ACF
APHA
ARC
ASTHO
AUTODIN
AUTOVON
Bulk
BT
CDC
CMT
CRDP
DEA
DECON
DMAT
DMORT
DHHS
DOT
DPH
DPW
DSNS
DSS
DROC
EM
EMS
EMT
EOC
EOP
ERT
FBI
FCC
FEMA
FERC
FRP
GCDC
HAZMAT
HD
HECC
HHS
IAP
IC
ICC
ICP
ICS
IND
Alternate Care Facilities
American Public Health Association
American Red Cross
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Automatic Digital Network
Automatic Voice Network
Packages of medications that have not been repackaged into
individual doses
Bio-terrorism
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Crisis Management Team
County Receiving and Distribution Point
Drug Enforcement Agency
Decontamination
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Disaster Mortuary response Team
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Department of Public Health
Department of Public Works
Division of the Strategic National Stockpile
Department of Social Services
Disaster Recovery Operations Center
Emergency Management
Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Support
Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Operations Center
Emergency Operations Plan
Emergency Response Team
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Emergency Management Association
FEMA Emergency Response Capability
Federal Response Plan
General Communicable Disease Control
Hazardous Material
Health Department
Health Emergency Coordination Center
Department of Health and Human Services
Incident Action Plan
Incident Commander
Interstate Commerce Commission
Incident Command Post
Incident Command System
Investigational New Drug
JCAHO
JIC
JICO
JIS
JTF
LEMC
LHD
LRS
LZ
MC
MD
HIC
MMRS
MOA
MOU
MPD
NCDA
NCDHHS
NCDOT
NCDPH
NCEH
NCEM
NCFS
NCHP
NCNG
NCPH
NCSBI
NDMOC
NDMS
NIIMS
OCC
OEMS
OER
PH
PHCC
PHP&R
Push Package
PHIO
PIO
POD
Receiving
RRT
Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Joint Information Command
Joint Information Command Officer
Joint Information System
Joint Task Force
Local Emergency Coordinator
Local Health Department
Local Receiving Site
Landing Zone (helicopter)
Mobilization Center
Medical Doctor
Health Information Center
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Memorandum of Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding
Metropolitan Police Department
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
North Carolina Department of Transportation
North Carolina Department of Public Health
National Center for Environmental Health
North Carolina Emergency Management
North Carolina Forestry Service
North Carolina Highway Patrol
North Carolina National Guard
North Carolina Division of Public Health
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
National Disaster Medical Operations Center
National Disaster Medical System
National Interagency Incident Management System
Operations Coordination Center
Office of Emergency Medical Service
Office of Emergency Response
Public Health
Public Health Command Center
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
This portion of the SNS consists of medical material that can arrive
anywhere in the Continental United States within 12 hours; there
are 12 Push Packages pre-positioned at strategic locations
nationwide Prophylaxis Measures designed to preserve health and
prevent the spread of disease
Public Health Information Officer
Public Information Officer
Point of Dispensing
Acceptance of the SNS from the federal government
Regional Response Team
RSS
SA
SERC
SERT
SMAT
SOP
SORT
Staging
SNS
TAR
TARU
USPHS
VMI
Distribution and Repackaging Center, The site where the SNS
material is taken to be stored, broken-down, and distributed to
dispensing sites, hospitals, and other sites
Staging Area
State Emergency Response Commission
State Emergency Response Team
State Medical Assistance Team
Standard Operating Procedure
Special Operations Response Team
Positioning the SNS at the designated receiving facility in such a
way that it can be easily broken down to support shipment to
dispensing sites
Strategic National Stockpile, Consists of medical supplies prepositioned to aid state/local emergency response to acts of
chemical or biological terrorism
Technical Assistance Review
Technical Advisory Response Unit A group of CDC technical
advisers who accompany the SNS
United States Public Health Service
Vendor Managed Inventory This is the re-supply portion of the
SNS; the NCEM, in consultation with NCPH and their respective
local representatives will need to determine whether, and if so how
much, to request from the VMI