&O Vision and Objectives

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

438

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

VOA Volunteers of America

VOAD Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds

VOCO Vocal Orders from Commanding Officer

VOG Volcanic Fog

VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol

VOLAG Voluntary Agency

VOO Vessel of Opportunity

VOR

VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range

Replaces: Visual Omni Ranger

VORTEX

Verification of the Origin of Rotation in

Tornadoes Experiment

VOSS Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System

VPF Vector Product Format

VPN Virtual Private Network

VQiPS

Video Quality in Public Safety (DHS-S&T and

DOC)

VR Virtual Reality

VRC

 Veterinary Reserve Corp

 Virtual Resource Center

 Volunteer Reception Center

VRD

 Vaccine Research and Development

 Visual Retinal Display (also known as a

retinal scan and display)

VRI Video Relay Interpreting

VRM Visual Resource Management

VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VRP Vessel Response Plan

VRS Volunteer Rescue Squad

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

439

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Veterinary Services

 Victim Support

 Vital Signs

VSAB Vehicle Storage Administration Building

VSAT Vulnerability Self-Assessment Tool

VSP

 Vertical Seismic Profile (technique involving

the measurement of seismic wave fields)

 Visa Security Program (DHS)

VST Victim Support Task

V/STOL

Vertical and/or Short Takeoff and Landing

Aircraft

VSU Visa Security Unit

VSUL Vessel Support Unit Leader

VTC Video Tele-Conference

VTS Vessel Traffic Service

VUL Vulnerability Management

VWP Visa Waiver Program

VWPASS Visa Waiver Program Act Support System

VWPPA Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act of 2000

V-Zone Coastal High Hazard Area

W: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

W Wattage

w watt

W3 World Wide Web

W3C World Wide Web Consortium

WACC Weapons and Ammunition Commodity Council

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

440

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WAE When Actually Employed

WAN Wide Area Network

WAPA Western Area Power Administration

WAR Weekly Activity Report

WARN

 Water/Wastewater Agency Response

Network (water utilities mutual aid and

assistance network)

 Web Alert and Relay Network

WARNO

Warning Order (informing that an operations

order may be issued-DOD)

WARP Web Audit and Remediation Program

WASH

Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Promotion

WASS Wide Area Surveillance System

WAT Web Accessibility Toolbar

WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service

WAWAS Washington Area Warning System

WAWS Washington Area Warning System

WAWTAP Wind And Water Technical Assistance Program

 Wideband

 World Bank

WBIED Waterborne Improvised Explosive Device

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WBT Web-Based Training

WC Wet Chemical

WCATWC

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning

Center (NOAA)

Replaces: Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

(ATWC)

WCF Working Capital Fund

FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

441

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WCO World Customs Organization

W/COMB With Combination

WCP Whole Community Partners

WCRP World Climate Research Program

WCT Work Capacity Test

WD REQ Withdraw Request

WDC EMS Workforce Development Committee

WDD Workforce Development Division

WDR

Wall Drift Ratio (use in determining structural

seismic performance

)

W/D VAC Wet/Dry Vacuum

WEA Wireless Emergency Alert

WEB-TA Web-based Time and Attendance

WEE Western Equine Encephalitis

WEF

 Water Environment Federation

 World Economic Forum

WELP Women’s Executive Leadership Program

WEM  Workshop in Emergency Management

WEMT Wilderness EMT

WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

WEPS

 Water Expansion Pumping System

 Weapons Support Unit Leader (USCG)

WER Weapons-Effect Reporting

WERT Wireless Emergency Response Team

WES Water Expansion System

WF Workflow

WFAS Wildland Fire Assessment System

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442

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WFDSS Wildland Fire Decision Support System

WFH Weight for Height

WFI1, WFI2, WFI3 Wildland Fire Investigator 1, 2, 3

WFIP Wildland Fire Implementation Plan

WFLC Wildland Fire Leadership Council

WFP World Food Programme (United Nations)

WFS

Obsolete: Women in the Fire Service, Inc.

Replaced by: International Association of

Women in Fire and Emergency Services

(IWOMEN )

WFSA Wildland Fire Situation Analysis

WFU Wildland Fire Use

 Wage Grade

 Work or Working Group

WGA Western Governors’ Association

WGI Within-Grade Increase

WGS World Geodetic System

WGSC Wideband Global Satellite Communications

 Warehouse

 Water Hydrant

 Weight For Height

 White House

WHA World Health Assembly

WHCA White House Communications Agency

Whiskey Phonetic Alphabet for W

WHITCU

White House Initiative for Tribal Colleges and

Universities

WHL White House Liaison Office

WHLO White House Liaison Office

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443

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WHMO White House Military Office

WHO

 Waste Handling Operations

 White House Office

 World Health Organization (United Nations)

WHP White House Package

WHS Washington Headquarters Services

WHSR White House Situation Room

WHTI Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

WIFLE Women in Federal Law Enforcement

WIMG Wireless Communications Manager

WIMS Weather Information Management System

WIN

 Warrant Information Network (United States

Marshals Service)

 Wireless Intelligent Network

 Obsolete: WWMCCS Intercomputer Network

Replaced by: Global Command and Control

System (GCCS)

WIP Workforce Improvement Program

WIPT Working Integrated Process Team

WISE Water Infrastructure Simulation Environment

WITS

Washington Interagency Telecommunications

System

WJIIP Windows Joint Instructional Input Program

WKS Worksheet

WL Wireless

WLANs Wireless Local Area Network

WLBD Wildlife Branch Director

W/LK With Lock

WLSP Watch List Service Providers

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444

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

 Warehouse Management (system)

 Waste Management

 Water Management

 Water Mist

W/M With Monitor

WMA Washington Metropolitan Area

WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

WMD

 Water Management District

 Weapon of Mass Destruction

 Weapons of Mass Distraction

 Workforce Management Division

WMDD Weapon of Mass Destruction Directorate (FBI)

WMD-COP

Weapons of Mass Destruction-Common

Operational Picture

WMD BD

Weapon of Mass Destruction and Biodefense

(DHS-Office of Health Affairs)

WMD-CST

Weapon of Mass Destruction-Civil Support

Team (National Guard)

WMD-DAC

Weapon of Mass Destruction-Decision Analysis

Center

WMD-MCM

Weapons of Mass Destruction Medical

Countermeasures

WMDO-IM

Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and

Incident Management

WMDOU

Weapons of Mass Destruction Operations Unit

(FBI)

WMDSG Weapons of Mass Destruction Strategic Group

WMDT

Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism (DOS),

Office of Bureau of International Security and

Nonproliferation

WMF Windows Metafile

WMI Workforce Management Initiative

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445

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WMO World Meteorological Organization

WMS Web Map Services

 Warrant Officer

 Washington Office

 Work Order

WOBS Weather Observer

WOG Whole of Government

WORM Write Once - Read Many (CD-ROM drive)

WOSB Woman-Owned Small Business

WOT War on Terrorism

 Warning Point

 White Phosphorus

 Word Processing

 Work Packet

WPAFB Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WPL Worker Population Limit

WPM Wood Packing Material

WPS

 Water Purification System

 Wireless Priority Service/System

 Word Processing System

WPT

 Workforce Performance Training

 Work Place Transformation

WR Deck

Wide Rib Deck (corrugated metal roofing

panels)

WRA Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement

WRAPS Workforce Reduction and Placement System

WRC

 World Radio Communication Conference (UN

International Telecommunication Union)

 World Relief Corporation

WRCC Western Regional Climate Center

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446

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WRDA Water Resources Development Act

WRF Weather Research and Forecasting

WRIST

Weather Radar Identification of Severe

Thunderstorms

WRM War Reserve Material

WRS Wreck Removal and Salvage

WRSAME Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoding

WS Wildlife Services

WSA Wilderness Study Area

WSBAA

Western States Boating Administrators

Association

WS-CDL

Web Services Choreography Description

Language Version

WSDI Warm Spell Duration Index

WSDL Web Services Description Language

WSE Web Service Enhancement

WSEL Water-Surface Elevation

W/SH With Shelves

WSP

 Water Safety Plan

 Wireless Service Provider

WSR Weather Surveillance Radar

WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

WSSPC Western States Seismic Policy Council

Wt Weight

WT Wireless Terminal

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447

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

WTC

 Warrenton Training Center (a United States

government communications complex)

 Obsolete: World Trade Center

Replaced by: One World Trade Center also

known as 1 World Trade Center or Freedom

Tower

WTD Water-Tight Door

WTO World Trade Organization

WUI Wildland-Urban Interface

WWL Wind/Water Line

WWMCCS

Obsolete: World Wide Military Command and

Control System

Replaced by: GCCS

WWRF Wireless World Research Forum

WWU Watch and Warning Unit

WWW World Wide Web

WYO Write Your Own (insurance)

WYOP Write Your Own Program

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

X: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

XACML Extensible Access Control Markup Language

 Extra-Budgetary

 X-Band (Radar Frequency)

XBT Bitcoin (digital currency) (see BTC)

XDA Existing Data Study

XEDO Xedar Heat Detection Unit

XL Extra Large

XMI XML Metadata Interchange

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448

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

XML Extensible Markup Language

XO Executive Officer

XPA Extent of Play Agreement

X-ray Phonetic Alphabet for X

 Access

 Cross Section

XSD XML Schema Definition

XSL eXtensible Stylesheet Language

XSLT

eXtensible Stylesheet Language

Transformations

XSTF XML Structure Task Force

Y: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Yankee Phonetic Alphabet for Y

YCC

Youth Conservation Corps (United States Forest

Service)

yd Yard

YDS Yosemite Decimal System

YLD

 Yield

 Years Lived with Disability

yr Year

YT Yukon Territory

YTD Year To Date

Z: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

Z or Z-Time Zulu Time (Universal Time Coordinated-UTC)

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ZBB Zero-Based Budgeting

ZECP Zone Emergency Communications Planner

ZFP Zone Forecast Product

ZIP Zoning Improvement Plan

ZONE A

Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the

100-year flood; base flood elevations are not

determined (Includes Zone AE and Zone A1-30)

ZONE A99

Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the

100-year flood to be protected from the 100-

year flood by a federal flood protection system

under construction; base flood elevations are

not determined

ZONE AH

Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the

100-year flood; flood depths of 1 to 3 feet

(usually areas of ponding); base flood

elevations are determined

ZONE AO

Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the

100-year flood; with flood depths of 1 to 3 feet

(usually sheet flow on the sloping terrain);

average depths are determined. For areas of

alluvial fan flooding, velocities are also

determined

ZONE AR

Special Flood Hazard Area that results from the

decertification of a previously accredited flood

protection system that is in the process of being

restored to provide a 100-year or greater level

of flood protection

ZONE B

Area of 500-year flood; area subject to the 100-

year flood with average depths of less than 1

foot or with contributing drainage area less than

one square mile; and areas protected by levees

from the base flood

ZONE C

Area determined to be outside the 500-year

floodplain

ZONE D Area in which flood hazards are undetermined

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning/Description

ZONE V

Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the

100-year flood; coastal floods with velocity

hazards (wave action); base flood elevations

are not determined (Includes Zone VE and Zone

V1-30)

ZONE X

If shaded: Area of 500-year flood; area subject

to the 100-year flood with average depths of

less than 1 foot or with contributing drainage

area less than one square mile; and areas

protected by levees from the base flood

If unshaded: Area determined to be outside the

500-year floodplain

Z-Score Standard Deviation Above or Below the Mean

ZULU Indicates use of Universal Coordinated Time

Zulu Phonetic Alphabet for Z

ZWA Zonal Wind Anomaly

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Addendums

1. Acronym of Emergency Management Offices and

Agencies for U.S. States, Commonwealths, District of

Columbia and Territories

Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning

AL EMA Alabama Emergency Management Agency

AK DHS&EM

Alaska Division of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

AZ DEM Arizona Division of Emergency Management

ADEM Arkansas Division of Emergency Management

Cal OES California Office of Emergency Services

CNMIHSEM

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands Homeland Security and Emergency

Management

CO DHSEM

Colorado Division of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

CT DEMHS

Connecticut Division of Emergency

Management and Homeland Security

DCHSEMA

District of Columbia Homeland Security and

Emergency Management Agency

DEMA Delaware Emergency Management Agency

FDEM Florida Division of Emergency Management

FSM DEM

Federated States of Micronesia Division of

Emergency

GEMA/HS

Georgia Emergency Management and

Homeland Security Agency

GUHS

Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil

Defense

HiEMA Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

IA HSEMD

Iowa Department of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning

IOEM Idaho Office of Emergency Management

IEMA Illinois Emergency Management Agency

IDHS Indiana Department of Homeland Security

KDEM Kansas Division of Emergency Management

KYEM Kentucky Emergency Management

LA GOHSEP

Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland

Security & Emergency Management

MDEM

Maryland Department of Emergency

Management

MEMA

 Maine Emergency Management Agency

 Massachusetts Emergency Management

Agency

 Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

MEMHSD

Michigan Emergency Management and

Homeland Security Division

MO SEMA Missouri State Emergency Management Agency

MN HSEM

Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency

Management

MT DES Montana Disaster and Emergency Services

NCEM North Carolina Emergency Management

NDDES

North Dakota Department of Emergency

Services

NEMA Nebraska Emergency Management Agency

NH HSEM

New Hampshire Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

NJ OEM New Jersey Office of Emergency Management

NM DHSEM

New Mexico Department of Homeland Security

and Emergency Management

NV DEM Nevada Division of Emergency Management

NYS OEM

New York State Office of Emergency

Management

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Acronym, Abbreviation or Term Meaning

OH EMA Ohio Emergency Management Agency

ODEMHS

Oklahoma Department of Emergency

Management and Homeland Security

OEM Oregon Office of Emergency Management

PEMA Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

PREMA Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency

RIEMA Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

RMI NDMO

Republic of the Marshall Islands National

Disaster Management Office

RP PNEMO

Republic of Palau National Emergency

Management Office

SCEMD

South Carolina Emergency Management

Division

SD OEM

South Dakota Office of Emergency

Management

TEMA Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

TEMCO

American Samoa Territorial Emergency

Management Coordinating Office

TDEM Texas Division of Emergency Management

UT DEM Utah Division of Emergency Management

VDEM Virginia Department of Emergency Management

VITEMA

Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency

Management Agency

VEM Vermont Emergency Management

WA EMD

State of Washington Emergency Management

Division

WEM Wisconsin Emergency Management

WVEMD West Virginia Emergency Management Division

WY OHS Wyoming Office of Homeland Security

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2. The 32 Core Capabilities Identified in the National

Preparedness Goal

Planning Public Information and Warning

Operational Coordination Forensics and Attribution

Intelligence and Information Sharing Interdiction and Disruption

Screening, Search and Detection Access Control and Identity Verification

Cybersecurity Physical Protective Measures

Risk Management for Protection

Programs and Activities

Supply Chain Integrity and Security

Community Resilience Long-term Vulnerability Reduction

Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment Threats and Hazards Identification

Critical Transportation Environmental Response/Health and

Safety

Fatality Management Services Fire Management and Suppression

Infrastructure Systems Logistics and Supply Chain

Management

Mass Care Services Mass Search and Rescue Operations

On-scene Security, Protection and Law

Enforcement

Operational Communications

Public Health, Healthcare and Emergency

Medical Services

Situational Assessment

Economic Recovery Health and Social Services

Housing Natural and Cultural Resources

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3. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act: Public Law 93-288, as amended, 42

U.S.C. 5121 et seq., and Related Authorities United

States Code, Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare,

Chapter 68. Disaster Relief-FEMA 592, August 2016

 Title I - Findings and Declarations

o Sec. 101. Congressional Findings and Declarations (42 U.S.C. 5121)

o Sec. 102. Definitions (42 U.S.C. 5122)

o Sec. 103. References (42 U.S.C. 5123)

 Title II – Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance

o Sec. 201. Federal and State Disaster Preparedness Programs (42 U.S.C. 5131)

o Sec. 202. Disaster Warnings (42 U.S.C. 5132)

o Sec. 203. Predisaster Hazard Mitigation (42 U.S.C. 5133)

o Sec. 204. Interagency Task Force (42 U.S.C. 5134)

 Title III – Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance Administration

o Sec. 301. Waiver of Administrative Conditions (42 U.S.C. 5141)

o Sec. 302. Coordinating Officers (42 U.S.C. 5143)

o Sec. 303. Emergency Support and Response Teams (42 U.S.C. 5144)

o Sec. 304. Reimbursement of Federal Agencies (42 U.S.C. 5147)

o Sec. 305. Nonliability of Federal Government (42 U.S.C. 5148)

o Sec. 306. Performance of Services (42 U.S.C. 5149)

o Sec. 307. Use of Local Firms and Individuals (42 U.S.C. 5150)

o Sec. 308. Nondiscrimination in Disaster Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5151)

o Sec. 309. Use and Coordination of Relief Organizations (42 U.S.C. 5152)

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o Sec. 310. Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public Housing Assistance (42

U.S.C. 5153)

o Sec. 311. Insurance (42 U.S.C. 5154)

‒ Prohibited Flood Disaster Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5154a)

o Sec. 312. Duplication of Benefits (42 U.S.C. 5155)

o Sec. 313. Standards and Reviews (42 U.S.C. 5156)

o Sec. 314. Penalties (42 U.S.C. 5157)

o Sec. 315. Availability of Materials (42 U.S.C. 5158)

o Sec. 316. Protection of Environment (42 U.S.C. 5159)

o Sec. 317. Recovery of Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5160)

o Sec. 318. Audits and Investigations (42 U.S.C. 5161)

o Sec. 319. Advance of Non-Federal Share (42 U.S.C. 5162)

o Sec. 320. Limitation on Use of Sliding Scales (42 U.S.C. 5163)

o Sec. 321. Rules and Regulations (42 U.S.C. 5164)

o Sec. 322. Mitigation Planning (42 U.S.C. 5165)

o Sec. 323 Minimum Standards for Public and Private Structures (42 U.S.C. 5165a)

o Sec. 324. Management Costs (42 U.S.C. 5165b)

o Sec. 325. Public Notice, Comment and Consultation Requirements (42 U.S.C. 5165c)

o Sec. 326. Designation of Small State and Rural Advocate (42 U.S.C. 5165d)

 Title IV – Major Disaster Assistance Programs

o Sec. 401. Procedure for Declaration (42 U.S.C. 5170)

o Sec. 402. General Federal Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5170a)

o Sec. 403. Essential Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5170b)

o Sec. 404. Hazard Mitigation (42 U.S.C. 5170c)

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o Sec. 405. Federal Facilities (42 U.S.C. 5171)

o Sec. 406. Repair, Restoration and Replacement of Damaged Facilities (42 U.S.C. 5172)

o Sec. 407. Debris Removal (42 U.S.C. 5173)

o Sec. 408. Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households (42 U.S.C. 5174)

o Sec. 410. Unemployment Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5177)

‒ Emergency Grants to Assist Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (42

U.S.C.5177a)

o Sec. 412. Benefits and Distribution (42 U.S.C. 5179)

o Sec. 413. Food Commodities (42 U.S.C. 5180)

o Sec. 414. Relocation Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5181)

o Sec. 415. Legal Services (42 U.S.C. 5182)

o Sec. 416. Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training (42 U.S.C. 5183)

o Sec. 417. Community Disaster Loans (42 U.S.C. 5184)

o Sec. 418. Emergency Communications (42 U.S.C. 5185)

o Sec. 419. Emergency Public Transportation (42 U.S.C. 5186)

o Sec. 420. Fire Management Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5187)

o Sec. 421. Timber Sale Contracts (42 U.S.C. 5188)

o Sec. 422. Simplified Procedure (42 U.S.C. 5189)

o Sec. 423. Appeals of Assistance Decisions (42 U.S.C. 5189a)

o Sec. 424. Date of Eligibility; Expenses Incurred Before Date of Disaster (42 U.S.C. 5189b)

o Sec. 425. Transportation Assistance to Individuals and Households (42 U.S.C. 5189c)

o Sec. 426. Case Management Services (42 U.S.C. 5189d)

o Sec. 427. Essential Service Providers (42 U.S.C. 5189e)

o Sec. 428. Public Assistance Program Alternative Procedures (42 U.S.C. 5189f)

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o Sec. 429. Unified Federal Review (42 U.S.C. 5189g)

 Title V – Emergency Assistance Programs

o Sec. 501. Procedure for Declaration (42 U.S.C. 5191)

o Sec. 502. Federal Emergency Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5192)

o Sec. 503. Amount of Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5193)

 Title VI – Emergency Preparedness

o Sec. 601. Declaration of Policy (42 U.S.C. 5195)

o Sec. 602. Definitions (42 U.S.C. 5195a)

o Sec. 603. Administration of Title (42 U.S.C. 5195b)

‒ Critical Infrastructures Protection (42 U.S.C. 5195c)

o Subtitle A—Powers and Duties

‒ Sec. 611. Detailed Functions or Administration (42 U.S.C. 5196)

‒ Sec. 612. Mutual Aid Pacts between States and Neighboring Counties (42 U.S.C. 5196a)

‒ Sec. 613. Contributions for Personnel and Administrative Expenses (42 U.S.C. 5196b)

‒ Sec. 614. Grants for Construction of Emergency Operations Centers (42 U.S.C. 5196c)

‒ Sec. 615. Use of Funds to Prepare for and Respond to Hazards (42 U.S.C. 5196d)

• Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund (42 U.S.C. 5196e)

‒ Sec. 616. Disaster Related Information Services (42 U.S.C. 5196f)

o Subtitle B—General Provisions

‒ Sec. 621. Administrative Authority (42 U.S.C. 5197)

‒ Sec. 622. Security Regulations (42 U.S.C. 5197a)

‒ Sec. 623. Use of Existing Facilities (42 U.S.C. 5197b)

‒ Sec. 624. Annual Report to Congress (42 U.S.C. 5197c)

‒ Sec. 625. Applicability of Subchapter (42 U.S.C. 5197d)

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‒ Sec. 626. Authorization of Appropriations and Transfers of Funds (42 U.S.C. 5197e)

‒ Sec. 627. Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 5197f)

‒ Sec. 628. Federal Bureau of Investigation (42 U.S.C. 5197g)

 Title VII – Miscellaneous

o Sec. 701. Rules and Regulations (42 U.S.C. 5201)

‒ Insular Areas Disaster Survival and Recovery;

o Definitions (42 U.S.C. 5204)

‒ Technical Assistance for Insular Areas (42 U.S.C. 5204b)

o Sec. 705. Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures (42 U.S.C. 5205)

‒ Buy American (42 U.S.C. 5206)

o Sec. 706 Firearms Policies (42 U.S.C. 5207)

 Miscellaneous Statutory Provisions that Relate to the Stafford Act

o U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability

Appropriations Act, 2007, Pub. L. 110-28, 121 Stat. 112 (2007), signed on May 25, 2007

‒ Sec. 4501. (100% Federal Share for Katrina, Wilma, Dennis and Rita)

‒ Sec. 4502. (Allowing Community Disaster Loans to be canceled)

o Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007, Pub. L. 109-295, 120 Stat.

1355 (2006), signed on October 4, 2006 [Includes Post-Katrina Emergency Management

Reform Act (PKEMRA)]

‒ Sec. 536. (Accounting for Needs of Individuals with Household Pets and Service Animals)

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4. Common Conversion Factors

4.1. Approximate Conversions from Metric to U.S. Customary Measures*

LENGTH

Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol

mm millimeter 0.04 Inch in

cm centimeter 0.39 Inch in

m meter 3.28 Foot ft

m meter 1.09 Yard yd

km kilometer 0.62 Mile mi

Length Conversions

1 nautical mile = 1.152 statute miles = 1.852 kilometers

1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers

1 kilometer = 0.621371 miles

1 mile = 5,280 feet

1 kilometer = 1,000 meters

1 yard = 0.91440 meters

1 meter = 1.0936 yards, or 39.370 inches

1 foot = 30.48 centimeters

1 inch = 2.5400 centimeters

1 millimeter = .039 inches

AREA

Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol

cm² square

centimeters

0.16 square inch in²

m² square meter 1.20 square yard yd²

km² square kilometer 0.39 square mile mi²

ha hectare

(10,000 m

)

2.47 Acre

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MASS (WEIGHT)

Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol

g gram 0.04 Ounce oz

kg kilogram 2.20 Pound lb

mt metric ton (also

called Tonne)

(1,000 kg)

1.10 short ton ton

Mass (Weight) Conversions

1 U.S. Ton = 2,000 pounds

1 metric ton = 1000 kg = 2,205 pounds

1 U.S. pound = 0.45359237 kilograms

1 kilogram = 2.20 U.S. pounds

1 ounce = 28.350 grams

Weight of Water by Volume (at 16.7° C or 62° F)

1 liter = 1 kilogram

1 U.K. gallon = 10 pounds

1 U.S. gallon = 8.33 pounds

1 cubic foot of water = 62.3 pounds

VOLUME

Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol

mL milliliter 0.03 fluid ounce fl oz

mL milliliter 0.06 cubic inch in³

L liter 2.11 pint, liquid pt

L liter 1.06 quart, liquid qt

L liter 0.26 Gallon gal

m³ cubic meter 35.31 cubic foot ft³

m³ cubic meter 1.31 cubic yard yd³

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Volume Conversions

1 U.S. gallon = 3.79 liters

1 U.S. gallon = 128 ounces

1 U.S. quart = 0.946352946 liter

1 liter = 33.814 U.S. ounces

1 cubic foot of water = 7.48 gallons

1 U.S. ounce = 29.574 milliliter

TEMPERATURE

Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol

°C degree Celsius 1.8, add 32 degree

Fahrenheit

°F

K Kelvin subtract 273.15 degree Celsius °C

Temperature Conversions

37 °C = 98.6 °F (Average Body Temperature)

0 °C = 32.0 °F (Freezing/Melting Point of Water)

100 °C = 212.0 °F (Boiling Point of Water)

Note: These approximate conversion charts are published by National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST-SP-365), an agency of the DOC. These charts can be viewed online by visiting

http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/common-conversion.cfm

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5. Phonetic Alphabet – U.S. Military

A Alpha

B Bravo

C Charlie

D Delta

E Echo

F Foxtrot

G Golf

H Hotel

I India

J Juliet

K Kilo

L Lima

M Mike

N November

O Oscar

P Papa

Q Quebec

R Romeo

S Sierra

T Tango

U Uniform

V Victor

W Whiskey

X X-ray

Y Yankee

Z Zulu

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6. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Regional

Offices

Visit the FEMA.gov Contact Us page at https://www.fema.gov/about/contact

for regional,

Headquarters and disaster assistance contact information.

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7. FEMA Training Organizations

Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP)-FEMA

61 Responder Dr.

Anniston AL, 36205

Phone: 1-866-213-9553

Contact Information: https://cdp.dhs.gov/contact

Emergency Management Institute (EMI)-FEMA

16825 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727

Phone: 301-447-1000

Admissions Fax: 301-447-1658

Contact Information: https://training.fema.gov/contactus/

National Training and Exercise Division (NTED)

400 C Street S.W., 7th Floor South

Washington, D.C. 20472-3600

Phone: 1-800-234-1116

Contact Information: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/frts/contactus

U.S. Fire Administration-FEMA

16825 South Seton Ave.

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

Phone: 1-800-238-3358

Contact Information: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/contact.html

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8. List of Major Department of Homeland Security

Organizational Websites

Agency Website

Federal Emergency Management Agency https://www.fema.gov/

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center https://www.fletc.gov/

Transportation Security Administration https://www.tsa.gov/

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services https://www.uscis.gov/

U.S. Coast Guard https://www.uscg.mil/

U.S. Customs and Border Protection https://www.cbp.gov/

U.S. Department of Homeland Security https://www.dhs.gov/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement https://www.ice.gov/

U.S. Secret Service https://www.secretservice.gov/

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