FEMA Acronyms Abbreviations and Terms

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Acronyms
Abbreviations
& Terms
A Capability Assurance Job Aid
FEMA-524 / March 2005
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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A
AA
AAA
AAAE
AAC
AACS
AAD
AADR
AAEI
AAER
AAFB
AAMS
AAMVA
AAPA
AAR
AARP
AASHTO
AAU
ABA
ABAG
ABC
ABCO
ABF
ABM
ABMC
Atomic Mass/Ampere/Activity of Isotope
1) Affirmative Action
2) Allocation Advice
3) Applicant Assistance
4) Approval Authority
5) Atomic Absorption
1) Agriculture Adjustment Administration
2) American Automobile Association
American Association of Airport Executives
1) Activity Address Code
2) Applicant Assistance Center
Automated Access Control System
Assistant Associate Director
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
American Association for Exporters and Importers
Average Annual Erosion Rate
Andrews Air Force Base
Automated Acquisition Management System
(ProTrac / ProDoc)
American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administration
American Association of Port Authorities
1) After-Action Report
2) After action Review
3) Association of American Railroads
American Association of Retired Persons
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials
Association of American Universities
1) American Bankers Association
2) American Bar Association
Association of Bay Area Governments
1) American Baptist Churches
2) Associated Builders and Contractors
Automated Billing & Collection Offsets
Automatic Broadcast Feed
Anti-Ballistic Missile
American Battle Monuments Commission
ABNCP
ABO
ABS
AC
ACAA
ACADA
ACAMS
ACAP
ACBIRC
ACC
ACCS
ACDA
ACE
ACF
ACFM
ACGIH
AChE
ACHP
ACI
ACI/NA
ACIP
ACIR
Airborne Command Post
Agents of Biological Origin
Arson and Bomb Squad
1) Alternating Current
2) Area Committee
Air Carrier Association for Americans
Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm
Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System
1) Agency-wide Corrective Action Program
2) Alien Criminal Apprehension Program
Advanced Chemical/Biological Integrated
Response Course
1) Agency Command Center
2) Air Combat Command
3) American Chemistry Council
4) Aviation Command Center
Accounting Classification Code Structure
[US] Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
1) American Council on Education
2) Army Corps of Engineers
3) Automated Commercial Environment (secure data portal)
4) Automated Construction Estimate
1) Administration for Children and Families
2) Alternate Care Facility
Advanced Certified Floodplain Manager
American Council of Government Industrial
Hygienists
Acetylcholinesterase
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1) Advanced Contracting Initiative
2) Airports Council International
3) Approved Course of Instruction
Airports Council International--North America
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations
ACO
ACP
ACPSEM
ACR
ACS
ACSM
ACTD
ACT FAST
ACV
ACWG
A/D
AD
ADA
ADAMS
ADASHI
ADD
ADDS
ADEM
ADES
ADGGS
ADIS
1) Administrative Contracting Officer
2) Agency Claims Officer
3) Agency Collection Officer
1) Accelerated Conversion Process
2) Access Control Point
3) Allied Communications Publication
4) Alternate Command Post
5) Area Command Post
6) Area Contingency Plan
Advisory Council on Professional Standards for
Emergency Managers
1) Acreage Conservation Reserve
2) Agency Confirmation Report
3) Advance Confirmation Report
1) Adventist Community Services
2) Alternate Command Staff
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
Agent Characteristics Toxicity - First Aid and
Special Treatment
Actual Cash Value
Air Cargo Working Group
Analog/Digital
1) Administratively Determined
2) Assistant Director
3) Associate Director
Americans with Disabilities Act
Automated Disaster Assistance Management
System
Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous
Incidents
Automated Deployment Database
Automated Disaster Deployment System
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
Alaska Division of Emergency Services
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical
Surveys
Arrival and Departure Information System
ADIZ
ADM
ADMIN
ADMSYS
ADO
ADOS
ADO Team
ADP
ADPE
ADR
ADRA
ADRS
ADVON
A&E
AE
AEA
AEC
AECB
AECC
AECE
AECM
AECR
AEGL
AEI
AEIC
AEL
AELT
AEMA
AEOD
AEP
Air Defense Identification Zone
Acquisition Decision Memorandum
Administration
Admissions System
Airport District Office
Automated Document Ordering System
Assistant Disbursing Officer Team
Automated Data Processing
Automated Data Processing Equipment
American Disaster Reserve
1) Act Adventist Development and Relief Agency
2) Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automated Disaster Reporting System
Advanced Echelon
Architectural and Engineering
1) Aeromedical Evacuation
2) Architects and Engineering
American Economic Association
1) Agency Emergency Coordinator(s)
2) Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy and Control Board
1) Aeromedical Evacuation Coordination (or Control) Center
2) American Evangelical Christian Church
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Element
Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Members
Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations
Acute Exposure Guidelines Level
American Enterprise Institute
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
1) Adverse Effect Level
2) Airborne Exposure Limit
Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
Analysis and Evaluation of Operation Data
Airport Emergency Plan
AERT
AES
AEW
A&FM
AF
AFA
AFB
AFCEA
AFD
AFEM
AFGE
AFGP
AFGWC
AFMLS
AFMS
AFNSEP
AFOSC
AFRAS
AFRAT
AFRB
AFRCC
AFRES
AFRRI
AFSOF
AFSS
AFTAC
AG
AGAR
AGC
Alaska Emergency Response Team
1) Aeromedical Evacuation System
2) Automated Export System
Airborne Early Warning
Aviation and Fire Management
1) Acre Feet
2) Air Force
Association of Flight Attendants
Air Force Base
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association
Airport Facility Directory
Alliance for Fire and Emergency Management
American Federation of Government Employees
Assistance for Firefighters Grant Program
Air Force Global Weather Central
Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section
Automated Forms System
Air Force National Security Emergency
Preparedness
Air Force Operations Support Center
Association For Rescue At Sea
Air Force Radiation Assessment Team
Air Force Reserve Base
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
Air Force Reserve
Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute
Air Force Special Operations Forces
Automated Flight Service Station
Air Force Technical Applications Center
1) Adjutant General
2) Agriculture
3) Attorney General
Alternate Governor’s Authorized Representative
1) Advanced Gas Centrifuge
2) Association of General Contractors
AGCA
AGCR
AGE
AGL
AGS
AGZ
AH
AHCC
AHG
AHJ
AIA
AIATP
AIC
AID
AIF
AIG
AI&H
AIMS
AIP
AIR
AIREP
AIS
AIT
AKA
AKDT
AKST
AL
ALARA
ALC
Associated General Contractors of America
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
Aerospace Ground Equipment
Above Ground Level
Aviation Group Supervisor
Actual Ground Zero
Alternate Headquarters
Alternate Host Communications Center
Ad Hoc Group
Agency Having Jurisdiction
1) American Institute of Architects
2) American Insurance Association
Antiterrorism Intelligence Awareness Training
Program
Automated Inventory Control (formerly AIS)
Agency for International Development
Assistance Information Form
Address Indicating Group
Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Arson Information Management System
2) Automated Inventory Management System
1) Agreement In Principle
2) Airport Improvement Program
Applied Insurance Research
Aircraft Report
1) Automated Information System(s)
2) Automatic Identification System
Aeromedical Isolation Team
Also Known As
Alaska Daylight Time (GMT - 8)
Alaska Standard Time (GMT - 9)
Applicant Liaison
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
1) Agency Location Code
2) Agency Logistics Center
3) Annual Letter of Certification
ALCC
ALCE
ALCOM
ALE
ALERT
ALOHA
ALPA
ALS
ALSM
ALTRETCO
AM
AMA
AMB
AMBUS
AMC
AMCCOM
AMF
AMGS
AMHS
AMID
AMIO
AML
AMO
AMOC
AMPS
AMR
AMS
AMSC
AMSLAN
1) Airlift Control Center
2) Airlift Coordination Cell
Airlift Control Element
Alaskan Command
1) Additional Living Expenses
2) Automatic Link Establishment
Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
Aerial Locations Of Hazardous Atmospheres
Airline Pilots Association
Advanced Life Support
Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (aka LIDAR)
Alternate Regional Emergency Transportation
Coordinator
1) Amplitude Modulation
2) Ante Meridiem
American Medical Association
Air & Marine Branch
Ambulance Bus
1) Air Mobility Command
2) Army Materiel Command
Armament Munitions and Chemical Command
Alternative Morgue Facility
Air & Marine Group Supervisor
Automated Message Handling System
Air and Marine Interdiction Division
Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations
ARC Macro Language
Air and Marine Operations
Air and Marine Operations Center
Automated Message Processing System
Agricultural Mitigation and Restoration
1) Aerial Measuring System
2) American Meteorological Society
3) Atmospheric Monitoring System
4) Automated Manifest System
American Satellite Communications
American Sign Language
AMT
AMTI
AMTOR
AMWA
A/N
AN
ANAD
ANCA
ANCDF
ANFO
ANG
ANGB
ANI
ANL
ANOC
ANPR
ANPSC
ANRC
ANS
ANSER
ANSI
ANZUS
AO
AoA
AOA
AOC
AOIC
AOR
Amount
Applied Marine Technology, Inc.
Amateur Telegraphy Over Radio
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Alert/Notification
1) Above Normal
2) Alert and Notification (see also A/N)
Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Chemical Activity
Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility
Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil
Air National Guard
Air National Guard Base
1) American Nuclear Insurers
2) Area Not Included
Argonne National Laboratory
Association of National Olympic Committees
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Alternate National Processing Service Center
American National Red Cross
1) Alert and Notification System
2) Aquatic Nuisance Species
Analytic Services, Inc.
American National Standards Institute
Australia, New Zealand and United States
1) Action Officer
2) Administrative Officer
3) Area of Operations
4) Assistance Officer
Administration on Aging
Aviation Operations Area
1) Aircraft Operating Center (NOAA)
2) Area of Concern
3) Army Operations Center
Acting Official in Charge
Area of Responsibility
AOSSP
AOV
AP
APA
APB
APCO
APE
APEC
APG
APHA
APHIS
APHL
API
APIS
APO
APOD
APOE
APP
Apps
APR
APRSAC
APSO
APSP
APSRS
APSS
APT
APTA
APWA
AQI
Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program
Agency Owned Vehicle
1) Aerial Port
2) Alternate Power
3) Assembly Point
4) Associated Press
1) American Planning Association
2) Administrative Procedure Act
Acquisition Program Baseline
Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials, International
Area of Potential Effect
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Aberdeen Proving Ground
American Public Health Association
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Application Programming Interface
1) Administrative and Program Information System
2) Advanced Passenger Information System
Accountable Property Officer
Aerial Port of Debarkation
Aerial Port of Embarkation
Application or Applicant
Applications
1) Agency Procurement Review
2) Air-Purifying Respirator
Academe and Policy Research Advisory Committee
Asylum Pre-Screening Officer
Automated Passenger Screening Profile
Aerial Photography Summary Record System
Automated Personnel Security System
Administrative Payment Team
American Public Transportation Associations
American Public Works Association
Agricultural Quarantine Inspections
AR
ARA
ARAA
ARAC
ARC
ARCA
ARCHIE
ARES
ARF
ARFI
ARG
ARI
ARIP
ARL
ARL-M
ARM
ARNG
ARNGOPS
A-ROC
ARP
ARPA
ARPANET
ARRAS
ARRL
ARS
ARSOF
ARSR
ART
ARTCC
1) Acknowledge Receipt
2) Aerial Reconnaissance
3) Army Regulation
Aircraft Rental Agreement
Advanced Radiological Accident Assessment
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability
American Red Cross (also RC) [ESF-6]
Area Requiring Corrective Action
Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident
Evaluation
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
1) Action Request Form
2) Aviation Route Forecast
Areas Recommended For Improvement
Accident Response Group
Acute Respiratory Infection(s)
Accidental Release Information Program
1) Activities Result List
2) Airborne Reconnaissance Low
Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Multifunction
Aerial Radiological Monitor
Army National Guard
Army National Guard Operations
Alternate Regional Operations Center
1) Administration and Resource Planning
2) Alarm Resolution Protocols
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System
American Radio Relay League
1) Agriculture Research Service
2) Automatic Route Selection
Army Special Operations Forces
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Awards Review Team
Air Route Traffic Control Center
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ARTS
ARWO
AS
ASA
ASAC
ASA (IL & E)
ASAP
ASC
ASCADS
ASCE
ASCII
ASCS
ASD
ASDAR
ASDSO
ASEAN
ASFPM
ASH
ASIS
ASL
ASLB
ASM
ASME
ASMRO
ASOS
ASP
Audit Report Tracking System
Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Office
Applicant Services
Average speed of answer
Aviation Security Advisory Committee
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installation, Logistics, and Environment)
1) As Soon As Possible
2) All-Hazards Situation Assessment Prototype
1) Advanced Systems Center
2) Allowable Stack Concentration
3) Application Support Center
4) Area of Special Consideration
Automated Sorting, Conversion and Distribution
System
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services
1) Allowable Stress Design
2) Assistant Secretary of Defense
Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Association of State Floodplain Managers
1) America’s Second Harvest
2) Assistant Secretary for Health
American Society for Industrial Security
1) Above Sea Level
2) American Sign Language
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Air Support Manager
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Armed Services Medical Regulating Office
Automated Surface Observing System
1) Active Server Page(s)
2) Aviation Security Program
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ASPE
ASPRS
ASR
ASSE
ASSET
ASST
AST
ASTHO
ASTI
ASTM
ASTS
ASU
ASUFAC
AT
ATA
ATB
ATC
A-TCET
ATCO
ATCT
ATD
ATDP
ATDT
ATF
AT/FP
ATH
ATM
ATMU
ATMWU
ATO
American Society of Professional Estimators
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
Aquifer Storage Recovery
American Society of Safety Engineers
Advanced Simulation and Software Engineering
Technology
Assistant
Aboveground Storage Tank
Association of State and Territorial Health Offices
Airport Security Technology Integration
American Society for Testing and Materials
Aeromedical Staging Squadron
All-Source Situational Understanding
Airport and Seaport User Fee Advisory Committee, INS
Antiterrorism
1) Actual Time of Arrival
2) Airline Transportation Association
Applied Technology Board
1) Air Traffic Control
2) Applied Technology Council
1) Anti-Terrorism Combat Enforcement Team
2) AntiTerrorism Contraband Enforcement Team
Airtanker Coordinator
Air Traffic Control Tower
Actual Time of Departure
Annual Training and Development Plan
Atlantic Daylight Time (GMT - 3)
(Bureau of ) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Antiterrorism & Force Protection
Air-Transportable Hospital
1) Automated Teller Machine
2) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit
Air Transportable Mobile Weather Unit
Air Tasking Order
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ATP
ATR
ATRAP
ATS
ATSA
ATSDR
ATST
ATTF
ATTN
ATV
ATWC
AUTODIN
AUTOVON
AUVSI
AV
AVC
AVHRR
AVIP
AVLIS
AVO
AVOps
AVSEC
AWD
AWIPS
AWIS
AWO
AWOL
AWRA
AWS
AYE
1) Air Transit Program
2) Authority to Participate
Advanced Thermal Reactor
Air Transportable RADIAC Package
Automated Targeting System
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(USPHS)
Atlantic Standard Time (GMT - 4)
Anti-Terrorism Task Force
Attention
All-Terrain Vehicle
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
(obsolete; see WCATWC)
Automatic Digital Network
Automatic Voice Network (obsolete; see DSN)
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International
1) Air Vehicle
2) Audio-Visual
Alaska Volcano Center
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Aviation Operations
Aviation Security
Available Without Declaration
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
Automated Weather Information System
American Waterway Operators
Absent Without Leave
American Water Resources Association
Alternate Work Schedule
Alternate Year Exercise
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BAA
BACM
BAER
BALV
BAND
BAREPP
BASIS
BATF
BBRS
BBS
B/C
BC
BCA
BCC
BCF
BCIS
BCMC
BCR
BDA
BDC
BDE
BDO
BDRP
BDS
BEEF
BEIR
BENS
BENT SPEAR
BEP
BERD
BERT
BFC
1) Broad Agency Announcement
2) Broad Area Announcement
Business Alliance for Customs Modernization
Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (Team)
Best Available Lodging Value
Bio-agent Autonomous Networked Detectors
Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project
Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Board of Building Regulations and Standards
Bulletin Board System
Benefit/Cost
1) Base Camp
2) Branch Chief
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Border Crossing Cards
Billion Cubic Feet
Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services
(see also CIS)
Board for the Coordination of Model Codes
Benefit-Cost Ratio
Battle Damage Assessment
Bomb Data Center (FBI)
Brigade
Battle Dress Overgarment
Biological Defense Research Program
Biohazard Detection System
Big Explosive Experimental Facility
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Business Executives for National Security
Nuclear Incident (codeword)
Budget Execution Plan
Blocked Erosion Rate Database
Building Emergency Response Team
Bills For Collection
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BFD
BFE
BGAD
BGCA
BI
BIA
BICE
BIDS
BIFC
BIIDB
BIL
BIT
BIWG
BL
BLESTP
BLEVE
BLM
BLS
BM
BMC
BMP
BN
B-NICE
BOC
BOCA
BOM
BoO
BOR
BORP
BOXER
BPA
BPAT
Base Flood Depth
Base Flood Elevation
Blue Grass Army Depot
Blue Grass Chemical Activity
Background Investigation
1) Board of Immigration Appeals
2) Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Biological Integrated Detection System
Boise Interagency Fire Center (obsolete, see NIFCC)
Badge Imaging Information Database
Band Interleaved by Line (Format)
1) Building Inventory Tool
2) Built-In Test
Bilateral Interdiction Working Group
Bill of Lading
Basic Law Enforcement Supervisor Training Program
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
Bureau of Land Management
Basic Life Support
Bench Mark
Bomb Management Center
Best Management Practice(s)
Battalion
Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, or
Explosive
Basic Operating Cost
Building Officials and Code Administrators
Bill of Materials
Base of Operations
Bureau of Reclamation
Building Occupancy Resumption Program
Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region
1) Blanket Purchasing Agreement
2) Border Patrol Agent
Building Performance Assessment Team
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BPD
BPM
BPO
BPR
BPRP
BPS
BPWG
BRM
BROKEN ARROW
BRT
B&SA
BSA
BSC
BSE
BSI
BSIR
BSPP
BSSC
BST
BT
BTA
BTCP
BTS
BTU
BU
BTW
BW
BWC
BWIC
Blast-Protective Design
Basic Property Management
Blanket Purchase Order
Business Process Reengineering
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
Bits Per Second
Best Practices Working Group
1) Bioregulator/Modulator
2) Business Reference Model
Nuclear Accident (codeword)
Business Round Table
Bureau and Statistical Agent (NFIP)
1) Base Support Area
2) Business Software Alliance
Building Security Committee
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(aka, “Mad Cow Disease”)
1) Base Support Installation
2) Border Safety Initiative
Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports
Broadcast Station Protection Program
Building Seismic Safety Council
Burn Specialty Team
Buying Team
Bioterrorism Act
1) Biological Terrorism Contingency Plan
2) Biothreat Characterization Program
1) Budget Tracking System
2) Border and Transportation Security
3) Bureau of Transportation Statistics
British Thermal Unit
Building (Line)
By the way
Biological Warfare/Weapons
Biological Weapons Convention
Biological Warning and Incident Characterization
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BWR
BY
BZPP
C2
C3
C4
C4ISR
CA
CAA
CAAP
CABIN
CAC
CACTIS
CAD
CADD
CADET
CADW
CAE
CAER
CAG
CAI
Boiling Water Reactor
Budget Year
Buffer Zone Protection Plan
Command and Control
1) Command, Control, andCommunications
2) Customs Cybersmuggling Center
Command, Control, Communications, and
Computers
Command, Control, Communications and
Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance
1) Capability Assurance
2) Chemical Agent
3) Civil Affairs
4) Congressional Affairs
5) Cooperating Agency
6) Cooperative Agreement
Clean Air Act
Critical Asset Assurance Program
Chemical and Biological Information Network
1) Citizens’ Advisory Commissions
2) Civil Applications Committee
3) Climate Analysis Center
4) Community Assistance Contact
5) Crisis Action Center
Computer-Assisted CSEPP Training Information
System
1) Computer Aided/Assisted Dispatch
2) Computer-Assisted Design
3) Computer-Assisted Drafting
Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design
Computer-Assisted Design for Exercise Training
Civil Air Defense Warning
Command Assessment Element (for CBIRF)
Community Awareness and Emergency Response
Core Agency Group
1) Chemical Accident/Incident
2) Computer-Aided Instruction
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CAIC
CAICO
CAIRA
CALM
CAM
CAMDS
CAMEO
CAMEXPAN
CAMS
CANDU
CAO
CAP
CAPA
CAPC
CAP-FASSE
CAPPS II
CAPSS
CAP-SSSE
CAR
CARAT
CARCAH
CARD
Chemical Accident/Incident Control
Chemical Accident/Incident Control Officer
Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance
Cognitive and Affective Learning Model
1) Chemical Agent Monitor
2) Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency
Operations
Central America Mexico Panama
Continuous Air Monitoring System
Canadian-Deuterium Uranium (Reactor)
1) Caribbean Area Office
2) Chief Administrative Officer
1) Capability Assessment Program
2) Capability Assurance Program
3) Civil Air Patrol
4) Collection, Analysis and Planning
5) Combat Air Patrol
6) Community Action Program
7) Community Assistance Program
8) Corrective Action Program
Coalition of Airline Pilot Association
Civil Aviation Planning Committee
Corrective Action Program - Federal Agency
Support Services Element
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
(II equals 2nd generation)
Corrective Action Program Support System
(obsolete)
Corrective Action Program - State Support Services
Element
1) Capability Assessment for Readiness
2) Congressional Affairs Representative
Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training
Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination - All
Hurricanes
Collaborative Agencies for Responding to Disasters
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CARDA
CARL
CART
CAS
CASE
CASPER
CASU
CAT
CATEGORY A
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY B
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY C
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY D
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY E
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY F
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY G
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage
Assessment
Computerized Activities Results List
1) Computer Analysis and Response Team
2) County Animal Response Team
1) Chemical Abstract Service
2) Crisis Action System
Computer-Aided Software Engineering
C-130 Airborne Sensor with Palletized Electronic
Reconnaissance
Centralized Administrative Services Unit
1) Catastrophic
2) Category
3) Collier Area Transit (Florida)
4) Crisis Action Team
Debris Removal
Emergency Protective Measures
Roads and Bridges
Water Control Facilities
Buildings and Contents
Utilities
Parks, Recreational, and Other
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CATEX
CATL
CATS
CATV
CAV
CAX
CB
CBA
CBCF
CBD
CBDCOM
CBEK
CBET
CBI
CBIA
CBIAC
CBIRF
CBL
CBN
CBO
CBP
CBPMO
CBQRF
CBR
CBRA
1) Catastrophic Exercise
2) Categorical Exclusion
Chronology and Time Line
Consequences Assessment Tool Set
Cable Television
Community Assistance Visit(s)
Capability Assurance Exercise
1) Chemical Biological
2) Citizens’ Band
3) Cluster Bomb
1) Contractors and Builders Association
2) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cross Border Crime Forum
Chemical and Biological Defense
Chemical and Biological Defense Command
(obsolete; see SBCCOM)
Compendium of Basic Exercise Knowledge
Computer Based Education and Training
1) Chandler Burning Index
2) Computer-Based Instruction
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act
Chemical and Biological Information Analysis Center
Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force (USMC)
1) Commercial Bill of Lading
2) Computer-Based Learning
1) Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear
2) Cooperative Base Network
1) Congressional Budget Office
2) Community Based Organization(s)
Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of
(also called BCBP)
[US] Customs and Border Protection Modernization
Office
Chemical-Biological Quick Response Force
Chemical, Biological, and/or Radiological
Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982
(also see COBRA)
20
CBRD
CBRDT
CBRN
CBRNE
CBRNE-CM
CBRRT
CBRS
CBRT
CBT
CBW
C&C
cc
CC
CCA
CCB
CCC
CCF
CCFP
CCG
CCITP
CCL
CCN
CCND
CCO
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense
Chemical/Biological Rapid Deployment Team
Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive - Consequence Management
Chemical & Biological Rapid Response Team
1) Coastal Barrier Resources System
2) Concept Based Requirement System
Chemical-Biological Response Team
1) Chemical Biological Toxin
2) Computer-Based Training
Chemical and Biological Warfare
Components and Cladding
cubic centimeter
1) Citizen Corps
2) Congregate Care
3) Coordination Center
4) Courtesy Copy
5) Crisis Counseling
Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement
(obsolete; see CA)
Configuration Control Board
1) Commodity Credit Corporation
2) Congregate Care Center
3) Crisis Coordination Center
Coded Cities Forecast
(National Institute of Justice)
Center for Civil Force Protection
Crisis Coordination Group
Counterterrorism Cyber-crime Investigations
Training Program
Contamination Control Line
Canonical Correlation Analysis
Consultative Committee on Natural Disasters
1) Claims Coordinating Office
2) Consultation Coordination Officer
21
CCP
CCR
CCRA
CCSL
CCST
CCT
CCTV
CD
CDBG
CDC
CDCP
CDD
CDE
CDERA
CDEX
CDL
CDMA
CDO
CDP
CDR
CDRDB
CDRG
CDRG-PAC
CD-ROM
CDRS
CDT
1) Casualty Collection Point
2) Citizen Corps Program (Department of Homeland Security grass-roots program involving citizens; based in OSLGC&P)
3) Crisis Counseling Program
Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov)
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Command and Control Simulation Lab
Chemical Casualty Site Team
Communications Coordination Team
Closed-Circuit Television
1) Civil Defense
2) Compact Disc
Community Development Block Grant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
1) Capability Development and Demonstration
2) Cross-Disaster Database
Committed Dose Equivalent
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
Civil Defense Exercise
1) Commercial Driver’s License
2) Community Disaster Loan
Code Division Multiple Access
Central Dense Overcast
Center for Domestic Preparedness
1) Christian Disaster Response
2) Commander
3) Critical Design Review
4) Crude Death Rate
Conventional Disaster Resource Database
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group - Primary
Agency Committee
Compact Disc – Read-Only Memory
Call Detail Reporting System
Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5)
22
CDX
C/E
CE
CEA
CEB
CEC
CED
CEDE
CEE
CEF
CEI
CEM
CEMA
CEMD
CEMIS
CEMO
CEMP
CEMS
CENL
CENR
CENTPAC
CEO
CEOC
CEOS
CEP
CEPA
CEPAP
CEPPO
Control and Direction Exercise
Communications/Electronics
1) Categorical Exclusion
2) Civil Engineer
Council of Economic Advisors
Contractor Evaluation Board
Chief Exercise Controller
Committee for Economic Development
Committed Effective Dose Equivalent
Consolidated Enforcement Environment
1) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
2) Critical Emergency File
Critical Elements of Information
1) Certified Emergency Manager
2) Comprehensive Emergency Management
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
County Emergency Management Director
Crisis and Emergency Management Information
System
Canada Emergency Measures Organization
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Continuous Emission Monitoring System
Chemical Event Notification Level
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Central Pacific
Chief Executive Officer
County Emergency Operations Center
Committee on Earth-Orbiting Satellites
1) Circular Error Probable
2) Civil Emergency Planning (NATO)
3) Civil Emergency Preparedness
Canadian Emergency Preparedness Association
Cost Estimating for the Public Assistance Program,
Expert Panel on
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office
23
CEQ
CERC
CERCLA
CERES
CERT
CERT/CC
CEST
CET
CEU
CEXS
CFA
CFAO
CFC
CFDA
CFGDP
CFIUS
CFIVSAC
cfm
CFO
CFR
CFS
CFSA
CFSI
CFTC
Council on Environmental Quality
Coastal Engineering Research Center
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (aka “Superfund”)
California Environmental Resources Evaluation
System
1) Community Emergency Response Team
2) Computer Emergency Readiness Team
3) Computer Emergency Recovery Team
4) Computer Evidence Response Training
Computer Emergency Response Team/
Coordination Center
Cyber Emergency Support Team
Contraband Enforcement Team
Compliance Enforcement Unit
Cooperative Extension Service
1) Cognizant Federal Agency
2) Computerized Fleet Analysis
Cognizant Federal Agency Official
1) Chlorofluorocarbon
2) Combined Federal Campaign
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Crash Feed Grain Donation Program
Committee for Foreign Investment in the United
States
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory
Committee
cubic feet per minute
1) Chief Financial Officer
2) Chief of Field Operations
Code of Federal Regulations
1) Certified Fraud Specialists, Association of
2) Cubic Feet per Second
Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Congressional Fire Services Institute
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
24
CG
CGD
CGEOC
CGFAA
CGISS
CGM
CGS
CHARM
CHAWS
CHCO
ChE
CHECK 21
CHEMTREC
CHER-CAP
CHG
CHIP
CHRIS
CI
CIA
CIAD
CIAETP
CIAO
CIBADS
CICAD
CICG
CID
CIDA
CIDCON
1) Coast Guard
2) Commanding General
Coast Guard District
Canadian Government Emergency Operations
Center
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act
Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow
Subsurface
Computer Graphics Metafile
Council of Graduate Schools
Complex Hazardous Release Model
Chemical Hazard Warning System
Chief Human Capital Officer
Cholinesterase
Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
Community Hazards Emergency Response
- Capability Assurance Process
Change
Capability and Hazard Identification Program
Chemical Hazard Response Information System
Critical Infrastructure
Central Intelligence Agency
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Division
Criminal Investigation in Automated Equipment
Training Program
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office/Officer
Canadian Integrated Biochemical Agent Detection
System
Center for Intelligence Collection Analysis and
Dissemination
Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group
Criminal Investigation Division or Department,
Community Identification
Canadian International Development Agency
Civil Defense Condition
25
CIDER
CIF
CIFFC
CII
CIIA
CI/KR
CIMA
CIMRT
CIMS
CIMST
CINC
CINCAMC
CINCLANT
CINCNORAD
CINCPAC
CINCSOC
CINCTRANS
CIND
CINDI
CIO
CIP
CIPB
CIPIC
CIPWG
CIRG
CIRP
Computer Interactive Display, Entry, and Retrieval
1) Central Information File
2) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Critical Infrastructure Information
Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002
Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources
Channel Industry Mutual Aid
Critical Incident Management Response Team
1) Correspondence and Issues Management
System
2) Critical Incident Management Support
Critical Incident Management Support Team
Commander-In-Chief
Commander-in-Chief, Air Mobility Command
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Commander-inChief, Special Operations Command
Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command
Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector
1) Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
2) Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector Instrument
Chief Information Office/Officer
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
Critical Infrastructure Protection Information
Center
Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group
Critical Incident Response Group
Catastrophic Incident Response Plan
26
CIS
CISD
CISM
CITAC
CITO
CJCS
CJIS
CJTF
CLIVAR
CLO
CLOMA
CLOMR
CLS
CM
CMA
CMAA
CMAS
CMAT
CMC
CMCAC
CME
CMF
CMG
CMHS
1) Central Index System
2) Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bureau of (see also BCIS)
3) Civil Infrastructure Security
4) Community Information System
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Critical Incident Stress Management
Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Center
Central Imagery Tasking Office
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Criminal Justice Information System
Commander, Joint Task Force
Climate Variability
Congressional Liaison Officer
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
Conditional Letter of Map Revision
Central Locator System
1) Cadre Manager
2) Chief of Mission
3) Configuration Management
4) Countermeasure
1) Chemical Manufacturers Association
2) Chemical Materials Agenc
3) Community Map Action (Form)
Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
(affiliated with BTS/CBP)
Circular Map Accuracy Standard
Consequence Management Advisory Team
1) Center for Marine Conservation
2) Crisis Management Center
3) Crisis Management Coordinator
4) Customs Management Centers
Crisis Management Center Augmentation Cadre
Chief Medical Examiner
Case Management File
Consequence Management Group
Center for Mental Health Services
27
CML
CMO
CMOC
CMT
CMTB
CMU
CMV
CMX
CNC
CNMI
CNN
CNO
CNR
CNS
CNSC
CNSIP
CNSNS
CNT
CNU
CNWDI
CO
COA
COAC
COAD
COAP
COB
COBOL
COBRA
Commercial
Civil Military Operations
Civil Military Operations Center
Crisis Management Team
Countermeasures Test Bed
1) Concrete Masonry Unit
2) Crisis Management Unit
Commercial Motor Vehicle
Crisis Management Exercise
1) Central Network Control
2) Computer Numerical Control
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Cable News Network
1) Chief of Naval Operations
2) Counternarcotics Office/Officer
Center for National Response, The
1) Central Nervous System
2) Corporation for National Security
3) Corporation for National Service
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Classified National Security Information Program
Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards
Counternarcoterrorism
Crisis Negotiations Unit (FBI)
Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information
1) Commanding Officer
2) Communications Officer
3) Contracting Officer
4) Custodial Officer
Course of Action
Customs Operations Advisory Committee
Community Organizations Active In Disaster
Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction
Close of Business
Common Business-Oriented Language
Coastal Barriers Resources Act
28
COBRE
COC
COCOM
COD
CODEL
COE
COG
COGO
COI
COL
COLA
COLISEUM
COLT
COMC
COMCDTF
COMINT
COMM
COMPUSEC
COMREL
COMSEC
CONOPS
CONPLAN
CONUS
CONUSA
COO
COOP
COP
COPS
Carry-On Bag Remote Examination
1) Combat Operations Center
2) Country of Citizenship
Coordinating Committee
Cash On Delivery
Congressional Delegation
[US Army] Corps of Engineers
1) Continuity of Government
2) Council of Governments
Coordinate Geometry
Critical Operational Issue
1) Colonel
2) Cost of Living
Cost-of-Living Allowance
Community On-Line Intelligence System for End
Users and Managers
Cellular-on-Light-Truck
Communications Coordinator
Commander, Civil Disturbance Task Force
Communications Intelligence
Communications
Computer Security
Community Relations
Communications Security
Concept of Operations
1) Concept of Operations Plan
2) Contingency Plan
3) U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (see NRP)
Continental (or Contiguous) United States
Continental United States Army
Chief Operating Officer
Continuity of Operations
1) Common Operating Picture
2) Chief of Party
3) Chief of Police
Community Oriented Policing Service
29
COR
CORE
CORS
COS
COSIN
COSO
COTHEN
COTP
COTR
COTS
COUSCS
COW
CP
CPA
CPAS
CPAV
CPC
CPD
CPE
CPG
CPHC
CPI
cpm
CPO
CPOT
CPPA
CPPM
CPPS
CPR
Contracting Officers Representative
1) Cadre of Response Employees
2) Cadre of On-call Response Employees
3) Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies
Continuously Operating Reference Station(s)
1) Cash on Shipment
2) Chief of Staff
Control Staff Instruction(s)
Chief of Staff Office/Operations
Customs Over-The-Horizon Enforcement Network
Captain of the Port
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Commercial Operations of the US Customs Service,
Advisory Committee on
Cellular-On-Wheels
1) Command Post
2) Control Point
3) Coordination and Planning
Coalition Provisional Authority
Cellular Priority Access System
Community Program Assistance Visit
Climate Prediction Center
Community Planning and Development
Contingency Planning Exchange
Civil Preparedness Guide
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Consumer Price Index
counts per minute
1) Central Processing Office
2) Chief Procurement Officer
Consolidated Priority Organization Target
Certified Professional Property Administrator
Certified Professional Property Manager
Certified Professional Property Specialist
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
30
CPRM
CPS
CPSC
CPSP
CPTED
CPU
CPX
CR
CRAF
CRAMP
CRC
CRCL
CRCPD
CRDC
CREST
CREW
CRI
CRM
CRO
CROP
CRP
CRREL
CRS
CRT
CRTF
CRUD
CRWG
Checkpoint Resource Management
Certified Public Secretary
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Comprehensive Passenger Screening Profile
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Central Processing Unit
Command Post Exercise
1) Claims Representative
2) Community Relations
3) Congressional Relations
4) County Road
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
1) Contamination Reduction Corridor
2) Crisis Response Cell
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Cybersecurity Research & Development Center
Contingency Real Estate Support Team
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup
Cities Readiness Initiative
Crisis (or Communications) Resource Manager
1) Congressional Relations Officer
2) Community Reuse Organization
Common Relevant Operational Picture
1) Conservation Reserve Program
2) Critical Review Phase
(US Army) Cold Region Research and Engineering
Laboratory
1) Catholic Relief Services
2) Community Rating System
3) Community Relations Service
4) Congressional Research Service
Cathode Ray Tube
Commander, Response Task Force
Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
Crisis Response Working Group
31
CRWRC
CRYSYS
CRZ
CS
CSA
CSAF
CSBG
CSDGM
CSDP
CSEM
CSEPP
CSG
CSH
CSHIB
CSI
CSIL
CSIRT
CSIS
CSM
CSMIP
CSO
CSPI
CSREES
CST
CSTARC
CSTE
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Cryospheric System
Contamination Reduction Zone
1) Chief of Staff
2) Chief Scientist [NOAA]
1) Chief of Staff, Army
2) Community Services Administration
Chief of Staff, Air Force
Community Services Block Grant
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Center for the Study of Emergency Management
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program
1) Council of State Governments
2) Counterterrorism Security Group
Combat Support Hospital
Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board
1) Container Security Initiative
2) Customer Satisfaction Index
Commercial Satellite Imagery Library
Computer Security Incident Response Team
1) Canadian Security Intelligence Service
2) Center for Strategic International Studies
3) Credited Structures Inventory System
Chemical Surety Material
California Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program
1) Chief Security Officer
2) Component Security Officer
Critical Systems Protection Initiative
Cooperative State Research Education and
Extension Service
1) Central Standard Time (GMT-6)
2) Civil Support Team (National Guard--for WMD)
Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis, & Response Center
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
32
CSU
CT
CTA
CTAC
CTBT
CTC
CTD
CTF
CTIA
CTJTF
CTOC
CTOEM
CTOTF
CTP
C-TPAT
CTS
CTUIR
Cu
CUREE
CUSEC
CUSP
CV
CVE
CVO
CVP
CVS
CW
CWA
1) Clearing-Staging Unit
2) Crime Scene Unit
3) Customer Satisfaction Unit
Counterterrorism
Combined Travel Authorization
Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1) Conference and Training Center
2) Counter-Terrorism Center
1) Concept and Technology Development
2) Counterterrorist Division
3) Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Combined Task Force
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
Counter-Terrorism Joint Task Force
Containerized Tactical Operations Center
Connecticut Office of Emergency Management
Counter-Terrorism Operations Training Facility
Cooperating Technical Partners (Initiative)
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
Cooperating Technical State
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation
Cubic
Consortium of Universities for Research in
Earthquake Engineering
Central United States Earthquake Consortium
Central United States Partnership
Combined Verification
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Citizenship Verification Procedures
Combined Verification Section
1) Chemical Warfare/Weapons
2) Continuous Wave
1) Chemical Warfare Agent
2) Clean Water Act
33
CWC
CWIN
CWN
CWS
CWU
CY
CZM
CZMA
D2PC
D2Puff
D/A
DA
DAAMS
DAAC
DAC
DACS
DAD
DAE
DAEO
DALIS
DALO
DAMAGES
DAP
DA PAM
DAR
DARCOM
DARIS
DARO
Chemical Weapons Convention
Cyberspace Warning Intelligence Network
Call When Needed
1) Check Writing System
2) Church World Service
Church World United
1) Calendar Year
2) Cubic Yard
Coastal Zone Management
Coastal Zone Management Act
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
that can factor in terrain and wind changes
Departments and Agencies
1) Damage Assessment
2) Declaration of Applicant
3) Department of the Army
4) District Attorney
Depot Area Air Monitoring System
Distributed Active Archive Center
1) Disaster Application/Assistance Center
2) Direct Air Carrier
Deportable Alien Control System (replaced by ERM)
Deputy Assistant Director
Disaster Assistance Employee(s) [aka SAE]
Designated Agency Ethics Officer
Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System
Disaster Area Liaison Officer
Disaster Accountability Management System
Disaster Assistance Program(s)
Department of the Army Pamphlet
Designated Agency Representative
Development And Readiness Command
Disaster Automated Reporting and Information
System
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
34
DARPA
DART
DASC
DASH
DASHO
DASP
DAST
DAT
DAWG
DAWIA
DBA
DBMS
DC
DCA
DCAA
DCAC
DCAS
DCC
DCCC
DCD
DCE
DCEMA
DCE/MED TF
DCI
DCIS
Defense Advanced Research Project(s) Agency
1) Daily Advisories/Risk and Threat
2) Damage Assessment Reconnaissance Team
3) Disaster Assessment and Recovery (or Response) Team
4) Disaster Assistance Response Team
Disaster Assistance Support Center
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Designated Agency Safety and Health Official
Disaster Assistance Support Program
Disaster Assessment Survey Team
Digital Audio Tape
Disaster Attache Working Group
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
1) Database Administrator
2) Design Basis Accident
Database Management System
1) Direct Current
2) Dislocated Civilians
3) District of Columbia
1) Defense Ammunition Center
2) Defense Communications Agency
3) Disaster Communication Agreement
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Demilitarization Chemical Agent Concentrator
Document Control and Accountability System
1) Document Control Center
2) Donation Coordination Center
Defense Collection Coordination Center
Deseret Chemical Depot
1) Defense Coordinating Element
2) Disaster Communications Equipment
District of Columbia Emergency Management
Agency
Disaster Coordinating Element/ Medical Task Force
Director, Central Intelligence
Defense Criminal Investigation Service
35
DCLO
DCM
DCN
DCO
DCP
DCPS
DCS
DCT
DCWDB
DCX
DD
DDD
DDE
DDOS
DDP
DDRM
DEA
DEC
DECD
DECON
DED
DEFCON
DELO
DEM
DEMOB
DEO
DEP
Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer
Deputy Chief of Mission
Disaster Contractors Network
Defense Coordinating Officer
Development Concept Plan
Digital Cartographic Production System
1) Defense Communications System
2) Deputy Chief of Staff
3) Digital Control System
Donations Coordination Team
Direction, Control, and Warning Database
Direction and Control Exercise
1) Damaged Dwelling
2) Direct Dial
Direct Distance Dialing
Dynamic Data Exchange
Distributed Denial of Service
Data-Derived Product
Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager
1) Data Exchange Agreement
2) Drug Enforcement Administration
1) DCI Environmental Center
2) Director’s Executive Council
3) Disasters Emergency Committee
Department of Economic and Community
Development
Decontamination
Department of Education
Defense Condition
Deputy Environmental Liaison Officer
1) Department of Environmental Management
2) Digital Elevation Model
3) Division of Emergency Management
Demobilization or Demobilize
Detention Enforcement Officer
1) Department of Environmental Protection
2) Domestic Emergency Preparedness
36
DEPER
DEPS
DEPSEC
DEPSECDEF
DERC
DERF
DERIS
DES
DESCOM
DEST
DEW
DFA
DFAIT
DFAS
DFC
DFCO
DFIRM
DFO
DFOM
DFRN
DFSG
DFSR
DFTO
DGCO
DG/CS
DGN
DGPS
DH
DHA
DHC
DHCD
Deployed Personnel Report
Domestic Emergency Planning System
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Damage Estimates, Ranges and Casualties
Defense Emergency Response Fund
Domestic Emergency Response Information Services
1) Data Encryption Standard
2) Disaster Emergency Services
3) Division of Emergency Services
Depot System Command
Domestic Emergency Support Team(s)
Distant Early Warning
Direct Federal Assistance
Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade
Defense Financial Accounting Service
Disaster Finance Center
Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
Disaster Field Office
Disaster Field Operations Management
Disaster Federal Register Notice
Disaster Financial Services Group
Disaster Financial Status Report
Disaster Field Training Office
(or Organization)
Deputy Grant Coordinating Officer
Dangerous Goods/Cargo Security
Design (File)
Differential Global Positioning System
Disaster Housing
Disaster Housing Assistance
Disaster Housing Checkwriter
Department of Housing and Community
Development
37
DHelp
DHF
DHHS
DHO
DHP
DHS
DHUD
DIA
DIAO
DID
DIDA
DIFAX
DIHS
DII
DIL
DIMOS
DIR
DIRC
DIRNSA
DIS
DISA
DISC
DISCO
DISN
DISUM
DLA
DLG
DLG-3
DLL
DLS
DM
Disaster Help Web Site
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster Housing Officer
Disaster Housing Program
Department of Homeland Security [ESF-13]
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(also HUD)
Defense Intelligence Agency
Deputy Individual Assistance Officer
Direct Inward Dial
Detection, Identification, and Assessment
Digital Facsimile
Division of Immigration Health Services
Defense Information Infrastructure
Derived Intervention Level
Drug Intelligence Method of Operation System
1) Director
2) Domestic Imagery Requirement
Disaster Information Resource Center
Director, National Security Agency
Defense Investigative Service
Defense Information Systems Agency
Disaster Information Systems Clearinghouse
Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office(r)
Defense Information System Network
1) Daily Intelligence Summary
2) Disaster Summary
Defense Logistics Agency
Digital Line Graph
Digital Line Graph Level 3
Dynamic-Link Library(ies)
Disaster Legal Services
Disaster Management
38
DMA
DMAC
DMAT
DMA2K
DMH
DMHT
DMI
DMIATF
DMI-Services
DMIS
DMORT
DMRIS
DMRS
DMS
DMSS
DMV
DNA
DNAT
DNF
DNR
DNS
DO
DOA
DOB
DOC
DOD or DoD
1) Defense Mapping Agency
2) Designated Market Area
3) Disaster Mitigation Act
Disaster Management Advisory Committee
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
(also called DMA 2000 or DMA)
Disaster Mental Health
Disaster Mental Health Team
Disaster Management Interoperability
Data Management Improvement Act Task Force, INS
Disaster Management Interoperability Services
Disaster Management Information System
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Defense Medical Regulating Information System
Data Management and Retrieval System
Dispatch Messaging System
Defense Medical Surveillance System
Department of Motor Vehicles
1) Defense Nuclear Agency
2) deoxyribonucleic acid
Defense Nuclear Advisory Team
Did Not Finish
Department of Natural Resources
1) Department of Nuclear Safety
2) Domain Name Server
1) Digital Orthophoto
2) Director of Operations
Dead On Arrival
1) Date of Birth
2) Duplication of Benefits
1) Department of Commerce
2) Department of Conservation
3) Department of Corrections
4) Department Operations Center
5) Discrete Organic Chemicals
Department of Defense
39
DODD
DODESB
DODRDB
DOE
DOEd
DOH
DOI
DOIM
DOJ
DOL
DOLP
DOM
DOMS
DON
DONAT
DOQ
DOS
DOT
DP
DPA
DPAO
DPAS
DPC
DPIG
DPM
DPMU
DPMT
DPOD
DPP
DPPC
DPRE
Department of Defense Directive
Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board
DoD Resources Data Base
Department of Energy [ESF-12]
Department of Education
Department of Health
Department of the Interior
Director of Information Management
Department of Justice [ESF-13]
Department of Labor
Disaster Operations Leadership Program
Disaster Operations Manual
Director of Military Support
Donation(s)
Donation(s)
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
1) Department of State
2) Disk Operating System
Department of Transportation
Disaster Preparedness
1) Deepwater Ports Act
2) Defense Production Act
3) Delegation of Procurement Authority
1) Deputy Public Affairs Officer
2) Deputy Public Assistance Officer
Defense Priorities and Allocations System
Domestic Policy Council
Disaster Preparedness Improvement Grant
Disintegrations Per Minute
Disaster/Deployable Portable Morgue Unit
Disaster Pediatric Medical Team
Disaster Personnel Operations Division
1) Disaster Processing Procedures
2) Domestic Preparedness Program
Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Displaced Persons, Refugees and Evacuees
40
DPS
DPW
DR
DRASH
DRAT
DRC
DRD
DRES
DRF
DRG
DRL
DRM
DRO
DRSS
DRT
DRTF
DRU
DSB
DSBCC
DSC
DSCA
DSCO
DSCS
DSEA
DSEC
DSFO
DSN
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Works
1) Disaster Declaration Number (alphabetic designation or precursor for)
2) Disaster Recovery
3) Disaster Response
Deployable Rapid-Assembly Shelter
District Response Advisory Team
Disaster Recovery Center
1) Deputy Regional Director
2) Direct-Reading Dosimeter
Disaster Response Evaluation System
1) Disaster Relief Fund
2) Disaster Response Force
1) Digital Raster Graphic
2) District Response Group
Derived Response Levels
Disaster Recovery Manager
Detention and Removal Office
Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
Disaster Response Team (NIMA)
Disaster Relief Task Force
1) Direct Reporting Unit
2) Disaster Resistant Universities
3) Disaster Response Unit
Defense Science Board
Detection Systems for Biological & Chemical
Countermeasures
Digital Selective Calling
Defense Support to Civil Authority
Deputy State Coordinating Officer
Defense Satellite Communications System
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Senior FEMA Official
Defense Switched Network
41
DSO
DSP
DSR
DSWA
DTAPPS
DT&E
DTE
DTED
DTG
DTIC
DTM
DTMS
DTO
DTOS
DTRA
DTRG
DTRIM
DTS
DTSA
DU
DUA
DULL SWORD
DUNS
DUS
DUST OFF
DV
DVA
DW
DWG
DWI
DWR
1) Director of Site Operations
2) Disaster Safety Officer
Disaster Support Package
Damage Survey Report
Defense Special Weapons Agency
Disposable Toxicological Agent Personal Protection
System
Development Test and Evaluation
Disaster Temporary Employee(s)
Digital Terrain Elevation Data
Date-Time Group
Defense Technical Information Center
Digital Terrain Model
Disaster Transportation Management System
Drug Trafficking Organization
Deployable Tactical Operations System
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Defense (or DoD) Technical Response Group
Domestic Threat Reduction and Incident
Management
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
Defense Technical Security Agency
Dobson Unit
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Nuclear safety deficiency
Data Universal Numbering System
Deputy Under Secretary
Medical Evacuation via Helicopter (slang)
Distinguished Visitor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Data Window
Drawing (file)
1) Disaster Welfare Information (or Inquiry)
2) Driving While Intoxicated
Department of Water Resources
42
DWT
E 911
EA
EAB
EACC
EACG
EACT
EAD
EADRCC
EAL
EAM
EAO
EAP
EAR
EARN
EART
EAS
EBR
EBS
EBT
EBW
EC
ECA
Dead Weight
Enhanced 9-1-1
1) Eastern Area
2) Emergency Action(s)
3) Energy Assurance
4) Enterprise Architecture
5) Environmental Assessment
6) External Affairs
1) Enterprise Architecture Board
2) Exclusion Area Boundary
Eastern Area Coordination Center
Eastern Area Coordinating Group
Emergency Action and Coordination Team
1) Employment Authorization Document
2) Executive Associate Director
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination
Center
Emergency Action Level
Emergency Action Message
1) Emergency Action Officer
2) Energy Assurance Office (see also EA)
1) Emergency Action Plan
2) Emergency Action Procedures
3) Employee Assistance Program
Emergency Alert Radio
Employer Assistance Referral Network
Evening Advisory Risk Threat
Emergency Alert System
(replaced EBS in 1997)
Endogenous Biological Regulators
Emergency Broadcast System
(obsolete, see EAS)
Electronic Benefits Transfer
Exploding (or Electronic) Bridge Wire
1) Elevation Certificate
2) Emergency Coordinator
3) Extraordinary Circumstances
Earth-orbit Crossing Asteroid
43
ECAPS
ECC
ECCS
ECCV
ECD
ECFG
ECG
ECI
ECL
ECP
ECS
ECSAP
ECT
ECTF
ECWAG
ED
EDA
EDAC
EDC
EDD
EDE
EDI
EDIS
EDR
EDS
EDT
Enterprise Coordination & Approval Processing
System
Emergency Communications Center
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Command and Control Vehicle
1) Effective Cumulative Dose
2) Emergency Contacts Directory
3) Estimated Completion Date
Emergency Coordination Functional Group
1) Emergency Coordination Group
2) Exercise Control Group
Export-Controlled Information
Emergency Classification Level
Emergency Conservation Program
1) Electronic Certification System
2) Emergency Communications Staff
3) Emergency Coordinating Staff
Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program
1) Emergency Coordinating Team
2) Exercise Control Team
Electronic Crimes Task Force
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant
1) [Department of ] Education
2) Effective Dose
Economic Development Administration
Economic Defense Advisory Committee
1) EROS Data Center
2) Energy Disruption Committee
Explosive Detection Device
Effective Dose Equivalent
Electronic Data Interchange
Emergency Disaster Information System
1) Economic Development Representative
2) External Data Request
Explosive Detection System(s)
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4)
44
EEE
EEGL
EEI
EEM
EENET
EEO
EEOC
EER
EERI
EET
EEX
EEZ
EFAP
EFO
EFP
EFS
EFSNB
EFSP
EFT
E-Gov
EHM
EHP
EHS
EIA
EICC
EIDA
EIDL
EIIP
1) Eastern Equine Encephalitis
2) Essential Evaluation Elements
Emergency Exposure Guidance Level
Essential Elements of Information
Exercise Evaluation Methodology
Emergency Education Network (at NETC)
Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eligible Existing Resources
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Emergency Evacuation Team
Employee Express
Exclusive Economic Zone
Emergency Feed Assistance Program
Emergency Field Office
Emergency Feed Program
Emergency Food and Shelter
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Electronic Funds Transfer
E-Gov is the use by the government of web-based
Internet applications and other information
technologies, combined with processes that
implement these technologies. This term is also
used to refer to the E-Gov agenda item in the
President’s Management Agenda (PMA), Presidential
Priority E-Gov initiatives, and the E-Gov focus areas
referenced in the FY 2004 President’s Budget.
Earthquake Hazard Mitigation
Environmental/Historic Preservation
Extremely Hazardous Substance
Electronic Industries Alliance
Emergency Information and Coordination Center
Executive Information and Display Area
Economic Injury Disaster Loan
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership
45
EIMA
EIO
EIPA
EIPT
EIRS
EIS
EIT
EJ
ELC
ELINT
ELO
ELR
ELT
EM
EMA
EMAC
E-mail
EMAS
EMD
EMERCOM
EMERGCON
eMerge2
EMERS
EMI
EMIS
EML
Emergency Information and Media Affairs
Emergency Information Officer
Emergency Information and Public Affairs
Exercise Integrated Process Team
Emergency Information Retrieval System
1) Emergency Information System
2) Environmental Impact Statement
3) Epidemiological Intelligence Service
Electronic and Information Technology
Environmental Justice
Engineering Logistics Center
Electronic Intelligence
Environmental Liaison Officer
Employee Labor Relations
1) Emergency Location Transmitter
2) Evacuation Liaison Team
1) Emergency Management (or Manager)
2) Exercise Manual
Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Electronic Mail
Emergency Management Assessment System
1) Electronic Monitoring Device
2) Emergency Management Director
3) Emergency Management Division
Emergency Command
Emergency Condition
electronically Managing enterprise resources for
government effectiveness and efficiency
Emergency Management Exercise Reporting System
1) Emergency Management Institute
2) Emergency Management Institute, Board of Visitors for the
3) Electromagnetic Interference
Emergency Management Information System
Environmental Measurements Laboratory
46
EMNPP
EMOC
EMP
EMPA
EMPG
EMPO
EMPS
EMPTY QUIVER
EMR
EMRT
EMS
EMSHG
EMSSA
EMT
EMT-P
EMWIN
ENDEX
ENR
ENS
ENSO
E.O.
EO
EOC
Emergency Management and National
Preparedness Program
Emergency Management Operations Center
(or Course)
Electromagnetic Pulse
Emergency Management Planning and Assistance
Emergency Management Performance Grants
Emergency Medical Preparedness Office
Emergency Management Program Specialist
Theft, seizure, or loss of a nuclear weapon or
component
1) Electromagnetic Radiation
2) Emergency Minimal Repair
3) Environmental Management Review
Emergency Medical Response Team
1) Emergency Management Specialist
2) Emergency Medical System [or Service(s)]
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare
Group
Emergency Medical Services System Act
1) Emergency Management Team
2) Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network
End of Exercise
Environmental and Natural Resources
Emergency Notification Service
El Nino / Southern Oscillation
Executive Order of the President
1) Electro-Optical
2) Emergency Office
3) Environmental Officer
4) Executive Order
5) Exterior Orientation (Parameter)
1) Emergency Operating Center/Emergency Operations Center
2) European Olympic Committee(s)
47
EOD
EOE
EOEA
EOF
EO/IR
EOIR
EOM
EOO
EOP
EOS
EOT
EOV
EOW
EP
EPA
EPC
EPCRA
EPD
EPG
EPI
EPIC
EPLO
EPO
EPOC
EPP
1) Entered on Duty
2) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Equal Opportunity Employer
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Facility
2) End-of-File
Electro Optical/Infrared
Executive Office for Immigration Review
End of Month
Emergency Operations Organization
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Plan
2) Executive Office of the President
3) Extent of Play
1) Earth-Observing System
2) Emergency Operations Software
3) Equation Of State
Emergency Operations Team
Emergency Operations Vehicle
Envelope of Water
Electric Power
[United States] Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Preparedness Canada
Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act
Electronic Personnel Dosimeter
Emergency Planning Guide
Emergency Public Information
1) Emergency Preparedness Information Coordinator
2) Electronic Privacy Information Center (“No fly” list; epic.org)
Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
Environmental Protection Officer
1) Emergency Point(s) of Contact
2) Emergency Preparedness Operations Center
1) Executive Potential Program
2) Emergency Preparedness Program
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EPPC
EPPM
EPR or EP&R
EPS
EPZ
EQPCE
EQUIP
ER
ERA
ERAMS
ERB
ERC
ERCG
ERCP
ERDA
ERDEC
ERF
ERG
ERL
ERLink
ERM
ERMS
ERN
EROS
ERP
ERPA
ERPG
ERPS
Emergency Prevention and Preparedness Council
Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and
Mobilization
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Encapsulated PostScript
Emergency Planning Zone
Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise
Earthquake Impacts Projection (Model)
1) Emergency Relief
2) Emergency Room
3) Equal Rights
Equal Rights Amendment
Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
System
Economic Resources Board
Emergency Response Coordinator
Emergency Response Coordination Group
Emergency Response Concept Plan
Energy Research and Development Administration
Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering
Center
Emergency Response Facility
Emergency Relocation Group
Environmental Research Laboratories
Emergency Response Link
1) Elevation Reference Mark
2) Enforcement Removal Module
(replaces DACS)
Emergency Resource Management System
Emergency Response Network
Earth Resources Observing Satellite
1) Elevation Reference Point
2) Emergency Response Plan
3) Expedited Removal Process
Emergency Response Planning Area
Emergency Response Guidelines
Effluents Radiation Protection Section
49
A
AA
AAA
AAAE
AAC
AACS
AAD
AADR
AAEI
AAER
AAFB
AAMS
AAMVA
AAPA
AAR
AARP
AASHTO
AAU
ABA
ABAG
ABC
ABCO
ABF
ABM
Atomic Mass/Ampere/Activity of Isotope
1) Affirmative Action
2) Allocation Advice
3) Applicant Assistance
4) Approval Authority
5) Atomic Absorption
1) Agriculture Adjustment Administration
2) American Automobile Association
American Association of Airport Executives
1) Activity Address Code
2) Applicant Assistance Center
Automated Access Control System
Assistant Associate Director
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
American Association for Exporters and Importers
Average Annual Erosion Rate
Andrews Air Force Base
Automated Acquisition Management System
(ProTrac / ProDoc)
American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administration
American Association of Port Authorities
1) After-Action Report
2) After action Review
3) Association of American Railroads
American Association of Retired Persons
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials
Association of American Universities
1) American Bankers Association
2) American Bar Association
Association of Bay Area Governments
1) American Baptist Churches
2) Associated Builders and Contractors
Automated Billing & Collection Offsets
Automatic Broadcast Feed
Anti-Ballistic Missile
A
AA
AAA
AAAE
AAC
AACS
AAD
AADR
AAEI
AAER
AAFB
AAMS
AAMVA
AAPA
AAR
AARP
AASHTO
AAU
ABA
ABAG
ABC
ABCO
ABF
ABM
Atomic Mass/Ampere/Activity of Isotope
1) Affirmative Action
2) Allocation Advice
3) Applicant Assistance
4) Approval Authority
5) Atomic Absorption
1) Agriculture Adjustment Administration
2) American Automobile Association
American Association of Airport Executives
1) Activity Address Code
2) Applicant Assistance Center
Automated Access Control System
Assistant Associate Director
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
American Association for Exporters and Importers
Average Annual Erosion Rate
Andrews Air Force Base
Automated Acquisition Management System
(ProTrac / ProDoc)
American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administration
American Association of Port Authorities
1) After-Action Report
2) After action Review
3) Association of American Railroads
American Association of Retired Persons
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials
Association of American Universities
1) American Bankers Association
2) American Bar Association
Association of Bay Area Governments
1) American Baptist Churches
2) Associated Builders and Contractors
Automated Billing & Collection Offsets
Automatic Broadcast Feed
Anti-Ballistic Missile
ERRO
ERRS
ERS
ERSAC
ERT
ERT-A
ERT-N
ERT-N-NCR
ERT-S
ERV
ERW
ES
ESA
ESAP
ESC
ESDP
ESDPF
ESDRB
ESF
ESF 01
ESF 02
ESF 03
ESF 04
ESF 05
ESF 06
ESF 07
ESF 08
ESF 09
ESF 10
ESF 11
Emergency Response/Recovery Office (USACE)
Emergency and Rapid Response Services
1) Emergency Relocation Site
2) Executive Reporting System
Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee
1) Emergency Response Team
2) Environmental Response Team
3) Evidence Response Team
Emergency Response Team - Advance Element
National Emergency Response Team
National Emergency Response Team for the
National Capital Region
Emergency Response Team Support Capability
Emergency Response Vehicle
Enhanced Radiation Weapon
1) Emergency Support
2) Environmental Specialist
3) Executive Secretariat
Endangered Species Act
Energy Security and Assurance Program
Executive Steering Committee
Engineering Study Data Package
Engineering Study Data Package Facility
Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch
Emergency Support Function(s) [see below]
Transportation
Communications
Public Works and Engineering
Firefighting
Emergency Management
Mass Care, Housing and Human Services
Resource Support
Public Health and Medical Services
Urban Search and Rescue
Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
Agriculture and Natural Resources
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ABMC
ABNCP
ABO
ABS
AC
ACAA
ACADA
ACAMS
ACAP
ACBIRC
ACC
ACCS
ACDA
ACE
ACF
ACFM
ACGIH
AChE
ACHP
ACI
ACI/NA
ACIP
American Battle Monuments Commission
Airborne Command Post
Agents of Biological Origin
Arson and Bomb Squad
1) Alternating Current
2) Area Committee
Air Carrier Association for Americans
Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm
Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System
1) Agency-wide Corrective Action Program
2) Alien Criminal Apprehension Program
Advanced Chemical/Biological Integrated
Response Course
1) Agency Command Center
2) Air Combat Command
3) American Chemistry Council
4) Aviation Command Center
Accounting Classification Code Structure
[US] Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
1) American Council on Education
2) Army Corps of Engineers
3) Automated Commercial Environment (secure data portal)
4) Automated Construction Estimate
1) Administration for Children and Families
2) Alternate Care Facility
Advanced Certified Floodplain Manager
American Council of Government Industrial
Hygienists
Acetylcholinesterase
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1) Advanced Contracting Initiative
2) Airports Council International
3) Approved Course of Instruction
Airports Council International--North America
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
50
ABMC
ABNCP
ABO
ABS
AC
ACAA
ACADA
ACAMS
ACAP
ACBIRC
ACC
ACCS
ACDA
ACE
ACF
ACFM
ACGIH
AChE
ACHP
ACI
ACI/NA
ACIP
American Battle Monuments Commission
Airborne Command Post
Agents of Biological Origin
Arson and Bomb Squad
1) Alternating Current
2) Area Committee
Air Carrier Association for Americans
Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm
Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System
1) Agency-wide Corrective Action Program
2) Alien Criminal Apprehension Program
Advanced Chemical/Biological Integrated
Response Course
1) Agency Command Center
2) Air Combat Command
3) American Chemistry Council
4) Aviation Command Center
Accounting Classification Code Structure
[US] Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
1) American Council on Education
2) Army Corps of Engineers
3) Automated Commercial Environment (secure data portal)
4) Automated Construction Estimate
1) Administration for Children and Families
2) Alternate Care Facility
Advanced Certified Floodplain Manager
American Council of Government Industrial
Hygienists
Acetylcholinesterase
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1) Advanced Contracting Initiative
2) Airports Council International
3) Approved Course of Instruction
Airports Council International--North America
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
50
ESF 12
ESF 13
ESF 14
ESF 15
ESFLG
ESGR
ESIC
ESN
ESP
ESSV
EST
ESTED
ET
ETA
ETC
ETD
ETE
ETIC
ETIS
ETJ
ETO
ETOC
ETRMS
ETS
ETT
EU
EW
EWAC
EWC
Energy
Public Safety and Security
Long-term Community Recovery and Mitigation
External Affairs
Emergency Support Function Leaders Group
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Earth Science Information Center
Electronic Serial Number
1) Early Site Permit
2) Electric Service Priority
Emergency Support Service Vehicle
1) Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5)
2) Emergency Support Team
Estimated Safe Time before Evacuation Decisions
1) End-of-Transect (Line)
2) Electronic Technician
1) Estimated Time of Arrival
2) Employment and Training Administration
1) et cetera
2) Emergency Transportation Center
1) Estimated Time of Departure
2) Explosives Trace Detector
1) Estimated Time Enroute
2) Evacuation Time Estimate
Estimated Time in Commission
Emergency Traffic Information System
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Limits)
Exercise and Training Officer
Emergency Tactical Operations Center
Emergency Transportation Resource Management
System
Evacuation Time Study
Eligible Travel Trailer
European Union
Emergency Worker
Emergency Worker and Assistance Center
Emergency Worker Center
51
ACIR
ACO
ACP
ACPSEM
ACR
ACS
ACSM
ACTD
ACT FAST
ACV
ACWG
A/D
AD
ADA
ADAMS
ADASHI
ADD
ADDS
ADEM
ADES
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations
1) Administrative Contracting Officer
2) Agency Claims Officer
3) Agency Collection Officer
1) Accelerated Conversion Process
2) Access Control Point
3) Allied Communications Publication
4) Alternate Command Post
5) Area Command Post
6) Area Contingency Plan
Advisory Council on Professional Standards for
Emergency Managers
1) Acreage Conservation Reserve
2) Agency Confirmation Report
3) Advance Confirmation Report
1) Adventist Community Services
2) Alternate Command Staff
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
Agent Characteristics Toxicity - First Aid and
Special Treatment
Actual Cash Value
Air Cargo Working Group
Analog/Digital
1) Administratively Determined
2) Assistant Director
3) Associate Director
Americans with Disabilities Act
Automated Disaster Assistance Management
System
Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous
Incidents
Automated Deployment Database
Automated Disaster Deployment System
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
Alaska Division of Emergency Services
ACIR
ACO
ACP
ACPSEM
ACR
ACS
ACSM
ACTD
ACT FAST
ACV
ACWG
A/D
AD
ADA
ADAMS
ADASHI
ADD
ADDS
ADEM
ADES
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations
1) Administrative Contracting Officer
2) Agency Claims Officer
3) Agency Collection Officer
1) Accelerated Conversion Process
2) Access Control Point
3) Allied Communications Publication
4) Alternate Command Post
5) Area Command Post
6) Area Contingency Plan
Advisory Council on Professional Standards for
Emergency Managers
1) Acreage Conservation Reserve
2) Agency Confirmation Report
3) Advance Confirmation Report
1) Adventist Community Services
2) Alternate Command Staff
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
Agent Characteristics Toxicity - First Aid and
Special Treatment
Actual Cash Value
Air Cargo Working Group
Analog/Digital
1) Administratively Determined
2) Assistant Director
3) Associate Director
Americans with Disabilities Act
Automated Disaster Assistance Management
System
Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous
Incidents
Automated Deployment Database
Automated Disaster Deployment System
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
Alaska Division of Emergency Services
EWI
EWMDS
EWO
EWP
EWRI
EXB
EXORD
EXPLAN
FAA
FAAS
FAAT
FAB
FAC
FACA
FACNET
FADED GIANT
FAE
FAEST
FAIH
FAIR
FAM
FAMA
FAMAS
FAMS
FANMAP
FAO
FAOC
FAPRS
Entry Without Inspection
Emergency Worker Monitoring and
Decontamination Station
Emergency War Order
Emergency Watershed Protection
Environmental and Water Resources Institute
Export-Import Bank
Execution Order
Exercise Plan
1) Federal Aviation Administration
2) Foreign Assistance Act
FEMA Automated Acquisition System
1) FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, & Terms
2) Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation
FEMA Advisory Board
1) Family Assistance Center
2) Financial Attack Center
3) Foreign Air Carrier
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Federal Acquisition Network
Nuclear reactor radiological incident/ accident
Fuel Air Explosives
Forward Area Emergency Support Trailers
Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
2) [Refers to the] FAIR Act
Federal Air Marshal
Fire Apparatus Manufacturer’s Association
Facility Accreditation Management and
Administration System
Federal Air Marshal Service
FEMA Automated Network Management Program
1) Federal Approving Officer (or Official)
2) Food & Agricultural Organization (UN)
FEMA Alternate Operations Center
Federal Access Program Retrieval System
52
ADGGS
ADIS
ADIZ
ADM
ADMIN
ADMSYS
ADO
ADOS
ADO Team
ADP
ADPE
ADR
ADRA
ADRS
ADVON
A&E
AE
AEA
AEC
AECB
AECC
AECE
AECM
AECR
AEGL
AEI
AEIC
AEL
AELT
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical
Surveys
Arrival and Departure Information System
Air Defense Identification Zone
Acquisition Decision Memorandum
Administration
Admissions System
Airport District Office
Automated Document Ordering System
Assistant Disbursing Officer Team
Automated Data Processing
Automated Data Processing Equipment
American Disaster Reserve
1) Act Adventist Development and Relief Agency
2) Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automated Disaster Reporting System
Advanced Echelon
Architectural and Engineering
1) Aeromedical Evacuation
2) Architects and Engineering
American Economic Association
1) Agency Emergency Coordinator(s)
2) Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy and Control Board
1) Aeromedical Evacuation Coordination (or Control) Center
2) American Evangelical Christian Church
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Element
Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Members
Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations
Acute Exposure Guidelines Level
American Enterprise Institute
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
1) Adverse Effect Level
2) Airborne Exposure Limit
Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team
52
ADGGS
ADIS
ADIZ
ADM
ADMIN
ADMSYS
ADO
ADOS
ADO Team
ADP
ADPE
ADR
ADRA
ADRS
ADVON
A&E
AE
AEA
AEC
AECB
AECC
AECE
AECM
AECR
AEGL
AEI
AEIC
AEL
AELT
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical
Surveys
Arrival and Departure Information System
Air Defense Identification Zone
Acquisition Decision Memorandum
Administration
Admissions System
Airport District Office
Automated Document Ordering System
Assistant Disbursing Officer Team
Automated Data Processing
Automated Data Processing Equipment
American Disaster Reserve
1) Act Adventist Development and Relief Agency
2) Alternative Dispute Resolution
Automated Disaster Reporting System
Advanced Echelon
Architectural and Engineering
1) Aeromedical Evacuation
2) Architects and Engineering
American Economic Association
1) Agency Emergency Coordinator(s)
2) Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy and Control Board
1) Aeromedical Evacuation Coordination (or Control) Center
2) American Evangelical Christian Church
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Element
Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Members
Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations
Acute Exposure Guidelines Level
American Enterprise Institute
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
1) Adverse Effect Level
2) Airborne Exposure Limit
Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team
52
FAQ (S)
FAR
FARS
FAS
FASSE
FasT
FAX
FBFM
FBI
FBIIC
FBN
FBO
FBR
F-codes
FC
FCA
FCC
FCD
FCE
FCIC
FCIP
FCIS
FCM
FCO
FCP
FCS
FCSA
FCT
Frequently Asked Question(s)
1) Federal Acquisition Regulation
2) Federal Aviation Regulations
Financial Accounting and Reporting System
1) Foreign Agricultural Service
2) Freely Associated States
Federal Agency Support Service Element
Field Assessment Team
Facsimile
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map
Federal Bureau of Investigation [ESF-13]
Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure
Committee
Federal Base Network
Fixed Base Operator
Fast Breeder Reactor
Charge codes for FEMA incidents
1) Fire Control
2) Fire Corps (Citizen Corps Program Partner administered by USFA)
Farm Credit Administration
1) Federal Communications Commission
2) Federal Coordinating Center
Financial Crimes Division
Functional Capability Element
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Federal Crime Insurance Program
Federal Crime Insurance System
Federal Communications Manager
Federal Coordinating Officer
1) Field/Forward Command Post
2) Federal Center Plaza
1) Food and Consumer Service
2) Farm Credit Service
Fee-Charge System Administrator
Forward Coordinating Team
53
AEMA
AEOD
AEP
AERT
AES
AEW
A&FM
AF
AFA
AFB
AFCEA
AFD
AFEM
AFGE
AFGP
AFGWC
AFMLS
AFMS
AFNSEP
AFOSC
AFRAS
AFRAT
AFRB
AFRCC
AFRES
AFRRI
AFSOF
AFSS
AFTAC
AG
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
Analysis and Evaluation of Operation Data
Airport Emergency Plan
Alaska Emergency Response Team
1) Aeromedical Evacuation System
2) Automated Export System
Airborne Early Warning
Aviation and Fire Management
1) Acre Feet
2) Air Force
Association of Flight Attendants
Air Force Base
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association
Airport Facility Directory
Alliance for Fire and Emergency Management
American Federation of Government Employees
Assistance for Firefighters Grant Program
Air Force Global Weather Central
Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section
Automated Forms System
Air Force National Security Emergency
Preparedness
Air Force Operations Support Center
Association For Rescue At Sea
Air Force Radiation Assessment Team
Air Force Reserve Base
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
Air Force Reserve
Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute
Air Force Special Operations Forces
Automated Flight Service Station
Air Force Technical Applications Center
1) Adjutant General
2) Agriculture
3) Attorney General
AEMA
AEOD
AEP
AERT
AES
AEW
A&FM
AF
AFA
AFB
AFCEA
AFD
AFEM
AFGE
AFGP
AFGWC
AFMLS
AFMS
AFNSEP
AFOSC
AFRAS
AFRAT
AFRB
AFRCC
AFRES
AFRRI
AFSOF
AFSS
AFTAC
AG
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
Analysis and Evaluation of Operation Data
Airport Emergency Plan
Alaska Emergency Response Team
1) Aeromedical Evacuation System
2) Automated Export System
Airborne Early Warning
Aviation and Fire Management
1) Acre Feet
2) Air Force
Association of Flight Attendants
Air Force Base
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association
Airport Facility Directory
Alliance for Fire and Emergency Management
American Federation of Government Employees
Assistance for Firefighters Grant Program
Air Force Global Weather Central
Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section
Automated Forms System
Air Force National Security Emergency
Preparedness
Air Force Operations Support Center
Association For Rescue At Sea
Air Force Radiation Assessment Team
Air Force Reserve Base
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
Air Force Reserve
Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute
Air Force Special Operations Forces
Automated Flight Service Station
Air Force Technical Applications Center
1) Adjutant General
2) Agriculture
3) Attorney General
FD
FDA
FDIC
FDL
FDMS
FDO
FDSS
FE
FEB
FEC
FECA
FECC
FedCIRC
FEDD
FED-STD
FED – TRT
FEEA
FEFFLA
FEGLI
FEHB
FEI
FEIS
FEMA
FEMAAR
FEMIS
FERC
FESC
FESHE
FEST
FF
FFCD
FFDO
1) Fire Department
2) Foundation Data
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Forensic Documents Laboratory
Federal Docketing Management System
Flight Deck Officer
Federal Drug Seizure System
Functional Exercise
1) Federal Executive Board
2) Federal Executive Branch
Facility Emergency Coordinator
Federal Employees Compensation Act
Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator
Federal Computer Incident Response Center
Flood Elevation Determination Docket
Federal Standard
Federal Tactical Response Team
Federal Employee Education & Assistance
Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Federal Executive Institute
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Federal Emergency Management Agency [ESF-5]
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Acquisition Regulation
Federal Emergency Management Information System
1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2) FEMA Emergency Response Capability
Federal Emergency Support Coordinator
Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education
Foreign Emergency Support Team
Firefighter
Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure
Federal Flight Deck Officer
54
AGAR
AGC
AGCA
AGCR
AGE
AGL
AGS
AGZ
AH
AHCC
AHG
AHJ
AIA
AIATP
AIC
AID
AIF
AIG
AI&H
AIMS
AIP
AIR
AIREP
AIS
AIT
AKA
AKDT
AKST
AL
ALARA
Alternate Governor’s Authorized Representative
1) Advanced Gas Centrifuge
2) Association of General Contractors
Associated General Contractors of America
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
Aerospace Ground Equipment
Above Ground Level
Aviation Group Supervisor
Actual Ground Zero
Alternate Headquarters
Alternate Host Communications Center
Ad Hoc Group
Agency Having Jurisdiction
1) American Institute of Architects
2) American Insurance Association
Antiterrorism Intelligence Awareness Training
Program
Automated Inventory Control (formerly AIS)
Agency for International Development
Assistance Information Form
Address Indicating Group
Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Arson Information Management System
2) Automated Inventory Management System
1) Agreement In Principle
2) Airport Improvement Program
Applied Insurance Research
Aircraft Report
1) Automated Information System(s)
2) Automatic Identification System
Aeromedical Isolation Team
Also Known As
Alaska Daylight Time (GMT - 8)
Alaska Standard Time (GMT - 9)
Applicant Liaison
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
54
AGAR
AGC
AGCA
AGCR
AGE
AGL
AGS
AGZ
AH
AHCC
AHG
AHJ
AIA
AIATP
AIC
AID
AIF
AIG
AI&H
AIMS
AIP
AIR
AIREP
AIS
AIT
AKA
AKDT
AKST
AL
ALARA
Alternate Governor’s Authorized Representative
1) Advanced Gas Centrifuge
2) Association of General Contractors
Associated General Contractors of America
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
Aerospace Ground Equipment
Above Ground Level
Aviation Group Supervisor
Actual Ground Zero
Alternate Headquarters
Alternate Host Communications Center
Ad Hoc Group
Agency Having Jurisdiction
1) American Institute of Architects
2) American Insurance Association
Antiterrorism Intelligence Awareness Training
Program
Automated Inventory Control (formerly AIS)
Agency for International Development
Assistance Information Form
Address Indicating Group
Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Arson Information Management System
2) Automated Inventory Management System
1) Agreement In Principle
2) Airport Improvement Program
Applied Insurance Research
Aircraft Report
1) Automated Information System(s)
2) Automatic Identification System
Aeromedical Isolation Team
Also Known As
Alaska Daylight Time (GMT - 8)
Alaska Standard Time (GMT - 9)
Applicant Liaison
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
54
FFE
FFI
FFRDC
FGCC
FGDC
FHA
FHAR
FHBM
FHM
FHML
FHWA
FIAB
FICC
FICEMS
FICO
FIDLER
FIMO
FinCen
FIOC
FIP
FIPNC
FIPS
FIR
FIRESAT
FIRM
FIRM-DLG
FIRMR
FIRST
Federal Field Exercise
Financial Fraud Institute
Federally Funded Research & Development Center
Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee
Federal Geographic Data Committee
1) Federal Housing Administration
2) Flood Hazard Area(s)
Flood Hazard Analyses Report
Flood Hazard Boundary Map
Flood Hazard Mapping
Federal Hazardous Material Law
Federal Highway Administration
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Federal Interagency Coordination Council
Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency
Medical Services
Flood Insurance Claims Office(r)
Field Instrument for the Detection of Low Energy
Radiation
Federal Incident Management Official
Financial Center
Federal Interagency Operations Center
Federal Information Processing
Flood Insurance Producers National Committee
1) Federal Information Processing Standards (Code)
2) FOIA Information Processing System
1) Federal Inspection Report
2) Final Inspection Report
3) Flood Insurance Report
Fire-Detection Satellite System (previously known
as the Integrated Hazard Information System)
Flood Insurance Rate Map
Flood Insurance Rate Map-Digital Line Graph
Federal Information Resources Management
Regulation
1) Federal Incident Response Support Team
2) Federal Initial Response Support Team
55
ALC
ALCC
ALCE
ALCOM
ALE
ALERT
ALOHA
ALPA
ALS
ALSM
ALTRETCO
AM
AMA
AMB
AMBUS
AMC
AMCCOM
AMF
AMGS
AMHS
AMID
AMIO
AML
AMO
AMOC
AMPS
AMR
1) Agency Location Code
2) Agency Logistics Center
3) Annual Letter of Certification
1) Airlift Control Center
2) Airlift Coordination Cell
Airlift Control Element
Alaskan Command
1) Additional Living Expenses
2) Automatic Link Establishment
Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
Aerial Locations Of Hazardous Atmospheres
Airline Pilots Association
Advanced Life Support
Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (aka LIDAR)
Alternate Regional Emergency Transportation
Coordinator
1) Amplitude Modulation
2) Ante Meridiem
American Medical Association
Air & Marine Branch
Ambulance Bus
1) Air Mobility Command
2) Army Materiel Command
Armament Munitions and Chemical Command
Alternative Morgue Facility
Air & Marine Group Supervisor
Automated Message Handling System
Air and Marine Interdiction Division
Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations
ARC Macro Language
Air and Marine Operations
Air and Marine Operations Center
Automated Message Processing System
Agricultural Mitigation and Restoration
ALC
ALCC
ALCE
ALCOM
ALE
ALERT
ALOHA
ALPA
ALS
ALSM
ALTRETCO
AM
AMA
AMB
AMBUS
AMC
AMCCOM
AMF
AMGS
AMHS
AMID
AMIO
AML
AMO
AMOC
AMPS
AMR
1) Agency Location Code
2) Agency Logistics Center
3) Annual Letter of Certification
1) Airlift Control Center
2) Airlift Coordination Cell
Airlift Control Element
Alaskan Command
1) Additional Living Expenses
2) Automatic Link Establishment
Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
Aerial Locations Of Hazardous Atmospheres
Airline Pilots Association
Advanced Life Support
Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (aka LIDAR)
Alternate Regional Emergency Transportation
Coordinator
1) Amplitude Modulation
2) Ante Meridiem
American Medical Association
Air & Marine Branch
Ambulance Bus
1) Air Mobility Command
2) Army Materiel Command
Armament Munitions and Chemical Command
Alternative Morgue Facility
Air & Marine Group Supervisor
Automated Message Handling System
Air and Marine Interdiction Division
Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations
ARC Macro Language
Air and Marine Operations
Air and Marine Operations Center
Automated Message Processing System
Agricultural Mitigation and Restoration
FIS
FISA
FISH
FIT
FLAG
FLAR
FLETC
FLEX
FLIR
FLRA
FLS
FM
FMA
FMAGP
FMANA
FMAP
FMC
FMCIMS
FMCS
FMCSA
FMDC
FME
FMH
FmHA
FMHCSS
FMLA
FMO
Flood Insurance Study
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Forensic Information System for Handwriting
1) Failed Income Test
2) Financial Information Tool
FEMA Logistics Advisory Group
Forward Looking Airborne Radar
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal or FEMA Leadership Exercise
Forward-Looking Infrared
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Flood Statement
1) Financial Management
2) Force Module
3) Frequency Modulation
Floodplain Management Association
Fire Management Assistance Grants
(or Grant Program)
Fire Marshals Association of North America
1) Fire Management Assistance Program
2) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
1) Federal Management Circular
2) Federal Maritime Commission
3) Federal Mobilization Center
4) Fully Mission Capable
Flood Map Center Inventory Management System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Flood Map Distribution Center
Federally Managed Exercise
Federal Meteorological Handbook
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards
Family and Medical Leave Act
Fire Management Officer
56
AMS
AMSC
AMSLAN
AMT
AMTI
AMTOR
AMWA
A/N
AN
ANAD
ANCA
ANCDF
ANFO
ANG
ANGB
ANI
ANL
ANOC
ANPR
ANPSC
ANRC
ANS
ANSER
ANSI
ANZUS
AO
AoA
1) Aerial Measuring System
2) American Meteorological Society
3) Atmospheric Monitoring System
4) Automated Manifest System
American Satellite Communications
American Sign Language
Amount
Applied Marine Technology, Inc.
Amateur Telegraphy Over Radio
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Alert/Notification
1) Above Normal
2) Alert and Notification (see also A/N)
Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Chemical Activity
Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility
Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil
Air National Guard
Air National Guard Base
1) American Nuclear Insurers
2) Area Not Included
Argonne National Laboratory
Association of National Olympic Committees
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Alternate National Processing Service Center
American National Red Cross
1) Alert and Notification System
2) Aquatic Nuisance Species
Analytic Services, Inc.
American National Standards Institute
Australia, New Zealand and United States
1) Action Officer
2) Administrative Officer
3) Area of Operations
4) Assistance Officer
Administration on Aging
56
AMS
AMSC
AMSLAN
AMT
AMTI
AMTOR
AMWA
A/N
AN
ANAD
ANCA
ANCDF
ANFO
ANG
ANGB
ANI
ANL
ANOC
ANPR
ANPSC
ANRC
ANS
ANSER
ANSI
ANZUS
AO
AoA
1) Aerial Measuring System
2) American Meteorological Society
3) Atmospheric Monitoring System
4) Automated Manifest System
American Satellite Communications
American Sign Language
Amount
Applied Marine Technology, Inc.
Amateur Telegraphy Over Radio
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Alert/Notification
1) Above Normal
2) Alert and Notification (see also A/N)
Anniston Army Depot
Anniston Chemical Activity
Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility
Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil
Air National Guard
Air National Guard Base
1) American Nuclear Insurers
2) Area Not Included
Argonne National Laboratory
Association of National Olympic Committees
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Alternate National Processing Service Center
American National Red Cross
1) Alert and Notification System
2) Aquatic Nuisance Species
Analytic Services, Inc.
American National Standards Institute
Australia, New Zealand and United States
1) Action Officer
2) Administrative Officer
3) Area of Operations
4) Assistance Officer
Administration on Aging
56
FMR
FMS
FMSIS
FMT
FMV
FNARS
FNF
FNS
FOB
FOC
FOD
FOF
FOG
FOIA
FONSI
FORSCOM
FOS
FOSC
FOUO
FOV
FPA
FPC
FPDL
FPEIS
FPF
FPG
FPI
FPL
FPMR
FPO
Fair Market Rental
Financial Management System
Flood Map Status Information Service
Field Monitoring Team
Fair Market Value
FEMA National Radio System
Fixed Nuclear Facility(ies)
Food and Nutrition Services
Federal Office Building
1) FEMA Operations Center
2) Forward Operations Center
3) Free Of Charge
4) Full Operating Capability
Foreign Object Damage
Field Operating Facility
Field Operating (or Operations) Guide
Freedom of Information Act
Finding Of No Significant Impact
Forces Command
1) Family of Services
2) Federal Operations Support
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
For Official Use Only
Field Of View
Federal Preparedness Agency (obsolete)
1) Federal Power Commission
2) Federal Preparedness Circular
Fire Protection Demonstration Lab
Federal Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement
Federal Policy Fee
Federal Preparedness Guide
Floodplain Information Report
Florida Power & Light
Federal Property Management Regulation
1) Federal Preservation Officer
2) Flood Potential Outlook
57
AOA
AOC
AOIC
AOR
AOSSP
AOV
AP
APA
APB
APCO
APE
APEC
APG
APHA
APHIS
APHL
API
APIS
APO
APOD
APOE
APP
Apps
APR
APRSAC
APSO
APSP
APSRS
Aviation Operations Area
1) Aircraft Operating Center (NOAA)
2) Area of Concern
3) Army Operations Center
Acting Official in Charge
Area of Responsibility
Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program
Agency Owned Vehicle
1) Aerial Port
2) Alternate Power
3) Assembly Point
4) Associated Press
1) American Planning Association
2) Administrative Procedure Act
Acquisition Program Baseline
Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials, International
Area of Potential Effect
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Aberdeen Proving Ground
American Public Health Association
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Application Programming Interface
1) Administrative and Program Information System
2) Advanced Passenger Information System
Accountable Property Officer
Aerial Port of Debarkation
Aerial Port of Embarkation
Application or Applicant
Applications
1) Agency Procurement Review
2) Air-Purifying Respirator
Academe and Policy Research Advisory Committee
Asylum Pre-Screening Officer
Automated Passenger Screening Profile
Aerial Photography Summary Record System
AOA
AOC
AOIC
AOR
AOSSP
AOV
AP
APA
APB
APCO
APE
APEC
APG
APHA
APHIS
APHL
API
APIS
APO
APOD
APOE
APP
Apps
APR
APRSAC
APSO
APSP
APSRS
Aviation Operations Area
1) Aircraft Operating Center (NOAA)
2) Area of Concern
3) Army Operations Center
Acting Official in Charge
Area of Responsibility
Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program
Agency Owned Vehicle
1) Aerial Port
2) Alternate Power
3) Assembly Point
4) Associated Press
1) American Planning Association
2) Administrative Procedure Act
Acquisition Program Baseline
Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials, International
Area of Potential Effect
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Aberdeen Proving Ground
American Public Health Association
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Application Programming Interface
1) Administrative and Program Information System
2) Advanced Passenger Information System
Accountable Property Officer
Aerial Port of Debarkation
Aerial Port of Embarkation
Application or Applicant
Applications
1) Agency Procurement Review
2) Air-Purifying Respirator
Academe and Policy Research Advisory Committee
Asylum Pre-Screening Officer
Automated Passenger Screening Profile
Aerial Photography Summary Record System
FPS
FR
FRA
FRB
FRC
FRCA
FRCM
FRD
FRERP
FRID
FRMAC
FRMAP
FRMT
FRN
FRO
FRP
FRPCC
FRPG
FRS
FRSA
FRSSB
FRTIB
FRZ
FS
Federal Protective Service
1) Federal Register
2) Field Reference
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve Board
1) Federal Records Center
2) Federal Regional Center
3) Federal Resource Coordinator
4) Federal Response Center
Findings Requiring Corrective Action
FEMA Regional Communications Manager
Formerly Restricted Data
Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Flood Risk Directory
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Center
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Plan
Field Radiological Monitoring Team
1) Federal Register Notice
2) Federal Reserve Note
3) FEMA Radio Network
Flood Response Office
Federal Response Plan (now NRP)
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating
Committee
Federal Response Planning Guidance
1) Federal Reserve System
2) Federal Response Subcommittee
Federal Railroad Safety Act
Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Flight Restricted Zone
1) Feasibility Study
2) [United States] Forest Service [ESF-4]
58
APSS
APT
APTA
APWA
AQI
AR
ARA
ARAA
ARAC
ARC
ARCA
ARCHIE
ARES
ARF
ARFI
ARG
ARI
ARIP
ARL
ARL-M
ARM
ARNG
ARNGOPS
A-ROC
ARP
ARPA
ARPANET
ARRAS
ARRL
Automated Personnel Security System
Administrative Payment Team
American Public Transportation Associations
American Public Works Association
Agricultural Quarantine Inspections
1) Acknowledge Receipt
2) Aerial Reconnaissance
3) Army Regulation
Aircraft Rental Agreement
Advanced Radiological Accident Assessment
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability
American Red Cross (also RC) [ESF-6]
Area Requiring Corrective Action
Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident
Evaluation
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
1) Action Request Form
2) Aviation Route Forecast
Areas Recommended For Improvement
Accident Response Group
Acute Respiratory Infection(s)
Accidental Release Information Program
1) Activities Result List
2) Airborne Reconnaissance Low
Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Multifunction
Aerial Radiological Monitor
Army National Guard
Army National Guard Operations
Alternate Regional Operations Center
1) Administration and Resource Planning
2) Alarm Resolution Protocols
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System
American Radio Relay League
58
APSS
APT
APTA
APWA
AQI
AR
ARA
ARAA
ARAC
ARC
ARCA
ARCHIE
ARES
ARF
ARFI
ARG
ARI
ARIP
ARL
ARL-M
ARM
ARNG
ARNGOPS
A-ROC
ARP
ARPA
ARPANET
ARRAS
ARRL
Automated Personnel Security System
Administrative Payment Team
American Public Transportation Associations
American Public Works Association
Agricultural Quarantine Inspections
1) Acknowledge Receipt
2) Aerial Reconnaissance
3) Army Regulation
Aircraft Rental Agreement
Advanced Radiological Accident Assessment
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability
American Red Cross (also RC) [ESF-6]
Area Requiring Corrective Action
Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident
Evaluation
Amateur Radio Emergency Services
1) Action Request Form
2) Aviation Route Forecast
Areas Recommended For Improvement
Accident Response Group
Acute Respiratory Infection(s)
Accidental Release Information Program
1) Activities Result List
2) Airborne Reconnaissance Low
Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Multifunction
Aerial Radiological Monitor
Army National Guard
Army National Guard Operations
Alternate Regional Operations Center
1) Administration and Resource Planning
2) Alarm Resolution Protocols
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System
American Radio Relay League
58
FSA
FSAR
FSB
FSC
FSD
FSDO
FSE
FSG
FSH
FSIS
FSIU
FSL
FSLIC
FSM
FSN
FSO
FSR
FSS
FSSA
F&STD
FSTS
FSVS
ft
FT
FTA
FTAA
FTC
FTD
FTE
1) Farm Service Agency
2) Fire Suppression Assistance
3) Forward Staging Areas
Final Safety Analysis Report
Forward Support Base
1) Federal Support Center
2) FEMA Storage Center
1) Federal Security Director
2) Forensic Services Division
Flight Service District Office
Full-Scale Exercise
Financial Services Group
Forest Service Handbook
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Field Support Intelligence Unit
Federal, State, Local
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federated States of Micronesia
1) Federal Stock Number
2) FEMA Switched Network
Free Space Optics
Financial Status Report
1) Family Support Services
2) Federal Supply Service
Flight School Security Awareness
Fire and Safety Test Detachment
Federal Secure Telephone System
FEMA Secure Video System
foot/feet
Full-Time
Federal Transit Administration
Free Trade Area of the Americas
1) Federal Trade Commission
2) Federal Training Coordinator
3) Field Team Coordinator
Federal Travel Directory
Full-Time Equivalent
59
ARS
ARSOF
ARSR
ART
ARTCC
ARTS
ARWO
AS
ASA
ASAC
ASA (IL & E)
ASAP
ASC
ASCADS
ASCE
ASCII
ASCS
ASD
ASDAR
ASDSO
ASEAN
ASFPM
ASH
ASIS
ASL
ASLB
1) Agriculture Research Service
2) Automatic Route Selection
Army Special Operations Forces
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Awards Review Team
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Audit Report Tracking System
Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Office
Applicant Services
Average speed of answer
Aviation Security Advisory Committee
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installation, Logistics, and Environment)
1) As Soon As Possible
2) All-Hazards Situation Assessment Prototype
1) Advanced Systems Center
2) Allowable Stack Concentration
3) Application Support Center
4) Area of Special Consideration
Automated Sorting, Conversion and Distribution
System
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services
1) Allowable Stress Design
2) Assistant Secretary of Defense
Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Association of State Floodplain Managers
1) America’s Second Harvest
2) Assistant Secretary for Health
American Society for Industrial Security
1) Above Sea Level
2) American Sign Language
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
ARS
ARSOF
ARSR
ART
ARTCC
ARTS
ARWO
AS
ASA
ASAC
ASA (IL & E)
ASAP
ASC
ASCADS
ASCE
ASCII
ASCS
ASD
ASDAR
ASDSO
ASEAN
ASFPM
ASH
ASIS
ASL
ASLB
1) Agriculture Research Service
2) Automatic Route Selection
Army Special Operations Forces
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Awards Review Team
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Audit Report Tracking System
Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Office
Applicant Services
Average speed of answer
Aviation Security Advisory Committee
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installation, Logistics, and Environment)
1) As Soon As Possible
2) All-Hazards Situation Assessment Prototype
1) Advanced Systems Center
2) Allowable Stack Concentration
3) Application Support Center
4) Area of Special Consideration
Automated Sorting, Conversion and Distribution
System
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services
1) Allowable Stress Design
2) Assistant Secretary of Defense
Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Association of State Floodplain Managers
1) America’s Second Harvest
2) Assistant Secretary for Health
American Society for Industrial Security
1) Above Sea Level
2) American Sign Language
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
ft/min
ft3/min
FTO
FTP
FTS
FTSS
FTTTF
FTX
FW
FWAN
FWCA
FWD
FWP
FWPCA
FWS
FY
FYHSP
FYI
FZ
FZDC
GA
GAAP
GAAS
GAAWG
GACC
GA/FBO
gal
GAMA
GANTSEC
GAO
GAR
GB
GBL
feet per minute
cubic feet per minute
Foreign Terrorist Organizations
File Transfer Protocol
1) Federal Telecommunications
(or Telephone) System (or Service)
2) Forms Tracking System
Federal Training Support Staff
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force
Field Training Exercise
Fire Weather
FEMA Wide Area Network
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Forward
Federal Women’s Program
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year
Future Years Homeland Security Program
For Your Information
Flood Zone
Flood Zone Determination Company
General Adjuster
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
General Aviation Airports Working Group
Geographic Area Coordination Center
General Aviation/Fixed-Base Operations
gallon
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Greater Antilles Section
General Accounting Office
Governor’s Authorized Representative
Gigabyte
Government/General Bill of Lading
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ASM
ASME
ASMRO
ASOS
ASP
ASPE
ASPRS
ASR
ASSE
ASSET
ASST
AST
ASTHO
ASTI
ASTM
ASTS
ASU
ASUFAC
AT
ATA
ATB
ATC
A-TCET
ATCO
ATCT
ATD
ATDP
ATDT
ATF
Air Support Manager
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Armed Services Medical Regulating Office
Automated Surface Observing System
1) Active Server Page(s)
2) Aviation Security Program
American Society of Professional Estimators
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
Aquifer Storage Recovery
American Society of Safety Engineers
Advanced Simulation and Software Engineering
Technology
Assistant
Aboveground Storage Tank
Association of State and Territorial Health Offices
Airport Security Technology Integration
American Society for Testing and Materials
Aeromedical Staging Squadron
All-Source Situational Understanding
Airport and Seaport User Fee Advisory Committee, INS
Antiterrorism
1) Actual Time of Arrival
2) Airline Transportation Association
Applied Technology Board
1) Air Traffic Control
2) Applied Technology Council
1) Anti-Terrorism Combat Enforcement Team
2) AntiTerrorism Contraband Enforcement Team
Airtanker Coordinator
Air Traffic Control Tower
Actual Time of Departure
Annual Training and Development Plan
Atlantic Daylight Time (GMT - 3)
(Bureau of ) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
60
ASM
ASME
ASMRO
ASOS
ASP
ASPE
ASPRS
ASR
ASSE
ASSET
ASST
AST
ASTHO
ASTI
ASTM
ASTS
ASU
ASUFAC
AT
ATA
ATB
ATC
A-TCET
ATCO
ATCT
ATD
ATDP
ATDT
ATF
Air Support Manager
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Armed Services Medical Regulating Office
Automated Surface Observing System
1) Active Server Page(s)
2) Aviation Security Program
American Society of Professional Estimators
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
Aquifer Storage Recovery
American Society of Safety Engineers
Advanced Simulation and Software Engineering
Technology
Assistant
Aboveground Storage Tank
Association of State and Territorial Health Offices
Airport Security Technology Integration
American Society for Testing and Materials
Aeromedical Staging Squadron
All-Source Situational Understanding
Airport and Seaport User Fee Advisory Committee, INS
Antiterrorism
1) Actual Time of Arrival
2) Airline Transportation Association
Applied Technology Board
1) Air Traffic Control
2) Applied Technology Council
1) Anti-Terrorism Combat Enforcement Team
2) AntiTerrorism Contraband Enforcement Team
Airtanker Coordinator
Air Traffic Control Tower
Actual Time of Departure
Annual Training and Development Plan
Atlantic Daylight Time (GMT - 3)
(Bureau of ) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
60
GBPS
GC
GCCS
GCE
GCF
GCO
GCOS
GCS
GDIN
GDNP
GDS
GDSS
GDT
Ge (Li)
GE
GEMA
GEMINI
GEMS
GETS
GeoTIFF
GFE
GFI
GFIP
GFIRST
GFM
GGI&S
GHAD
GI
GIL
GILS
GIS
Gigabytes Per Second
General Counsel (see also OGC)
Global Command and Communications System
Government Cost Estimate
Ground Concentration Factor
Grant Coordinating Officer
Global Climate Observing System
Ground Control Station
Global Disaster Information Network
Gross Domestic National Product
Geographic Display System
Global Decision Support System
Ground Data Terminal
Lithium Drifted Germanium
General Emergency
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
Global Emergency Management Information
Network Initiative
Global Emergency Management System
Government Emergency Telecommunications
System/Service
Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format
Government-Furnished Equipment
Government-Furnished Information
Group Flood Insurance Policy
Government Forum of Incident Response and
Security Team
1) Generic Financial Module (NEMIS)
2) Government-Furnished Material
Global Geospatial Information and Services
Geologic Hazard Abatement District
1) Geographic Information
2) Ground Infantry
Grant-In-Lieu
Government Information Locator Service,
Geographic Information System(s)
61
AT/FP
ATH
ATM
ATMU
ATMWU
ATO
ATP
ATR
ATRAP
ATS
ATSA
ATSDR
ATST
ATTF
ATTN
ATV
ATWC
AUTODIN
AUTOVON
AUVSI
AV
AVC
AVHRR
AVIP
AVLIS
AVO
AVOps
AVSEC
AWD
AWIPS
Antiterrorism & Force Protection
Air-Transportable Hospital
1) Automated Teller Machine
2) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit
Air Transportable Mobile Weather Unit
Air Tasking Order
1) Air Transit Program
2) Authority to Participate
Advanced Thermal Reactor
Air Transportable RADIAC Package
Automated Targeting System
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(USPHS)
Atlantic Standard Time (GMT - 4)
Anti-Terrorism Task Force
Attention
All-Terrain Vehicle
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
(obsolete; see WCATWC)
Automatic Digital Network
Automatic Voice Network (obsolete; see DSN)
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International
1) Air Vehicle
2) Audio-Visual
Alaska Volcano Center
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Aviation Operations
Aviation Security
Available Without Declaration
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
AT/FP
ATH
ATM
ATMU
ATMWU
ATO
ATP
ATR
ATRAP
ATS
ATSA
ATSDR
ATST
ATTF
ATTN
ATV
ATWC
AUTODIN
AUTOVON
AUVSI
AV
AVC
AVHRR
AVIP
AVLIS
AVO
AVOps
AVSEC
AWD
AWIPS
Antiterrorism & Force Protection
Air-Transportable Hospital
1) Automated Teller Machine
2) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit
Air Transportable Mobile Weather Unit
Air Tasking Order
1) Air Transit Program
2) Authority to Participate
Advanced Thermal Reactor
Air Transportable RADIAC Package
Automated Targeting System
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(USPHS)
Atlantic Standard Time (GMT - 4)
Anti-Terrorism Task Force
Attention
All-Terrain Vehicle
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
(obsolete; see WCATWC)
Automatic Digital Network
Automatic Voice Network (obsolete; see DSN)
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International
1) Air Vehicle
2) Audio-Visual
Alaska Volcano Center
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Aviation Operations
Aviation Security
Available Without Declaration
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
GIWW
GLPAC
GLWRM
G-M
GM
GMDSS
GMF
GMO
GMR
GMT
GNIS
GOALS
GOES
GOGO
GOSC
GOTS
GOV
GPL
GPLD
GPM
GPMRC
GPO
GPRA
GPS
GRASS
GRP
GRS
GS
GSA
GSAAR
GSACR
GSE
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
Great Lakes Wave Runup Model
Geiger-Mueller (radiation detector)
Guidance Memorandum
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Government Master File
genetically modified organism
Graduated Mobilization Response
Greenwich Mean Time (aka ZULU Time)
Geographic Names Information System
Government On-Line Accounting Link System
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Government-Owned, Government-Operated
Global Operations Security Center
Government Off-The-Shelf
Government Owned Vehicle
1) General Population Level
2) General Population Limit
Government Property Lost or Damaged
gallons per minute
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
Government Printing Office
Government Performance and Results Act
Global Positioning System
Geographic Resources Analysis and Support System
Grant Reporting Portal
Geodetic Reference System
1) General Schedule
2) Geological Survey
3) Geo-Stationary
General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation
GSA Communications Representative
Government-Sponsored Enterprise
62
AWIS
AWO
AWOL
AWRA
AWS
AYE
BAA
BACM
BAER
BALV
BAND
BAREPP
BASIS
BATF
BBRS
BBS
B/C
BC
BCA
BCC
BCF
BCIS
BCMC
BCR
BDA
BDC
BDE
BDO
BDRP
BDS
BEEF
BEIR
BENS
Automated Weather Information System
American Waterway Operators
Absent Without Leave
American Water Resources Association
Alternate Work Schedule
Alternate Year Exercise
1) Broad Agency Announcement
2) Broad Area Announcement
Business Alliance for Customs Modernization
Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (Team)
Best Available Lodging Value
Bio-agent Autonomous Networked Detectors
Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project
Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Board of Building Regulations and Standards
Bulletin Board System
Benefit/Cost
1) Base Camp
2) Branch Chief
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Border Crossing Cards
Billion Cubic Feet
Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services
(see also CIS)
Board for the Coordination of Model Codes
Benefit-Cost Ratio
Battle Damage Assessment
Bomb Data Center (FBI)
Brigade
Battle Dress Overgarment
Biological Defense Research Program
Biohazard Detection System
Big Explosive Experimental Facility
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
Business Executives for National Security
62
AWIS
AWO
AWOL
AWRA
AWS
AYE
BAA
BACM
BAER
BALV
BAND
BAREPP
BASIS
BATF
BBRS
BBS
B/C
BC
BCA
BCC
BCF
BCIS
BCMC
BCR
BDA
BDC
BDE
BDO
BDRP
BDS
BEEF
BEIR
Automated Weather Information System
American Waterway Operators
Absent Without Leave
American Water Resources Association
Alternate Work Schedule
Alternate Year Exercise
1) Broad Agency Announcement
2) Broad Area Announcement
Business Alliance for Customs Modernization
Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (Team)
Best Available Lodging Value
Bio-agent Autonomous Networked Detectors
Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project
Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Board of Building Regulations and Standards
Bulletin Board System
Benefit/Cost
1) Base Camp
2) Branch Chief
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Border Crossing Cards
Billion Cubic Feet
Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Services
(see also CIS)
Board for the Coordination of Model Codes
Benefit-Cost Ratio
Battle Damage Assessment
Bomb Data Center (FBI)
Brigade
Battle Dress Overgarment
Biological Defense Research Program
Biohazard Detection System
Big Explosive Experimental Facility
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
62
GST
GTA
GTM
GTR
GTS
GUI
GVO
GWA
h (also hr)
HA
HADT
HAG
HAI
HALE
HAN
HARN
HARTline
HAST
HAWAS
HAZMAT
HAZMIN
HAZMIT
HAZUS
HAZUS-MH
HAZWOPER
HBX
HC
HCF
HCFA
HCO
HCTS
Ground Support Team
1) Government Travel Account
2) Government Travel Authorization
Government Technical Monitor
1) Government Technical Representative
2) Government Transportation Request
Global Telecommunications System
Geographical User Interface
Green Vinyl Overboot
Government Wide Accounting
hour
Housing Assistance
Hawaiian Daylight Time (GMT - 9)
Highest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Human Affairs International
High Altitude Long Endurance (see also MALE)
Health Alert Network
High Accuracy Reference Network
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(Florida)
1) Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT - 10)
2) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team
Hawaiian Warning System
Hazardous Material(s)
Hazard Minimization
Hazard Mitigation
Hazards – United States
Hazards - United States (Multi-Hazard)
Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency
Response
High-Blast Explosive
Health Canada
Height Correction Factor
Health Care Financing Administration
Human Capital Office
Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security
63
BENT SPEAR
BEP
BERD
BERT
BFC
BFD
BFE
BGAD
BGCA
BI
BIA
BICE
BIDS
BIFC
BIIDB
BIL
BIT
BIWG
BL
BLESTP
BLEVE
BLM
BLS
BM
BMC
BMP
BN
B-NICE
BOC
BOCA
BOM
BoO
Nuclear Incident (codeword)
Budget Execution Plan
Blocked Erosion Rate Database
Building Emergency Response Team
Bills For Collection
Base Flood Depth
Base Flood Elevation
Blue Grass Army Depot
Blue Grass Chemical Activity
Background Investigation
1) Board of Immigration Appeals
2) Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Biological Integrated Detection System
Boise Interagency Fire Center (obsolete, see NIFCC)
Badge Imaging Information Database
Band Interleaved by Line (Format)
1) Building Inventory Tool
2) Built-In Test
Bilateral Interdiction Working Group
Bill of Lading
Basic Law Enforcement Supervisor Training Program
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
Bureau of Land Management
Basic Life Support
Bench Mark
Bomb Management Center
Best Management Practice(s)
Battalion
Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, or
Explosive
Basic Operating Cost
Building Officials and Code Administrators
Bill of Materials
Base of Operations
BENS
BENT SPEAR
BEP
BERD
BERT
BFC
BFD
BFE
BGAD
BGCA
BI
BIA
BICE
BIDS
BIFC
BIIDB
BIL
BIT
BIWG
BL
BLESTP
BLEVE
BLM
BLS
BM
BMC
BMP
BN
B-NICE
BOC
BOCA
BOM
Business Executives for National Security
Nuclear Incident (codeword)
Budget Execution Plan
Blocked Erosion Rate Database
Building Emergency Response Team
Bills For Collection
Base Flood Depth
Base Flood Elevation
Blue Grass Army Depot
Blue Grass Chemical Activity
Background Investigation
1) Board of Immigration Appeals
2) Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Biological Integrated Detection System
Boise Interagency Fire Center (obsolete, see NIFCC)
Badge Imaging Information Database
Band Interleaved by Line (Format)
1) Building Inventory Tool
2) Built-In Test
Bilateral Interdiction Working Group
Bill of Lading
Basic Law Enforcement Supervisor Training Program
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
Bureau of Land Management
Basic Life Support
Bench Mark
Bomb Management Center
Best Management Practice(s)
Battalion
Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, or
Explosive
Basic Operating Cost
Building Officials and Code Administrators
Bill of Materials
HD
Hdbks
HDD
HDP
HE
HEAR
HEC
HEICS
HELP
HEMP
HEPA
HERN
HERT
HES
HET
HEU
HEW
HF
HF/SSB
H&H
HHA
HHC
HHD
HHMD
HHS
HHSEOC
HIC
HIDTA
HIP
HIPAA
HIRA
HITRON
Hurricane Day
Handbooks
Heating Degree Days
Hurricane Destruction Potential
High Explosive
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio
Hydrologic Engineering Center
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
Health Emergencies in Large Populations
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
High Efficiency Particulate Air (as in filters)
Hospital Emergency Radio Network
Hospital Emergency Response Team
Hurricane Evacuation Study
Headquarters Emergency Transportation
Highly Enriched Uranium
Health, Education, and Welfare
1) High Frequency
2) hydrogen fluoride
High Frequency / Single Side Band
1) Hydraulics and Hydrology
2) Hydrologic and Hydraulic (Analyses)
High Hazard Area
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
Hand-Held Metal Detector
Health and Human Services, Department of ESF-8]
Health and Human Services Emergency Operations
Center
Hydrologist-in-Charge
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Housing Improvement Program
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
64
BOR
BORP
BOXER
BPA
BPAT
BPD
BPM
BPO
BPR
BPRP
BPS
BPWG
BRM
BROKEN ARROW
BRT
B&SA
BSA
BSC
BSE
BSI
BSIR
BSPP
BSSC
BST
BT
BTA
BTCP
BTS
Bureau of Reclamation
Building Occupancy Resumption Program
Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region
1) Blanket Purchasing Agreement
2) Border Patrol Agent
Building Performance Assessment Team
Blast-Protective Design
Basic Property Management
Blanket Purchase Order
Business Process Reengineering
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
Bits Per Second
Best Practices Working Group
1) Bioregulator/Modulator
2) Business Reference Model
Nuclear Accident (codeword)
Business Round Table
Bureau and Statistical Agent (NFIP)
1) Base Support Area
2) Business Software Alliance
Building Security Committee
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(aka, “Mad Cow Disease”)
1) Base Support Installation
2) Border Safety Initiative
Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports
Broadcast Station Protection Program
Building Seismic Safety Council
Burn Specialty Team
Buying Team
Bioterrorism Act
1) Biological Terrorism Contingency Plan
2) Biothreat Characterization Program
1) Budget Tracking System
2) Border and Transportation Security
3) Bureau of Transportation Statistics
64
BoO
BOR
BORP
BOXER
BPA
BPAT
BPD
BPM
BPO
BPR
BPRP
BPS
BPWG
BRM
BROKEN ARROW
BRT
B&SA
BSA
BSC
BSE
BSI
BSIR
BSPP
BSSC
BST
BT
BTA
BTCP
Base of Operations
Bureau of Reclamation
Building Occupancy Resumption Program
Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region
1) Blanket Purchasing Agreement
2) Border Patrol Agent
Building Performance Assessment Team
Blast-Protective Design
Basic Property Management
Blanket Purchase Order
Business Process Reengineering
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
Bits Per Second
Best Practices Working Group
1) Bioregulator/Modulator
2) Business Reference Model
Nuclear Accident (codeword)
Business Round Table
Bureau and Statistical Agent (NFIP)
1) Base Support Area
2) Business Software Alliance
Building Security Committee
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(aka, “Mad Cow Disease”)
1) Base Support Installation
2) Border Safety Initiative
Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports
Broadcast Station Protection Program
Building Seismic Safety Council
Burn Specialty Team
Buying Team
Bioterrorism Act
1) Biological Terrorism Contingency Plan
2) Biothreat Characterization Program
64
HL
HLS
HLT
HLW
HM
HMAC
HMC
HME
HMEP
HMGP
HMIX
HMMWV
HMRU
HMST
HMTA
HMTAP
HMTUSA
HNAT
HOB
HOH
HOO
HOPWA
HOTMAC
HP
HPAC
HPC
HPRP
HPSI
HPT
1) Hotline
2) Help Line
1) Hurricane Local Statement
2) Homeland Security
Hurricane Liaison Team
High-Level Waste
1) Hazard Mitigation
2) Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council
Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Health, Medical, and Environmental
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness
Hazard Mitigation Grants Program
Hazardous Materials Information Exchange
Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
Hazardous Materials Response Unit (FBI)
Hazard Mitigation Survey Team
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program
(or Plan)
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform
Safety Act
Human Needs Assessment Team
Height of Burst
Head Of Household
[NRC] Headquarters Operations Officer
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
High Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric
Circulation
1) Hewlett-Packard
2) Historic Preservation
3) Hurricane Program
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
Home Protection Roofing Program
High Pressure Safety Injection
Health Physics Technician
65
BTU
BU
BTW
BW
BWC
BWIC
BWR
BY
BZPP
C2
C3
C4
C4ISR
CA
CAA
CAAP
CABIN
CAC
CACTIS
CAD
CADD
CADET
British Thermal Unit
Building (Line)
By the way
Biological Warfare/Weapons
Biological Weapons Convention
Biological Warning and Incident Characterization
Boiling Water Reactor
Budget Year
Buffer Zone Protection Plan
Command and Control
1) Command, Control, andCommunications
2) Customs Cybersmuggling Center
Command, Control, Communications, and
Computers
Command, Control, Communications and
Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance
1) Capability Assurance
2) Chemical Agent
3) Civil Affairs
4) Congressional Affairs
5) Cooperating Agency
6) Cooperative Agreement
Clean Air Act
Critical Asset Assurance Program
Chemical and Biological Information Network
1) Citizens’ Advisory Commissions
2) Civil Applications Committee
3) Climate Analysis Center
4) Community Assistance Contact
5) Crisis Action Center
Computer-Assisted CSEPP Training Information
System
1) Computer Aided/Assisted Dispatch
2) Computer-Assisted Design
3) Computer-Assisted Drafting
Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design
Computer-Assisted Design for Exercise Training
BTS
BTU
BU
BTW
BW
BWC
BWIC
BWR
BY
BZPP
C2
C3
C4
C4ISR
CA
CAA
CAAP
CABIN
CAC
CACTIS
1) Budget Tracking System
2) Border and Transportation Security
3) Bureau of Transportation Statistics
British Thermal Unit
Building (Line)
By the way
Biological Warfare/Weapons
Biological Weapons Convention
Biological Warning and Incident Characterization
Boiling Water Reactor
Budget Year
Buffer Zone Protection Plan
Command and Control
1) Command, Control, andCommunications
2) Customs Cybersmuggling Center
Command, Control, Communications, and
Computers
Command, Control, Communications and
Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance
1) Capability Assurance
2) Chemical Agent
3) Civil Affairs
4) Congressional Affairs
5) Cooperating Agency
6) Cooperative Agreement
Clean Air Act
Critical Asset Assurance Program
Chemical and Biological Information Network
1) Citizens’ Advisory Commissions
2) Civil Applications Committee
3) Climate Analysis Center
4) Community Assistance Contact
5) Crisis Action Center
Computer-Assisted CSEPP Training Information
System
HQ
HQDA
HQUSACE
HR
HRCQ
HRD
HRDI
HRMS
HRPT
HRT
HRV
HS
HSAC
HSARPA
HSAS
HSC
HSDN
HSEEP
HSIA
HSIN
HSIPP
HSLD
HSO
HSOC
HSPCD
HSPD
HSS
HSTF
Headquarters
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers
1) Home Repair
2) House of Representatives
3) Human Resources
Highway Route Controlled Quantity
Human Resources Division
High Resolution Doppler Imager
Human Resources Management System
High Resolution Picture Transmission
Hostage Rescue Team
Human Rights Violator/Violation
1) Homeland Security
2) Human Services
Homeland Security Advisory Council
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency
Homeland Security Advisory System
1) Health Service Command
2) Homeland Security Center
3) Homeland Security Council (formerly OHS)
High Seas Drift Nets
Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program
Homeland Security Industry Alliance
Homeland Security Information Network (see JRIES)
Homeland Security Integrated Planning Process
Historic Shoreline Location Database
Human Services Officer
Homeland Security Operations Center
Historic Shoreline Positional Change Database
Homeland Security Presidential Directive
1) Health Service Support
2) Hyperspectral Sensor System
Homeland Security Task Force
66
CADW
CAE
CAER
CAG
CAI
CAIC
CAICO
CAIRA
CALM
CAM
CAMDS
CAMEO
CAMEXPAN
CAMS
CANDU
CAO
CAP
CAPA
CAPC
CAP-FASSE
CAPPS II
CAPSS
Civil Air Defense Warning
Command Assessment Element (for CBIRF)
Community Awareness and Emergency Response
Core Agency Group
1) Chemical Accident/Incident
2) Computer-Aided Instruction
Chemical Accident/Incident Control
Chemical Accident/Incident Control Officer
Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance
Cognitive and Affective Learning Model
1) Chemical Agent Monitor
2) Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency
Operations
Central America Mexico Panama
Continuous Air Monitoring System
Canadian-Deuterium Uranium (Reactor)
1) Caribbean Area Office
2) Chief Administrative Officer
1) Capability Assessment Program
2) Capability Assurance Program
3) Civil Air Patrol
4) Collection, Analysis and Planning
5) Combat Air Patrol
6) Community Action Program
7) Community Assistance Program
8) Corrective Action Program
Coalition of Airline Pilot Association
Civil Aviation Planning Committee
Corrective Action Program - Federal Agency
Support Services Element
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
(II equals 2nd generation)
Corrective Action Program Support System
(obsolete)
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CAD
CADD
CADET
CADW
CAE
CAER
CAG
CAI
CAIC
CAICO
CAIRA
CALM
CAM
CAMDS
CAMEO
CAMEXPAN
CAMS
CANDU
CAO
CAP
CAPA
CAPC
CAP-FASSE
1) Computer Aided/Assisted Dispatch
2) Computer-Assisted Design
3) Computer-Assisted Drafting
Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design
Computer-Assisted Design for Exercise Training
Civil Air Defense Warning
Command Assessment Element (for CBIRF)
Community Awareness and Emergency Response
Core Agency Group
1) Chemical Accident/Incident
2) Computer-Aided Instruction
Chemical Accident/Incident Control
Chemical Accident/Incident Control Officer
Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance
Cognitive and Affective Learning Model
1) Chemical Agent Monitor
2) Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency
Operations
Central America Mexico Panama
Continuous Air Monitoring System
Canadian-Deuterium Uranium (Reactor)
1) Caribbean Area Office
2) Chief Administrative Officer
1) Capability Assessment Program
2) Capability Assurance Program
3) Civil Air Patrol
4) Collection, Analysis and Planning
5) Combat Air Patrol
6) Community Action Program
7) Community Assistance Program
8) Corrective Action Program
Coalition of Airline Pilot Association
Civil Aviation Planning Committee
Corrective Action Program - Federal Agency
Support Services Element
66
HSTTIG
HSUS
HTGR
HTML
HUB
HUD
HUG
HUMINT
HURCON
HUREVAC
HVA
HVAC
HVT
HWC
HWL
HWM
HWR
Hz
I
IA
IAA
IAB
IAC
IACG
IACNDR
IACP
IAE
Homeland Security Terrorist Threat Intelligence
Group
The Humane Society of the United States
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
HyperText Markup Language
Historically Underutilized Business
Housing and Urban Development, Department of
HAZUS User Group
Human Intelligence
Hurricane Condition
Hurricane Evacuation
Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
High Value Target
Health and Welfare Canada
High Water Line
High Water Mark
Heavy Water Reactor
Hertz (cycle per second)
1) Individual/Family
2) Iodine Exposure Intensity
1) In and Around
2) Individual Assistance
3) Information Analysis
4) Information Assurance
5) Inter-agency
6) Internal Affairs
7) International Affairs (see OIA)
Interagency Agreement
Interagency Board
(DoD) Information Analysis Center
Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide
Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster
Reduction
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Integrated Acquisition Environment
(eGovernment Initiative)
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CAP-SSSE
CAR
CARAT
CARCAH
CARD
CARDA
CARL
CART
CAS
CASE
CASPER
CASU
CAT
CATEGORY A
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY B
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY C
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY D
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
Corrective Action Program - State Support Services
Element
1) Capability Assessment for Readiness
2) Congressional Affairs Representative
Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training
Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination - All
Hurricanes
Collaborative Agencies for Responding to Disasters
Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage
Assessment
Computerized Activities Results List
1) Computer Analysis and Response Team
2) County Animal Response Team
1) Chemical Abstract Service
2) Crisis Action System
Computer-Aided Software Engineering
C-130 Airborne Sensor with Palletized Electronic
Reconnaissance
Centralized Administrative Services Unit
1) Catastrophic
2) Category
3) Collier Area Transit (Florida)
4) Crisis Action Team
CAPPS II
CAPSS
CAP-SSSE
CAR
CARAT
CARCAH
CARD
CARDA
CARL
CART
CAS
CASE
CASPER
CASU
Debris Removal
CAT
Emergency Protective Measures
CATEGORY A
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY B
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY C
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
Roads and Bridges
Water Control Facilities
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
(II equals 2nd generation)
Corrective Action Program Support System
(obsolete)
Corrective Action Program - State Support Services
Element
1) Capability Assessment for Readiness
2) Congressional Affairs Representative
Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training
Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination - All
Hurricanes
Collaborative Agencies for Responding to Disasters
Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage
Assessment
Computerized Activities Results List
1) Computer Analysis and Response Team
2) County Animal Response Team
1) Chemical Abstract Service
2) Crisis Action System
Computer-Aided Software Engineering
C-130 Airborne Sensor with Palletized Electronic
Reconnaissance
Centralized Administrative Services Unit
1) Catastrophic
2) Category
3) Collier Area Transit (Florida)
4) Crisis Action Team
Debris Removal
Emergency Protective Measures
Roads and Bridges
IAEA
IAEM
IAFC
IAFF
IAFIS
IAG
IAI
IAIP
IAM
IAO
IAP
IARLJ
IARR
IASIR
IAT
IATA
IATBOG
IAW
IBA
IBAD
IBC
IBD
IBDS
IBET
IBHS
IBIS
IBS
IBT
IBWA
IC
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Association of Emergency Managers
International Association of Fire Chiefs
International Association of Fire Fighters
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System
Interagency Advisory Group
International Association for Identifications
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
[DHS Directorate]
Incident Activity Manager
Individual Assistance Officer
Incident Action Plan
International Association of Refugee Law Judges
Interagency Resource Representative
International Association of Security and
Investigative Regulators
Incident Assessment Team
International Air Transport Association
Interagency Airtankers Base Operations Guide
In accordance with
Incident Business Advisor
Interim Biological Agent Detector
International Broadcast Center
Improvised Biological Device
Integrated Biological Detection System
Integrated Border Enforcement Team
Institute for Business and Home Safety
Interagency Border Inspection System
Integrated Baseline System
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Bottled Water Association
1) Incident Command/Commander
2) Information Collection
3) Intelligence Community
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CATEGORY E
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY F
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY G
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEX
CATL
CATS
CATV
CAV
CAX
CB
CBA
CBCF
CBD
CBDCOM
CBEK
CBET
CBI
CBIA
CBIAC
CBIRF
CBL
CBN
Buildings and Contents
Utilities
Parks, Recreational, and Other
1) Catastrophic Exercise
2) Categorical Exclusion
Chronology and Time Line
Consequences Assessment Tool Set
Cable Television
Community Assistance Visit(s)
Capability Assurance Exercise
1) Chemical Biological
2) Citizens’ Band
3) Cluster Bomb
1) Contractors and Builders Association
2) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cross Border Crime Forum
Chemical and Biological Defense
Chemical and Biological Defense Command
(obsolete; see SBCCOM)
Compendium of Basic Exercise Knowledge
Computer Based Education and Training
1) Chandler Burning Index
2) Computer-Based Instruction
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act
Chemical and Biological Information Analysis Center
Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force (USMC)
1) Commercial Bill of Lading
2) Computer-Based Learning
1) Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear
2) Cooperative Base Network
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CATEGORY D
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY E
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY F
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEGORY G
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
CATEX
CATL
CATS
CATV
CAV
CAX
CB
CBA
CBCF
CBD
CBDCOM
CBEK
CBET
CBI
CBIA
CBIAC
CBIRF
Water Control Facilities
Buildings and Contents
Utilities
Parks, Recreational, and Other
1) Catastrophic Exercise
2) Categorical Exclusion
Chronology and Time Line
Consequences Assessment Tool Set
Cable Television
Community Assistance Visit(s)
Capability Assurance Exercise
1) Chemical Biological
2) Citizens’ Band
3) Cluster Bomb
1) Contractors and Builders Association
2) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cross Border Crime Forum
Chemical and Biological Defense
Chemical and Biological Defense Command
(obsolete; see SBCCOM)
Compendium of Basic Exercise Knowledge
Computer Based Education and Training
1) Chandler Burning Index
2) Computer-Based Instruction
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act
Chemical and Biological Information Analysis Center
Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force (USMC)
68
ICAF
ICAO
ICAP
ICBM
ICC
ICCB
ICCOH
ICD
ICE
ICER
ICF
ICGP
ICIMPP
ICISF
ICITAP
ICMA
ICMOP
ICODS
ICP
ICPACC
ICPAE
ICPO
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
International Civil Aviation Organization
Incident Communications Action Plan
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
1) Incident Command Center
2) Increased Cost of Compliance
3) Intelligence Control Center
4) International Code Council
Intergovernmental Consultation and Coordination
Board(s)
Interagency Coordinating Committee On Hurricanes
1) Improvised Chemical Device
2) Infrastructure Coordination Division
3) Institute of Chemical Defense
1) Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of (also called BICE)
2) Interoperable Communications Equipment
Incident Communications Emergency Reference
1) Incident Command Facility
2) Insulating Concrete Forms
Interoperable Communications Grant Program
Integrated Civilian Industrial Mobilization Planning
Process
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
International Criminal Investigative Training
Assistance Program
International City/County Management
Association
Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan
Interagency Committee on Dam Safety
1) Incident Command Post
2) Information Collection Plan
3) Integrated Cargo Processing
Incident Communications Public Affairs
Coordination Committee
Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in
Emergencies
(see INTERPOL)
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CBO
CBP
CBPMO
CBQRF
CBR
CBRA
CBRD
CBRDT
CBRN
CBRNE
CBRNE-CM
CBRRT
CBRS
CBRT
CBT
CBW
C&C
cc
CC
CCA
CCB
CCC
CCF
1) Congressional Budget Office
2) Community Based Organization(s)
Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of
(also called BCBP)
[US] Customs and Border Protection Modernization
Office
Chemical-Biological Quick Response Force
Chemical, Biological, and/or Radiological
Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982
(also see COBRA)
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense
Chemical/Biological Rapid Deployment Team
Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive - Consequence Management
Chemical & Biological Rapid Response Team
1) Coastal Barrier Resources System
2) Concept Based Requirement System
Chemical-Biological Response Team
1) Chemical Biological Toxin
2) Computer-Based Training
Chemical and Biological Warfare
Components and Cladding
cubic centimeter
1) Citizen Corps
2) Congregate Care
3) Coordination Center
4) Courtesy Copy
5) Crisis Counseling
Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement
(obsolete; see CA)
Configuration Control Board
1) Commodity Credit Corporation
2) Congregate Care Center
3) Crisis Coordination Center
Coded Cities Forecast
CBL
CBN
CBO
CBP
CBPMO
CBQRF
CBR
CBRA
CBRD
CBRDT
CBRN
CBRNE
CBRNE-CM
CBRRT
CBRS
CBRT
CBT
CBW
C&C
cc
CC
CCA
CCB
1) Commercial Bill of Lading
2) Computer-Based Learning
1) Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear
2) Cooperative Base Network
1) Congressional Budget Office
2) Community Based Organization(s)
Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of
(also called BCBP)
[US] Customs and Border Protection Modernization
Office
Chemical-Biological Quick Response Force
Chemical, Biological, and/or Radiological
Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982
(also see COBRA)
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense
Chemical/Biological Rapid Deployment Team
Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or
High-Yield Explosive - Consequence Management
Chemical & Biological Rapid Response Team
1) Coastal Barrier Resources System
2) Concept Based Requirement System
Chemical-Biological Response Team
1) Chemical Biological Toxin
2) Computer-Based Training
Chemical and Biological Warfare
Components and Cladding
cubic centimeter
1) Citizen Corps
2) Congregate Care
3) Coordination Center
4) Courtesy Copy
5) Crisis Counseling
Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement
(obsolete; see CA)
Configuration Control Board
ICPS
ICRC
ICRP
ICS
ICSSC
ICU
ICWW
ID
IDE
IDEM
IDENT
IDEX
IDIQ
IDLH
IDP
IDPP
IDR
IDS
IE
IEA
IEC
IED
IEMA
IEMC
IEMG
Integrated Card Production System
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Commission on Radiological
Protection
1) Incident Command System
2) Initial Contingency Staff
Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in
Construction
1) Information Coordination Unit
2) Incident Crisis Unit
3) Intensive Care Unit
Intracoastal Waterway
1) Identification credentials
2) Infectious Disease
Intrusion Detection Equipment [see IDS]
Iowa Department of Emergency Management
Automated Biometric Fingerprint Identification
System
Image Data Exploitation (System)
Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
Immediate Danger to Life and/or Health
Imagery-Derived Product
Infectious Disease Prevention Program
Institute for Disaster Research
1) Information Display System
2) Integrated Deepwater System
3) Intrusion Detection System
Initial Elevation (Line)
1) Immigration Enforcement Agent
2) International Energy Agency
1) InterExchange Carrier
2) Integrated Exploitation Capability
1) Improvised Explosive Device
2) Incendiary Explosive Device
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Integrated Emergency Management Course
International Emergency Management Group
70
CCFP
CCG
CCITP
CCL
CCN
CCND
CCO
CCP
CCR
CCRA
CCSL
CCST
CCT
CCTV
CD
CDBG
CDC
CDCP
CDD
CDE
CDERA
CDEX
CDL
CDMA
CDO
CDP
(National Institute of Justice)
Center for Civil Force Protection
Crisis Coordination Group
Counterterrorism Cyber-crime Investigations
Training Program
Contamination Control Line
Canonical Correlation Analysis
Consultative Committee on Natural Disasters
1) Claims Coordinating Office
2) Consultation Coordination Officer
1) Casualty Collection Point
2) Citizen Corps Program (Department of Homeland Security grass-roots program involving citizens; based in OSLGC&P)
3) Crisis Counseling Program
Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov)
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Command and Control Simulation Lab
Chemical Casualty Site Team
Communications Coordination Team
Closed-Circuit Television
1) Civil Defense
2) Compact Disc
Community Development Block Grant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
1) Capability Development and Demonstration
2) Cross-Disaster Database
Committed Dose Equivalent
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
Civil Defense Exercise
1) Commercial Driver’s License
2) Community Disaster Loan
Code Division Multiple Access
Central Dense Overcast
Center for Domestic Preparedness
70
CCC
CCF
CCFP
CCG
CCITP
CCL
CCN
CCND
CCO
CCP
CCR
CCRA
CCSL
CCST
CCT
CCTV
CD
CDBG
CDC
CDCP
CDD
CDE
CDERA
CDEX
CDL
1) Commodity Credit Corporation
2) Congregate Care Center
3) Crisis Coordination Center
Coded Cities Forecast
(National Institute of Justice)
Center for Civil Force Protection
Crisis Coordination Group
Counterterrorism Cyber-crime Investigations
Training Program
Contamination Control Line
Canonical Correlation Analysis
Consultative Committee on Natural Disasters
1) Claims Coordinating Office
2) Consultation Coordination Officer
1) Casualty Collection Point
2) Citizen Corps Program (Department of Homeland Security grass-roots program involving citizens; based in OSLGC&P)
3) Crisis Counseling Program
Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov)
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Command and Control Simulation Lab
Chemical Casualty Site Team
Communications Coordination Team
Closed-Circuit Television
1) Civil Defense
2) Compact Disc
Community Development Block Grant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
1) Capability Development and Demonstration
2) Cross-Disaster Database
Committed Dose Equivalent
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
Civil Defense Exercise
1) Commercial Driver’s License
2) Community Disaster Loan
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IEMIS
IEMS
IEP
IEVS
IF
IFALPA
IFB
IFG
IFGP
IFLOWS
IFMIS
IFPA
IFR
IFSAR
IFTP
IG
IGE
IGPT
IH
IHC
IHD
IHE
IHMT
IHOG
IHP
IHS
IIC
IICT
IIFC
III
Integrated Emergency Management Information
System
Integrated Emergency Management System
Ingestion Exposure Pathway
Income Eligibility Verification System
Inland Fetch (Line)
International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
Invitation for Bid
Individual and Family Grant
Individual and Family Grant Program
Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System
Integrated Financial Management Information
System
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
1) Instrument Flight Rules
2) Interim Final Rule
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Internet Forensic Training Program
1) Inspector General (see also OIG)
2) Instructor Guide
Independent Government Estimate
Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
1) Inhalation
2) Intense Hurricane
1) Interagency Hotshot Crew
2) International Hurricane Center
Intense Hurricane Day
Insensitive High Explosive
Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team
Interagency Helicopter Operation Guide
Individuals and Households Program
Indian Health Service
1) Interagency Intelligence Cell
2) Investigator in Charge
Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism
Information/Intelligence Fusion Center
Interstate Identification Index
71
CDR
CDRDB
CDRG
CDRG-PAC
CD-ROM
CDRS
CDT
CDX
C/E
CE
CEA
CEB
CEC
CED
CEDE
CEE
CEF
CEI
CEM
CEMA
CEMD
CEMIS
CEMO
CEMP
CEMS
CENL
CENR
CENTPAC
CEO
1) Christian Disaster Response
2) Commander
3) Critical Design Review
4) Crude Death Rate
Conventional Disaster Resource Database
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group - Primary
Agency Committee
Compact Disc – Read-Only Memory
Call Detail Reporting System
Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5)
Control and Direction Exercise
Communications/Electronics
1) Categorical Exclusion
2) Civil Engineer
Council of Economic Advisors
Contractor Evaluation Board
Chief Exercise Controller
Committee for Economic Development
Committed Effective Dose Equivalent
Consolidated Enforcement Environment
1) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
2) Critical Emergency File
Critical Elements of Information
1) Certified Emergency Manager
2) Comprehensive Emergency Management
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
County Emergency Management Director
Crisis and Emergency Management Information
System
Canada Emergency Measures Organization
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Continuous Emission Monitoring System
Chemical Event Notification Level
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Central Pacific
Chief Executive Officer
CDMA
CDO
CDP
CDR
CDRDB
CDRG
CDRG-PAC
CD-ROM
CDRS
CDT
CDX
C/E
CE
CEA
CEB
CEC
CED
CEDE
CEE
CEF
CEI
CEM
CEMA
CEMD
CEMIS
CEMO
CEMP
CEMS
CENL
Code Division Multiple Access
Central Dense Overcast
Center for Domestic Preparedness
1) Christian Disaster Response
2) Commander
3) Critical Design Review
4) Crude Death Rate
Conventional Disaster Resource Database
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group - Primary
Agency Committee
Compact Disc – Read-Only Memory
Call Detail Reporting System
Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5)
Control and Direction Exercise
Communications/Electronics
1) Categorical Exclusion
2) Civil Engineer
Council of Economic Advisors
Contractor Evaluation Board
Chief Exercise Controller
Committee for Economic Development
Committed Effective Dose Equivalent
Consolidated Enforcement Environment
1) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
2) Critical Emergency File
Critical Elements of Information
1) Certified Emergency Manager
2) Comprehensive Emergency Management
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
County Emergency Management Director
Crisis and Emergency Management Information
System
Canada Emergency Measures Organization
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Continuous Emission Monitoring System
Chemical Event Notification Level
IIMG
IIOM
IIPLR
IIPO
IIS
IIT
IITP
ILE
ILEA
ILS
IMA
IMAAC
IMAC
IMC
IMCS
IMG
IMINT
IMO
IMPAC
IMRD
IMS
IMSR
IMSuRT
IMT
IMU
INA
IND
Interagency Incident Management Group
Install, Integrate, Operate, and Maintain
Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction
Information Integration Program Office
[Microsoft] Internet Information Server
Incident Investigation Team
Internet Investigations Training Program
Installations, Logistics & Environment
International Law Enforcement Academy
Integrated Logistics Support
Individual Mobilization Augmentee
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment
Center
Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis, and
Coordination
1) Instrument Meteorological Conditions
2) Interim Message Change
3) International Mechanical Code
4) International Medical Corps
Incident Management Communications Systems
Information Management Group
Imagery Intelligence
International Maritime Organization
International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
Information Management and Requirements
Division
1) Incident Management System
2) Information Management System
3) Intelligence Management System
Incident Management Situation Report
International Medical Surgical Response Team
1) Incident Management Team
2) Integrated Management Team
Inertial Measurement Unit
Immigration and Nationality Act
Improvised Nuclear Device
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CEOC
CEOS
CEP
CEPA
CEPAP
CEPPO
CEQ
CERC
CERCLA
CERES
CERT
CERT/CC
CEST
CET
CEU
CEXS
CFA
CFAO
CFC
CFDA
CFGDP
CFIUS
CFIVSAC
County Emergency Operations Center
Committee on Earth-Orbiting Satellites
1) Circular Error Probable
2) Civil Emergency Planning (NATO)
3) Civil Emergency Preparedness
Canadian Emergency Preparedness Association
Cost Estimating for the Public Assistance Program,
Expert Panel on
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office
Council on Environmental Quality
Coastal Engineering Research Center
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (aka “Superfund”)
California Environmental Resources Evaluation
System
1) Community Emergency Response Team
2) Computer Emergency Readiness Team
3) Computer Emergency Recovery Team
4) Computer Evidence Response Training
Computer Emergency Response Team/
Coordination Center
Cyber Emergency Support Team
Contraband Enforcement Team
Compliance Enforcement Unit
Cooperative Extension Service
1) Cognizant Federal Agency
2) Computerized Fleet Analysis
Cognizant Federal Agency Official
1) Chlorofluorocarbon
2) Combined Federal Campaign
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Crash Feed Grain Donation Program
Committee for Foreign Investment in the United
States
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory
Committee
72
CENR
CENTPAC
CEO
CEOC
CEOS
CEP
CEPA
CEPAP
CEPPO
CEQ
CERC
CERCLA
CERES
CERT
CERT/CC
CEST
CET
CEU
CEXS
CFA
CFAO
CFC
CFDA
CFGDP
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Central Pacific
Chief Executive Officer
County Emergency Operations Center
Committee on Earth-Orbiting Satellites
1) Circular Error Probable
2) Civil Emergency Planning (NATO)
3) Civil Emergency Preparedness
Canadian Emergency Preparedness Association
Cost Estimating for the Public Assistance Program,
Expert Panel on
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office
Council on Environmental Quality
Coastal Engineering Research Center
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (aka “Superfund”)
California Environmental Resources Evaluation
System
1) Community Emergency Response Team
2) Computer Emergency Readiness Team
3) Computer Emergency Recovery Team
4) Computer Evidence Response Training
Computer Emergency Response Team/
Coordination Center
Cyber Emergency Support Team
Contraband Enforcement Team
Compliance Enforcement Unit
Cooperative Extension Service
1) Cognizant Federal Agency
2) Computerized Fleet Analysis
Cognizant Federal Agency Official
1) Chlorofluorocarbon
2) Combined Federal Campaign
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Crash Feed Grain Donation Program
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INEEL
INER
INES
INF
INFO
INFOSEC
INMARSAT
INPO
INPHO
INRP
INS
INSARAG
Insp
INTERCOM
INTERPOL
IOC
IOF
IOR
IOS
I&P or I/P
IP
IPC
IPE
IPFO
IPIA
IPP
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
Interagency National Executive Reserve
International Nuclear Event Scale
1) Infrastructure
2) Immediate Needs Funding
Information
Information Security
International Maritime Satellite
Institute for Nuclear Power Operations
Information Network for Public Health Officials
Initial National Response Plan
1) Immigration and Naturalization Service
2) Inertial Navigation System
3) Insurance
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
Inspection
Internal Communications
International Criminal Police Organization
1) Initial Operational Capability
2) International Olympic Committee
1) Initial Operating Facility
2) Interim Operating Facility
Initial Operating Report
International Organization for Standardization
Information and Planning
1) Implementing Procedure
2) Information and Planning
3) Infrastructure Protection
1) Interagency Planning Committee
2) International Paralympic Committee
1) Integrated Performance Evaluation
2) Integrated Process Evaluation
Interim Principle Federal Official
Improper Payments Information Act
Imminent Peril to the Public
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cfm
CFO
CFR
CFS
CFSA
CFSI
CFTC
CG
CGD
CGEOC
CGFAA
CGISS
CGM
CGS
CHARM
CHAWS
CHCO
ChE
CHECK 21
CHEMTREC
CHER-CAP
CHG
CHIP
CHRIS
CI
CIA
CIAD
CIAETP
cubic feet per minute
1) Chief Financial Officer
2) Chief of Field Operations
Code of Federal Regulations
1) Certified Fraud Specialists, Association of
2) Cubic Feet per Second
Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Congressional Fire Services Institute
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1) Coast Guard
2) Commanding General
Coast Guard District
Canadian Government Emergency Operations
Center
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act
Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow
Subsurface
Computer Graphics Metafile
Council of Graduate Schools
Complex Hazardous Release Model
Chemical Hazard Warning System
Chief Human Capital Officer
Cholinesterase
Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
Community Hazards Emergency Response
- Capability Assurance Process
Change
Capability and Hazard Identification Program
Chemical Hazard Response Information System
Critical Infrastructure
Central Intelligence Agency
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Division
Criminal Investigation in Automated Equipment
Training Program
CFIUS
CFIVSAC
cfm
CFO
CFR
CFS
CFSA
CFSI
CFTC
CG
CGD
CGEOC
CGFAA
CGISS
CGM
CGS
CHARM
CHAWS
CHCO
ChE
CHECK 21
CHEMTREC
CHER-CAP
CHG
CHIP
CHRIS
CI
CIA
Committee for Foreign Investment in the United
States
Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Advisory
Committee
cubic feet per minute
1) Chief Financial Officer
2) Chief of Field Operations
Code of Federal Regulations
1) Certified Fraud Specialists, Association of
2) Cubic Feet per Second
Consolidated Farm Service Agency
Congressional Fire Services Institute
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1) Coast Guard
2) Commanding General
Coast Guard District
Canadian Government Emergency Operations
Center
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act
Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow
Subsurface
Computer Graphics Metafile
Council of Graduate Schools
Complex Hazardous Release Model
Chemical Hazard Warning System
Chief Human Capital Officer
Cholinesterase
Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
Community Hazards Emergency Response
- Capability Assurance Process
Change
Capability and Hazard Identification Program
Chemical Hazard Response Information System
Critical Infrastructure
Central Intelligence Agency
IPR
IPS
IPSCOM
IPT
IPZ
IR
IRAC
IRB
IRBM
IRC
IRF
IRFC
IRI
IRIS
IRM
IRMS
IRP
IRPMR
IRR
IRS
IRT
IRZ
IS
1) In-Process (or In-Progress) Review
2) Initial Projections Report
3) Intellectual Property Rights
1) Information and Planning Section
2) Information Processing System
3) International Port Security
Imagery Policy and Security Committee
1) Integrated Process Team
2) Integrated Product Teams
3) Integrated Project Team
Ingestion Pathway Zone
Infrared
Interagency Radiological Assistance Committee
1) Information Resources Board
2) Investment Review Board
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1) International Residential Code
2) Information Resources Center
Initial Response Force
Initial Response Force Commander
Industrial Research Institute
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Information Resources Management
Information Resources Management Service
1) Institutional Removal Program
2) Interior Repatriation Program
3) Investment Review Process
Information Resources Procurement and
Management Review
Initial Response Resource(s)
Internal Revenue Service
1) Independent Review Team
2) Initial Response Team
Immediate Response Zone
1) Information Security
2) Information System(s)
3) Infrastructure Support
4) Inspection Services
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CIAO
CIBADS
CICAD
CICG
CID
CIDA
CIDCON
CIDER
CIF
CIFFC
CII
CIIA
CI/KR
CIMA
CIMRT
CIMS
CIMST
CINC
CINCAMC
CINCLANT
CINCNORAD
CINCPAC
CINCSOC
CINCTRANS
CIND
CINDI
CIO
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office/Officer
Canadian Integrated Biochemical Agent Detection
System
Center for Intelligence Collection Analysis and
Dissemination
Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group
Criminal Investigation Division or Department,
Community Identification
Canadian International Development Agency
Civil Defense Condition
Computer Interactive Display, Entry, and Retrieval
1) Central Information File
2) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Critical Infrastructure Information
Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002
Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources
Channel Industry Mutual Aid
Critical Incident Management Response Team
1) Correspondence and Issues Management
System
2) Critical Incident Management Support
Critical Incident Management Support Team
Commander-In-Chief
Commander-in-Chief, Air Mobility Command
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Commander-inChief, Special Operations Command
Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command
Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector
1) Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
2) Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector Instrument
Chief Information Office/Officer
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CIAD
CIAETP
CIAO
CIBADS
CICAD
CICG
CID
CIDA
CIDCON
CIDER
CIF
CIFFC
CII
CIIA
CI/KR
CIMA
CIMRT
CIMS
CIMST
CINC
CINCAMC
CINCLANT
CINCNORAD
CINCPAC
CINCSOC
CINCTRANS
CIND
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Division
Criminal Investigation in Automated Equipment
Training Program
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office/Officer
Canadian Integrated Biochemical Agent Detection
System
Center for Intelligence Collection Analysis and
Dissemination
Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group
Criminal Investigation Division or Department,
Community Identification
Canadian International Development Agency
Civil Defense Condition
Computer Interactive Display, Entry, and Retrieval
1) Central Information File
2) Cost, Insurance, and Freight
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
Critical Infrastructure Information
Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002
Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources
Channel Industry Mutual Aid
Critical Incident Management Response Team
1) Correspondence and Issues Management
System
2) Critical Incident Management Support
Critical Incident Management Support Team
Commander-In-Chief
Commander-in-Chief, Air Mobility Command
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command
Commander-inChief, Special Operations Command
Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command
Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector
74
ISA
ISAAG
ISABP
ISAC
ISACA
ISAO
ISAR
ISC
ISCS
ISD
ISDN
ISDR
ISEMA
ISI
ISIP
ISIS
ISMA
ISO
ISOC
ISOO
ISP
ISPAG
ISR
ISSA
ISSP
IST
IST-A
Incident Staging Area
Information Systems Architectural Advisory Group
International South Atlantic Buoy Program
1) Information Sharing and Analysis Center
2) Infrastructure Sector Advisory Committee
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Information Sharing and Analysis Organization
Inspection Services Activity Report
1) Inspection Services Coordinator
2) Interstate Commerce
International Satellite Communications Systems
Infrastructure Services Division
Integrated Services Digital Network
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Indiana State Emergency Management Agency
Immigration Security Initiative
Initial Strategy Implementation Plan
Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System
International Security Management Association
1) Incident Support Organization
2) Insurance Services Office
3) International Standards Organization
1) Information Security Oversight Committee
2) Interagency SEAT Operations Guide
Information Security Oversight Office
1) Immediate Services Program
2) Information Security Program
3) Information Systems Plan
4) Intensive Supervision Program
5) Interagency Security Plan
6) Internet Service Provider
Information Systems Policy Advisory Group
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Information Systems Security Association
Information Systems Security Program
Incident Support Team
Incident Support Team - Advance Element
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CIP
CIPB
CIPIC
CIPWG
CIRG
CIRP
CIS
CISD
CISM
CITAC
CITO
CJCS
CJIS
CJTF
CLIVAR
CLO
CLOMA
CLOMR
CLS
CM
CMA
CMAA
CMAS
CMAT
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
Critical Infrastructure Protection Information
Center
Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group
Critical Incident Response Group
Catastrophic Incident Response Plan
1) Central Index System
2) Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bureau of (see also BCIS)
3) Civil Infrastructure Security
4) Community Information System
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Critical Incident Stress Management
Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Center
Central Imagery Tasking Office
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Criminal Justice Information System
Commander, Joint Task Force
Climate Variability
Congressional Liaison Officer
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
Conditional Letter of Map Revision
Central Locator System
1) Cadre Manager
2) Chief of Mission
3) Configuration Management
4) Countermeasure
1) Chemical Manufacturers Association
2) Chemical Materials Agenc
3) Community Map Action (Form)
Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
(affiliated with BTS/CBP)
Circular Map Accuracy Standard
Consequence Management Advisory Team
CINDI
CIO
CIP
CIPB
CIPIC
CIPWG
CIRG
CIRP
CIS
CISD
CISM
CITAC
CITO
CJCS
CJIS
CJTF
CLIVAR
CLO
CLOMA
CLOMR
CLS
CM
CMA
CMAA
1) Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
2) Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector Instrument
Chief Information Office/Officer
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
Critical Infrastructure Protection Information
Center
Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group
Critical Incident Response Group
Catastrophic Incident Response Plan
1) Central Index System
2) Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bureau of (see also BCIS)
3) Civil Infrastructure Security
4) Community Information System
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Critical Incident Stress Management
Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Center
Central Imagery Tasking Office
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Criminal Justice Information System
Commander, Joint Task Force
Climate Variability
Congressional Liaison Officer
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
Conditional Letter of Map Revision
Central Locator System
1) Cadre Manager
2) Chief of Mission
3) Configuration Management
4) Countermeasure
1) Chemical Manufacturers Association
2) Chemical Materials Agenc
3) Community Map Action (Form)
Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement
(affiliated with BTS/CBP)
I-STAFF
ISTEA
ISTL
ISTS
ISVB
IT
ITA
ITAA
ITAAC
ITAR
ITC
ITD
ITDS
I-Team
ITED
ITF
ITI
ITIC
ITM
ITMRA
I-TRAP
ITS
ITSD
ITSH
ITV
ITWG
IVD
IVHHN
IVR
I&W
DHS Headquarters Operational Integration Staff
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
Incident Support Team Leader
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Imagery Science Validation Board
Information Technology
1) Information Technology Architecture
2) Integrated Transport Analysis
Information Technology Association of America
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
1) Information Technology Committee
2) Information Technology Coordinator
3) International Trade Commission
International Training Division
International Trade Data System
1) Incident Team
2) Intelligence Team
IFSAR Terrain Elevation Data
Intelligence Task Force
International to International
International Tsunami Information Center
Inspection Transfer Manager
Information Technology Management Reform Act
of 1996
Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program
1) Information Technology Services
2) Intelligent Transportation System(s)
Information Technology Services Directorate
Internal Transport, Storage, and Handling
In-Transit Visibility
International Technical Working Group
Interactive Video Disk
International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Interactive Voice Response
Indications and Warning
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CMC
CMCAC
CME
CMF
CMG
CMHS
CML
CMO
CMOC
CMT
CMTB
CMU
CMV
CMX
CNC
CNMI
CNN
CNO
CNR
CNS
CNSC
CNSIP
CNSNS
CNT
CNU
CNWDI
1) Center for Marine Conservation
2) Crisis Management Center
3) Crisis Management Coordinator
4) Customs Management Centers
Crisis Management Center Augmentation Cadre
Chief Medical Examiner
Case Management File
Consequence Management Group
Center for Mental Health Services
Commercial
Civil Military Operations
Civil Military Operations Center
Crisis Management Team
Countermeasures Test Bed
1) Concrete Masonry Unit
2) Crisis Management Unit
Commercial Motor Vehicle
Crisis Management Exercise
1) Central Network Control
2) Computer Numerical Control
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Cable News Network
1) Chief of Naval Operations
2) Counternarcotics Office/Officer
Center for National Response, The
1) Central Nervous System
2) Corporation for National Security
3) Corporation for National Service
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Classified National Security Information Program
Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards
Counternarcoterrorism
Crisis Negotiations Unit (FBI)
Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information
76
CMAS
CMAT
CMC
CMCAC
CME
CMF
CMG
CMHS
CML
CMO
CMOC
CMT
CMTB
CMU
CMV
CMX
CNC
CNMI
CNN
CNO
CNR
CNS
CNSC
CNSIP
CNSNS
CNT
CNU
CNWDI
Circular Map Accuracy Standard
Consequence Management Advisory Team
1) Center for Marine Conservation
2) Crisis Management Center
3) Crisis Management Coordinator
4) Customs Management Centers
Crisis Management Center Augmentation Cadre
Chief Medical Examiner
Case Management File
Consequence Management Group
Center for Mental Health Services
Commercial
Civil Military Operations
Civil Military Operations Center
Crisis Management Team
Countermeasures Test Bed
1) Concrete Masonry Unit
2) Crisis Management Unit
Commercial Motor Vehicle
Crisis Management Exercise
1) Central Network Control
2) Computer Numerical Control
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Cable News Network
1) Chief of Naval Operations
2) Counternarcotics Office/Officer
Center for National Response, The
1) Central Nervous System
2) Corporation for National Security
3) Corporation for National Service
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Classified National Security Information Program
Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards
Counternarcoterrorism
Crisis Negotiations Unit (FBI)
Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information
76
IWIN
IWP
JAARS
JAC
JACADS
JACE
JAD
JAG
JANAP
JATS
JAWAS
JBPDS
JCAH
JCAHO
JCC
JCS
JDCC
JDISS
JDOMS
JECG
JEEP
JEMP
JEOC
JFACC
JFC
JFCOM
JFHQ-HLS
JFLCC
JFO
JHAT
JHEC
JI
JIACG
JIALO
Interactive Weather Information Network
Integrated Warning Program
Joint After-Action Reporting System
Joint Advisory Committee
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events
Joint Application Development
1) Joint Action Group
2) Judge Advocate General (DoD)
Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication
Joint Air Transportation System
Joint Automated Weather Observing System
Joint Biological Point Detection Systems
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
Joint Coordination Center
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Data Coordination Center
Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System
Joint Director of Military Support
Joint Exercise Control Group
Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan
Joint Exercise Management Program
Joint Emergency Operations Center
Joint Force Air Component Commander
Joint Force Commander
Joint Forces Command
Joint Forces Headquarters - Homeland Security
Joint Force Land Component Commander
Joint Field Office
Joint Hazardous Assessment Team
Joint Hazard Evaluation Center
Johnston Island
Joint Interagency Coordination Group
Joint Interagency Liaison Officer
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CO
COA
COAC
COAD
COAP
COB
COBOL
COBRA
COBRE
COC
COCOM
COD
CODEL
COE
COG
COGO
COI
COL
COLA
COLISEUM
COLT
COMC
COMCDTF
COMINT
COMM
COMPUSEC
COMREL
COMSEC
CONOPS
1) Commanding Officer
2) Communications Officer
3) Contracting Officer
4) Custodial Officer
Course of Action
Customs Operations Advisory Committee
Community Organizations Active In Disaster
Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction
Close of Business
Common Business-Oriented Language
Coastal Barriers Resources Act
Carry-On Bag Remote Examination
1) Combat Operations Center
2) Country of Citizenship
Coordinating Committee
Cash On Delivery
Congressional Delegation
[US Army] Corps of Engineers
1) Continuity of Government
2) Council of Governments
Coordinate Geometry
Critical Operational Issue
1) Colonel
2) Cost of Living
Cost-of-Living Allowance
Community On-Line Intelligence System for End
Users and Managers
Cellular-on-Light-Truck
Communications Coordinator
Commander, Civil Disturbance Task Force
Communications Intelligence
Communications
Computer Security
Community Relations
Communications Security
Concept of Operations
CO
COA
COAC
COAD
COAP
COB
COBOL
COBRA
COBRE
COC
COCOM
COD
CODEL
COE
COG
COGO
COI
COL
COLA
COLISEUM
COLT
COMC
COMCDTF
COMINT
COMM
COMPUSEC
COMREL
COMSEC
CONOPS
1) Commanding Officer
2) Communications Officer
3) Contracting Officer
4) Custodial Officer
Course of Action
Customs Operations Advisory Committee
Community Organizations Active In Disaster
Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction
Close of Business
Common Business-Oriented Language
Coastal Barriers Resources Act
Carry-On Bag Remote Examination
1) Combat Operations Center
2) Country of Citizenship
Coordinating Committee
Cash On Delivery
Congressional Delegation
[US Army] Corps of Engineers
1) Continuity of Government
2) Council of Governments
Coordinate Geometry
Critical Operational Issue
1) Colonel
2) Cost of Living
Cost-of-Living Allowance
Community On-Line Intelligence System for End
Users and Managers
Cellular-on-Light-Truck
Communications Coordinator
Commander, Civil Disturbance Task Force
Communications Intelligence
Communications
Computer Security
Community Relations
Communications Security
Concept of Operations
JIATF
JIB
JIC
JICPAC
JIISE
JIMPP
JIOC
JIS
JIT
JMC
JMFU
JMIP
JMMO
JMRO
JMT
JNACC
JOA
JOC
JOPES
JPAC
JPATS
JPEG
JPIC
JPMRC
JPMT
JPO
JRERP
JRIES
JRMP
JRMPO
JRS
Joint Interagency Task Force
Joint Information Bureau
1) Joint Information Center
2) Joint ICE Center
3) Joint Intelligence Center
Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific
Joint Interagency Intelligence Support Element
Joint Industrial Mobilization Planning Process
Joint Investigative Operations Center
Joint Information System
1) Job Instruction Training
2) Just In Time
Joint Movement Center
Joint METOC Forecast Unit
Joint Military Intelligence Program
Joint Medical Mobilization Office
Joint Medical Regulating Office
Joint Management Team (combination of IST and
MST - US&R and DMAT or NDMS)
Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center
Joint Operational Area
Joint Operations Center
Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
Joint Planning Augmentation Cell (for CBIRF)
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Joint Public Information Center
Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center
Joint Patient Movement Team
Joint Program Office
Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Joint Regional Information Exchange System
(see HSIN)
Joint Regional Medical Planner
Joint Regional Medical Planning Office
Joint Reporting System
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CONPLAN
CONUS
CONUSA
COO
COOP
COP
COPS
COR
CORE
CORS
COS
COSIN
COSO
COTHEN
COTP
COTR
COTS
COUSCS
COW
CP
CPA
CPAS
CPAV
CPC
CPD
CPE
1) Concept of Operations Plan
2) Contingency Plan
3) U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (see NRP)
Continental (or Contiguous) United States
Continental United States Army
Chief Operating Officer
Continuity of Operations
1) Common Operating Picture
2) Chief of Party
3) Chief of Police
Community Oriented Policing Service
Contracting Officers Representative
1) Cadre of Response Employees
2) Cadre of On-call Response Employees
3) Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies
Continuously Operating Reference Station(s)
1) Cash on Shipment
2) Chief of Staff
Control Staff Instruction(s)
Chief of Staff Office/Operations
Customs Over-The-Horizon Enforcement Network
Captain of the Port
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Commercial Operations of the US Customs Service,
Advisory Committee on
Cellular-On-Wheels
1) Command Post
2) Control Point
3) Coordination and Planning
Coalition Provisional Authority
Cellular Priority Access System
Community Program Assistance Visit
Climate Prediction Center
Community Planning and Development
Contingency Planning Exchange
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CONPLAN
CONUS
CONUSA
COO
COOP
COP
COPS
COR
CORE
CORS
COS
COSIN
COSO
COTHEN
COTP
COTR
COTS
COUSCS
COW
CP
CPA
CPAS
CPAV
CPC
CPD
CPE
1) Concept of Operations Plan
2) Contingency Plan
3) U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (see NRP)
Continental (or Contiguous) United States
Continental United States Army
Chief Operating Officer
Continuity of Operations
1) Common Operating Picture
2) Chief of Party
3) Chief of Police
Community Oriented Policing Service
Contracting Officers Representative
1) Cadre of Response Employees
2) Cadre of On-call Response Employees
3) Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies
Continuously Operating Reference Station(s)
1) Cash on Shipment
2) Chief of Staff
Control Staff Instruction(s)
Chief of Staff Office/Operations
Customs Over-The-Horizon Enforcement Network
Captain of the Port
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Commercial Operations of the US Customs Service,
Advisory Committee on
Cellular-On-Wheels
1) Command Post
2) Control Point
3) Coordination and Planning
Coalition Provisional Authority
Cellular Priority Access System
Community Program Assistance Visit
Climate Prediction Center
Community Planning and Development
Contingency Planning Exchange
78
JRT
JSCP
JSOTF
JSTARS
JTA
JTF
JTF-CM
JTF-CS
JTF-FF
NTF-NCR
JTOT
JTPA
JTR
JTRB
JTTF
JTWC
JWICS
JWID
k
KAPP
kB
Kb
kBPS
KBRM
KCCO
KD
KDEM
KDP
kg
kHz
km
Joint Response Team
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
Joint Special Operations Task Force
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force - Consequence Management
Joint Task Force - Civil Support
Joint Task Force - Firefighter
Joint Task Force - National Capital Region
1) Joint Tactical Operations Team
2) Joint Technical Operations Team
Job Training Partnership Act
Joint Travel Regulations
Joint Telecommunications Resources Board
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications
System
Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
kilo
Key Asset Protection Program
(obsolete; see CAAP)
Kilobyte
Kilobit
Kilobits Per Seconds
Knowledge-Based Risk Management
Kansas City Commodity Office
Knocked Down
1) Kansas Department of Emergency Management
2) Kentucky Department of Emergency Management
Key Decision Point
kilogram
kiloHertz
kilometer
79
CPG
CPHC
CPI
cpm
CPO
CPOT
CPPA
CPPM
CPPS
CPR
CPRM
CPS
CPSC
CPSP
CPTED
CPU
CPX
CR
CRAF
CRAMP
CRC
CRCL
CRCPD
CRDC
CREST
CREW
CRI
CRM
CRO
CROP
Civil Preparedness Guide
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Consumer Price Index
counts per minute
1) Central Processing Office
2) Chief Procurement Officer
Consolidated Priority Organization Target
Certified Professional Property Administrator
Certified Professional Property Manager
Certified Professional Property Specialist
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Checkpoint Resource Management
Certified Public Secretary
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Comprehensive Passenger Screening Profile
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Central Processing Unit
Command Post Exercise
1) Claims Representative
2) Community Relations
3) Congressional Relations
4) County Road
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
1) Contamination Reduction Corridor
2) Crisis Response Cell
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Cybersecurity Research & Development Center
Contingency Real Estate Support Team
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup
Cities Readiness Initiative
Crisis (or Communications) Resource Manager
1) Congressional Relations Officer
2) Community Reuse Organization
Common Relevant Operational Picture
CPG
CPHC
CPI
cpm
CPO
CPOT
CPPA
CPPM
CPPS
CPR
CPRM
CPS
CPSC
CPSP
CPTED
CPU
CPX
CR
CRAF
CRAMP
CRC
CRCL
CRCPD
CRDC
CREST
CREW
CRI
CRM
CRO
CROP
Civil Preparedness Guide
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Consumer Price Index
counts per minute
1) Central Processing Office
2) Chief Procurement Officer
Consolidated Priority Organization Target
Certified Professional Property Administrator
Certified Professional Property Manager
Certified Professional Property Specialist
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Checkpoint Resource Management
Certified Public Secretary
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Comprehensive Passenger Screening Profile
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Central Processing Unit
Command Post Exercise
1) Claims Representative
2) Community Relations
3) Congressional Relations
4) County Road
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program
1) Contamination Reduction Corridor
2) Crisis Response Cell
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Cybersecurity Research & Development Center
Contingency Real Estate Support Team
Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup
Cities Readiness Initiative
Crisis (or Communications) Resource Manager
1) Congressional Relations Officer
2) Community Reuse Organization
Common Relevant Operational Picture
kN
KSA
KT
kV
KVERT
kW
kWh
L
LA
LAC
LAG
LAN
LANDSAT
LANL
LAN/WAN
LAO
LAW
lb
LBAD
lbf
L-CAR
LCAT
LCCE
LCM
LCO
LCT
LD
LDR
LDS
LDW
LE
LEA
LEADERS
kilo-Newton
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Kiloton
kilovolt
Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team
Kilowatt(s)
kilowatt hour
Locality
Legislative Affairs (see OLA)
Local Assistance Center(s)
Lowest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Local Area Network
Land Satellite
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
Lead Agency Official
Light Antitank Weapon
pound
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot
pound force
Local Capability Assessment for Readiness
Logistics Closeout Assistance Team
Life Cycle Cost Estimate
Life Cycle Management
Limiting Condition for Operation
Liaison Coordination Team
Lethal Dose
Lutheran Disaster Response
Lightning Detection System
Last Day Worked
Law Enforcement
1) Law Enforcement Agency
2) Light Enforcement Aircraft
Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection and
Emergency Response System
80
CRP
CRREL
CRS
CRT
CRTF
CRUD
CRWG
CRWRC
CRYSYS
CRZ
CS
CSA
CSAF
CSBG
CSDGM
CSDP
CSEM
CSEPP
CSG
CSH
CSHIB
CSI
CSIL
CSIRT
CSIS
1) Conservation Reserve Program
2) Critical Review Phase
(US Army) Cold Region Research and Engineering
Laboratory
1) Catholic Relief Services
2) Community Rating System
3) Community Relations Service
4) Congressional Research Service
Cathode Ray Tube
Commander, Response Task Force
Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
Crisis Response Working Group
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Cryospheric System
Contamination Reduction Zone
1) Chief of Staff
2) Chief Scientist [NOAA]
1) Chief of Staff, Army
2) Community Services Administration
Chief of Staff, Air Force
Community Services Block Grant
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Center for the Study of Emergency Management
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program
1) Council of State Governments
2) Counterterrorism Security Group
Combat Support Hospital
Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board
1) Container Security Initiative
2) Customer Satisfaction Index
Commercial Satellite Imagery Library
Computer Security Incident Response Team
1) Canadian Security Intelligence Service
2) Center for Strategic International Studies
3) Credited Structures Inventory System
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CRP
CRREL
CRS
CRT
CRTF
CRUD
CRWG
CRWRC
CRYSYS
CRZ
CS
CSA
CSAF
CSBG
CSDGM
CSDP
CSEM
CSEPP
CSG
CSH
CSHIB
CSI
CSIL
CSIRT
CSIS
1) Conservation Reserve Program
2) Critical Review Phase
(US Army) Cold Region Research and Engineering
Laboratory
1) Catholic Relief Services
2) Community Rating System
3) Community Relations Service
4) Congressional Research Service
Cathode Ray Tube
Commander, Response Task Force
Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
Crisis Response Working Group
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Cryospheric System
Contamination Reduction Zone
1) Chief of Staff
2) Chief Scientist [NOAA]
1) Chief of Staff, Army
2) Community Services Administration
Chief of Staff, Air Force
Community Services Block Grant
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Center for the Study of Emergency Management
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program
1) Council of State Governments
2) Counterterrorism Security Group
Combat Support Hospital
Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board
1) Container Security Initiative
2) Customer Satisfaction Index
Commercial Satellite Imagery Library
Computer Security Incident Response Team
1) Canadian Security Intelligence Service
2) Center for Strategic International Studies
3) Credited Structures Inventory System
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LEC
LeeTran
LEGAT
LEH
LEL
LEM
LEMA
LEOC
LEP
LEPC
LEPPC
LERN
LERT
LESC
LESO
LETPP
LETS
LEU
LEVEL 1 EST
LEVEL 2 EST
LEVEL 3 EST
LEWG
LF
LFA
LFD
LFE
LFEOC
LFFE
LFO
LFP
LH
Local Exchange Carrier
Lee County Transit Authority (Florida)
Legal Attache
Light Enforcement Helicopter
1) Lower Explosive Limit
2) Lowest Effect Level
Local Emergency Management
Local Emergency Management Authority
Local Emergency Operations Center
1) Leadership Excellence Program
2) Limited English Proficiency
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Local Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
Law Enforcement Radio Net
Logistics Emergency Response Team
Law Enforcement Support Center
Law Enforcement Security Officer
Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
Low-Enriched Uranium
Full EST activation level (NRCC)
Intermediate EST activation level (NRCC)
Minimal EST activation level (NRCC)
Law Enforcement Working Group
1) Linear Foot
2) Low Frequency
Lead Federal Agency
Letter of Final Determination
Lowest Floor Elevation
Local Federal Emergency Operations Center
Lowest Finished Flood Elevation
Lead Federal Official
Livestock Feed Programs
Local Hire
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CSM
CSMIP
CSO
CSPI
CSREES
CST
CSTARC
CSTE
CSU
CT
CTA
CTAC
CTBT
CTC
CTD
CTF
CTIA
CTJTF
CTOC
CTOEM
CTOTF
CTP
C-TPAT
CTS
CTUIR
Cu
Chemical Surety Material
California Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program
1) Chief Security Officer
2) Component Security Officer
Critical Systems Protection Initiative
Cooperative State Research Education and
Extension Service
1) Central Standard Time (GMT-6)
2) Civil Support Team (National Guard--for WMD)
Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis, & Response Center
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
1) Clearing-Staging Unit
2) Crime Scene Unit
3) Customer Satisfaction Unit
Counterterrorism
Combined Travel Authorization
Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1) Conference and Training Center
2) Counter-Terrorism Center
1) Concept and Technology Development
2) Counterterrorist Division
3) Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Combined Task Force
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
Counter-Terrorism Joint Task Force
Containerized Tactical Operations Center
Connecticut Office of Emergency Management
Counter-Terrorism Operations Training Facility
Cooperating Technical Partners (Initiative)
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
Cooperating Technical State
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation
Cubic
CSM
CSMIP
CSO
CSPI
CSREES
CST
CSTARC
CSTE
CSU
CT
CTA
CTAC
CTBT
CTC
CTD
CTF
CTIA
CTJTF
CTOC
CTOEM
CTOTF
CTP
C-TPAT
CTS
CTUIR
Cu
Chemical Surety Material
California Strong-Motion Instrumentation Program
1) Chief Security Officer
2) Component Security Officer
Critical Systems Protection Initiative
Cooperative State Research Education and
Extension Service
1) Central Standard Time (GMT-6)
2) Civil Support Team (National Guard--for WMD)
Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis, & Response Center
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
1) Clearing-Staging Unit
2) Crime Scene Unit
3) Customer Satisfaction Unit
Counterterrorism
Combined Travel Authorization
Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1) Conference and Training Center
2) Counter-Terrorism Center
1) Concept and Technology Development
2) Counterterrorist Division
3) Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Combined Task Force
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
Counter-Terrorism Joint Task Force
Containerized Tactical Operations Center
Connecticut Office of Emergency Management
Counter-Terrorism Operations Training Facility
Cooperating Technical Partners (Initiative)
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
Cooperating Technical State
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation
Cubic
LHA/LHD
LHD
LHMC
LHR
LHW
LIBSYS
LID
LIDAR
LIDEF
LIFE
LIHEAP
LIMFAC
LIMS
LISS
LLEA
LLNL
LLP
LLW
LLWS
LM
LMDC
LMF
LMFBR
LMR
LNG
LNO
LOA
LOAEL
LOC
LOCA
LOC-TFCS
Landing Helicopter - Assault/ Landing Helicopter
- Deck
Local Health Department
Local Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Limited Home Repair
Last Hour Worked
Library System
Low-Impact Development
Light Detection and Ranging (system)
Levee Inventory Data Entry Form
Legal Immigration Family Equity
Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program
Limiting Factor
1) Laboratory Information Management System
2) Logistics Information Management System
Linear Imaging and Self-Scanning
Local Law Enforcement Agency
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Limited Liability Partnership
Low-Level Waste
Low-Level Wind Shear
Logistics Management
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Logistics Management Facility
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
Living Marine Resource
Liquefied Natural Gas
Liaison Officer
Letter of Agreement
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
1) Letter of Credit
2) Library of Congress
3) Line of Communication
Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
Letter of Credit - Treasury Financial
Communications System
82
CUREE
CUSEC
CUSP
CV
CVE
CVO
CVP
CVS
CW
CWA
CWC
CWIN
CWN
CWS
CWU
CY
CZM
CZMA
D2PC
D2Puff
D/A
DA
DAAMS
DAAC
DAC
DACS
DAD
Consortium of Universities for Research in
Earthquake Engineering
Central United States Earthquake Consortium
Central United States Partnership
Combined Verification
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Citizenship Verification Procedures
Combined Verification Section
1) Chemical Warfare/Weapons
2) Continuous Wave
1) Chemical Warfare Agent
2) Clean Water Act
Chemical Weapons Convention
Cyberspace Warning Intelligence Network
Call When Needed
1) Check Writing System
2) Church World Service
Church World United
1) Calendar Year
2) Cubic Yard
Coastal Zone Management
Coastal Zone Management Act
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
that can factor in terrain and wind changes
Departments and Agencies
1) Damage Assessment
2) Declaration of Applicant
3) Department of the Army
4) District Attorney
Depot Area Air Monitoring System
Distributed Active Archive Center
1) Disaster Application/Assistance Center
2) Direct Air Carrier
Deportable Alien Control System (replaced by ERM)
Deputy Assistant Director
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CUREE
CUSEC
CUSP
CV
CVE
CVO
CVP
CVS
CW
CWA
CWC
CWIN
CWN
CWS
CWU
CY
CZM
CZMA
D2PC
D2Puff
D/A
DA
DAAMS
DAAC
DAC
DACS
DAD
Consortium of Universities for Research in
Earthquake Engineering
Central United States Earthquake Consortium
Central United States Partnership
Combined Verification
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Citizenship Verification Procedures
Combined Verification Section
1) Chemical Warfare/Weapons
2) Continuous Wave
1) Chemical Warfare Agent
2) Clean Water Act
Chemical Weapons Convention
Cyberspace Warning Intelligence Network
Call When Needed
1) Check Writing System
2) Church World Service
Church World United
1) Calendar Year
2) Cubic Yard
Coastal Zone Management
Coastal Zone Management Act
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
An Army computer dispersion modeling capability
that can factor in terrain and wind changes
Departments and Agencies
1) Damage Assessment
2) Declaration of Applicant
3) Department of the Army
4) District Attorney
Depot Area Air Monitoring System
Distributed Active Archive Center
1) Disaster Application/Assistance Center
2) Direct Air Carrier
Deportable Alien Control System (replaced by ERM)
Deputy Assistant Director
82
LODR
LOEP
LOG
LOI
LOMA
LOMC
LOMC-VALID
LOMR
LOMR-F
LOS
LOSA
LOSSEST
LOU
LPDP
LPG
LPN
LPOC
LPPC
LPR
LPZ
LR
LR-BSDS
LRC
LRFD
LRIP
LRMP
LRN
LRU
LS
LSC
LSCAD
LSG
Letter of Determination Review
Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness
Logistics
1) Letter of Intent
2) Letter of Instruction
Letter of Map Amendment
Letter of Map Change
Letter of Map Change Revalidation
Letter of Map Revision
Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill
Line-of-Sight
Logistical Operations Staging Area
Loss Estimation
Limited Official Use
Livestock Preservation Donation Program
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Licensed Practical Nurse
Last Port of Call
Local Preparedness and Prevention Council
Lawful Permanent Resident
Low Population Zone
Limited Response
Long Range Biological Standoff Detection System
1) Learning Resource Center
2) Logistics Readiness Center
Load and Resistance Factor Design
Low Rate Initial Production
Long Range Management Plan
Laboratory Response Network
Lowest Replaceable Unit
1) Logistics Support
2) Lump Sum
1) Legal Services Corporation
2) Life Support Center
Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent Detector
Large Scale Game(s)
83
DAE
DAEO
DALIS
DALO
DAMAGES
DAP
DA PAM
DAR
DARCOM
DARIS
DARO
DARPA
DART
DASC
DASH
DASHO
DASP
DAST
DAT
DAWG
DAWIA
DBA
DBMS
DC
DCA
DCAA
DCAC
Disaster Assistance Employee(s) [aka SAE]
Designated Agency Ethics Officer
Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System
Disaster Area Liaison Officer
Disaster Accountability Management System
Disaster Assistance Program(s)
Department of the Army Pamphlet
Designated Agency Representative
Development And Readiness Command
Disaster Automated Reporting and Information
System
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
Defense Advanced Research Project(s) Agency
1) Daily Advisories/Risk and Threat
2) Damage Assessment Reconnaissance Team
3) Disaster Assessment and Recovery (or Response) Team
4) Disaster Assistance Response Team
Disaster Assistance Support Center
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Designated Agency Safety and Health Official
Disaster Assistance Support Program
Disaster Assessment Survey Team
Digital Audio Tape
Disaster Attache Working Group
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
1) Database Administrator
2) Design Basis Accident
Database Management System
1) Direct Current
2) Dislocated Civilians
3) District of Columbia
1) Defense Ammunition Center
2) Defense Communications Agency
3) Disaster Communication Agreement
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Demilitarization Chemical Agent Concentrator
DAE
DAEO
DALIS
DALO
DAMAGES
DAP
DA PAM
DAR
DARCOM
DARIS
DARO
DARPA
DART
DASC
DASH
DASHO
DASP
DAST
DAT
DAWG
DAWIA
DBA
DBMS
DC
DCA
DCAA
DCAC
Disaster Assistance Employee(s) [aka SAE]
Designated Agency Ethics Officer
Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System
Disaster Area Liaison Officer
Disaster Accountability Management System
Disaster Assistance Program(s)
Department of the Army Pamphlet
Designated Agency Representative
Development And Readiness Command
Disaster Automated Reporting and Information
System
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
Defense Advanced Research Project(s) Agency
1) Daily Advisories/Risk and Threat
2) Damage Assessment Reconnaissance Team
3) Disaster Assessment and Recovery (or Response) Team
4) Disaster Assistance Response Team
Disaster Assistance Support Center
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Designated Agency Safety and Health Official
Disaster Assistance Support Program
Disaster Assessment Survey Team
Digital Audio Tape
Disaster Attache Working Group
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
1) Database Administrator
2) Design Basis Accident
Database Management System
1) Direct Current
2) Dislocated Civilians
3) District of Columbia
1) Defense Ammunition Center
2) Defense Communications Agency
3) Disaster Communication Agreement
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Demilitarization Chemical Agent Concentrator
LSS
LSV
LT or Lt or Lieut
LTATP
LTD
LTL
LTR
LULC
LWF
LWOP
LWR
LYNX
LZ
MA
MAA
MAAD
MAC
MACA
MACC
MACDIS
MACGp
MACOM
MACS
MAEC
MAELU
MAF
MAFFS
MAGIC
1) Laboratory Scientific Services
2) Life Support System
Logistical Staging Vehicle
Lieutenant
Land Transportation Anti-terrorism Training
Program
Limited
Less-than Truckload
Long Term Recovery
Land Use and Land Cover
Lutheran World Federation
Leave Without Pay
Light-Water Reactor
Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Landing Zone
1) Marshalling Area
2) Mission Assignment
Mutual Aid Agreement
Mobile Asset Activities Document
1) Mapping & Analysis Center
2) Mission Assignment Coordinator
3) Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator
4) Multi-Agency Command
5) Multiple award contract
Military Assistance to Civil Authorities
1) Multi-Agency Coordination Center
2) Multi Agency Crime Center
Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances
Multi-Agency Coordination Group
Major Command
Multi-Agency Coordination System
Mid-America Earthquake Center
Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters
Master Appropriation File
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
Mid-America GIS Council
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DCAS
DCC
DCCC
DCD
DCE
DCEMA
DCE/MED TF
DCI
DCIS
DCLO
DCM
DCN
DCO
DCP
DCPS
DCS
DCT
DCWDB
DCX
DD
DDD
DDE
DDOS
DDP
DDRM
DEA
DEC
Document Control and Accountability System
1) Document Control Center
2) Donation Coordination Center
Defense Collection Coordination Center
Deseret Chemical Depot
1) Defense Coordinating Element
2) Disaster Communications Equipment
District of Columbia Emergency Management
Agency
Disaster Coordinating Element/ Medical Task Force
Director, Central Intelligence
Defense Criminal Investigation Service
Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer
Deputy Chief of Mission
Disaster Contractors Network
Defense Coordinating Officer
Development Concept Plan
Digital Cartographic Production System
1) Defense Communications System
2) Deputy Chief of Staff
3) Digital Control System
Donations Coordination Team
Direction, Control, and Warning Database
Direction and Control Exercise
1) Damaged Dwelling
2) Direct Dial
Direct Distance Dialing
Dynamic Data Exchange
Distributed Denial of Service
Data-Derived Product
Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager
1) Data Exchange Agreement
2) Drug Enforcement Administration
1) DCI Environmental Center
2) Director’s Executive Council
3) Disasters Emergency Committee
84
DCAS
DCC
DCCC
DCD
DCE
DCEMA
DCE/MED TF
DCI
DCIS
DCLO
DCM
DCN
DCO
DCP
DCPS
DCS
DCT
DCWDB
DCX
DD
DDD
DDE
DDOS
DDP
DDRM
DEA
DEC
Document Control and Accountability System
1) Document Control Center
2) Donation Coordination Center
Defense Collection Coordination Center
Deseret Chemical Depot
1) Defense Coordinating Element
2) Disaster Communications Equipment
District of Columbia Emergency Management
Agency
Disaster Coordinating Element/ Medical Task Force
Director, Central Intelligence
Defense Criminal Investigation Service
Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer
Deputy Chief of Mission
Disaster Contractors Network
Defense Coordinating Officer
Development Concept Plan
Digital Cartographic Production System
1) Defense Communications System
2) Deputy Chief of Staff
3) Digital Control System
Donations Coordination Team
Direction, Control, and Warning Database
Direction and Control Exercise
1) Damaged Dwelling
2) Direct Dial
Direct Distance Dialing
Dynamic Data Exchange
Distributed Denial of Service
Data-Derived Product
Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager
1) Data Exchange Agreement
2) Drug Enforcement Administration
1) DCI Environmental Center
2) Director’s Executive Council
3) Disasters Emergency Committee
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MALE
MANPADS
MAR
MARAC
MARAD
MARC
MAREP
MARR
MARS
MARSA
MARSEC
MarshMALLOW
MART
MAS
MASF
MASH
MASINT
MAST
MAT
MATES
MATRIX
MATTS
mb
MB
MBA
MBO
MBPS
MBTA
Medium Altitude Long Endurance (see also HALE)
Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
Monthly Accomplishments Report
Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee
Maritime Administration
Maryland Rail Commuter
Marine Report
Mission Assignment Reimbursement Request
1) Military Affiliated Radio System
2) Mobile Analytical Response System
3) Multifunction Acquisition and Reporting System
Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of
Aircraft
Maritime Security
Marsh Management Activities for Learning the
Lifestyles of Wildlife
Morning Advisory Risk Threat
(see also DART and EART)
Mapping Activity Statement
Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Measurement and Signature Intelligence
Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic
Mobilization Assistance Team
Mobilization and Training Equipment Site
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
Mobile Air Transportable Telecommunications
System
Millibar
Megabyte
1) Master of Business Administration
2) Mortgage Bankers Association
Management by Objectives
Megabytes Per Second
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
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DECD
DECON
DED
DEFCON
DELO
DEM
DEMOB
DEO
DEP
DEPER
DEPS
DEPSEC
DEPSECDEF
DERC
DERF
DERIS
DES
DESCOM
DEST
DEW
DFA
DFAIT
DFAS
DFC
DFCO
DFIRM
DFO
DFOM
Department of Economic and Community
Development
Decontamination
Department of Education
Defense Condition
Deputy Environmental Liaison Officer
1) Department of Environmental Management
2) Digital Elevation Model
3) Division of Emergency Management
Demobilization or Demobilize
Detention Enforcement Officer
1) Department of Environmental Protection
2) Domestic Emergency Preparedness
Deployed Personnel Report
Domestic Emergency Planning System
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Damage Estimates, Ranges and Casualties
Defense Emergency Response Fund
Domestic Emergency Response Information Services
1) Data Encryption Standard
2) Disaster Emergency Services
3) Division of Emergency Services
Depot System Command
Domestic Emergency Support Team(s)
Distant Early Warning
Direct Federal Assistance
Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade
Defense Financial Accounting Service
Disaster Finance Center
Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
Disaster Field Office
Disaster Field Operations Management
DECD
DECON
DED
DEFCON
DELO
DEM
DEMOB
DEO
DEP
DEPER
DEPS
DEPSEC
DEPSECDEF
DERC
DERF
DERIS
DES
DESCOM
DEST
DEW
DFA
DFAIT
DFAS
DFC
DFCO
DFIRM
DFO
DFOM
Department of Economic and Community
Development
Decontamination
Department of Education
Defense Condition
Deputy Environmental Liaison Officer
1) Department of Environmental Management
2) Digital Elevation Model
3) Division of Emergency Management
Demobilization or Demobilize
Detention Enforcement Officer
1) Department of Environmental Protection
2) Domestic Emergency Preparedness
Deployed Personnel Report
Domestic Emergency Planning System
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Damage Estimates, Ranges and Casualties
Defense Emergency Response Fund
Domestic Emergency Response Information Services
1) Data Encryption Standard
2) Disaster Emergency Services
3) Division of Emergency Services
Depot System Command
Domestic Emergency Support Team(s)
Distant Early Warning
Direct Federal Assistance
Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade
Defense Financial Accounting Service
Disaster Finance Center
Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
Disaster Field Office
Disaster Field Operations Management
MC
MCA
MCC
MCD
MCE
MCEER
MCF
MCI
MCMC
MCMT
MCO
MCOC
MCR
MCS
MCSAP
MCU
MCV
MD
MDA
MDD
MDF
MDRO
MDS
MDST
MDT
ME
1) Marine Corps
2) Master of Ceremonies
3) Member of Congress
4) Mobilization Center
Multichannel Analyzer
1) Major Cities [police] Chiefs
2) Master Control Cell
3) Mobility Control Center
4) Movement Coordination Center
5) Mission Control Center
Medical Crew Director
Maximum Credible Event
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
Engineering Research
1) Mass Care and Feeding
2) Movement Coordination Function
Mass Casualty Incident
Mid-Continent Mapping Center
Mobilization Center Management Team
MERS Coordination Office
Marine Corps Operations Center
Military Communications Representative
Movement Coordination System
Motor Carrier Safety and Assistance Program
Movement Coordination Unit
Mobile Coordinating Vehicle
1) Management Directive
2) Medical Doctor
Maritime Domain Awareness
Metal Detection Device
Medical, Dental, and Funeral
Mission Disaster Relief Officer
Mennonite Disaster Service
Mountain Daylight Savings Time (see MDT)
Mountain Daylight Time (GMT - 6)
Medical Examiner
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DFRN
DFSG
DFSR
DFTO
DGCO
DG/CS
DGN
DGPS
DH
DHA
DHC
DHCD
DHelp
DHF
DHHS
DHO
DHP
DHS
DHUD
DIA
DIAO
DID
DIDA
DIFAX
DIHS
DII
DIL
DIMOS
DIR
DIRC
DIRNSA
Disaster Federal Register Notice
Disaster Financial Services Group
Disaster Financial Status Report
Disaster Field Training Office
(or Organization)
Deputy Grant Coordinating Officer
Dangerous Goods/Cargo Security
Design (File)
Differential Global Positioning System
Disaster Housing
Disaster Housing Assistance
Disaster Housing Checkwriter
Department of Housing and Community
Development
Disaster Help Web Site
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster Housing Officer
Disaster Housing Program
Department of Homeland Security [ESF-13]
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(also HUD)
Defense Intelligence Agency
Deputy Individual Assistance Officer
Direct Inward Dial
Detection, Identification, and Assessment
Digital Facsimile
Division of Immigration Health Services
Defense Information Infrastructure
Derived Intervention Level
Drug Intelligence Method of Operation System
1) Director
2) Domestic Imagery Requirement
Disaster Information Resource Center
Director, National Security Agency
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DFRN
DFSG
DFSR
DFTO
DGCO
DG/CS
DGN
DGPS
DH
DHA
DHC
DHCD
DHelp
DHF
DHHS
DHO
DHP
DHS
DHUD
DIA
DIAO
DID
DIDA
DIFAX
DIHS
DII
DIL
DIMOS
DIR
DIRC
DIRNSA
Disaster Federal Register Notice
Disaster Financial Services Group
Disaster Financial Status Report
Disaster Field Training Office
(or Organization)
Deputy Grant Coordinating Officer
Dangerous Goods/Cargo Security
Design (File)
Differential Global Positioning System
Disaster Housing
Disaster Housing Assistance
Disaster Housing Checkwriter
Department of Housing and Community
Development
Disaster Help Web Site
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Department of Health and Human Services
Disaster Housing Officer
Disaster Housing Program
Department of Homeland Security [ESF-13]
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(also HUD)
Defense Intelligence Agency
Deputy Individual Assistance Officer
Direct Inward Dial
Detection, Identification, and Assessment
Digital Facsimile
Division of Immigration Health Services
Defense Information Infrastructure
Derived Intervention Level
Drug Intelligence Method of Operation System
1) Director
2) Domestic Imagery Requirement
Disaster Information Resource Center
Director, National Security Agency
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MEA
MEAG
MEAP
MEDEVAC
MEL
MEMA
MEOW
MEP
MEPI
MERRT
MERS
MERSA
MET
METAR
METL
METOC
METSAT
meV
MeV
MFAS
mg
MG
MG/M3
MG-MIN/M3
MGMT
MH
MHC
MHE
1) Major Emergency Action
2) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
Major Emergency Action Guide
Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform
Medical Evacuation
Mobile-Erector Launcher
1) Maine Emergency Management Agency
2) Maryland Emergency Management Agency
3) Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
4) Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
5) Missouri Emergency Management Agency
6) Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
Maximum Envelope of Water (or Winds)
Management Engineering Plan
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team
Mobile Emergency Response Support/System
Mobile Emergency Response Support Assets
Meteorologist (or Meteorological)
Meteorological Aviation Report
Mission-Essential Task List
Meteorological and Oceanographic
Meteorological Satellite
Millielectronvolt
Megaelectronvolt
Marriage Fraud Amendment System
milligram
Marsh Vegetation (Line)
Milligrams per Cubic Meter.
Milligram Minutes per Cubic Meter.
Management
1) Manufactured Housing
2) Mental Health
3) Mobile Home
Mobile Health Clinic
Materiel Handling Equipment
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DIS
DISA
DISC
DISCO
DISN
DISUM
DLA
DLG
DLG-3
DLL
DLS
DM
DMA
DMAC
DMAT
DMA2K
DMH
DMHT
DMI
DMIATF
DMI-Services
DMIS
DMORT
DMRIS
DMRS
DMS
DMSS
DMV
DNA
DNAT
DNF
Defense Investigative Service
Defense Information Systems Agency
Disaster Information Systems Clearinghouse
Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office(r)
Defense Information System Network
1) Daily Intelligence Summary
2) Disaster Summary
Defense Logistics Agency
Digital Line Graph
Digital Line Graph Level 3
Dynamic-Link Library(ies)
Disaster Legal Services
Disaster Management
1) Defense Mapping Agency
2) Designated Market Area
3) Disaster Mitigation Act
Disaster Management Advisory Committee
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
(also called DMA 2000 or DMA)
Disaster Mental Health
Disaster Mental Health Team
Disaster Management Interoperability
Data Management Improvement Act Task Force, INS
Disaster Management Interoperability Services
Disaster Management Information System
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Defense Medical Regulating Information System
Data Management and Retrieval System
Dispatch Messaging System
Defense Medical Surveillance System
Department of Motor Vehicles
1) Defense Nuclear Agency
2) deoxyribonucleic acid
Defense Nuclear Advisory Team
Did Not Finish
DIS
DISA
DISC
DISCO
DISN
DISUM
DLA
DLG
DLG-3
DLL
DLS
DM
DMA
DMAC
DMAT
DMA2K
DMH
DMHT
DMI
DMIATF
DMI-Services
DMIS
DMORT
DMRIS
DMRS
DMS
DMSS
DMV
DNA
DNAT
DNF
Defense Investigative Service
Defense Information Systems Agency
Disaster Information Systems Clearinghouse
Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office(r)
Defense Information System Network
1) Daily Intelligence Summary
2) Disaster Summary
Defense Logistics Agency
Digital Line Graph
Digital Line Graph Level 3
Dynamic-Link Library(ies)
Disaster Legal Services
Disaster Management
1) Defense Mapping Agency
2) Designated Market Area
3) Disaster Mitigation Act
Disaster Management Advisory Committee
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
(also called DMA 2000 or DMA)
Disaster Mental Health
Disaster Mental Health Team
Disaster Management Interoperability
Data Management Improvement Act Task Force, INS
Disaster Management Interoperability Services
Disaster Management Information System
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Defense Medical Regulating Information System
Data Management and Retrieval System
Dispatch Messaging System
Defense Medical Surveillance System
Department of Motor Vehicles
1) Defense Nuclear Agency
2) deoxyribonucleic acid
Defense Nuclear Advisory Team
Did Not Finish
MHS
MHTGR
MHW
MHWL
MHz
MIACC
MIC
MICS
MIDAS
M&IE
MIEP
MIFC
MIN
MINICAM
MIPR
MIPT
MIRV
MIS
MIT
MKT
MLAT
MLD
MLH
MLOS
MLW
MMC
MMCE
MMI
MMIS
MMPA
MMPAC
MMRS
MMS
Message Handling System
Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor
Mean High Water
Mean High Water Line
Megahertz
Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada
1) Media Information Center
2) Meteorologist in Charge
Monitoring Information on Contracted Studies
(System)
Microfluidic Integrated DNA Analysis System
Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses
Mass Immigration Emergency Plan
Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center
Mobile Identification Number
Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicle
Management Information System
Mitigation
Mobile Kitchen Trailer
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Median Lethal Dose
Medium Lift Helicopter
Microwave Line-of-Sight
Mean Low Water
Main Media Center
Medical Management of Chemical Exposure
Modified Mercalli Intensity
Municipal Management Information System
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Minerals Management Service
88
DNR
DNS
DO
DOA
DOB
DOC
DOD or DoD
DODD
DODESB
DODRDB
DOE
DOEd
DOH
DOI
DOIM
DOJ
DOL
DOLP
DOM
DOMS
DON
DONAT
DOQ
DOS
DOT
DP
Department of Natural Resources
1) Department of Nuclear Safety
2) Domain Name Server
1) Digital Orthophoto
2) Director of Operations
Dead On Arrival
1) Date of Birth
2) Duplication of Benefits
1) Department of Commerce
2) Department of Conservation
3) Department of Corrections
4) Department Operations Center
5) Discrete Organic Chemicals
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Directive
Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board
DoD Resources Data Base
Department of Energy [ESF-12]
Department of Education
Department of Health
Department of the Interior
Director of Information Management
Department of Justice [ESF-13]
Department of Labor
Disaster Operations Leadership Program
Disaster Operations Manual
Director of Military Support
Donation(s)
Donation(s)
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
1) Department of State
2) Disk Operating System
Department of Transportation
Disaster Preparedness
88
DNR
DNS
DO
DOA
DOB
DOC
DOD or DoD
DODD
DODESB
DODRDB
DOE
DOEd
DOH
DOI
DOIM
DOJ
DOL
DOLP
DOM
DOMS
DON
DONAT
DOQ
DOS
DOT
DP
Department of Natural Resources
1) Department of Nuclear Safety
2) Domain Name Server
1) Digital Orthophoto
2) Director of Operations
Dead On Arrival
1) Date of Birth
2) Duplication of Benefits
1) Department of Commerce
2) Department of Conservation
3) Department of Corrections
4) Department Operations Center
5) Discrete Organic Chemicals
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Directive
Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board
DoD Resources Data Base
Department of Energy [ESF-12]
Department of Education
Department of Health
Department of the Interior
Director of Information Management
Department of Justice [ESF-13]
Department of Labor
Disaster Operations Leadership Program
Disaster Operations Manual
Director of Military Support
Donation(s)
Donation(s)
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
1) Department of State
2) Disk Operating System
Department of Transportation
Disaster Preparedness
88
MMST
MMWR
MNAP
MNUSS
MO
MOA
MOB
MOB Center
MOC
MODEM
MOM
MOOTW
MOPP
MOU
MOX
MP
MPA
MPC
MPD
MPE
MPEG
MPH
MPPP
MPS
MPU
mR
MR
MRA
Metropolitan Medical Strike Team
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Mapping Needs Assessment Process
Map Needs Update Support System
1) Medical Officer
2) Method of operation
Memorandum of Agreement
1) Mobilization (or Mobilize)
2) Main Operating Base
Mobilization Center
Mobile Operations Center
Modulator/Demodulator
1) Maximum of Maximums
2) Middle of Month
Military Operations Other Than War
Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
Memorandum of Understanding
Mixed-Oxide Fuels
1) Management Profiler
2) Military Police
Maritime Patrol Aircraft
1) Main Press Center
2) Maximum Permissible Concentration
3) Midterm Planning Committee
Maximum Potential Destruction
Maximum Permissible Exposure
Motion Picture Expert Group
Miles Per Hour
Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program
Mission Planning System
1) Microprocessor Unit
2) Mobile Power Unit
milliroentgen/millirem
1) Medical Records
2) Medical Response
Mortgage and Rental Assistance
89
DPA
DPAO
DPAS
DPC
DPIG
DPM
DPMU
DPMT
DPOD
DPP
DPPC
DPRE
DPS
DPW
DR
DRASH
DRAT
DRC
DRD
DRES
DRF
DRG
DRL
DRM
DRO
DRSS
1) Deepwater Ports Act
2) Defense Production Act
3) Delegation of Procurement Authority
1) Deputy Public Affairs Officer
2) Deputy Public Assistance Officer
Defense Priorities and Allocations System
Domestic Policy Council
Disaster Preparedness Improvement Grant
Disintegrations Per Minute
Disaster/Deployable Portable Morgue Unit
Disaster Pediatric Medical Team
Disaster Personnel Operations Division
1) Disaster Processing Procedures
2) Domestic Preparedness Program
Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Displaced Persons, Refugees and Evacuees
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Works
1) Disaster Declaration Number (alphabetic designation or precursor for)
2) Disaster Recovery
3) Disaster Response
Deployable Rapid-Assembly Shelter
District Response Advisory Team
Disaster Recovery Center
1) Deputy Regional Director
2) Direct-Reading Dosimeter
Disaster Response Evaluation System
1) Disaster Relief Fund
2) Disaster Response Force
1) Digital Raster Graphic
2) District Response Group
Derived Response Levels
Disaster Recovery Manager
Detention and Removal Office
Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
DPA
DPAO
DPAS
DPC
DPIG
DPM
DPMU
DPMT
DPOD
DPP
DPPC
DPRE
DPS
DPW
DR
DRASH
DRAT
DRC
DRD
DRES
DRF
DRG
DRL
DRM
DRO
DRSS
1) Deepwater Ports Act
2) Defense Production Act
3) Delegation of Procurement Authority
1) Deputy Public Affairs Officer
2) Deputy Public Assistance Officer
Defense Priorities and Allocations System
Domestic Policy Council
Disaster Preparedness Improvement Grant
Disintegrations Per Minute
Disaster/Deployable Portable Morgue Unit
Disaster Pediatric Medical Team
Disaster Personnel Operations Division
1) Disaster Processing Procedures
2) Domestic Preparedness Program
Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Displaced Persons, Refugees and Evacuees
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Works
1) Disaster Declaration Number (alphabetic designation or precursor for)
2) Disaster Recovery
3) Disaster Response
Deployable Rapid-Assembly Shelter
District Response Advisory Team
Disaster Recovery Center
1) Deputy Regional Director
2) Direct-Reading Dosimeter
Disaster Response Evaluation System
1) Disaster Relief Fund
2) Disaster Response Force
1) Digital Raster Graphic
2) District Response Group
Derived Response Levels
Disaster Recovery Manager
Detention and Removal Office
Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
MRC
MRE
mRem
MRF
mR/h
MRI
MRIC
MRMC
MRP
MRR
MRRS
MRT
MRV
M/S
MS
MS-1
MSA
MSC
MSCA
MSCLEA
MSDS
MSE
MSEL
MSF
MSFCMA
MSHA
MSIC
1) Management Review Council
2) Medical Reserve Corps
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
millirem
Medium Range Forecast
milliRoentgen per hour
Mean Recurrence Interval
Mobile Reconstruction Information Center
Medical Research and Materiel Command
1) Machine readable passport
2) Minimal Repair Program
Measurement Residual Ratio
MERS Response Reporting System
Medical Response Team
1) Mobile Response Van (or Vehicle)
2) Multi-Radio Van (or Vehicle)
Meters per second
MicroSoft
Medical Service - 1 (Hospital)
1) Mutual Support Agreement
2) Metropolitan Statistical Area
1) Marine Safety Center
2) Map Service Center
3) Major Subordinate Command
4) Mobile Switching Center
Military Support to Civil Authorities (see DSCA)
Military Support to Civilian Law Enforcement
Agencies
Material Safety Data Sheet
MERS Support Element
Master Scenario Events List
Mobile Screening Force
Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and
Management Act
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Missile & Space Intelligence Center
90
DRT
DRTF
DRU
DSB
DSBCC
DSC
DSCA
DSCO
DSCS
DSEA
DSEC
DSFO
DSN
DSO
DSP
DSR
DSWA
DTAPPS
DT&E
DTE
DTED
DTG
DTIC
DTM
DTMS
DTO
DTOS
DTRA
DTRG
Disaster Response Team (NIMA)
Disaster Relief Task Force
1) Direct Reporting Unit
2) Disaster Resistant Universities
3) Disaster Response Unit
Defense Science Board
Detection Systems for Biological & Chemical
Countermeasures
Digital Selective Calling
Defense Support to Civil Authority
Deputy State Coordinating Officer
Defense Satellite Communications System
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Senior FEMA Official
Defense Switched Network
1) Director of Site Operations
2) Disaster Safety Officer
Disaster Support Package
Damage Survey Report
Defense Special Weapons Agency
Disposable Toxicological Agent Personal Protection
System
Development Test and Evaluation
Disaster Temporary Employee(s)
Digital Terrain Elevation Data
Date-Time Group
Defense Technical Information Center
Digital Terrain Model
Disaster Transportation Management System
Drug Trafficking Organization
Deployable Tactical Operations System
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Defense (or DoD) Technical Response Group
90
DRT
DRTF
DRU
DSB
DSBCC
DSC
DSCA
DSCO
DSCS
DSEA
DSEC
DSFO
DSN
DSO
DSP
DSR
DSWA
DTAPPS
DT&E
DTE
DTED
DTG
DTIC
DTM
DTMS
DTO
DTOS
DTRA
DTRG
Disaster Response Team (NIMA)
Disaster Relief Task Force
1) Direct Reporting Unit
2) Disaster Resistant Universities
3) Disaster Response Unit
Defense Science Board
Detection Systems for Biological & Chemical
Countermeasures
Digital Selective Calling
Defense Support to Civil Authority
Deputy State Coordinating Officer
Defense Satellite Communications System
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Senior FEMA Official
Defense Switched Network
1) Director of Site Operations
2) Disaster Safety Officer
Disaster Support Package
Damage Survey Report
Defense Special Weapons Agency
Disposable Toxicological Agent Personal Protection
System
Development Test and Evaluation
Disaster Temporary Employee(s)
Digital Terrain Elevation Data
Date-Time Group
Defense Technical Information Center
Digital Terrain Model
Disaster Transportation Management System
Drug Trafficking Organization
Deployable Tactical Operations System
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Defense (or DoD) Technical Response Group
90
MSIS
MSL
MSLO
MSO
MSPB
MSR
MSRC
MSST
MST
MSU
MT
MTA
MTF
MTMC
MTOE
MTR
MTSA
MTSP
MUDAC
MUF
M/V
MVGP
MW
MWA
MWCOG
MWEAC
MWEOC
MWFRS
MWH
MWS
Marine Safety Information System
Mean Sea Level
Military Support Liaison Officer
Military Support Officer
Merit Systems Protection Board
Main Supply Route
Marine Spill Response Corporation
Maritime Safety and Security Team
1) Management Support Team
2) METRO Strike Team
3) Mountain Standard Time (GMT - 7)
1) Management Support Unit
2) Medical Support Unit
1) Megaton
2) metric ton
Material Transfer Area
Medical Treatment Facility
Military Traffic Management Command
Modified Table of Organization and Equipment
Military Training Route
Maritime Transportation Security Act
Mass Transit Security Program
Meteorological and Unified Dose Assessment Center
Materials Unaccounted For
Merchant Vessel
Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles
1) megawatt
2) Microwave
3) Mt Weather
Metropolitan Washington Area
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Mt Weather Emergency Assistance Center
Mt Weather Emergency Operations Center
Main Wind Force Resisting System
megawatt hour
Marine Weather Statement
91
DTRIM
DTS
DTSA
DU
DUA
DULL SWORD
DUNS
DUS
DUST OFF
DV
DVA
DW
DWG
DWI
DWR
DWT
E 911
EA
EAB
EACC
EACG
EACT
EAD
EADRCC
EAL
EAM
Domestic Threat Reduction and Incident
Management
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
Defense Technical Security Agency
Dobson Unit
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Nuclear safety deficiency
Data Universal Numbering System
Deputy Under Secretary
Medical Evacuation via Helicopter (slang)
Distinguished Visitor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Data Window
Drawing (file)
1) Disaster Welfare Information (or Inquiry)
2) Driving While Intoxicated
Department of Water Resources
Dead Weight
Enhanced 9-1-1
1) Eastern Area
2) Emergency Action(s)
3) Energy Assurance
4) Enterprise Architecture
5) Environmental Assessment
6) External Affairs
1) Enterprise Architecture Board
2) Exclusion Area Boundary
Eastern Area Coordination Center
Eastern Area Coordinating Group
Emergency Action and Coordination Team
1) Employment Authorization Document
2) Executive Associate Director
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination
Center
Emergency Action Level
Emergency Action Message
DTRIM
DTS
DTSA
DU
DUA
DULL SWORD
DUNS
DUS
DUST OFF
DV
DVA
DW
DWG
DWI
DWR
DWT
E 911
EA
EAB
EACC
EACG
EACT
EAD
EADRCC
EAL
EAM
Domestic Threat Reduction and Incident
Management
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
Defense Technical Security Agency
Dobson Unit
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Nuclear safety deficiency
Data Universal Numbering System
Deputy Under Secretary
Medical Evacuation via Helicopter (slang)
Distinguished Visitor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Data Window
Drawing (file)
1) Disaster Welfare Information (or Inquiry)
2) Driving While Intoxicated
Department of Water Resources
Dead Weight
Enhanced 9-1-1
1) Eastern Area
2) Emergency Action(s)
3) Energy Assurance
4) Enterprise Architecture
5) Environmental Assessment
6) External Affairs
1) Enterprise Architecture Board
2) Exclusion Area Boundary
Eastern Area Coordination Center
Eastern Area Coordinating Group
Emergency Action and Coordination Team
1) Employment Authorization Document
2) Executive Associate Director
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination
Center
Emergency Action Level
Emergency Action Message
M-ZONE
N/A
NA
NAAE
NAAK
NAAP
NAAQS
NAAT
NAC
NACA
NAC/AEGL
NACCHO
NACD
NACE
NACI
NACo
NACS
NAD27
NAD83
NADO
NAERG
NAFAX
NAFSMA
NAFTA
NAHB
NAI
NaI (Tl)
NAII
High Mudflow Hazard Area
1) Not Affected
2) Not (or Non) Applicable
1) North American
2) Northeastern Area
National Association of Agricultural Employees
Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
Newport Army Ammunition Plant (obsolete)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
North American Aviation Trilateral
1) National Advisory Committee
2) National Agency Check
3) Nebraska Avenue Center/Complex
National Air Carrier Association
National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure
Guidelines Levels (for Chemical Substances)
National Association of County and City Health
Officials
National Association of Corporate Directors
National Association of County Engineers
National Agency Check with Inquiries
National Association of Counties
NEMIS Access Control System
North American Datum of 1927
North American Datum of 1983
National Association of Development Organizations
North American Emergency Response Guidebook
National Facsimile Network
National Association of Flood & Stormwater
Management Agencies
North America Free Trade Agreement
National Association of Home Builders
North American Initiative
Sodium Iodide Doped with Thallium (scintillator)
National Association of Independent Insurers
92
EAO
EAP
EAR
EARN
EART
EAS
EBR
EBS
EBT
EBW
EC
ECA
ECAPS
ECC
ECCS
ECCV
ECD
ECFG
ECG
ECI
ECL
ECP
ECS
ECSAP
1) Emergency Action Officer
2) Energy Assurance Office (see also EA)
1) Emergency Action Plan
2) Emergency Action Procedures
3) Employee Assistance Program
Emergency Alert Radio
Employer Assistance Referral Network
Evening Advisory Risk Threat
Emergency Alert System
(replaced EBS in 1997)
Endogenous Biological Regulators
Emergency Broadcast System
(obsolete, see EAS)
Electronic Benefits Transfer
Exploding (or Electronic) Bridge Wire
1) Elevation Certificate
2) Emergency Coordinator
3) Extraordinary Circumstances
Earth-orbit Crossing Asteroid
Enterprise Coordination & Approval Processing
System
Emergency Communications Center
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Command and Control Vehicle
1) Effective Cumulative Dose
2) Emergency Contacts Directory
3) Estimated Completion Date
Emergency Coordination Functional Group
1) Emergency Coordination Group
2) Exercise Control Group
Export-Controlled Information
Emergency Classification Level
Emergency Conservation Program
1) Electronic Certification System
2) Emergency Communications Staff
3) Emergency Coordinating Staff
Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program
92
EAO
EAP
EAR
EARN
EART
EAS
EBR
EBS
EBT
EBW
EC
ECA
ECAPS
ECC
ECCS
ECCV
ECD
ECFG
ECG
ECI
ECL
ECP
ECS
ECSAP
1) Emergency Action Officer
2) Energy Assurance Office (see also EA)
1) Emergency Action Plan
2) Emergency Action Procedures
3) Employee Assistance Program
Emergency Alert Radio
Employer Assistance Referral Network
Evening Advisory Risk Threat
Emergency Alert System
(replaced EBS in 1997)
Endogenous Biological Regulators
Emergency Broadcast System
(obsolete, see EAS)
Electronic Benefits Transfer
Exploding (or Electronic) Bridge Wire
1) Elevation Certificate
2) Emergency Coordinator
3) Extraordinary Circumstances
Earth-orbit Crossing Asteroid
Enterprise Coordination & Approval Processing
System
Emergency Communications Center
Emergency Core Cooling System
Emergency Command and Control Vehicle
1) Effective Cumulative Dose
2) Emergency Contacts Directory
3) Estimated Completion Date
Emergency Coordination Functional Group
1) Emergency Coordination Group
2) Exercise Control Group
Export-Controlled Information
Emergency Classification Level
Emergency Conservation Program
1) Electronic Certification System
2) Emergency Communications Staff
3) Emergency Coordinating Staff
Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program
92
NAIIA
NAILS
NAMRI
NAOC
NAOS
NAP
NAPA
NAPI
NARA
NARAC
NARCL
NARP
NARS
NARSAP
NARTC
NAS
NASA
NASAR
NASCDD
NASEMSD
NASFM
NASNA
NASTTPO
NASULGC
NATCA
NATO
NAVAID
NAVD88
NAWAS
NAWAS/BCC
National Association of Independent Insurance
Adjusters
National Automated Immigration Lookout System
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Airborne Operations Center
North American Atmospheric Observing System
Nuclear Assessment Program
National Academy of Public Administration
National Arson Prevention Initiative
National Archives and Records Administration
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
Nuclear Accident Response Capabilities Listing
Nuclear Accident Response Plan (or Procedures)
National Archives and Records Service
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications
Program
National Advanced Resource Technology Center
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Association for Search and Rescue
National Association of State Civil Defense Directors
National Association of State Emergency Medical
Services Directors
National Association of State Fire Marshals
National Association of 9-1-1 Administrators
National Association of State Title Three Program
Officials
National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Navigational Aid
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
1) National Alert and Warning System
2) National Warning System
National Warning System Bridge and Conference
Controller
93
ECT
ECTF
ECWAG
ED
EDA
EDAC
EDC
EDD
EDE
EDI
EDIS
EDR
EDS
EDT
EEE
EEGL
EEI
EEM
EENET
EEO
EEOC
EER
EERI
EET
EEX
EEZ
EFAP
EFO
EFP
EFS
EFSNB
1) Emergency Coordinating Team
2) Exercise Control Team
Electronic Crimes Task Force
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant
1) [Department of ] Education
2) Effective Dose
Economic Development Administration
Economic Defense Advisory Committee
1) EROS Data Center
2) Energy Disruption Committee
Explosive Detection Device
Effective Dose Equivalent
Electronic Data Interchange
Emergency Disaster Information System
1) Economic Development Representative
2) External Data Request
Explosive Detection System(s)
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4)
1) Eastern Equine Encephalitis
2) Essential Evaluation Elements
Emergency Exposure Guidance Level
Essential Elements of Information
Exercise Evaluation Methodology
Emergency Education Network (at NETC)
Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eligible Existing Resources
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Emergency Evacuation Team
Employee Express
Exclusive Economic Zone
Emergency Feed Assistance Program
Emergency Field Office
Emergency Feed Program
Emergency Food and Shelter
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board
ECT
ECTF
ECWAG
ED
EDA
EDAC
EDC
EDD
EDE
EDI
EDIS
EDR
EDS
EDT
EEE
EEGL
EEI
EEM
EENET
EEO
EEOC
EER
EERI
EET
EEX
EEZ
EFAP
EFO
EFP
EFS
EFSNB
1) Emergency Coordinating Team
2) Exercise Control Team
Electronic Crimes Task Force
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant
1) [Department of ] Education
2) Effective Dose
Economic Development Administration
Economic Defense Advisory Committee
1) EROS Data Center
2) Energy Disruption Committee
Explosive Detection Device
Effective Dose Equivalent
Electronic Data Interchange
Emergency Disaster Information System
1) Economic Development Representative
2) External Data Request
Explosive Detection System(s)
Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4)
1) Eastern Equine Encephalitis
2) Essential Evaluation Elements
Emergency Exposure Guidance Level
Essential Elements of Information
Exercise Evaluation Methodology
Emergency Education Network (at NETC)
Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eligible Existing Resources
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Emergency Evacuation Team
Employee Express
Exclusive Economic Zone
Emergency Feed Assistance Program
Emergency Field Office
Emergency Feed Program
Emergency Food and Shelter
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board
NAWE
NBACC
NBC
NBFAC
NBSAC
NBTA
NBWDA
NCA
NCAI
NCAR
NCAS
NC&B
NCBFAA
NCC
NCCC
NCCG
NCDDM
NCEH
NCEP
NCGIA
NCIC
NCID
NCIT
NCLIS
NCMEC
NCO
NCP
NCPC
NCPI
National Association for Waterfront Employees
National Biosecurity Analysis and Countermeasures
Center
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
National Bioforensic Analysis Center
National Boating Safety Advisory Council
National Business Travel Association
National BioWeapons Defense Analysis Center
National Command Authority
National Congress of American Indians
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Cyber Alert System
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological
National Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association of America
National Coordinating Center
(for Telecommunications)
National Council of the Churches of Christ
National Civilian Community Group
National Center for Disaster Decision Making
National Center for Environmental Health
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
National Center for Geographic Information and
Analysis
National Crime Information Center
National Center for Infectious Diseases
National Council on International Trade
National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Non-Commissioned Officer
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (aka National Contingency Plan)
1) National Capitol Planning Commission
2) National Crime Prevention Council
National Committee on Property Insurance
94
EFSP
EFT
E-Gov
EHM
EHP
EHS
EIA
EICC
EIDA
EIDL
EIIP
EIMA
EIO
EIPA
EIPT
EIRS
EIS
EIT
EJ
ELC
ELINT
ELO
ELR
ELT
EM
EMA
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Electronic Funds Transfer
E-Gov is the use by the government of web-based
Internet applications and other information
technologies, combined with processes that
implement these technologies. This term is also
used to refer to the E-Gov agenda item in the
President’s Management Agenda (PMA), Presidential
Priority E-Gov initiatives, and the E-Gov focus areas
referenced in the FY 2004 President’s Budget.
Earthquake Hazard Mitigation
Environmental/Historic Preservation
Extremely Hazardous Substance
Electronic Industries Alliance
Emergency Information and Coordination Center
Executive Information and Display Area
Economic Injury Disaster Loan
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership
Emergency Information and Media Affairs
Emergency Information Officer
Emergency Information and Public Affairs
Exercise Integrated Process Team
Emergency Information Retrieval System
1) Emergency Information System
2) Environmental Impact Statement
3) Epidemiological Intelligence Service
Electronic and Information Technology
Environmental Justice
Engineering Logistics Center
Electronic Intelligence
Environmental Liaison Officer
Employee Labor Relations
1) Emergency Location Transmitter
2) Evacuation Liaison Team
1) Emergency Management (or Manager)
2) Exercise Manual
Emergency Management Agency
94
EFSP
EFT
E-Gov
EHM
EHP
EHS
EIA
EICC
EIDA
EIDL
EIIP
EIMA
EIO
EIPA
EIPT
EIRS
EIS
EIT
EJ
ELC
ELINT
ELO
ELR
ELT
EM
EMA
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Electronic Funds Transfer
E-Gov is the use by the government of web-based
Internet applications and other information
technologies, combined with processes that
implement these technologies. This term is also
used to refer to the E-Gov agenda item in the
President’s Management Agenda (PMA), Presidential
Priority E-Gov initiatives, and the E-Gov focus areas
referenced in the FY 2004 President’s Budget.
Earthquake Hazard Mitigation
Environmental/Historic Preservation
Extremely Hazardous Substance
Electronic Industries Alliance
Emergency Information and Coordination Center
Executive Information and Display Area
Economic Injury Disaster Loan
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership
Emergency Information and Media Affairs
Emergency Information Officer
Emergency Information and Public Affairs
Exercise Integrated Process Team
Emergency Information Retrieval System
1) Emergency Information System
2) Environmental Impact Statement
3) Epidemiological Intelligence Service
Electronic and Information Technology
Environmental Justice
Engineering Logistics Center
Electronic Intelligence
Environmental Liaison Officer
Employee Labor Relations
1) Emergency Location Transmitter
2) Evacuation Liaison Team
1) Emergency Management (or Manager)
2) Exercise Manual
Emergency Management Agency
94
NCR
NCRC
NCRPM
NCS
NCSA
NCSD
NCSL
NCSLLET
NCSP
NCSRM
NCSSA
NCTC
NCUA
NCVIP
NDA
NDAA
NDAC
NDC
NDEA
NDEC
NDEP
NDER
NDIA
NDIC
NDMC
NDMOC
NDMS
NDMSOSC
NDPO
NDRSMP
National Capital Region
National Capitol Region Coordination
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements
1) National Communications System [ESF-2]
2) Net Control System
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
National Cyber Security Division
National Council of State Legislators
National Center for State & Local Law Enforcement
Training, Advisory Committee to the
National Communications Support Plan
National Communications Systems Regional Manager
National Cartographic Standards for Spatial Accuracy
National Counterterrorism Center
National Credit Union Administration
National Child Victim Identification Program
1) National Defense Area
2) Non-Disclosure Agreement
Natural Disaster Assistance Act
Network Design and Analysis Center
National Data Center
National Defense Emergency Authorization
National Disaster Education Coalition
National Digital Elevation Program
National Defense Executive Reserve
National Defense Industry Association
National Drug Intelligence Center
National Drought Mitigation Center
National Disaster Medical Operations Center
National Disaster Medical System
National Disaster Medical System Operations
Support Center
National Domestic Preparedness Office
National Distress and Response System
Modernization Project (aka “Rescue 21”)
95
EMAC
E-mail
EMAS
EMD
EMERCOM
EMERGCON
eMerge2
EMERS
EMI
EMIS
EML
EMNPP
EMOC
EMP
EMPA
EMPG
EMPO
EMPS
EMPTY QUIVER
EMR
EMRT
EMS
EMSHG
EMSSA
Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Electronic Mail
Emergency Management Assessment System
1) Electronic Monitoring Device
2) Emergency Management Director
3) Emergency Management Division
Emergency Command
Emergency Condition
electronically Managing enterprise resources for
government effectiveness and efficiency
Emergency Management Exercise Reporting System
1) Emergency Management Institute
2) Emergency Management Institute, Board of Visitors for the
3) Electromagnetic Interference
Emergency Management Information System
Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Emergency Management and National
Preparedness Program
Emergency Management Operations Center
(or Course)
Electromagnetic Pulse
Emergency Management Planning and Assistance
Emergency Management Performance Grants
Emergency Medical Preparedness Office
Emergency Management Program Specialist
Theft, seizure, or loss of a nuclear weapon or
component
1) Electromagnetic Radiation
2) Emergency Minimal Repair
3) Environmental Management Review
Emergency Medical Response Team
1) Emergency Management Specialist
2) Emergency Medical System [or Service(s)]
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare
Group
Emergency Medical Services System Act
EMAC
E-mail
EMAS
EMD
EMERCOM
EMERGCON
eMerge2
EMERS
EMI
EMIS
EML
EMNPP
EMOC
EMP
EMPA
EMPG
EMPO
EMPS
EMPTY QUIVER
EMR
EMRT
EMS
EMSHG
EMSSA
Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Electronic Mail
Emergency Management Assessment System
1) Electronic Monitoring Device
2) Emergency Management Director
3) Emergency Management Division
Emergency Command
Emergency Condition
electronically Managing enterprise resources for
government effectiveness and efficiency
Emergency Management Exercise Reporting System
1) Emergency Management Institute
2) Emergency Management Institute, Board of Visitors for the
3) Electromagnetic Interference
Emergency Management Information System
Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Emergency Management and National
Preparedness Program
Emergency Management Operations Center
(or Course)
Electromagnetic Pulse
Emergency Management Planning and Assistance
Emergency Management Performance Grants
Emergency Medical Preparedness Office
Emergency Management Program Specialist
Theft, seizure, or loss of a nuclear weapon or
component
1) Electromagnetic Radiation
2) Emergency Minimal Repair
3) Environmental Management Review
Emergency Medical Response Team
1) Emergency Management Specialist
2) Emergency Medical System [or Service(s)]
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare
Group
Emergency Medical Services System Act
NDS
NDW
NE
NEC
NECA
NECC
NECD
NECN
NEDSS
NEEP
NEET
NEFSMA
NEG
NEHA
NEHRP
NEI
NEIC
NEIS
NEMA
NEMB-CAP
NEMIS
NEMT
NENA
NEO
NEOB
NEOC
NEPA
NEPPC
1) National Defense Stockpile
2) Nuclear Detection System
Naval District of Washington
1) Northeast
2) New England
National Earthquake Center
Newport Chemical Activity
National Emergency Coordination Center
(obsolete; see NRCC)
Newport Chemical Depot
National Emergency Communications Network
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
National Earthquake Education Program
National Exercise Evaluation Team
New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers
Association
National Emergency Grant
National Environmental Health Association
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Nuclear Energy Institute
National Earthquake Information Center
National Earthquake Information Service
1) National Emergency Management Association
2) Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
National Emergency Management Baseline
- Capability Assessment Program
National Emergency Management Information
System
National Emergency Management Team
National Emergency Number Association
1) Near-Earth Orbit
2) Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
New Executive Office Building
National Emergency Operations Center
National Environmental Protection Act
National Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
96
EMT
EMT-P
EMWIN
ENDEX
ENR
ENS
ENSO
E.O.
EO
EOC
EOD
EOE
EOEA
EOF
EO/IR
EOIR
EOM
EOO
EOP
EOS
EOT
EOV
EOW
1) Emergency Management Team
2) Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network
End of Exercise
Environmental and Natural Resources
Emergency Notification Service
El Nino / Southern Oscillation
Executive Order of the President
1) Electro-Optical
2) Emergency Office
3) Environmental Officer
4) Executive Order
5) Exterior Orientation (Parameter)
1) Emergency Operating Center/Emergency Operations Center
2) European Olympic Committee(s)
1) Entered on Duty
2) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Equal Opportunity Employer
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Facility
2) End-of-File
Electro Optical/Infrared
Executive Office for Immigration Review
End of Month
Emergency Operations Organization
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Plan
2) Executive Office of the President
3) Extent of Play
1) Earth-Observing System
2) Emergency Operations Software
3) Equation Of State
Emergency Operations Team
Emergency Operations Vehicle
Envelope of Water
96
EMT
EMT-P
EMWIN
ENDEX
ENR
ENS
ENSO
E.O.
EO
EOC
EOD
EOE
EOEA
EOF
EO/IR
EOIR
EOM
EOO
EOP
EOS
EOT
EOV
EOW
1) Emergency Management Team
2) Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic
Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network
End of Exercise
Environmental and Natural Resources
Emergency Notification Service
El Nino / Southern Oscillation
Executive Order of the President
1) Electro-Optical
2) Emergency Office
3) Environmental Officer
4) Executive Order
5) Exterior Orientation (Parameter)
1) Emergency Operating Center/Emergency Operations Center
2) European Olympic Committee(s)
1) Entered on Duty
2) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Equal Opportunity Employer
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Facility
2) End-of-File
Electro Optical/Infrared
Executive Office for Immigration Review
End of Month
Emergency Operations Organization
1) Emergency Operations/Operating Plan
2) Executive Office of the President
3) Extent of Play
1) Earth-Observing System
2) Emergency Operations Software
3) Equation Of State
Emergency Operations Team
Emergency Operations Vehicle
Envelope of Water
96
NERC
NERT
NESEC
NESN
NESP
NEST
NET
NETAC
NETAP
NETC
NEXRAD
NEXS
NEXUS
NFA
NFAR
NFCD
NFDA
NFDC
NFES
NFFE
NFFF
NFFS
NFI
NFIB
NFIC
NFIF
NFIP
NFIRA
NFIRS
NFMA
NFP
NFPA
North American Electric Reliability Council
National Emergency Response Team
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Necessary Expenses and Serious Needs
National Environmental Studies Project
Nuclear Emergency Search/Support Team
No Earlier Than
National Environmental Technology Application
Center
National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program
National Emergency Training Center
Next Generation Weather Radar
National Exercise Schedule
Next Generation Upper Weather System
National Fire Academy
No Further Action Required
National Finance Center Database
1) National Flood Determination Association
2) National Funeral Directors Association
National Fire Data Center
National Fire Equipment System
National Federation of Federal Employees
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors
National Flood Insurance
National Foreign Intelligence Board
National Fire Information Council
National Flood Insurance Fund
1) National Flood Insurance Program
2) National Foreign Intelligence Program
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994
National Fire Incident Reporting System
National Forest Management Act
Not-For-Profit
National Fire Protection Association
97
EP
EPA
EPC
EPCRA
EPD
EPG
EPI
EPIC
EPLO
EPO
EPOC
EPP
EPPC
EPPM
EPR or EP&R
EPS
EPZ
EQPCE
EQUIP
ER
ERA
ERAMS
ERB
ERC
ERCG
ERCP
ERDA
Electric Power
[United States] Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Preparedness Canada
Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act
Electronic Personnel Dosimeter
Emergency Planning Guide
Emergency Public Information
1) Emergency Preparedness Information Coordinator
2) Electronic Privacy Information Center (“No fly” list; epic.org)
Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
Environmental Protection Officer
1) Emergency Point(s) of Contact
2) Emergency Preparedness Operations Center
1) Executive Potential Program
2) Emergency Preparedness Program
Emergency Prevention and Preparedness Council
Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and
Mobilization
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Encapsulated PostScript
Emergency Planning Zone
Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise
Earthquake Impacts Projection (Model)
1) Emergency Relief
2) Emergency Room
3) Equal Rights
Equal Rights Amendment
Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
System
Economic Resources Board
Emergency Response Coordinator
Emergency Response Coordination Group
Emergency Response Concept Plan
Energy Research and Development Administration
EP
EPA
EPC
EPCRA
EPD
EPG
EPI
EPIC
EPLO
EPO
EPOC
EPP
EPPC
EPPM
EPR or EP&R
EPS
EPZ
EQPCE
EQUIP
ER
ERA
ERAMS
ERB
ERC
ERCG
ERCP
ERDA
Electric Power
[United States] Environmental Protection Agency
Emergency Preparedness Canada
Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act
Electronic Personnel Dosimeter
Emergency Planning Guide
Emergency Public Information
1) Emergency Preparedness Information Coordinator
2) Electronic Privacy Information Center (“No fly” list; epic.org)
Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
Environmental Protection Officer
1) Emergency Point(s) of Contact
2) Emergency Preparedness Operations Center
1) Executive Potential Program
2) Emergency Preparedness Program
Emergency Prevention and Preparedness Council
Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and
Mobilization
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Encapsulated PostScript
Emergency Planning Zone
Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise
Earthquake Impacts Projection (Model)
1) Emergency Relief
2) Emergency Room
3) Equal Rights
Equal Rights Amendment
Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
System
Economic Resources Board
Emergency Response Coordinator
Emergency Response Coordination Group
Emergency Response Concept Plan
Energy Research and Development Administration
NFPCA
NFPE
NFR
NFS
NFSC
NFSCC
NFSLO
NG
NGA
NGB
NGDC
NGLO
NGM
NGO
NGRS
NGS
NGVD
NGVD29
NHC
NHPA
NHTSA
NHV
NI
NIAC
NIBERS
NIBS
NIC
NICC
NICCP
National Fire Prevention and Control
Administration
National Fire Protection Equipment
Notice of Finding and Recommendation
National Forest System
Narcotics Financing Strategy Center
National Fire Science Curriculum Committee
National Fire Suppression Liaison Officer
National Guard
1) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2) National Governor’s Association
1) National Governing Body
2) National Guard Bureau
National Geophysical Data Center
National Guard Liaison Officer
Nested Grid Model
Non-Governmental Organization
National Geodetic Reference System
National Geodetic Survey
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
National Hurricane Center
National Historic Preservation Act
National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration
Natural Hazard Vulnerability
No Insurance
1) NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
2) National Infrastructure Advisory Council
3) National Iranian American Council
National Incident Based Reporting System
National Institute of Building Sciences
1) National Instrumentation Center
2) NIMS Integration Center
National Interagency Coordination Center
National Interdiction Command & Control Plan
98
ERDEC
ERF
ERG
ERL
ERLink
ERM
ERMS
ERN
EROS
ERP
ERPA
ERPG
ERPS
ERRO
ERRS
ERS
ERSAC
ERT
ERT-A
ERT-N
ERT-N-NCR
ERT-S
ERV
ERW
ES
Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering
Center
Emergency Response Facility
Emergency Relocation Group
Environmental Research Laboratories
Emergency Response Link
1) Elevation Reference Mark
2) Enforcement Removal Module
(replaces DACS)
Emergency Resource Management System
Emergency Response Network
Earth Resources Observing Satellite
1) Elevation Reference Point
2) Emergency Response Plan
3) Expedited Removal Process
Emergency Response Planning Area
Emergency Response Guidelines
Effluents Radiation Protection Section
Emergency Response/Recovery Office (USACE)
Emergency and Rapid Response Services
1) Emergency Relocation Site
2) Executive Reporting System
Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee
1) Emergency Response Team
2) Environmental Response Team
3) Evidence Response Team
Emergency Response Team - Advance Element
National Emergency Response Team
National Emergency Response Team for the
National Capital Region
Emergency Response Team Support Capability
Emergency Response Vehicle
Enhanced Radiation Weapon
1) Emergency Support
2) Environmental Specialist
3) Executive Secretariat
98
ERDEC
ERF
ERG
ERL
ERLink
ERM
ERMS
ERN
EROS
ERP
ERPA
ERPG
ERPS
ERRO
ERRS
ERS
ERSAC
ERT
ERT-A
ERT-N
ERT-N-NCR
ERT-S
ERV
ERW
ES
Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering
Center
Emergency Response Facility
Emergency Relocation Group
Environmental Research Laboratories
Emergency Response Link
1) Elevation Reference Mark
2) Enforcement Removal Module
(replaces DACS)
Emergency Resource Management System
Emergency Response Network
Earth Resources Observing Satellite
1) Elevation Reference Point
2) Emergency Response Plan
3) Expedited Removal Process
Emergency Response Planning Area
Emergency Response Guidelines
Effluents Radiation Protection Section
Emergency Response/Recovery Office (USACE)
Emergency and Rapid Response Services
1) Emergency Relocation Site
2) Executive Reporting System
Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee
1) Emergency Response Team
2) Environmental Response Team
3) Evidence Response Team
Emergency Response Team - Advance Element
National Emergency Response Team
National Emergency Response Team for the
National Capital Region
Emergency Response Team Support Capability
Emergency Response Vehicle
Enhanced Radiation Weapon
1) Emergency Support
2) Environmental Specialist
3) Executive Secretariat
98
NICI
NID
NIDF
NIEHS
NIEOC
NIER
NIF
NIFC
NIFCC
NIH
NII
NIIMS
NIIS
NIJ
NIMA
NIMBY
NIMCAST
NIMG
NIMH
NIMS
NIMS/NET
NIMTO
NIOSH
NIP
NIPC
NIPF
NIPP
NIRSC
NIRT
NISAC
National Interagency Counterdrug Institute
1) National Intelligence Director
2) National Inventory of Dams
National Insurance Development Fund
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
National Interagency Emergency Operations Center
National Industrial Equipment Reserve
1) National Ignition Facility
2) Non-Industrial Facility
National Interagency Fire Center
National Interagency Fire Coordination Center
National Institutes of Health
1) National Information Infrastructure
2) Non-Intrusive Inspection
National Interagency Incident Management System
Non-Immigrant Information System
National Institute of Justice
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (see NGA)
Not In My Backyard
National Incident Management Compliance
Assurance Tool
National Interagency Mobilization Guide
National Institutes of Mental Health
National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System Network
Not In My Term of Office
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
National Immunization Program
National Infrastructure Protection Center
National Intelligence Priority Framework
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
National Interagency Radio Support Cache
Nuclear Incident Response Team
National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis
Center
99
ESA
ESAP
ESC
ESDP
ESDPF
ESDRB
ESF
ESF 01
ESF 02
ESF 03
ESF 04
ESF 05
ESF 06
ESF 07
ESF 08
ESF 09
ESF 10
ESF 11
ESF 12
ESF 13
ESF 14
ESF 15
ESFLG
ESGR
ESIC
ESN
ESP
ESSV
EST
ESTED
ET
ETA
Endangered Species Act
Energy Security and Assurance Program
Executive Steering Committee
Engineering Study Data Package
Engineering Study Data Package Facility
Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch
Emergency Support Function(s) [see below]
Transportation
Communications
Public Works and Engineering
Firefighting
Emergency Management
Mass Care, Housing and Human Services
Resource Support
Public Health and Medical Services
Urban Search and Rescue
Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Energy
Public Safety and Security
Long-term Community Recovery and Mitigation
External Affairs
Emergency Support Function Leaders Group
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Earth Science Information Center
Electronic Serial Number
1) Early Site Permit
2) Electric Service Priority
Emergency Support Service Vehicle
1) Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5)
2) Emergency Support Team
Estimated Safe Time before Evacuation Decisions
1) End-of-Transect (Line)
2) Electronic Technician
1) Estimated Time of Arrival
2) Employment and Training Administration
ESA
ESAP
ESC
ESDP
ESDPF
ESDRB
ESF
ESF 01
ESF 02
ESF 03
ESF 04
ESF 05
ESF 06
ESF 07
ESF 08
ESF 09
ESF 10
ESF 11
ESF 12
ESF 13
ESF 14
ESF 15
ESFLG
ESGR
ESIC
ESN
ESP
ESSV
EST
ESTED
ET
ETA
Endangered Species Act
Energy Security and Assurance Program
Executive Steering Committee
Engineering Study Data Package
Engineering Study Data Package Facility
Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch
Emergency Support Function(s) [see below]
Transportation
Communications
Public Works and Engineering
Firefighting
Emergency Management
Mass Care, Housing and Human Services
Resource Support
Public Health and Medical Services
Urban Search and Rescue
Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Energy
Public Safety and Security
Long-term Community Recovery and Mitigation
External Affairs
Emergency Support Function Leaders Group
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Earth Science Information Center
Electronic Serial Number
1) Early Site Permit
2) Electric Service Priority
Emergency Support Service Vehicle
1) Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5)
2) Emergency Support Team
Estimated Safe Time before Evacuation Decisions
1) End-of-Transect (Line)
2) Electronic Technician
1) Estimated Time of Arrival
2) Employment and Training Administration
NISE
NIST
NIUSR
NJTTF
NLC
NLD
NLECC
NLETS
NLRA
NLRB
NLS
NLT
NM
NMAB
NMAS
NMB
NMC
NMCC
NMFS
NMI
NMIC
NMJIC
NMRI
NMRS
NMRT
NMSAC
NMSP
NMSS
NNEC
NNOB
NNOC
NNSA
National Intelligence Support Element
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
1) National League of Cities
2) National Location Code
Nunn-Lugar-Domenici
National Law Enforcement Coordination Center
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System
National Labor Relations Authority
National Labor Relations Board
National Language Standards
No Later Than
Nautical Mile
National Materials Advisory Board
National Map Accuracy Standard
National Mediation Board
1) National Meteorological Center
2) Non-Mission Capable
National Military Command Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
No Middle Initial
National Maritime Intelligence Center
National Military Joint Intelligence Center
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Medical Response System
National Medical Response Team
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
National Maritime Security Plan
Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security
National Network Emergency Center
National Network Operations Branch
National Network Operations Center
National Nuclear Security Administration
100
ETC
ETD
ETE
ETIC
ETIS
ETJ
ETO
ETOC
ETRMS
ETS
ETT
EU
EW
EWAC
EWC
EWI
EWMDS
EWO
EWP
EWRI
EXB
EXORD
EXPLAN
FAA
FAAS
FAAT
FAB
1) et cetera
2) Emergency Transportation Center
1) Estimated Time of Departure
2) Explosives Trace Detector
1) Estimated Time Enroute
2) Evacuation Time Estimate
Estimated Time in Commission
Emergency Traffic Information System
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Limits)
Exercise and Training Officer
Emergency Tactical Operations Center
Emergency Transportation Resource Management
System
Evacuation Time Study
Eligible Travel Trailer
European Union
Emergency Worker
Emergency Worker and Assistance Center
Emergency Worker Center
Entry Without Inspection
Emergency Worker Monitoring and
Decontamination Station
Emergency War Order
Emergency Watershed Protection
Environmental and Water Resources Institute
Export-Import Bank
Execution Order
Exercise Plan
1) Federal Aviation Administration
2) Foreign Assistance Act
FEMA Automated Acquisition System
1) FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, & Terms
2) Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation
FEMA Advisory Board
100
ETC
ETD
ETE
ETIC
ETIS
ETJ
ETO
ETOC
ETRMS
ETS
ETT
EU
EW
EWAC
EWC
EWI
EWMDS
EWO
EWP
EWRI
EXB
EXORD
EXPLAN
FAA
FAAS
FAAT
FAB
1) et cetera
2) Emergency Transportation Center
1) Estimated Time of Departure
2) Explosives Trace Detector
1) Estimated Time Enroute
2) Evacuation Time Estimate
Estimated Time in Commission
Emergency Traffic Information System
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Limits)
Exercise and Training Officer
Emergency Tactical Operations Center
Emergency Transportation Resource Management
System
Evacuation Time Study
Eligible Travel Trailer
European Union
Emergency Worker
Emergency Worker and Assistance Center
Emergency Worker Center
Entry Without Inspection
Emergency Worker Monitoring and
Decontamination Station
Emergency War Order
Emergency Watershed Protection
Environmental and Water Resources Institute
Export-Import Bank
Execution Order
Exercise Plan
1) Federal Aviation Administration
2) Foreign Assistance Act
FEMA Automated Acquisition System
1) FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, & Terms
2) Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation
FEMA Advisory Board
100
NO
NOAA
NOAEL
NOBLE
NOC
NOEL
NOFA
NOGA
NOI
NOK
NOPR
NORAD
NORTHCOM
NOS
NOSAC
NOTAM
NOUE
N/P
NP
NPC
NPDES
NPDP
NPFC
NPL
NPLA
NPMA
NPMOC
NPOC
National Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
No Observed Adverse Effects Level
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives
1) National Olympic Committee
2) National Operations Center
3) Navy Operations Center
4) Negotiations Operations Center
5) Network Operations Center
No Observed Effects Level
Notice of Funds Availability
Notice of Grant Award
1) Notice of Intent
2) Notice of Interest
Next-of-Kin
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
North American Aerospace Defense Command
(United States) Northern Command
1) National Ocean Survey
2) Not Otherwise Specified
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
Notice To Airmen
Notice of Unusual Event
Not Provided
1) National Preparedness
2) Navigation Processor
1) National Paralympic Committee
2) National Petroleum Council
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Performance of Dams Program
National Pollution Funds Center
National Priorities List
National Preparedness Leadership Academy
National Property Management Association
Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center
Next Port of Call
101
FAC
FACA
FACNET
FADED GIANT
FAE
FAEST
FAIH
FAIR
FAM
FAMA
FAMAS
FAMS
FANMAP
FAO
FAOC
FAPRS
FAQ (S)
FAR
FARS
FAS
FASSE
FasT
FAX
FBFM
FBI
FBIIC
FBN
FBO
FBR
1) Family Assistance Center
2) Financial Attack Center
3) Foreign Air Carrier
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Federal Acquisition Network
Nuclear reactor radiological incident/ accident
Fuel Air Explosives
Forward Area Emergency Support Trailers
Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
2) [Refers to the] FAIR Act
Federal Air Marshal
Fire Apparatus Manufacturer’s Association
Facility Accreditation Management and
Administration System
Federal Air Marshal Service
FEMA Automated Network Management Program
1) Federal Approving Officer (or Official)
2) Food & Agricultural Organization (UN)
FEMA Alternate Operations Center
Federal Access Program Retrieval System
Frequently Asked Question(s)
1) Federal Acquisition Regulation
2) Federal Aviation Regulations
Financial Accounting and Reporting System
1) Foreign Agricultural Service
2) Freely Associated States
Federal Agency Support Service Element
Field Assessment Team
Facsimile
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map
Federal Bureau of Investigation [ESF-13]
Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure
Committee
Federal Base Network
Fixed Base Operator
Fast Breeder Reactor
FAC
FACA
FACNET
FADED GIANT
FAE
FAEST
FAIH
FAIR
FAM
FAMA
FAMAS
FAMS
FANMAP
FAO
FAOC
FAPRS
FAQ (S)
FAR
FARS
FAS
FASSE
FasT
FAX
FBFM
FBI
FBIIC
FBN
FBO
FBR
1) Family Assistance Center
2) Financial Attack Center
3) Foreign Air Carrier
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Federal Acquisition Network
Nuclear reactor radiological incident/ accident
Fuel Air Explosives
Forward Area Emergency Support Trailers
Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households
1) Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
2) [Refers to the] FAIR Act
Federal Air Marshal
Fire Apparatus Manufacturer’s Association
Facility Accreditation Management and
Administration System
Federal Air Marshal Service
FEMA Automated Network Management Program
1) Federal Approving Officer (or Official)
2) Food & Agricultural Organization (UN)
FEMA Alternate Operations Center
Federal Access Program Retrieval System
Frequently Asked Question(s)
1) Federal Acquisition Regulation
2) Federal Aviation Regulations
Financial Accounting and Reporting System
1) Foreign Agricultural Service
2) Freely Associated States
Federal Agency Support Service Element
Field Assessment Team
Facsimile
Flood Boundary and Floodway Map
Federal Bureau of Investigation [ESF-13]
Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure
Committee
Federal Base Network
Fixed Base Operator
Fast Breeder Reactor
NPOESS
NPP
NPPC
NPR
NPRM
NPS
NPSC
NPSP
NPSTC
NRAT
NRC
NRCC
NRCOC
NRCS
NRCSDC
NRCSSC
NRIMC
NRIS
NRO
NRP
NRPC
NRS
NRT
NSA
National Polar-Orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System
Nuclear Power Plant
National Preparedness and Prevention Council
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
(formerly National Performance Review)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
National Park Service
National Processing Service Centers
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
1) National Radiological Advisory Team
2) Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team
1) National Records Center
2) National Research Council
3) National Response Center
4) [United States] Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1) National Response Coordination Center
2) Northern Regional Coordination Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service District
Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service State
Conservationist
National Resources Information and Mapping Center
National Resource Information System
National Reconnaissance Office
National Response Plan
National Railway Passenger Commission
National Response System
1) National Response Team
2) Near Real-Time
1) National Security Agency
2) National Security Area
3) National Sheriff’s Association
4) Network Security Agreement
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F-codes
FC
FCA
FCC
FCD
FCE
FCIC
FCIP
FCIS
FCM
FCO
FCP
FCS
FCSA
FCT
FD
FDA
FDIC
FDL
FDMS
FDO
FDSS
FE
FEB
FEC
FECA
FECC
FedCIRC
FEDD
Charge codes for FEMA incidents
1) Fire Control
2) Fire Corps (Citizen Corps Program Partner administered by USFA)
Farm Credit Administration
1) Federal Communications Commission
2) Federal Coordinating Center
Financial Crimes Division
Functional Capability Element
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Federal Crime Insurance Program
Federal Crime Insurance System
Federal Communications Manager
Federal Coordinating Officer
1) Field/Forward Command Post
2) Federal Center Plaza
1) Food and Consumer Service
2) Farm Credit Service
Fee-Charge System Administrator
Forward Coordinating Team
1) Fire Department
2) Foundation Data
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Forensic Documents Laboratory
Federal Docketing Management System
Flight Deck Officer
Federal Drug Seizure System
Functional Exercise
1) Federal Executive Board
2) Federal Executive Branch
Facility Emergency Coordinator
Federal Employees Compensation Act
Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator
Federal Computer Incident Response Center
Flood Elevation Determination Docket
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F-codes
FC
FCA
FCC
FCD
FCE
FCIC
FCIP
FCIS
FCM
FCO
FCP
FCS
FCSA
FCT
FD
FDA
FDIC
FDL
FDMS
FDO
FDSS
FE
FEB
FEC
FECA
FECC
FedCIRC
FEDD
Charge codes for FEMA incidents
1) Fire Control
2) Fire Corps (Citizen Corps Program Partner administered by USFA)
Farm Credit Administration
1) Federal Communications Commission
2) Federal Coordinating Center
Financial Crimes Division
Functional Capability Element
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Federal Crime Insurance Program
Federal Crime Insurance System
Federal Communications Manager
Federal Coordinating Officer
1) Field/Forward Command Post
2) Federal Center Plaza
1) Food and Consumer Service
2) Farm Credit Service
Fee-Charge System Administrator
Forward Coordinating Team
1) Fire Department
2) Foundation Data
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Forensic Documents Laboratory
Federal Docketing Management System
Flight Deck Officer
Federal Drug Seizure System
Functional Exercise
1) Federal Executive Board
2) Federal Executive Branch
Facility Emergency Coordinator
Federal Employees Compensation Act
Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator
Federal Computer Incident Response Center
Flood Elevation Determination Docket
102
NSAC
NSC
NSD
NSDD
NSDI
NSEC
NSEERS
NS/EP
NS/EPC
NSF
NSFCC
NSGIC
NSHS
NSI
NSLRSDA
NSMP
NSN
NSPD
NSPE
NSRS
NSS
NSSA
NSSDA
NSSE
NSSFC
NSSL
NSTAC
Navigation Safety Advisory Council
1) National Safety Council
2) National Security Council
3) National Security Cutter
4) NFIRS Support Center
1) Named Storm Day
2) National Security Directive
National Security Decision Directive
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
National Security Emergency Coordination
National Security Entry Exit Registration System
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
Communications, Committee for
1) National Science Foundation
2) National Strike Force
National Strike Force Coordination Center
National States Geographic Information Council
National Strategy for Homeland Security
1) National Security Information
2) Nuclear Surety Inspection
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data
Archive
National Strong-Motion Program
National Stock Number
National Security Presidential Directive
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Spatial Reference System
National Security Strategy
National Safe Skies Alliance
National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy
National Special Security Event
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
103
FED-STD
FED – TRT
FEEA
FEFFLA
FEGLI
FEHB
FEI
FEIS
FEMA
FEMAAR
FEMIS
FERC
FESC
FESHE
FEST
FF
FFCD
FFDO
FFE
FFI
FFRDC
FGCC
FGDC
FHA
FHAR
FHBM
FHM
FHML
FHWA
FIAB
FICC
Federal Standard
Federal Tactical Response Team
Federal Employee Education & Assistance
Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Federal Executive Institute
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Federal Emergency Management Agency [ESF-5]
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Acquisition Regulation
Federal Emergency Management Information System
1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2) FEMA Emergency Response Capability
Federal Emergency Support Coordinator
Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education
Foreign Emergency Support Team
Firefighter
Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure
Federal Flight Deck Officer
Federal Field Exercise
Financial Fraud Institute
Federally Funded Research & Development Center
Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee
Federal Geographic Data Committee
1) Federal Housing Administration
2) Flood Hazard Area(s)
Flood Hazard Analyses Report
Flood Hazard Boundary Map
Flood Hazard Mapping
Federal Hazardous Material Law
Federal Highway Administration
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Federal Interagency Coordination Council
FED-STD
FED – TRT
FEEA
FEFFLA
FEGLI
FEHB
FEI
FEIS
FEMA
FEMAAR
FEMIS
FERC
FESC
FESHE
FEST
FF
FFCD
FFDO
FFE
FFI
FFRDC
FGCC
FGDC
FHA
FHAR
FHBM
FHM
FHML
FHWA
FIAB
FICC
Federal Standard
Federal Tactical Response Team
Federal Employee Education & Assistance
Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance
Federal Employees Health Benefits
Federal Executive Institute
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Federal Emergency Management Agency [ESF-5]
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Acquisition Regulation
Federal Emergency Management Information System
1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2) FEMA Emergency Response Capability
Federal Emergency Support Coordinator
Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education
Foreign Emergency Support Team
Firefighter
Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure
Federal Flight Deck Officer
Federal Field Exercise
Financial Fraud Institute
Federally Funded Research & Development Center
Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee
Federal Geographic Data Committee
1) Federal Housing Administration
2) Flood Hazard Area(s)
Flood Hazard Analyses Report
Flood Hazard Boundary Map
Flood Hazard Mapping
Federal Hazardous Material Law
Federal Highway Administration
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Federal Interagency Coordination Council
NSTC
NSTR
NTA
NTAC
NTC
NTC-MW
NTE
NTEU
NTIA
NTIS
NTM
NTMR
NTMS
NTR
N-TRAP
NTRO
NTS
NTSB
NTSC
NTSP
NU
NUCFLASH
NUDET
NUL
NUMARC
NUREG
National Science & Technology Council
Nothing Significant to Report
1) National Technology Alliance
(research partnership between government, academia and industry)
2) Notice to Appear
National Threat Assessment Center
1) National Targeting Center
2) National Teleregistration Center
National Teleregistration Center at Mount Weather
Not To Exceed
National Treasury Employees Union
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
National Technical Information Service
National Technical Means
National Technical Means of Reconnaissance
National Telecommunications Management
Structure
Nothing To Report
National Terrorism Response Awareness Program
National Terrorism Response Objective
1) National Traffic System
2) Nevada Test Site
National Transportation Safety Board
National Telecommunications Standards Committee
National Telecommunications Support Plan
(aka National Plan for Telecommunications
Support in Non-Wartime Emergencies)
Name Unknown
Accidental, unauthorized, or unexplained nuclear
detonation
Nuclear Detonation
National Urban League
Nuclear Management and Resources Council
Nuclear Regulation
104
FICEMS
FICO
FIDLER
FIMO
FinCen
FIOC
FIP
FIPNC
FIPS
FIR
FIRESAT
FIRM
FIRM-DLG
FIRMR
FIRST
FIS
FISA
FISH
FIT
FLAG
FLAR
FLETC
FLEX
FLIR
FLRA
FLS
Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency
Medical Services
Flood Insurance Claims Office(r)
Field Instrument for the Detection of Low Energy
Radiation
Federal Incident Management Official
Financial Center
Federal Interagency Operations Center
Federal Information Processing
Flood Insurance Producers National Committee
1) Federal Information Processing Standards (Code)
2) FOIA Information Processing System
1) Federal Inspection Report
2) Final Inspection Report
3) Flood Insurance Report
Fire-Detection Satellite System (previously known
as the Integrated Hazard Information System)
Flood Insurance Rate Map
Flood Insurance Rate Map-Digital Line Graph
Federal Information Resources Management
Regulation
1) Federal Incident Response Support Team
2) Federal Initial Response Support Team
Flood Insurance Study
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Forensic Information System for Handwriting
1) Failed Income Test
2) Financial Information Tool
FEMA Logistics Advisory Group
Forward Looking Airborne Radar
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal or FEMA Leadership Exercise
Forward-Looking Infrared
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Flood Statement
104
FICEMS
FICO
FIDLER
FIMO
FinCen
FIOC
FIP
FIPNC
FIPS
FIR
FIRESAT
FIRM
FIRM-DLG
FIRMR
FIRST
FIS
FISA
FISH
FIT
FLAG
FLAR
FLETC
FLEX
FLIR
FLRA
FLS
Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency
Medical Services
Flood Insurance Claims Office(r)
Field Instrument for the Detection of Low Energy
Radiation
Federal Incident Management Official
Financial Center
Federal Interagency Operations Center
Federal Information Processing
Flood Insurance Producers National Committee
1) Federal Information Processing Standards (Code)
2) FOIA Information Processing System
1) Federal Inspection Report
2) Final Inspection Report
3) Flood Insurance Report
Fire-Detection Satellite System (previously known
as the Integrated Hazard Information System)
Flood Insurance Rate Map
Flood Insurance Rate Map-Digital Line Graph
Federal Information Resources Management
Regulation
1) Federal Incident Response Support Team
2) Federal Initial Response Support Team
Flood Insurance Study
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Forensic Information System for Handwriting
1) Failed Income Test
2) Financial Information Tool
FEMA Logistics Advisory Group
Forward Looking Airborne Radar
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Federal or FEMA Leadership Exercise
Forward-Looking Infrared
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Flood Statement
104
NUSRS
NVDC
NVFC
NVLAP
NVMC
NVOAD
NVTSA
NW
NWC
NWCG
NWP
NWR
NWS
NWSFO
NWWS
NYCOEM
OA
OAA
OADR
OAFME
OAO
OAR
OAS
OASH/OEP
OAWG
OB
OBE
OBS
OC
National Urban Search and Rescue System,
Advisory Committee of the
National Vessel Documentation Center
National Volunteer Fire Council
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
Program
National Vessel Movement Center
National Voluntary Organization Active in
Disasters
Night Vision Technology Safety Act
Neighborhood Watch
National Warning Center
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Neighborhood Watch Program (see NW)
National Weather Radio
National Weather Service
National Weather Service Forecast Office
National Weather Wire Service
New York City Office of Emergency Management
1) Office Automation
2) Over and Above
Older Americans Act
Originating Agency Determination Required
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Office of Aviation Operations
1) Office of Air and Radiation
2) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
1) Office of Administrative Support
2) Office of Aircraft Services
3) Organization of American States
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health / Office
of Emergency Preparedness
Organizational Attack Working Group
Official Business
Overcome by Events
Observation(s)
Operations Center
105
FM
FMA
FMAGP
FMANA
FMAP
FMC
FMCIMS
FMCS
FMCSA
FMDC
FME
FMH
FmHA
FMHCSS
FMLA
FMO
FMR
FMS
FMSIS
FMT
FMV
FNARS
FNF
FNS
FOB
FOC
1) Financial Management
2) Force Module
3) Frequency Modulation
Floodplain Management Association
Fire Management Assistance Grants
(or Grant Program)
Fire Marshals Association of North America
1) Fire Management Assistance Program
2) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
1) Federal Management Circular
2) Federal Maritime Commission
3) Federal Mobilization Center
4) Fully Mission Capable
Flood Map Center Inventory Management System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Flood Map Distribution Center
Federally Managed Exercise
Federal Meteorological Handbook
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards
Family and Medical Leave Act
Fire Management Officer
Fair Market Rental
Financial Management System
Flood Map Status Information Service
Field Monitoring Team
Fair Market Value
FEMA National Radio System
Fixed Nuclear Facility(ies)
Food and Nutrition Services
Federal Office Building
1) FEMA Operations Center
2) Forward Operations Center
3) Free Of Charge
4) Full Operating Capability
FM
FMA
FMAGP
FMANA
FMAP
FMC
FMCIMS
FMCS
FMCSA
FMDC
FME
FMH
FmHA
FMHCSS
FMLA
FMO
FMR
FMS
FMSIS
FMT
FMV
FNARS
FNF
FNS
FOB
FOC
1) Financial Management
2) Force Module
3) Frequency Modulation
Floodplain Management Association
Fire Management Assistance Grants
(or Grant Program)
Fire Marshals Association of North America
1) Fire Management Assistance Program
2) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
1) Federal Management Circular
2) Federal Maritime Commission
3) Federal Mobilization Center
4) Fully Mission Capable
Flood Map Center Inventory Management System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Flood Map Distribution Center
Federally Managed Exercise
Federal Meteorological Handbook
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standards
Family and Medical Leave Act
Fire Management Officer
Fair Market Rental
Financial Management System
Flood Map Status Information Service
Field Monitoring Team
Fair Market Value
FEMA National Radio System
Fixed Nuclear Facility(ies)
Food and Nutrition Services
Federal Office Building
1) FEMA Operations Center
2) Forward Operations Center
3) Free Of Charge
4) Full Operating Capability
OCA
OCC
OCD
OCDETF
OCGFC
OCHAMPUS
OCIO
OCIPEP
OCLUS
OCN
OCOG
OCONUS
OCPM
OCR
OCRWM
OCS
OCTEL
OCZM
ODAM
ODBC
ODC
ODCEM
ODEM
ODP
ODRO
ODS
OE
OECD
1) Office of Congressional Affairs
2) Original Classification Authority
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Community Development
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims
Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness
Outside the Continental Limits of the United States
Optimal Climate Normals
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Outside the Continental United States
Office of Crisis Planning and Management
1) Office of Collateral Responsibility
2) Optical Character Reader
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
1) Officer Candidate School
2) Outer Continental Shelf
Operations Center Telephone
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Offsite Dose Assessment Manual
Open Database Connectivity
Other Direct Cost
Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency
Management
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
Office for Domestic Preparedness
Office of Detention and Removal Operations
Operation Desert Safeguard
1) Operational Environment
2) Operating Expenses
3) Organizational Elements
Organization for Economic Cooperation &
Development
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FOD
FOF
FOG
FOIA
FONSI
FORSCOM
FOS
FOSC
FOUO
FOV
FPA
FPC
FPDL
FPEIS
FPF
FPG
FPI
FPL
FPMR
FPO
FPS
FR
FRA
FRB
FRC
FRCA
FRCM
FRD
Foreign Object Damage
Field Operating Facility
Field Operating (or Operations) Guide
Freedom of Information Act
Finding Of No Significant Impact
Forces Command
1) Family of Services
2) Federal Operations Support
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
For Official Use Only
Field Of View
Federal Preparedness Agency (obsolete)
1) Federal Power Commission
2) Federal Preparedness Circular
Fire Protection Demonstration Lab
Federal Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement
Federal Policy Fee
Federal Preparedness Guide
Floodplain Information Report
Florida Power & Light
Federal Property Management Regulation
1) Federal Preservation Officer
2) Flood Potential Outlook
Federal Protective Service
1) Federal Register
2) Field Reference
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve Board
1) Federal Records Center
2) Federal Regional Center
3) Federal Resource Coordinator
4) Federal Response Center
Findings Requiring Corrective Action
FEMA Regional Communications Manager
Formerly Restricted Data
106
FOD
FOF
FOG
FOIA
FONSI
FORSCOM
FOS
FOSC
FOUO
FOV
FPA
FPC
FPDL
FPEIS
FPF
FPG
FPI
FPL
FPMR
FPO
FPS
FR
FRA
FRB
FRC
FRCA
FRCM
FRD
Foreign Object Damage
Field Operating Facility
Field Operating (or Operations) Guide
Freedom of Information Act
Finding Of No Significant Impact
Forces Command
1) Family of Services
2) Federal Operations Support
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
For Official Use Only
Field Of View
Federal Preparedness Agency (obsolete)
1) Federal Power Commission
2) Federal Preparedness Circular
Fire Protection Demonstration Lab
Federal Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement
Federal Policy Fee
Federal Preparedness Guide
Floodplain Information Report
Florida Power & Light
Federal Property Management Regulation
1) Federal Preservation Officer
2) Flood Potential Outlook
Federal Protective Service
1) Federal Register
2) Field Reference
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Reserve Board
1) Federal Records Center
2) Federal Regional Center
3) Federal Resource Coordinator
4) Federal Response Center
Findings Requiring Corrective Action
FEMA Regional Communications Manager
Formerly Restricted Data
106
OEM
OEMA
OEMP
OEP
OER
OES
OET
OF
OFA
OFAC
OFDA
OFF
OFM
OFMA
OFO
OFSEP
OGAT
OGC
OGE
OHRM
OHS
OI
OIA
OIC
OIE
OIG
OIM
OIWG
OJCS
OJP
OJT
OLA
Office of Emergency Management
Ohio Emergency Management Agency
Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness
1) Occupant Emergency Plan
2) Office of Emergency Preparedness
Office of Emergency Response
Office of Emergency Services
Office of Emergency Transportation (DOT)
1) Office of Finance
2) Over-water Fetch (Line)
1) Office of Family Assistance
2) Other Federal Agency(ies)
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
Offshore Forecast
Office of Financial Management
Oklahoma Floodplain Management Association
Office of Field Operations
Office of Food Security and Emergency Preparedness
Official Government Acceptance Test
Office of General Counsel
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Human Resources Management
Office of Homeland Security (now HSC)
Office of Investigations
Office of International Affairs
1) Office of Interoperability & Compatibility
2) Officer in Charge
Office of International Enforcement
Office of the Inspector General
Office of Incident Management
Operational Intelligence Working Group
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Office of Justice Programs
On-the-Job Training
Office of Legislative Affairs
107
FRERP
FRID
FRMAC
FRMAP
FRMT
FRN
FRO
FRP
FRPCC
FRPG
FRS
FRSA
FRSSB
FRTIB
FRZ
FS
FSA
FSAR
FSB
FSC
FSD
FSDO
FSE
FSG
FSH
FSIS
Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Flood Risk Directory
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Center
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Plan
Field Radiological Monitoring Team
1) Federal Register Notice
2) Federal Reserve Note
3) FEMA Radio Network
Flood Response Office
Federal Response Plan (now NRP)
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating
Committee
Federal Response Planning Guidance
1) Federal Reserve System
2) Federal Response Subcommittee
Federal Railroad Safety Act
Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Flight Restricted Zone
1) Feasibility Study
2) [United States] Forest Service [ESF-4]
1) Farm Service Agency
2) Fire Suppression Assistance
3) Forward Staging Areas
Final Safety Analysis Report
Forward Support Base
1) Federal Support Center
2) FEMA Storage Center
1) Federal Security Director
2) Forensic Services Division
Flight Service District Office
Full-Scale Exercise
Financial Services Group
Forest Service Handbook
Food Safety and Inspection Service
FRERP
FRID
FRMAC
FRMAP
FRMT
FRN
FRO
FRP
FRPCC
FRPG
FRS
FRSA
FRSSB
FRTIB
FRZ
FS
FSA
FSAR
FSB
FSC
FSD
FSDO
FSE
FSG
FSH
FSIS
Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Flood Risk Directory
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Center
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Plan
Field Radiological Monitoring Team
1) Federal Register Notice
2) Federal Reserve Note
3) FEMA Radio Network
Flood Response Office
Federal Response Plan (now NRP)
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating
Committee
Federal Response Planning Guidance
1) Federal Reserve System
2) Federal Response Subcommittee
Federal Railroad Safety Act
Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Flight Restricted Zone
1) Feasibility Study
2) [United States] Forest Service [ESF-4]
1) Farm Service Agency
2) Fire Suppression Assistance
3) Forward Staging Areas
Final Safety Analysis Report
Forward Support Base
1) Federal Support Center
2) FEMA Storage Center
1) Federal Security Director
2) Forensic Services Division
Flight Service District Office
Full-Scale Exercise
Financial Services Group
Forest Service Handbook
Food Safety and Inspection Service
OLE
O&M
OMB
OMNCS
OMS
OMTPE
ONA
ONDCP
ONP
ONRA
OPA
OPAC
OPC
OPCOM
OPCON
OPDAT
OPERIOD
OPHS
OPLAN
OPM
OPPRED
OPR
OPREP
OPS
OPSEC
OPT
OPUS
OPW
ORCA
Object Linking and Embedding
Operations and Maintenance
Office of Management and Budget
Office of the Manager, National Communications
System
Operations Management Systems
Office of Mission to Planet Earth
Other Needs Assistance
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of National Preparedness
Office of National Risk Assessment
1) Office of Public Affairs
2) Oil Pollution Act
3) Otherwise Protected Area
On-Line Payments and Collection
Organizational Program Coordinators
Operational Command
Operational Control
Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance
and Training
Operational Period
Office of Public Health and Science
Operations Plan
Office of Personnel Management
Operation Predator
Office of Primary Responsibility
Operational Report
1) Office of Pipeline Safety
2) Office of Private Sector Liaison (formerly PSL)
3) Operational Planning System
4) Operations
Operations/Operational Security
Operations and Planning Team
Olympic Properties of the United States
Operational Planning Worksheet
Operational Readiness Capability Assessment
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FSIU
FSL
FSLIC
FSM
FSN
FSO
FSR
FSS
FSSA
F&STD
FSTS
FSVS
ft
FT
FTA
FTAA
FTC
FTD
FTE
ft/min
ft3/min
FTO
FTP
FTS
FTSS
FTTTF
FTX
FW
FWAN
FWCA
Field Support Intelligence Unit
Federal, State, Local
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federated States of Micronesia
1) Federal Stock Number
2) FEMA Switched Network
Free Space Optics
Financial Status Report
1) Family Support Services
2) Federal Supply Service
Flight School Security Awareness
Fire and Safety Test Detachment
Federal Secure Telephone System
FEMA Secure Video System
foot/feet
Full-Time
Federal Transit Administration
Free Trade Area of the Americas
1) Federal Trade Commission
2) Federal Training Coordinator
3) Field Team Coordinator
Federal Travel Directory
Full-Time Equivalent
feet per minute
cubic feet per minute
Foreign Terrorist Organizations
File Transfer Protocol
1) Federal Telecommunications
(or Telephone) System (or Service)
2) Forms Tracking System
Federal Training Support Staff
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force
Field Training Exercise
Fire Weather
FEMA Wide Area Network
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
108
FSIU
FSL
FSLIC
FSM
FSN
FSO
FSR
FSS
FSSA
F&STD
FSTS
FSVS
ft
FT
FTA
FTAA
FTC
FTD
FTE
ft/min
ft3/min
FTO
FTP
FTS
FTSS
FTTTF
FTX
FW
FWAN
FWCA
Field Support Intelligence Unit
Federal, State, Local
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federated States of Micronesia
1) Federal Stock Number
2) FEMA Switched Network
Free Space Optics
Financial Status Report
1) Family Support Services
2) Federal Supply Service
Flight School Security Awareness
Fire and Safety Test Detachment
Federal Secure Telephone System
FEMA Secure Video System
foot/feet
Full-Time
Federal Transit Administration
Free Trade Area of the Americas
1) Federal Trade Commission
2) Federal Training Coordinator
3) Field Team Coordinator
Federal Travel Directory
Full-Time Equivalent
feet per minute
cubic feet per minute
Foreign Terrorist Organizations
File Transfer Protocol
1) Federal Telecommunications
(or Telephone) System (or Service)
2) Forms Tracking System
Federal Training Support Staff
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force
Field Training Exercise
Fire Weather
FEMA Wide Area Network
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
108
ORD
OREMS
ORIA
ORISE
ORM
ORNL
ORO
OR&R
OS
OSC
OSCE
OSD
OSDBU
OSHA
OSINT
OSLGC&P
OSLTF
OSOCC
OST
OSTC
OSTP
OTAN
OTAR
OTBE
OTD
OTE or OT&E
OTR
1) Office of the Regional Director
2) Operational Requirements Document
Oak Ridge Evacuation Modeling System
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Other Regulated Materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Offsite Response Organization
Office of Regulations and Rulings
1) Operating System
2) Operations Support
1) On-Scene Coordinator (or Commander)
2) Operation Safe Commerce
3) Operations or Operational Support Center
Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe
1) Office of the Secretary of Defense
2) Operations Support Division
3) Operational Systems Document
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Open-Source Intelligence
Office of State and Local Government Coordination
and Preparedness
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
On-Site Operations Coordination Center
1) Office of the Secretary for Transportation
2) Operation Support Team
On-Scene Tactical Commander
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantlique Nord (NATO)
Over-The-Air Rekeying
Overtaken by events
Office of Training & Development
Operational Test and Evaluation
Office of Trade Relations
109
FWD
FWP
FWPCA
FWS
FY
FYHSP
FYI
FZ
FZDC
GA
GAAP
GAAS
GAAWG
GACC
GA/FBO
gal
GAMA
GANTSEC
GAO
GAR
GB
GBL
GBPS
GC
GCCS
GCE
GCF
GCO
GCOS
GCS
GDIN
GDNP
GDS
GDSS
GDT
Forward
Federal Women’s Program
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year
Future Years Homeland Security Program
For Your Information
Flood Zone
Flood Zone Determination Company
General Adjuster
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
General Aviation Airports Working Group
Geographic Area Coordination Center
General Aviation/Fixed-Base Operations
gallon
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Greater Antilles Section
General Accounting Office
Governor’s Authorized Representative
Gigabyte
Government/General Bill of Lading
Gigabytes Per Second
General Counsel (see also OGC)
Global Command and Communications System
Government Cost Estimate
Ground Concentration Factor
Grant Coordinating Officer
Global Climate Observing System
Ground Control Station
Global Disaster Information Network
Gross Domestic National Product
Geographic Display System
Global Decision Support System
Ground Data Terminal
FWD
FWP
FWPCA
FWS
FY
FYHSP
FYI
FZ
FZDC
GA
GAAP
GAAS
GAAWG
GACC
GA/FBO
gal
GAMA
GANTSEC
GAO
GAR
GB
GBL
GBPS
GC
GCCS
GCE
GCF
GCO
GCOS
GCS
GDIN
GDNP
GDS
GDSS
GDT
Forward
Federal Women’s Program
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year
Future Years Homeland Security Program
For Your Information
Flood Zone
Flood Zone Determination Company
General Adjuster
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
General Aviation Airports Working Group
Geographic Area Coordination Center
General Aviation/Fixed-Base Operations
gallon
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
Greater Antilles Section
General Accounting Office
Governor’s Authorized Representative
Gigabyte
Government/General Bill of Lading
Gigabytes Per Second
General Counsel (see also OGC)
Global Command and Communications System
Government Cost Estimate
Ground Concentration Factor
Grant Coordinating Officer
Global Climate Observing System
Ground Control Station
Global Disaster Information Network
Gross Domestic National Product
Geographic Display System
Global Decision Support System
Ground Data Terminal
OTRS
OTS
OTSP
OUC
OVC
OVI
OVP
OWMD
P&A
PA
PABX
PAC
PACAREA
PACC
PACOM
PAD
PADC
PADRE
PA&E
PAECE
PAG
PAH
PAHO
PAM
PA-NST
PANYNJ
PAO
Official Time Reporting System
Office of Thrift Supervision
Office of Transportation Security Policy
Orlando Utilities Company
Office for Victims of Crime
Office of Volunteerism Initiatives
Office of the Vice President
Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction
1) Price and Availability
2) Planning and Assessment
1) Principal Advisor
2) Programmatic Agreement
3) Public Address
4) Public Affairs
5) Public Assistance
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
1) Political Action Committee
2) Primary Agency Committee
3) Public Assistance Coordinator
Pacific Area
Patient Airlift Control Center
U.S. Pacific Command
Protective Action Decision
Patch Authentication and Dissemination Capability
Protective Action Dosage Reduction Estimator
Program Analysis and Evaluation
Protective Action Evaluator for Chemical
Emergencies
Protective Action Guide
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Pan American Health Organization
Pamphlet
Public Affairs - National Support Team
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
1) Pacific Area Office
2) Public Affairs Officer
3) Public Assistance Officer
110
Ge (Li)
GE
GEMA
GEMINI
GEMS
GETS
GeoTIFF
GFE
GFI
GFIP
GFIRST
GFM
GGI&S
GHAD
GI
GIL
GILS
GIS
GIWW
GLPAC
GLWRM
G-M
GM
GMDSS
GMF
GMO
GMR
GMT
GNIS
GOALS
GOES
Lithium Drifted Germanium
General Emergency
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
Global Emergency Management Information
Network Initiative
Global Emergency Management System
Government Emergency Telecommunications
System/Service
Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format
Government-Furnished Equipment
Government-Furnished Information
Group Flood Insurance Policy
Government Forum of Incident Response and
Security Team
1) Generic Financial Module (NEMIS)
2) Government-Furnished Material
Global Geospatial Information and Services
Geologic Hazard Abatement District
1) Geographic Information
2) Ground Infantry
Grant-In-Lieu
Government Information Locator Service,
Geographic Information System(s)
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
Great Lakes Wave Runup Model
Geiger-Mueller (radiation detector)
Guidance Memorandum
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Government Master File
genetically modified organism
Graduated Mobilization Response
Greenwich Mean Time (aka ZULU Time)
Geographic Names Information System
Government On-Line Accounting Link System
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
110
Ge (Li)
GE
GEMA
GEMINI
GEMS
GETS
GeoTIFF
GFE
GFI
GFIP
GFIRST
GFM
GGI&S
GHAD
GI
GIL
GILS
GIS
GIWW
GLPAC
GLWRM
G-M
GM
GMDSS
GMF
GMO
GMR
GMT
GNIS
GOALS
GOES
Lithium Drifted Germanium
General Emergency
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
Global Emergency Management Information
Network Initiative
Global Emergency Management System
Government Emergency Telecommunications
System/Service
Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format
Government-Furnished Equipment
Government-Furnished Information
Group Flood Insurance Policy
Government Forum of Incident Response and
Security Team
1) Generic Financial Module (NEMIS)
2) Government-Furnished Material
Global Geospatial Information and Services
Geologic Hazard Abatement District
1) Geographic Information
2) Ground Infantry
Grant-In-Lieu
Government Information Locator Service,
Geographic Information System(s)
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
Great Lakes Wave Runup Model
Geiger-Mueller (radiation detector)
Guidance Memorandum
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Government Master File
genetically modified organism
Graduated Mobilization Response
Greenwich Mean Time (aka ZULU Time)
Geographic Names Information System
Government On-Line Accounting Link System
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
110
PA-PRT
PAPR
PAR
PARADE
PARDOS
PART
PAs
PASS
PAT
PATRIOT
PAX
PAZ
PBA
PBCA
PBD
PBDS
PBRB
PBS
PBSIS
PBX
PC
PCC
PCCIP
PCE
PCERT
PCF
PCII
PCIIMS
PCIS
PCPT
PCR
Public Affairs - Planning Response Team
Powered Air Purifying Respirator
1) Performance & Accountability Report
2) Population at Risk
3) Protective Action Recommendation
4) Public Administration Review
Prevention, Advocacy, Resources and Data Exchange
Partial Dosage
Program Assessment Rating Tool (OMB)
Protective Actions
Partners Assuring Safer Schools
Process Action Team
(see USA PATRIOT [Act])
Passengers
Protective Action Zone
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Pine Bluff Chemical Activity
Program Budget Decision
Prototype Biological Detection System
Program Budget Review Board
1) Public Building Service
2) Public Broadcasting System
Public Building Service Information System
Phone (or Private) Bank Exchange
Personal Computer
Policy Coordinating Committee
President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Programmatic Categorical Exclusion
Preliminary Computer Evidence Recovery Training
Patient Care Form
Protected Critical Infrastructure Information
PCII Management System
Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security
Pasco County Public Transportation (Florida)
polymerase chain reaction
111
GOGO
GOSC
GOTS
GOV
GPL
GPLD
GPM
GPMRC
GPO
GPRA
GPS
GRASS
GRP
GRS
GS
GSA
GSAAR
GSACR
GSE
GST
GTA
GTM
GTR
GTS
GUI
GVO
GWA
h (also hr)
HA
HADT
Government-Owned, Government-Operated
Global Operations Security Center
Government Off-The-Shelf
Government Owned Vehicle
1) General Population Level
2) General Population Limit
Government Property Lost or Damaged
gallons per minute
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
Government Printing Office
Government Performance and Results Act
Global Positioning System
Geographic Resources Analysis and Support System
Grant Reporting Portal
Geodetic Reference System
1) General Schedule
2) Geological Survey
3) Geo-Stationary
General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation
GSA Communications Representative
Government-Sponsored Enterprise
Ground Support Team
1) Government Travel Account
2) Government Travel Authorization
Government Technical Monitor
1) Government Technical Representative
2) Government Transportation Request
Global Telecommunications System
Geographical User Interface
Green Vinyl Overboot
Government Wide Accounting
hour
Housing Assistance
Hawaiian Daylight Time (GMT - 9)
GOGO
GOSC
GOTS
GOV
GPL
GPLD
GPM
GPMRC
GPO
GPRA
GPS
GRASS
GRP
GRS
GS
GSA
GSAAR
GSACR
GSE
GST
GTA
GTM
GTR
GTS
GUI
GVO
GWA
h (also hr)
HA
HADT
Government-Owned, Government-Operated
Global Operations Security Center
Government Off-The-Shelf
Government Owned Vehicle
1) General Population Level
2) General Population Limit
Government Property Lost or Damaged
gallons per minute
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
Government Printing Office
Government Performance and Results Act
Global Positioning System
Geographic Resources Analysis and Support System
Grant Reporting Portal
Geodetic Reference System
1) General Schedule
2) Geological Survey
3) Geo-Stationary
General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation
GSA Communications Representative
Government-Sponsored Enterprise
Ground Support Team
1) Government Travel Account
2) Government Travel Authorization
Government Technical Monitor
1) Government Technical Representative
2) Government Transportation Request
Global Telecommunications System
Geographical User Interface
Green Vinyl Overboot
Government Wide Accounting
hour
Housing Assistance
Hawaiian Daylight Time (GMT - 9)
PCS
PCT
PCTARE
P&D
PD
PDA
PDASH
PDC
PDD
PDF
PDM
PDOP
PDS
PDSI
PDT
PE
PEA
PEAD
PEDS
PEF
PEG
PEL
PEMA
PEO
1) Permanent Change of Station
2) Personal Communications Service
1) Polk County Transit (Florida)
2) Program Control Team
Personal Computer Time and Attendance Remote
Entry
Production and Development
1) Paid
2) Per Diem
3) Police Department
4) Policy Directive
5) Position Description
6) Presidential Declaration
1) Personal Data Assistant
2) Preliminary Damage Assessment
3) Pueblo Depot Activity
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
1) Pacific Disaster Center
2) Personnel Data Card
Presidential Decision Directive
1) Probability Density Function
2) Portable Document Format
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (including Grant Program)
Position Dilution of Precision
Personnel Decontamination Station
Palmer Drought Severity Index
Pacific Daylight Time (GMT - 7)
Professional Engineer
Programmatic Environmental Assessment
Presidential Emergency Action Document
Portable Emergency Data System
Progress Energy Florida
1) Performance Evaluation Group
2) Performance Evaluation Guide
Permissible Exposure Limit
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Public Education and Outreach
112
HAG
HAI
HALE
HAN
HARN
HARTline
HAST
HAWAS
HAZMAT
HAZMIN
HAZMIT
HAZUS
HAZUS-MH
HAZWOPER
HBX
HC
HCF
HCFA
HCO
HCTS
HD
Hdbks
HDD
HDP
HE
HEAR
HEC
HEICS
HELP
HEMP
HEPA
HERN
Highest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Human Affairs International
High Altitude Long Endurance (see also MALE)
Health Alert Network
High Accuracy Reference Network
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(Florida)
1) Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT - 10)
2) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team
Hawaiian Warning System
Hazardous Material(s)
Hazard Minimization
Hazard Mitigation
Hazards – United States
Hazards - United States (Multi-Hazard)
Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency
Response
High-Blast Explosive
Health Canada
Height Correction Factor
Health Care Financing Administration
Human Capital Office
Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security
Hurricane Day
Handbooks
Heating Degree Days
Hurricane Destruction Potential
High Explosive
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio
Hydrologic Engineering Center
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
Health Emergencies in Large Populations
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
High Efficiency Particulate Air (as in filters)
Hospital Emergency Radio Network
112
HAG
HAI
HALE
HAN
HARN
HARTline
HAST
HAWAS
HAZMAT
HAZMIN
HAZMIT
HAZUS
HAZUS-MH
HAZWOPER
HBX
HC
HCF
HCFA
HCO
HCTS
HD
Hdbks
HDD
HDP
HE
HEAR
HEC
HEICS
HELP
HEMP
HEPA
HERN
Highest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Human Affairs International
High Altitude Long Endurance (see also MALE)
Health Alert Network
High Accuracy Reference Network
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
(Florida)
1) Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT - 10)
2) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team
Hawaiian Warning System
Hazardous Material(s)
Hazard Minimization
Hazard Mitigation
Hazards – United States
Hazards - United States (Multi-Hazard)
Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency
Response
High-Blast Explosive
Health Canada
Height Correction Factor
Health Care Financing Administration
Human Capital Office
Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security
Hurricane Day
Handbooks
Heating Degree Days
Hurricane Destruction Potential
High Explosive
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio
Hydrologic Engineering Center
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
Health Emergencies in Large Populations
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
High Efficiency Particulate Air (as in filters)
Hospital Emergency Radio Network
112
PEOC
PEP
PEPAC
PERI
PERT
PFA
PFO
PFOR
PFT
PG
PH
PHILIS
PHRBAE
PHS
P&I
PI
PIA
PIADC
PIAT
PIC
PIF
PIN
PINS
PIO
PIPS
PIR
Pkg
PKI
PL
President’s Emergency Operations Center
1) Prepositioned Equipment Program
2) Primary Entry Point
3) Professional Excellence Program
Primary Entry Point Advisory Committee
Public Entity Risk Institute
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
1) Primary Federal Agency
2) Procurement Funding Authority
Principal Federal Official
Principal Federal Official’s Representative
Permanent Full-Time
Planning Group
Public Health
Portable High-Throughput Integrated Laboratory
Identification System
Public Health Readiness for Biological Agent Event
Public Health Service
Protection and Indemnity
Project Inspector
Privacy Impact Assessment
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Public Information Assist Team
1) Pilot In Charge
2) Pressurized Ion Chamber
Policies In Force
Personal Identification Number
Personnel In Need of Supervision
Public Information Officer
Pre-Incident Planning System
1) Post Implementation Review
2) Priority Intelligence Requirement
Package
Public Key Infrastructure
1) Preparedness Level
2) Public Law (also abbreviated as P.L.)
113
HERT
HES
HET
HEU
HEW
HF
HF/SSB
H&H
HHA
HHC
HHD
HHMD
HHS
HHSEOC
HIC
HIDTA
HIP
HIPAA
HIRA
HITRON
HL
HLS
HLT
HLW
HM
HMAC
HMC
HME
HMEP
HMGP
HMIX
Hospital Emergency Response Team
Hurricane Evacuation Study
Headquarters Emergency Transportation
Highly Enriched Uranium
Health, Education, and Welfare
1) High Frequency
2) hydrogen fluoride
High Frequency / Single Side Band
1) Hydraulics and Hydrology
2) Hydrologic and Hydraulic (Analyses)
High Hazard Area
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
Hand-Held Metal Detector
Health and Human Services, Department of ESF-8]
Health and Human Services Emergency Operations
Center
Hydrologist-in-Charge
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Housing Improvement Program
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
1) Hotline
2) Help Line
1) Hurricane Local Statement
2) Homeland Security
Hurricane Liaison Team
High-Level Waste
1) Hazard Mitigation
2) Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council
Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Health, Medical, and Environmental
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness
Hazard Mitigation Grants Program
Hazardous Materials Information Exchange
HERT
HES
HET
HEU
HEW
HF
HF/SSB
H&H
HHA
HHC
HHD
HHMD
HHS
HHSEOC
HIC
HIDTA
HIP
HIPAA
HIRA
HITRON
HL
HLS
HLT
HLW
HM
HMAC
HMC
HME
HMEP
HMGP
HMIX
Hospital Emergency Response Team
Hurricane Evacuation Study
Headquarters Emergency Transportation
Highly Enriched Uranium
Health, Education, and Welfare
1) High Frequency
2) hydrogen fluoride
High Frequency / Single Side Band
1) Hydraulics and Hydrology
2) Hydrologic and Hydraulic (Analyses)
High Hazard Area
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
Hand-Held Metal Detector
Health and Human Services, Department of ESF-8]
Health and Human Services Emergency Operations
Center
Hydrologist-in-Charge
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Housing Improvement Program
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron
1) Hotline
2) Help Line
1) Hurricane Local Statement
2) Homeland Security
Hurricane Liaison Team
High-Level Waste
1) Hazard Mitigation
2) Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council
Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Health, Medical, and Environmental
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness
Hazard Mitigation Grants Program
Hazardous Materials Information Exchange
PL 93-288
PLA
PLC
PLSS
PLUMIS
PM
PMA
PMCS
PMG
PMO
PMP
PMR
PMS
PN
PNE
PNOV
PNP
PNR
PNV
PO
POA
POC
POD
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (as amended)
Principal Legal Advisor
Pacific Logistics Center
[United States] Public Land Survey System
(See PIADC [Plum Island])
1) Postmaster
2) Post Meridiem
3) Program Manager
4) Project Monitor
President’s Management Agenda
Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services
Program Monitoring Group
Property Management Officer
Performance Monitoring Plan
1) Patient Movement Request
2) Physical Map Revision
1) Payments Management System
2) Program Management System
1) Part Number
2) Project Number
Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
Preliminary Notice of Violation
Private Non-Profit
Passenger Name Record
Present Net Value
1) Personnel Office
2) Privacy Office
3) Post Office
4) Project Officer
5) Purchase Officer
6) Purchase Order
Point of Arrival
Point of Contact
1) Point of Departure
2) Point of Distribution
114
HMMWV
HMRU
HMST
HMTA
HMTAP
HMTUSA
HNAT
HOB
HOH
HOO
HOPWA
HOTMAC
HP
HPAC
HPC
HPRP
HPSI
HPT
HQ
HQDA
HQUSACE
HR
HRCQ
HRD
HRDI
HRMS
HRPT
HRT
HRV
Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
Hazardous Materials Response Unit (FBI)
Hazard Mitigation Survey Team
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program
(or Plan)
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform
Safety Act
Human Needs Assessment Team
Height of Burst
Head Of Household
[NRC] Headquarters Operations Officer
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
High Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric
Circulation
1) Hewlett-Packard
2) Historic Preservation
3) Hurricane Program
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
Home Protection Roofing Program
High Pressure Safety Injection
Health Physics Technician
Headquarters
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers
1) Home Repair
2) House of Representatives
3) Human Resources
Highway Route Controlled Quantity
Human Resources Division
High Resolution Doppler Imager
Human Resources Management System
High Resolution Picture Transmission
Hostage Rescue Team
Human Rights Violator/Violation
114
HMMWV
HMRU
HMST
HMTA
HMTAP
HMTUSA
HNAT
HOB
HOH
HOO
HOPWA
HOTMAC
HP
HPAC
HPC
HPRP
HPSI
HPT
HQ
HQDA
HQUSACE
HR
HRCQ
HRD
HRDI
HRMS
HRPT
HRT
HRV
Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
Hazardous Materials Response Unit (FBI)
Hazard Mitigation Survey Team
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program
(or Plan)
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform
Safety Act
Human Needs Assessment Team
Height of Burst
Head Of Household
[NRC] Headquarters Operations Officer
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS
High Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric
Circulation
1) Hewlett-Packard
2) Historic Preservation
3) Hurricane Program
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
Home Protection Roofing Program
High Pressure Safety Injection
Health Physics Technician
Headquarters
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers
1) Home Repair
2) House of Representatives
3) Human Resources
Highway Route Controlled Quantity
Human Resources Division
High Resolution Doppler Imager
Human Resources Management System
High Resolution Picture Transmission
Hostage Rescue Team
Human Rights Violator/Violation
114
POE
POES
POI
POL
POLF
POLREP
POR
POTS
POTUS
POV
PP
PPA
PPB
PPBES
PPBM
PPBS
PPC
PPCBP
PPDS
PPE
PPFRP
PPG
PPI
PPM
PPN
PPR
PR
PRA
1) Point of Entry
2) Port-of-Entry
Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
1) Plan of Instruction
2) Program of Instruction
Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants
Points of Light Foundation
Pollution Report
Point(s) of Review
Plain Old Telephone Service
President of the United States
Personal/Privately Owned Vehicle
1) Pay Period
2) Personal Property
3) Personal Protection
Performance Partnership Agreement
Plans, Programs and Budget
Planning, Programming and Budgeting Execution
System
Positive Passenger Baggage Match
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
Prevention and Preparedness Council
Prickly Pear Cactus Burning Program
Pre-Positioned Disaster Supplies
1) Pay Period Ending
2) Personal Protective Equipment
Prepared and Perishable Food Rescue Program
Program Planning Guidance
Preliminary (or Pre-) Placement Interview
1) Parts Per Million
2) Printer/Plotter Module
3) Program Performance Monitoring
Passport Number
Prior Permission Required
Public Relations
1) Paperwork Reduction Act
2) Patient Reporting Activity
115
HS
HSAC
HSARPA
HSAS
HSC
HSDN
HSEEP
HSIA
HSIN
HSIPP
HSLD
HSO
HSOC
HSPCD
HSPD
HSS
HSTF
HSTTIG
HSUS
HTGR
HTML
HUB
HUD
HUG
HUMINT
HURCON
HUREVAC
HVA
HVAC
HVT
1) Homeland Security
2) Human Services
Homeland Security Advisory Council
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency
Homeland Security Advisory System
1) Health Service Command
2) Homeland Security Center
3) Homeland Security Council (formerly OHS)
High Seas Drift Nets
Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program
Homeland Security Industry Alliance
Homeland Security Information Network (see JRIES)
Homeland Security Integrated Planning Process
Historic Shoreline Location Database
Human Services Officer
Homeland Security Operations Center
Historic Shoreline Positional Change Database
Homeland Security Presidential Directive
1) Health Service Support
2) Hyperspectral Sensor System
Homeland Security Task Force
Homeland Security Terrorist Threat Intelligence
Group
The Humane Society of the United States
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
HyperText Markup Language
Historically Underutilized Business
Housing and Urban Development, Department of
HAZUS User Group
Human Intelligence
Hurricane Condition
Hurricane Evacuation
Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
High Value Target
HS
HSAC
HSARPA
HSAS
HSC
HSDN
HSEEP
HSIA
HSIN
HSIPP
HSLD
HSO
HSOC
HSPCD
HSPD
HSS
HSTF
HSTTIG
HSUS
HTGR
HTML
HUB
HUD
HUG
HUMINT
HURCON
HUREVAC
HVA
HVAC
HVT
1) Homeland Security
2) Human Services
Homeland Security Advisory Council
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency
Homeland Security Advisory System
1) Health Service Command
2) Homeland Security Center
3) Homeland Security Council (formerly OHS)
High Seas Drift Nets
Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program
Homeland Security Industry Alliance
Homeland Security Information Network (see JRIES)
Homeland Security Integrated Planning Process
Historic Shoreline Location Database
Human Services Officer
Homeland Security Operations Center
Historic Shoreline Positional Change Database
Homeland Security Presidential Directive
1) Health Service Support
2) Hyperspectral Sensor System
Homeland Security Task Force
Homeland Security Terrorist Threat Intelligence
Group
The Humane Society of the United States
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
HyperText Markup Language
Historically Underutilized Business
Housing and Urban Development, Department of
HAZUS User Group
Human Intelligence
Hurricane Condition
Hurricane Evacuation
Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
High Value Target
PRB
PRC
PRER
PRIME POWER
PRISM
PROFLOW
PROTECT
PRP
PRS
PRT
PS
PSA
PSAMS
PSAPs
PSAT
PSB
PSD
PSEPC
PSGP
PSI
PSIA
PSIG
PSL
PSMA
PSN
PSO
PSR
Procurement Review Board
1) Peoples Republic of China
2) Postal Rate Commission
3) Presidential Reserve Call-up
Peacetime Radiological Emergency Response
USACE Engineer Battalion
Performance and Registration Information Systems
Management
Procedural Flow
Program for Response Options and Technology
Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism
1) Personnel Reliability Program
2) Preferred Risk Policy
Primary Receiving Site
Planning and Response Team
Program Support
1) Patient Staging Area
2) Port Security Assessment
3) Public Service Announcement
Personnel Security Activity Management System
Public Safety Answering Points
Protective Security Assistance Teams
Planning Support Branch
1) Plastic Sphere Dispenser
2) Protective Security Division
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Port Security Grant Program
1) Pounds (of pressure) per Square Inch
2) Proliferation Security Initiative
Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
Private Sector Liaison
Pre-Scripted Mission Assignment
Public Switched Network
Private Sector (Liaison) Office
1) Personal Service Radio
2) Power Soft Report
116
HWC
HWL
HWM
HWR
Hz
I
IA
IAA
IAB
IAC
IACG
IACNDR
IACP
IAE
IAEA
IAEM
IAFC
IAFF
IAFIS
IAG
IAI
IAIP
IAM
IAO
IAP
IARLJ
Health and Welfare Canada
High Water Line
High Water Mark
Heavy Water Reactor
Hertz (cycle per second)
1) Individual/Family
2) Iodine Exposure Intensity
1) In and Around
2) Individual Assistance
3) Information Analysis
4) Information Assurance
5) Inter-agency
6) Internal Affairs
7) International Affairs (see OIA)
Interagency Agreement
Interagency Board
(DoD) Information Analysis Center
Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide
Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster
Reduction
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Integrated Acquisition Environment
(eGovernment Initiative)
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Association of Emergency Managers
International Association of Fire Chiefs
International Association of Fire Fighters
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System
Interagency Advisory Group
International Association for Identifications
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
[DHS Directorate]
Incident Activity Manager
Individual Assistance Officer
Incident Action Plan
International Association of Refugee Law Judges
116
HWC
HWL
HWM
HWR
Hz
I
IA
IAA
IAB
IAC
IACG
IACNDR
IACP
IAE
IAEA
IAEM
IAFC
IAFF
IAFIS
IAG
IAI
IAIP
IAM
IAO
IAP
IARLJ
Health and Welfare Canada
High Water Line
High Water Mark
Heavy Water Reactor
Hertz (cycle per second)
1) Individual/Family
2) Iodine Exposure Intensity
1) In and Around
2) Individual Assistance
3) Information Analysis
4) Information Assurance
5) Inter-agency
6) Internal Affairs
7) International Affairs (see OIA)
Interagency Agreement
Interagency Board
(DoD) Information Analysis Center
Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide
Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster
Reduction
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Integrated Acquisition Environment
(eGovernment Initiative)
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Association of Emergency Managers
International Association of Fire Chiefs
International Association of Fire Fighters
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification
System
Interagency Advisory Group
International Association for Identifications
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
[DHS Directorate]
Incident Activity Manager
Individual Assistance Officer
Incident Action Plan
International Association of Refugee Law Judges
116
PSRC
PSS
PST
PSTA
PSU
PSWAC
PSWN
PT
PT&E
PTI
PTR
PTSD
PTWC
PUCA
PUCD
PUD
PUDA
PUP
PUREX
PVA
PVCS
PVO
PW
PWD
PWR
PZ
Q3
QA
Q&A
QA/QC
QAPP
Presidential Selected Reserve Call-up
Physical Security Specialist
Pacific Standard Time (GMT - 8)
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (Florida)
Port Security Unit(s)
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee
Public Safety Wireless Network
Part-Time
Preparedness, Training, and Exercises
[Directorate] (obsolete)
1) Positive Threat Identification
2) Public Technology, Inc.
Property Transfer Report
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Pueblo Chemical Activity
Pueblo Chemical Depot
Planned Unit Development
Pueblo Depot Activity
Principal User Processor
Plutonium Uranium Extraction
Port Vulnerability Assessment
Polyton Version Configuration System
Private Voluntary (or Volunteer) Organization
Project Worksheet
Persons with Disabilities
1) Power
2) Pressurized Water Reactor
Precautionary Zone
Quality Level 3; refers to a digital version of a Flood
Insurance Rate Map (note: Q3 Data refers to the
flood zone information represented on the map)
Quality Assurance
Question(s) and Answer(s)
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Quality Assurance Project Plan
117
IARR
IASIR
IAT
IATA
IATBOG
IAW
IBA
IBAD
IBC
IBD
IBDS
IBET
IBHS
IBIS
IBS
IBT
IBWA
IC
ICAF
ICAO
ICAP
ICBM
ICC
ICCB
ICCOH
ICD
Interagency Resource Representative
International Association of Security and
Investigative Regulators
Incident Assessment Team
International Air Transport Association
Interagency Airtankers Base Operations Guide
In accordance with
Incident Business Advisor
Interim Biological Agent Detector
International Broadcast Center
Improvised Biological Device
Integrated Biological Detection System
Integrated Border Enforcement Team
Institute for Business and Home Safety
Interagency Border Inspection System
Integrated Baseline System
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Bottled Water Association
1) Incident Command/Commander
2) Information Collection
3) Intelligence Community
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
International Civil Aviation Organization
Incident Communications Action Plan
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
1) Incident Command Center
2) Increased Cost of Compliance
3) Intelligence Control Center
4) International Code Council
Intergovernmental Consultation and Coordination
Board(s)
Interagency Coordinating Committee On Hurricanes
1) Improvised Chemical Device
2) Infrastructure Coordination Division
3) Institute of Chemical Defense
IARR
IASIR
IAT
IATA
IATBOG
IAW
IBA
IBAD
IBC
IBD
IBDS
IBET
IBHS
IBIS
IBS
IBT
IBWA
IC
ICAF
ICAO
ICAP
ICBM
ICC
ICCB
ICCOH
ICD
Interagency Resource Representative
International Association of Security and
Investigative Regulators
Incident Assessment Team
International Air Transport Association
Interagency Airtankers Base Operations Guide
In accordance with
Incident Business Advisor
Interim Biological Agent Detector
International Broadcast Center
Improvised Biological Device
Integrated Biological Detection System
Integrated Border Enforcement Team
Institute for Business and Home Safety
Interagency Border Inspection System
Integrated Baseline System
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
International Bottled Water Association
1) Incident Command/Commander
2) Information Collection
3) Intelligence Community
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
International Civil Aviation Organization
Incident Communications Action Plan
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
1) Incident Command Center
2) Increased Cost of Compliance
3) Intelligence Control Center
4) International Code Council
Intergovernmental Consultation and Coordination
Board(s)
Interagency Coordinating Committee On Hurricanes
1) Improvised Chemical Device
2) Infrastructure Coordination Division
3) Institute of Chemical Defense
QBE
QBO
QC
QD
QFR
QRC
QRS
QRT
QSI
QT
QTF
QTY
QUF6
R
RA
RAA
RAAW
RAC
RAC AC
RACES
RAD
RADCON
RADEF
RADIAC
RADID
RADLAB
Rad/Nuc
RADNUC
Query By Example
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
Quality Control
Quantity/Distance
Questions for the Record (affiliated with OLA)
Quick Reaction Checklist
Quick Response System
Quick Response Team
Quality Step Increase
Total Activity Released
Quantitative Temperature Forecast
Quantity
Uranium Hexafluoride Inventory
Roentgen
1) Risk Assessment
2) Regional Administrator
1) Radiological Accident Assessment
2) Regional Airline Association
3) Request for Allocation Advice
Request for Allocation Advice Worksheet
1) Reception and Care
2) Regional Assistance Committee
3) Remedial Action Coordinator
Regional Assistance Committee Advisory Council
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services
1) Radiation-Absorbed Dose
2) Radiological
3) Resource Allocation Decision
Radiological Control (Team)
Radiological Defense
Radioactivity Detection, Indication, and
Computation
Radar Information Display
Radiological Laboratory
Radiological/Nuclear
Radiological/ Nuclear Enforcement
118
ICE
ICER
ICF
ICGP
ICIMPP
ICISF
ICITAP
ICMA
ICMOP
ICODS
ICP
ICPACC
ICPAE
ICPO
ICPS
ICRC
ICRP
ICS
ICSSC
ICU
ICWW
ID
1) Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of (also called BICE)
2) Interoperable Communications Equipment
Incident Communications Emergency Reference
1) Incident Command Facility
2) Insulating Concrete Forms
Interoperable Communications Grant Program
Integrated Civilian Industrial Mobilization Planning
Process
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
International Criminal Investigative Training
Assistance Program
International City/County Management
Association
Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan
Interagency Committee on Dam Safety
1) Incident Command Post
2) Information Collection Plan
3) Integrated Cargo Processing
Incident Communications Public Affairs
Coordination Committee
Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in
Emergencies
(see INTERPOL)
Integrated Card Production System
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Commission on Radiological
Protection
1) Incident Command System
2) Initial Contingency Staff
Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in
Construction
1) Information Coordination Unit
2) Incident Crisis Unit
3) Intensive Care Unit
Intracoastal Waterway
1) Identification credentials
2) Infectious Disease
118
ICE
ICER
ICF
ICGP
ICIMPP
ICISF
ICITAP
ICMA
ICMOP
ICODS
ICP
ICPACC
ICPAE
ICPO
ICPS
ICRC
ICRP
ICS
ICSSC
ICU
ICWW
ID
1) Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of (also called BICE)
2) Interoperable Communications Equipment
Incident Communications Emergency Reference
1) Incident Command Facility
2) Insulating Concrete Forms
Interoperable Communications Grant Program
Integrated Civilian Industrial Mobilization Planning
Process
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
International Criminal Investigative Training
Assistance Program
International City/County Management
Association
Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan
Interagency Committee on Dam Safety
1) Incident Command Post
2) Information Collection Plan
3) Integrated Cargo Processing
Incident Communications Public Affairs
Coordination Committee
Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in
Emergencies
(see INTERPOL)
Integrated Card Production System
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Commission on Radiological
Protection
1) Incident Command System
2) Initial Contingency Staff
Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in
Construction
1) Information Coordination Unit
2) Incident Crisis Unit
3) Intensive Care Unit
Intracoastal Waterway
1) Identification credentials
2) Infectious Disease
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RAIC
RAID
RAM
RAMAC
RAMCAP
RAM-D
RAMOS
RAMP
RAMPID
RAMPREP
RAMT
RAMTAR
RAP
RAPID
RAPS
RAPTAD
RAR
RARE
RART
RASCAL
RASS
RAT
RAWG
RAWN
RAWS
Resident Agent in Charge
1) Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection
2) Redundant Array of Independent Disks
1) Radiological/Radioactive Material
2) Random-Access Memory
3) Remedial Action Manager
Random Access Method Accounting Control
Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset
Protection
Risk Assessment Methodology for Dams
Remote Automated Meteorological Observing
System
Remedial Action Management Program
Remedial Action Management Program Issue
Database
Remedial Action Management Program Report
Radiological Assessment Medical Team
Radiological Material Transportation Accident
Response
1) Radiological Assistance Program
2) Remedial Action Project
3) Resource Allocation Plan
Recovery Assistance Programs Information and
Delivery
Refugees, Asylum and Parole System (DHS
program, affiliated with CIS)
Random Particle Transport And Diffusion
Regional Analysis and Recommendation
Roadless Area Review and Evaluation
Regional Assessment and Response Team
Radiological Assessment System for Consequence
Analysis
Radio Acoustic Sounding System
Radiological Assistance Team
Rapid Assessment Work Group
Radar Wind Sounding
1) Remote Automated Weather Station
2) Remote Automated Weather System
119
IDE
IDEM
IDENT
IDEX
IDIQ
IDLH
IDP
IDPP
IDR
IDS
IE
IEA
IEC
IED
IEMA
IEMC
IEMG
IEMIS
IEMS
IEP
IEVS
IF
IFALPA
IFB
IFG
IFGP
IFLOWS
IFMIS
IFPA
Intrusion Detection Equipment [see IDS]
Iowa Department of Emergency Management
Automated Biometric Fingerprint Identification
System
Image Data Exploitation (System)
Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
Immediate Danger to Life and/or Health
Imagery-Derived Product
Infectious Disease Prevention Program
Institute for Disaster Research
1) Information Display System
2) Integrated Deepwater System
3) Intrusion Detection System
Initial Elevation (Line)
1) Immigration Enforcement Agent
2) International Energy Agency
1) InterExchange Carrier
2) Integrated Exploitation Capability
1) Improvised Explosive Device
2) Incendiary Explosive Device
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Integrated Emergency Management Course
International Emergency Management Group
Integrated Emergency Management Information
System
Integrated Emergency Management System
Ingestion Exposure Pathway
Income Eligibility Verification System
Inland Fetch (Line)
International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
Invitation for Bid
Individual and Family Grant
Individual and Family Grant Program
Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System
Integrated Financial Management Information
System
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
IDE
IDEM
IDENT
IDEX
IDIQ
IDLH
IDP
IDPP
IDR
IDS
IE
IEA
IEC
IED
IEMA
IEMC
IEMG
IEMIS
IEMS
IEP
IEVS
IF
IFALPA
IFB
IFG
IFGP
IFLOWS
IFMIS
IFPA
Intrusion Detection Equipment [see IDS]
Iowa Department of Emergency Management
Automated Biometric Fingerprint Identification
System
Image Data Exploitation (System)
Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
Immediate Danger to Life and/or Health
Imagery-Derived Product
Infectious Disease Prevention Program
Institute for Disaster Research
1) Information Display System
2) Integrated Deepwater System
3) Intrusion Detection System
Initial Elevation (Line)
1) Immigration Enforcement Agent
2) International Energy Agency
1) InterExchange Carrier
2) Integrated Exploitation Capability
1) Improvised Explosive Device
2) Incendiary Explosive Device
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Integrated Emergency Management Course
International Emergency Management Group
Integrated Emergency Management Information
System
Integrated Emergency Management System
Ingestion Exposure Pathway
Income Eligibility Verification System
Inland Fetch (Line)
International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
Invitation for Bid
Individual and Family Grant
Individual and Family Grant Program
Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System
Integrated Financial Management Information
System
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc.
RBAC
RBCDS
RBCS
RC
RCA
RCAC
RCBAP
RCC
RC&D
RCDCB
RCF
RCM
RCP
RCRA
RCS
RCT
RCV
R&D
RD
RDB
RDBMS
RDC
RDD
Role-Based Access Control
Rural Business and Cooperative Development
Program
Rural Business Cooperative Service
1) Reception Center
2) Recovery Center
3) Red Cross (also ARC)
4) Reserve Component
1) Radiological Control Area
2) Riparian Conservation Area
3) Rural Community Assistance
Red Cross Assistance Center
Residential Condominium Building Association
Policy
1) Reception and Congregate Care
2) Regional Climate Center
3) Rescue Coordination Center
Resource Conservation and Development
Regional Civil Defense Coordinating Board
Release Conversion Factor
Radar-Coded Message
1) Regional Contingency Plan
2) Regional Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
1) Reports Control System
2) Reactor Coolant System
Response Coordination Team
Replacement Cost Value
Research and Development
1) Regional Director
2) Restricted Data
Resource Database
Relational Database Management System
Regional Disaster Coordinator
Radiological Dispersion/Dispersal Device
120
IFR
IFSAR
IFTP
IG
IGE
IGPT
IH
IHC
IHD
IHE
IHMT
IHOG
IHP
IHS
IIC
IICT
IIFC
III
IIMG
IIOM
IIPLR
IIPO
IIS
IIT
IITP
ILE
ILEA
ILS
IMA
IMAAC
1) Instrument Flight Rules
2) Interim Final Rule
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Internet Forensic Training Program
1) Inspector General (see also OIG)
2) Instructor Guide
Independent Government Estimate
Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
1) Inhalation
2) Intense Hurricane
1) Interagency Hotshot Crew
2) International Hurricane Center
Intense Hurricane Day
Insensitive High Explosive
Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team
Interagency Helicopter Operation Guide
Individuals and Households Program
Indian Health Service
1) Interagency Intelligence Cell
2) Investigator in Charge
Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism
Information/Intelligence Fusion Center
Interstate Identification Index
Interagency Incident Management Group
Install, Integrate, Operate, and Maintain
Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction
Information Integration Program Office
[Microsoft] Internet Information Server
Incident Investigation Team
Internet Investigations Training Program
Installations, Logistics & Environment
International Law Enforcement Academy
Integrated Logistics Support
Individual Mobilization Augmentee
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment
Center
120
IFR
IFSAR
IFTP
IG
IGE
IGPT
IH
IHC
IHD
IHE
IHMT
IHOG
IHP
IHS
IIC
IICT
IIFC
III
IIMG
IIOM
IIPLR
IIPO
IIS
IIT
IITP
ILE
ILEA
ILS
IMA
IMAAC
1) Instrument Flight Rules
2) Interim Final Rule
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
Internet Forensic Training Program
1) Inspector General (see also OIG)
2) Instructor Guide
Independent Government Estimate
Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
1) Inhalation
2) Intense Hurricane
1) Interagency Hotshot Crew
2) International Hurricane Center
Intense Hurricane Day
Insensitive High Explosive
Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team
Interagency Helicopter Operation Guide
Individuals and Households Program
Indian Health Service
1) Interagency Intelligence Cell
2) Investigator in Charge
Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism
Information/Intelligence Fusion Center
Interstate Identification Index
Interagency Incident Management Group
Install, Integrate, Operate, and Maintain
Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction
Information Integration Program Office
[Microsoft] Internet Information Server
Incident Investigation Team
Internet Investigations Training Program
Installations, Logistics & Environment
International Law Enforcement Academy
Integrated Logistics Support
Individual Mobilization Augmentee
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment
Center
120
RDO
RDOS
RDS
RDT
RDTE
RE
REA
REAC
REACT
REAC/TS
READI
REC
RECA
RECAT
RECC
RECD
RECON
RECP
RECS
REDI
REDAM
REDCAP
REL
REM
REMS
REMT
RENC
REO
1) Radiological Defense Officer
2) Regional Director’s Office
3) Regional Disaster Office
4) Regional Duty Officer
5) Regular Day Off
Real-Time Disk Operating System
Remote Delivery Site
Rapid Deployment Team
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Real Estate
1) Radioactive Emergency Area
2) Rural Electrification Administration
Radiation or Radiological Emergency Assistance
Center
Radio Emergency Assistance (or associated)
Communications Team
Radiological (or Radiation) Emergency Assistance
Center - Training Site
Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute
Regional Emergency Coordinator
Residual Capability Assessment
Residential Capability Assessment Team
Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
Rural Economic and Community Development
1) Reconnaissance
2) Reconsideration
Regional Emergency Communications Plan/Planner
Radiological Emergency Communications System
Regional Emergency Disaster Inventory
Radiological Emergency Dose Assessment Model
Readiness and Capability Exercise
Recommended Exposure Limit
Roentgen equivalent man/mammal
Remote Environmental Monitoring System
Regional Emergency Management Team
Regional Emergency Notification Center
Regional Environmental Officer
121
IMAC
IMC
IMCS
IMG
IMINT
IMO
IMPAC
IMRD
IMS
IMSR
IMSuRT
IMT
IMU
INA
IND
INEEL
INER
INES
INF
INFO
INFOSEC
INMARSAT
INPO
INPHO
INRP
Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis, and
Coordination
1) Instrument Meteorological Conditions
2) Interim Message Change
3) International Mechanical Code
4) International Medical Corps
Incident Management Communications Systems
Information Management Group
Imagery Intelligence
International Maritime Organization
International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
Information Management and Requirements
Division
1) Incident Management System
2) Information Management System
3) Intelligence Management System
Incident Management Situation Report
International Medical Surgical Response Team
1) Incident Management Team
2) Integrated Management Team
Inertial Measurement Unit
Immigration and Nationality Act
Improvised Nuclear Device
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
Interagency National Executive Reserve
International Nuclear Event Scale
1) Infrastructure
2) Immediate Needs Funding
Information
Information Security
International Maritime Satellite
Institute for Nuclear Power Operations
Information Network for Public Health Officials
Initial National Response Plan
IMAC
IMC
IMCS
IMG
IMINT
IMO
IMPAC
IMRD
IMS
IMSR
IMSuRT
IMT
IMU
INA
IND
INEEL
INER
INES
INF
INFO
INFOSEC
INMARSAT
INPO
INPHO
INRP
Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis, and
Coordination
1) Instrument Meteorological Conditions
2) Interim Message Change
3) International Mechanical Code
4) International Medical Corps
Incident Management Communications Systems
Information Management Group
Imagery Intelligence
International Maritime Organization
International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
Information Management and Requirements
Division
1) Incident Management System
2) Information Management System
3) Intelligence Management System
Incident Management Situation Report
International Medical Surgical Response Team
1) Incident Management Team
2) Integrated Management Team
Inertial Measurement Unit
Immigration and Nationality Act
Improvised Nuclear Device
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
Interagency National Executive Reserve
International Nuclear Event Scale
1) Infrastructure
2) Immediate Needs Funding
Information
Information Security
International Maritime Satellite
Institute for Nuclear Power Operations
Information Network for Public Health Officials
Initial National Response Plan
REP
REPLO
RER
RERO
RERP
RERT
RESTAT
RET
RETCO
RETREP
REX
RF
RFA
RFC
RFI
RFID
RFIS
RFO
RFP
RFS
RG
R/h
RHA
RHS
RI
RIA
RIAT
RIC
RICCS
1) Radiological Emergency Preparedness
2) Regional Evacuation Plan (or Point)
Regional Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
Record of Environmental Review
Radiological Emergency Response Operations
Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Radiological Emergency Response Team
Resources Status
Regional Emergency Transportation
Regional Emergency Transportation Coordinator
Regional Emergency Transportation Representative
Readiness Exercise
Radio Frequency
Request for Federal Assistance
River Forecast Center
1) Radio Frequency Interference
2) Request For Information
Radio Frequency Identification
Flood Insurance Restudy
1) Ready For Occupancy
2) Regional Field Office
Request for Proposal
Request for Service
Review Guide
Roentgens per hour
1) Reduced Hazard Ammunition
2) Regional Health Administrator
3) Rural Housing Agency
Rural Housing Service
1) Registration Intake
2) Remedial Investigation
Requiring Immediate Action
Rapid Impact Assessment Team
Recovery Information Center
Regional Incident Communication and
Coordination System
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INS
INSARAG
Insp
INTERCOM
INTERPOL
IOC
IOF
IOR
IOS
I&P or I/P
IP
IPC
IPE
IPFO
IPIA
IPP
IPR
IPS
IPSCOM
IPT
IPZ
IR
IRAC
1) Immigration and Naturalization Service
2) Inertial Navigation System
3) Insurance
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
Inspection
Internal Communications
International Criminal Police Organization
1) Initial Operational Capability
2) International Olympic Committee
1) Initial Operating Facility
2) Interim Operating Facility
Initial Operating Report
International Organization for Standardization
Information and Planning
1) Implementing Procedure
2) Information and Planning
3) Infrastructure Protection
1) Interagency Planning Committee
2) International Paralympic Committee
1) Integrated Performance Evaluation
2) Integrated Process Evaluation
Interim Principle Federal Official
Improper Payments Information Act
Imminent Peril to the Public
1) In-Process (or In-Progress) Review
2) Initial Projections Report
3) Intellectual Property Rights
1) Information and Planning Section
2) Information Processing System
3) International Port Security
Imagery Policy and Security Committee
1) Integrated Process Team
2) Integrated Product Teams
3) Integrated Project Team
Ingestion Pathway Zone
Infrared
Interagency Radiological Assistance Committee
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INS
INSARAG
Insp
INTERCOM
INTERPOL
IOC
IOF
IOR
IOS
I&P or I/P
IP
IPC
IPE
IPFO
IPIA
IPP
IPR
IPS
IPSCOM
IPT
IPZ
IR
IRAC
1) Immigration and Naturalization Service
2) Inertial Navigation System
3) Insurance
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
Inspection
Internal Communications
International Criminal Police Organization
1) Initial Operational Capability
2) International Olympic Committee
1) Initial Operating Facility
2) Interim Operating Facility
Initial Operating Report
International Organization for Standardization
Information and Planning
1) Implementing Procedure
2) Information and Planning
3) Infrastructure Protection
1) Interagency Planning Committee
2) International Paralympic Committee
1) Integrated Performance Evaluation
2) Integrated Process Evaluation
Interim Principle Federal Official
Improper Payments Information Act
Imminent Peril to the Public
1) In-Process (or In-Progress) Review
2) Initial Projections Report
3) Intellectual Property Rights
1) Information and Planning Section
2) Information Processing System
3) International Port Security
Imagery Policy and Security Committee
1) Integrated Process Team
2) Integrated Product Teams
3) Integrated Project Team
Ingestion Pathway Zone
Infrared
Interagency Radiological Assistance Committee
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RICT
RIID
RIF
RISC
RISS or RISSNET
RLE
RLP
RLTG
RLS
RM
RMA
RMEC
RMG
RMI
RMM
RMNCS
RMRIWFCG
RMS
RMSE
RMSI
RMT
RMTN
RMTO
RN
RNA
RNAT
RNCSAA
RNMCB
Regional Incident Coordination Team
Radiation Isotope Identifier Device
Reduction-in-Force
Regional Interagency Steering Committee
Regional Information Sharing System
Run Length Encoding
Repetitive Loss Property
Repetitive Loss Target Group
Registered Land Surveyor
1) Risk Management
2) Records Management
3) Radiological Monitor
Risk Management Agency
Regional Military Emergency Coordinator
Resource Management Group
Republic of the Marshall Islands
River Mile Marker
Regional Manager National Communications System
Rocky Mountain Regional Interagency Wildland
Fire Communications Group
Root Mean Square
Root Mean Square Error
Regional Maritime Security Initiative
(DHS program, affiliated with USCG)
Radiological Monitoring Team
Regional Meteorological Telecommunications
Network
Resources Management Transformation Office
Registered Nurse
Rapid Needs Assessment
Rapid Needs Assessment Team
Radiological & Nuclear Countermeasure System
Architectures Analysis
Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
IRB
IRBM
IRC
IRF
IRFC
IRI
IRIS
IRM
IRMS
IRP
IRPMR
IRR
IRS
IRT
IRZ
IS
ISA
ISAAG
ISABP
ISAC
ISACA
ISAO
ISAR
ISC
ISCS
ISD
ISDN
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1) Information Resources Board
2) Investment Review Board
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1) International Residential Code
2) Information Resources Center
Initial Response Force
Initial Response Force Commander
Industrial Research Institute
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Information Resources Management
Information Resources Management Service
1) Institutional Removal Program
2) Interior Repatriation Program
3) Investment Review Process
Information Resources Procurement and
Management Review
Initial Response Resource(s)
Internal Revenue Service
1) Independent Review Team
2) Initial Response Team
Immediate Response Zone
1) Information Security
2) Information System(s)
3) Infrastructure Support
4) Inspection Services
Incident Staging Area
Information Systems Architectural Advisory Group
International South Atlantic Buoy Program
1) Information Sharing and Analysis Center
2) Infrastructure Sector Advisory Committee
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Information Sharing and Analysis Organization
Inspection Services Activity Report
1) Inspection Services Coordinator
2) Interstate Commerce
International Satellite Communications Systems
Infrastructure Services Division
Integrated Services Digital Network
IRB
IRBM
IRC
IRF
IRFC
IRI
IRIS
IRM
IRMS
IRP
IRPMR
IRR
IRS
IRT
IRZ
IS
ISA
ISAAG
ISABP
ISAC
ISACA
ISAO
ISAR
ISC
ISCS
ISD
1) Information Resources Board
2) Investment Review Board
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1) International Residential Code
2) Information Resources Center
Initial Response Force
Initial Response Force Commander
Industrial Research Institute
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Information Resources Management
Information Resources Management Service
1) Institutional Removal Program
2) Interior Repatriation Program
3) Investment Review Process
Information Resources Procurement and
Management Review
Initial Response Resource(s)
Internal Revenue Service
1) Independent Review Team
2) Initial Response Team
Immediate Response Zone
1) Information Security
2) Information System(s)
3) Infrastructure Support
4) Inspection Services
Incident Staging Area
Information Systems Architectural Advisory Group
International South Atlantic Buoy Program
1) Information Sharing and Analysis Center
2) Infrastructure Sector Advisory Committee
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
Information Sharing and Analysis Organization
Inspection Services Activity Report
1) Inspection Services Coordinator
2) Interstate Commerce
International Satellite Communications Systems
Infrastructure Services Division
RO
ROB
ROC
ROD
ROI
ROM
RON
RORO
ROS
ROSS
ROST
ROTHR
ROWPU
RP
RPA
RPC
RPG
RPM
RPO
RPOC
RPPO
RPS
RPT
RPV
RQ
1) Radiological Officer
2) Read Only
3) Receive-Only
4) Regional Office
5) Reports Officer
6) Responsible Officer
Regional Office Building
Regional Operations Center
(replaced by RRCC; affiliated with EPR)
Record of Decision
Report of Investigation (affiliated with BTS/ICE)
Read-Only Memory
Remain Overnight
Roll On/Roll-Off
Response Operating System
Resource Ordering and Status System
1) Regional Office Support Team
2) Regional Operations Support Team
Relocateable Over the Horizon Radar
Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit
Real Property
1) Regional Planning Agent
2) Request for Public Assistance
3) Resources Planning Act
Regional Preparedness Committee (obsolete)
Response Planning Guide
1) Remedial Project Manager
2) Revolutions Per Minute
Regional Project Officer
Regional Point of Contact
Radiological Pilot Program Office
(DHS program, affiliated with BTS)
Radiological Protection System
Radiation Protection Technician
Remotely Piloted Vehicle
(affiliated with BTS/CBP, BTS/ICE, EPR)
Reportable Quantity
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ISDR
ISEMA
ISI
ISIP
ISIS
ISMA
ISO
ISOC
ISOO
ISP
ISPAG
ISR
ISSA
ISSP
IST
IST-A
I-STAFF
ISTEA
ISTL
ISTS
ISVB
IT
ITA
ITAA
ITAAC
ITAR
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Indiana State Emergency Management Agency
Immigration Security Initiative
Initial Strategy Implementation Plan
Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System
International Security Management Association
1) Incident Support Organization
2) Insurance Services Office
3) International Standards Organization
1) Information Security Oversight Committee
2) Interagency SEAT Operations Guide
Information Security Oversight Office
1) Immediate Services Program
2) Information Security Program
3) Information Systems Plan
4) Intensive Supervision Program
5) Interagency Security Plan
6) Internet Service Provider
Information Systems Policy Advisory Group
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Information Systems Security Association
Information Systems Security Program
Incident Support Team
Incident Support Team - Advance Element
DHS Headquarters Operational Integration Staff
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
Incident Support Team Leader
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Imagery Science Validation Board
Information Technology
1) Information Technology Architecture
2) Integrated Transport Analysis
Information Technology Association of America
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
124
ISDN
ISDR
ISEMA
ISI
ISIP
ISIS
ISMA
ISO
ISOC
ISOO
ISP
ISPAG
ISR
ISSA
ISSP
IST
IST-A
I-STAFF
ISTEA
ISTL
ISTS
ISVB
IT
ITA
ITAA
ITAAC
ITAR
Integrated Services Digital Network
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Indiana State Emergency Management Agency
Immigration Security Initiative
Initial Strategy Implementation Plan
Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System
International Security Management Association
1) Incident Support Organization
2) Insurance Services Office
3) International Standards Organization
1) Information Security Oversight Committee
2) Interagency SEAT Operations Guide
Information Security Oversight Office
1) Immediate Services Program
2) Information Security Program
3) Information Systems Plan
4) Intensive Supervision Program
5) Interagency Security Plan
6) Internet Service Provider
Information Systems Policy Advisory Group
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Information Systems Security Association
Information Systems Security Program
Incident Support Team
Incident Support Team - Advance Element
DHS Headquarters Operational Integration Staff
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
Incident Support Team Leader
Institute for Security Technology Studies
Imagery Science Validation Board
Information Technology
1) Information Technology Architecture
2) Integrated Transport Analysis
Information Technology Association of America
Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
124
R&R
RR
RRAC
RRCC
RRF
RRIS
RRP
RRRV
RRT
RRWG
RS
RSC
RSD
RSI
RSP
RSPA
RSS
RSSC
RST
RSTA
RSU
RSVP
RT
RTAP
RTF
RTF-E
Response & Recovery
1) Railroad
2) Response & Recovery (also R&R)
3) Rest and Relaxation
4) Rural Route
Regional Radiological Assistance Committee
Regional Response Coordination Center
(replacing ROC)
Regional Response Force
Rapid Response Information System
Regional Response Plan
Regional Rapid Response Vehicle
1) Radiological Response Team
2) Regional Response Team
Reward and Recognition Working Group
1) Regional Summary
2) Remote Sensing
3) Response Support
Remote Sensing Coordinator
Remote Sensing Data
Repetitive Stress Injury
Regular Services Program
Research and Special Programs Administration
Remote Storage Site
Remote Sensing Support Coordinator
1) Regional Support Team
2) Reference Standard Time
3) Remote Sensing Team
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target
Acquisitions
Response Support Unit
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Resource Tracking (or Tracker)
Real-Time Analytical Platform
1) Response Task Force
2) Rich Text Format
Response Task Force - East
125
ITC
ITD
ITDS
I-Team
ITED
ITF
ITI
ITIC
ITM
ITMRA
I-TRAP
ITS
ITSD
ITSH
ITV
ITWG
IVD
IVHHN
IVR
I&W
IWIN
IWP
JAARS
JAC
JACADS
JACE
JAD
JAG
JANAP
JATS
1) Information Technology Committee
2) Information Technology Coordinator
3) International Trade Commission
International Training Division
International Trade Data System
1) Incident Team
2) Intelligence Team
IFSAR Terrain Elevation Data
Intelligence Task Force
International to International
International Tsunami Information Center
Inspection Transfer Manager
Information Technology Management Reform Act
of 1996
Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program
1) Information Technology Services
2) Intelligent Transportation System(s)
Information Technology Services Directorate
Internal Transport, Storage, and Handling
In-Transit Visibility
International Technical Working Group
Interactive Video Disk
International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Interactive Voice Response
Indications and Warning
Interactive Weather Information Network
Integrated Warning Program
Joint After-Action Reporting System
Joint Advisory Committee
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events
Joint Application Development
1) Joint Action Group
2) Judge Advocate General (DoD)
Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication
Joint Air Transportation System
ITC
ITD
ITDS
I-Team
ITED
ITF
ITI
ITIC
ITM
ITMRA
I-TRAP
ITS
ITSD
ITSH
ITV
ITWG
IVD
IVHHN
IVR
I&W
IWIN
IWP
JAARS
JAC
JACADS
JACE
JAD
JAG
JANAP
JATS
1) Information Technology Committee
2) Information Technology Coordinator
3) International Trade Commission
International Training Division
International Trade Data System
1) Incident Team
2) Intelligence Team
IFSAR Terrain Elevation Data
Intelligence Task Force
International to International
International Tsunami Information Center
Inspection Transfer Manager
Information Technology Management Reform Act
of 1996
Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program
1) Information Technology Services
2) Intelligent Transportation System(s)
Information Technology Services Directorate
Internal Transport, Storage, and Handling
In-Transit Visibility
International Technical Working Group
Interactive Video Disk
International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Interactive Voice Response
Indications and Warning
Interactive Weather Information Network
Integrated Warning Program
Joint After-Action Reporting System
Joint Advisory Committee
Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events
Joint Application Development
1) Joint Action Group
2) Judge Advocate General (DoD)
Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication
Joint Air Transportation System
RTF-W
RTI
RTK
RTM
RTS
RUS
RVT
RWA
RWP
RWS
RX
S
S-60
SA
SAA
SAAM
SAAR
SABA
SABT
SAC
SAD
SAE
SAFECOM
SAFE TEA
SAFETY ACT
SAFTI
Response Task Force - West
Regional Technology Integration
Real Time Kinematic
Regional Training Manager
Regional Transit System
Rural Utilities Service(s)
Remote Video Terminal
Reimbursable Work Authorization
Regional Work Plan
Revised Work Schedule
1) Prescribed (fire)
2) Prescription (medical)
3) Reactor
1) Staging Area
2) State agency
DOT Office of Intelligence Security
1) Salvation Army
2) Special Agent
3) Support Agency
State Administrative Agency
Special Airlift Assignment Mission
Secretary’s After Action Report
Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
Special Agent Bomb Technician
1) Special Agency in Charge
2) Special Agent-in-Charge (FBI)
Southern Area District
1) Site Area Emergency
2) Stafford Act Employee (also DAE)
1) Safe Community (DHS program)
2) Safety Communique
Safer, Accountable, Flexible Transportation
Efficiency Act (affiliated with USCG)
Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act of 2002
Secure and Facilitated International Travel Initiative
126
JAWAS
JBPDS
JCAH
JCAHO
JCC
JCS
JDCC
JDISS
JDOMS
JECG
JEEP
JEMP
JEOC
JFACC
JFC
JFCOM
JFHQ-HLS
JFLCC
JFO
JHAT
JHEC
JI
JIACG
JIALO
JIATF
JIB
JIC
JICPAC
JIISE
JIMPP
JIOC
JIS
Joint Automated Weather Observing System
Joint Biological Point Detection Systems
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
Joint Coordination Center
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Data Coordination Center
Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System
Joint Director of Military Support
Joint Exercise Control Group
Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan
Joint Exercise Management Program
Joint Emergency Operations Center
Joint Force Air Component Commander
Joint Force Commander
Joint Forces Command
Joint Forces Headquarters - Homeland Security
Joint Force Land Component Commander
Joint Field Office
Joint Hazardous Assessment Team
Joint Hazard Evaluation Center
Johnston Island
Joint Interagency Coordination Group
Joint Interagency Liaison Officer
Joint Interagency Task Force
Joint Information Bureau
1) Joint Information Center
2) Joint ICE Center
3) Joint Intelligence Center
Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific
Joint Interagency Intelligence Support Element
Joint Industrial Mobilization Planning Process
Joint Investigative Operations Center
Joint Information System
126
JAWAS
JBPDS
JCAH
JCAHO
JCC
JCS
JDCC
JDISS
JDOMS
JECG
JEEP
JEMP
JEOC
JFACC
JFC
JFCOM
JFHQ-HLS
JFLCC
JFO
JHAT
JHEC
JI
JIACG
JIALO
JIATF
JIB
JIC
JICPAC
JIISE
JIMPP
JIOC
JIS
Joint Automated Weather Observing System
Joint Biological Point Detection Systems
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
Joint Coordination Center
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Data Coordination Center
Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System
Joint Director of Military Support
Joint Exercise Control Group
Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan
Joint Exercise Management Program
Joint Emergency Operations Center
Joint Force Air Component Commander
Joint Force Commander
Joint Forces Command
Joint Forces Headquarters - Homeland Security
Joint Force Land Component Commander
Joint Field Office
Joint Hazardous Assessment Team
Joint Hazard Evaluation Center
Johnston Island
Joint Interagency Coordination Group
Joint Interagency Liaison Officer
Joint Interagency Task Force
Joint Information Bureau
1) Joint Information Center
2) Joint ICE Center
3) Joint Intelligence Center
Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific
Joint Interagency Intelligence Support Element
Joint Industrial Mobilization Planning Process
Joint Investigative Operations Center
Joint Information System
126
SAIC
SALEMDUG
SAM
SAME
SAMHSA
SAMP
SANS
SAO
SAP
SAR
SARA
SARDA
SAREX
SARS
SARSAT
SART
SAS
SAST
SAT
SATCOM
SATERN
SATO
SAV
1) Science Applications International Corporation
2) Special Agent in Charge (USSS)
State and Local Emergency Managers Data Users
Group
Surface to Air Missile (affiliated with BTS/TSA)
Specific Area Message Encoding
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
Special Area Management Plan
SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS Institute)
1) Security Advisory Opinions
(DHS program, affiliated with BTS)
2) State Approving Official/Officer
(affiliated with EPR)
1) Special Access Program
2) State Administrative Plan
1) Safety Analysis Report
2) Search and Rescue
3) Special Access Required
4) Synthetic Aperture Radar
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
State Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage
Assessment
Search and Rescue Exercise
1) Security Activities Reporting System
2) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
State Animal Response Team
Secondary Antenna System
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
1) Satellite
2) Simplified Acquisition Threshold
Satellite Communications
Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network
Scheduled Airline Ticket Office
1) Site Assist Visit (affiliated with IAIP)
2) Staff Assistance Visit
127
JIT
JMC
JMFU
JMIP
JMMO
JMRO
JMT
JNACC
JOA
JOC
JOPES
JPAC
JPATS
JPEG
JPIC
JPMRC
JPMT
JPO
JRERP
JRIES
JRMP
JRMPO
JRS
JRT
JSCP
JSOTF
JSTARS
JTA
JTF
JTF-CM
JTF-CS
JTF-FF
1) Job Instruction Training
2) Just In Time
Joint Movement Center
Joint METOC Forecast Unit
Joint Military Intelligence Program
Joint Medical Mobilization Office
Joint Medical Regulating Office
Joint Management Team (combination of IST and
MST - US&R and DMAT or NDMS)
Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center
Joint Operational Area
Joint Operations Center
Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
Joint Planning Augmentation Cell (for CBIRF)
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Joint Public Information Center
Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center
Joint Patient Movement Team
Joint Program Office
Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Joint Regional Information Exchange System
(see HSIN)
Joint Regional Medical Planner
Joint Regional Medical Planning Office
Joint Reporting System
Joint Response Team
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
Joint Special Operations Task Force
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force - Consequence Management
Joint Task Force - Civil Support
Joint Task Force - Firefighter
JIT
JMC
JMFU
JMIP
JMMO
JMRO
JMT
JNACC
JOA
JOC
JOPES
JPAC
JPATS
JPEG
JPIC
JPMRC
JPMT
JPO
JRERP
JRIES
JRMP
JRMPO
JRS
JRT
JSCP
JSOTF
JSTARS
JTA
JTF
JTF-CM
JTF-CS
JTF-FF
1) Job Instruction Training
2) Just In Time
Joint Movement Center
Joint METOC Forecast Unit
Joint Military Intelligence Program
Joint Medical Mobilization Office
Joint Medical Regulating Office
Joint Management Team (combination of IST and
MST - US&R and DMAT or NDMS)
Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center
Joint Operational Area
Joint Operations Center
Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
Joint Planning Augmentation Cell (for CBIRF)
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Joint Public Information Center
Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center
Joint Patient Movement Team
Joint Program Office
Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan
Joint Regional Information Exchange System
(see HSIN)
Joint Regional Medical Planner
Joint Regional Medical Planning Office
Joint Reporting System
Joint Response Team
Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
Joint Special Operations Task Force
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force - Consequence Management
Joint Task Force - Civil Support
Joint Task Force - Firefighter
SBA
SBC
SBCCI
SBCCOM
SBD
SBI
SBIR
SBL
SBOL
S-BOSS
SBU
SC
SCADA
SCAT
SCATANA
SCBA
SCC
SCD
SCEC
SCEPC
SCG
SCI
SCIC
SCIF
SCM
SCO
SCOTUS
SCP
SCR
SCRAG
SCRR
SCS
1) Shared Border Accord
2) Small Business Administration
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Building Code Congress International
Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (U.S. Army)
Smart Border Declaration
Special Background Investigation
Small Business Innovation Research
Straight Bill-of-Lading (also SBOL)
Straight Bill-Of-Lading
Scenario-Based Orientation for Senior Staff
Sensitive But Unclassified
1) Section Chief
2) Study Contractor
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System
1) Security Control of Air Traffic
2) Space Coast Area Transit (Florida)
Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Secretary’s Command Center
Service Computation Date
Southern California Earthquake Center
Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee (NATO)
Security Classification Guide
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Software Control Integration Center
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
Survivable Crisis Management
State Coordinating Officer
Supreme Court of the United States
Security Control Point
Software (or System) Change Request
Senior Civilian Representative of the Attorney
General
Special Conversion Recommendation Report
Soil and Conservation Service
128
NTF-NCR
JTOT
JTPA
JTR
JTRB
JTTF
JTWC
JWICS
JWID
k
KAPP
kB
Kb
kBPS
KBRM
KCCO
KD
KDEM
KDP
kg
kHz
km
kN
KSA
KT
kV
KVERT
kW
kWh
L
LA
Joint Task Force - National Capital Region
1) Joint Tactical Operations Team
2) Joint Technical Operations Team
Job Training Partnership Act
Joint Travel Regulations
Joint Telecommunications Resources Board
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications
System
Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
kilo
Key Asset Protection Program
(obsolete; see CAAP)
Kilobyte
Kilobit
Kilobits Per Seconds
Knowledge-Based Risk Management
Kansas City Commodity Office
Knocked Down
1) Kansas Department of Emergency Management
2) Kentucky Department of Emergency Management
Key Decision Point
kilogram
kiloHertz
kilometer
kilo-Newton
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Kiloton
kilovolt
Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team
Kilowatt(s)
kilowatt hour
Locality
Legislative Affairs (see OLA)
128
NTF-NCR
JTOT
JTPA
JTR
JTRB
JTTF
JTWC
JWICS
JWID
k
KAPP
kB
Kb
kBPS
KBRM
KCCO
KD
KDEM
KDP
kg
kHz
km
kN
KSA
KT
kV
KVERT
kW
kWh
L
LA
Joint Task Force - National Capital Region
1) Joint Tactical Operations Team
2) Joint Technical Operations Team
Job Training Partnership Act
Joint Travel Regulations
Joint Telecommunications Resources Board
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications
System
Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
kilo
Key Asset Protection Program
(obsolete; see CAAP)
Kilobyte
Kilobit
Kilobits Per Seconds
Knowledge-Based Risk Management
Kansas City Commodity Office
Knocked Down
1) Kansas Department of Emergency Management
2) Kentucky Department of Emergency Management
Key Decision Point
kilogram
kiloHertz
kilometer
kilo-Newton
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Kiloton
kilovolt
Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team
Kilowatt(s)
kilowatt hour
Locality
Legislative Affairs (see OLA)
128
SCSEP
SCSN
SD
SDA
SDD
SDF
SDLO
SDO
SDP
SDTS
SDWIS
S&E
SEAT
SEB
SEC
SECARMY
SECC
SECDEF
SECDHS
SECHHS
SECLAN
SECURE
SED
SEI
SEL
SELS
SEMA
SEMO
SEMS
SENTINEL
Senior Citizen Service Employment Program
Southern California Seismic Network
Security Directive
Seventh Day Adventist
Software Development Division
Special Direct Facility
Senior Disaster Logistics Official/Officer
1) Staff Duty Officer
2) Standards Development Organizations
1) Secretarial Development Program
2) Service Delivery Point
1) Spatial Data Transfer Standard(s)
2) Spatial Data Transfer System
Safe Drinking Water Information System
Salaries and Expenses
Single Engine Airtankers
Staphylococcus Enterotoxin type B
Securities and Exchange Commission
Secretary of the Army
State Emergency Coordination Center
Secretary, Department of Defense
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services
Secure Local Area Network
Strategic Communications Resources Effort
Shippers Export Declaration
Software Engineering Institute
Standardized Equipment List
Severe Local Storms
State Emergency Management Agency
State Emergency Management Office
Standardized Emergency Management System
Securing the Nation through Infrastructure
Enhancements Locally
129
LAC
LAG
LAN
LANDSAT
LANL
LAN/WAN
LAO
LAW
lb
LBAD
lbf
L-CAR
LCAT
LCCE
LCM
LCO
LCT
LD
LDR
LDS
LDW
LE
LEA
LEADERS
LEC
LeeTran
LEGAT
LEH
LEL
LEM
LEMA
LEOC
Local Assistance Center(s)
Lowest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Local Area Network
Land Satellite
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
Lead Agency Official
Light Antitank Weapon
pound
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot
pound force
Local Capability Assessment for Readiness
Logistics Closeout Assistance Team
Life Cycle Cost Estimate
Life Cycle Management
Limiting Condition for Operation
Liaison Coordination Team
Lethal Dose
Lutheran Disaster Response
Lightning Detection System
Last Day Worked
Law Enforcement
1) Law Enforcement Agency
2) Light Enforcement Aircraft
Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection and
Emergency Response System
Local Exchange Carrier
Lee County Transit Authority (Florida)
Legal Attache
Light Enforcement Helicopter
1) Lower Explosive Limit
2) Lowest Effect Level
Local Emergency Management
Local Emergency Management Authority
Local Emergency Operations Center
LAC
LAG
LAN
LANDSAT
LANL
LAN/WAN
LAO
LAW
lb
LBAD
lbf
L-CAR
LCAT
LCCE
LCM
LCO
LCT
LD
LDR
LDS
LDW
LE
LEA
LEADERS
LEC
LeeTran
LEGAT
LEH
LEL
LEM
LEMA
LEOC
Local Assistance Center(s)
Lowest Adjacent Ground [grade]
Local Area Network
Land Satellite
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
Lead Agency Official
Light Antitank Weapon
pound
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot
pound force
Local Capability Assessment for Readiness
Logistics Closeout Assistance Team
Life Cycle Cost Estimate
Life Cycle Management
Limiting Condition for Operation
Liaison Coordination Team
Lethal Dose
Lutheran Disaster Response
Lightning Detection System
Last Day Worked
Law Enforcement
1) Law Enforcement Agency
2) Light Enforcement Aircraft
Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection and
Emergency Response System
Local Exchange Carrier
Lee County Transit Authority (Florida)
Legal Attache
Light Enforcement Helicopter
1) Lower Explosive Limit
2) Lowest Effect Level
Local Emergency Management
Local Emergency Management Authority
Local Emergency Operations Center
SENTRI
SEOC
SEPLO
SERC
SERF
SERL
SERL I
SERL II
SERL III
SERL IV
SERT
SES
SET
SEUS
SEVIS
SEVP
SF
SFAR
SFHA
SFIP
SFO
SFP
Secure Electronic Network for Traveler’s Rapid
Inspection (Fast inspection lanes at border;
Program which allows low-risk travelers to enter
through a dedicated lane at the U.S./Mexico
border with minimal or no delay)
State Emergency Operations Center
State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
State Emergency Response Commission
Standard Exercise Report Form/Format
Special Events Readiness Level (see below)
Unique event requiring full support of US
Government
Primary event requiring local resource
augmentation and limited predeployment of US
Government assets
Secondary event requiring limited local resource
augmentation and limited predeployment of US
Government assets
Minor event generally requiring no US Government
asset support
1) Secretary’s Emergency Response Team (DHHS)
2) State Emergency Response Team
(DHS program, affiliated with EPR)
Senior Executive Service
Source Evaluation Team
Snow Estimation and Updating System
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
Student and Exchange Visitor Program
1) Special Facility
2) Standard Form
Special Federal Aviation Regulation
Special Flood Hazard Area
Standard Flood Insurance Policy
1) Senior Federal Official
2) Senior FEMA Official
3) State Field Office(r)
Supplementary Feeding Program
130
LEP
LEPC
LEPPC
LERN
LERT
LESC
LESO
LETPP
LETS
LEU
LEVEL 1 EST
LEVEL 2 EST
LEVEL 3 EST
LEWG
LF
LFA
LFD
LFE
LFEOC
LFFE
LFO
LFP
LH
LHA/LHD
LHD
LHMC
LHR
LHW
LIBSYS
LID
LIDAR
1) Leadership Excellence Program
2) Limited English Proficiency
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Local Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
Law Enforcement Radio Net
Logistics Emergency Response Team
Law Enforcement Support Center
Law Enforcement Security Officer
Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
Low-Enriched Uranium
Full EST activation level (NRCC)
Intermediate EST activation level (NRCC)
Minimal EST activation level (NRCC)
Law Enforcement Working Group
1) Linear Foot
2) Low Frequency
Lead Federal Agency
Letter of Final Determination
Lowest Floor Elevation
Local Federal Emergency Operations Center
Lowest Finished Flood Elevation
Lead Federal Official
Livestock Feed Programs
Local Hire
Landing Helicopter - Assault/ Landing Helicopter
- Deck
Local Health Department
Local Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Limited Home Repair
Last Hour Worked
Library System
Low-Impact Development
Light Detection and Ranging (system)
130
LEP
LEPC
LEPPC
LERN
LERT
LESC
LESO
LETPP
LETS
LEU
LEVEL 1 EST
LEVEL 2 EST
LEVEL 3 EST
LEWG
LF
LFA
LFD
LFE
LFEOC
LFFE
LFO
LFP
LH
LHA/LHD
LHD
LHMC
LHR
LHW
LIBSYS
LID
LIDAR
1) Leadership Excellence Program
2) Limited English Proficiency
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Local Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
Law Enforcement Radio Net
Logistics Emergency Response Team
Law Enforcement Support Center
Law Enforcement Security Officer
Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
Low-Enriched Uranium
Full EST activation level (NRCC)
Intermediate EST activation level (NRCC)
Minimal EST activation level (NRCC)
Law Enforcement Working Group
1) Linear Foot
2) Low Frequency
Lead Federal Agency
Letter of Final Determination
Lowest Floor Elevation
Local Federal Emergency Operations Center
Lowest Finished Flood Elevation
Lead Federal Official
Livestock Feed Programs
Local Hire
Landing Helicopter - Assault/ Landing Helicopter
- Deck
Local Health Department
Local Hazard Mitigation Coordinator
Limited Home Repair
Last Hour Worked
Library System
Low-Impact Development
Light Detection and Ranging (system)
130
SFSO
SG
SGTR
SGTS
SHARES
SHMO
SHMP
SHO
SHPO
SHSAS
SHSGP
SHSI
SICG
SID
SIDA
SIED
SIES
SIF
SIGINT
SIGMET
SIMBAD
SIMCELL
SIOC
SIOP
SIP
SIT
SITREP
SITROOM
SITSTAT
S&L
SLA
Senior Financial Services Officer
Surgeon General
Steam Generator Tube Rupture
Standard Gas Treatment System
Shared Resources
(NCS high frequency radio network)
State Hazard Mitigation Officer
State Hazard Mitigation Program
State Health Officer
State Historic Preservation Office
State Homeland Security Assessment and Strategy
State Homeland Security Grant Program
Sensitive Homeland Security Information
Senior Interagency Coordination Group
Station Identifier
Security Identification Display Area
Special Improvised Explosive Device
Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Office of
Standard Interchange Format
Signals Intelligence
Significant Meteorological Information
Sensor Integration and Modeling for Biological
Agent Detection
Simulation Cell
Strategic Information (or Intelligence) and
Operations Center
Single Integrated Operational Plan
1) Shelter-In-Place
2) Streamlined Inspection Program
Situation Reporting System
Situation Report
Situation Room
Situation Status
1) Savings and Loan
2) State and Local
State and Local Assistance
131
LIDEF
LIFE
LIHEAP
LIMFAC
LIMS
LISS
LLEA
LLNL
LLP
LLW
LLWS
LM
LMDC
LMF
LMFBR
LMR
LNG
LNO
LOA
LOAEL
LOC
LOCA
LOC-TFCS
LODR
LOEP
LOG
LOI
LOMA
LOMC
LOMC-VALID
LOMR
Levee Inventory Data Entry Form
Legal Immigration Family Equity
Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program
Limiting Factor
1) Laboratory Information Management System
2) Logistics Information Management System
Linear Imaging and Self-Scanning
Local Law Enforcement Agency
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Limited Liability Partnership
Low-Level Waste
Low-Level Wind Shear
Logistics Management
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Logistics Management Facility
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
Living Marine Resource
Liquefied Natural Gas
Liaison Officer
Letter of Agreement
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
1) Letter of Credit
2) Library of Congress
3) Line of Communication
Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
Letter of Credit - Treasury Financial
Communications System
Letter of Determination Review
Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness
Logistics
1) Letter of Intent
2) Letter of Instruction
Letter of Map Amendment
Letter of Map Change
Letter of Map Change Revalidation
Letter of Map Revision
LIDEF
LIFE
LIHEAP
LIMFAC
LIMS
LISS
LLEA
LLNL
LLP
LLW
LLWS
LM
LMDC
LMF
LMFBR
LMR
LNG
LNO
LOA
LOAEL
LOC
LOCA
LOC-TFCS
LODR
LOEP
LOG
LOI
LOMA
LOMC
LOMC-VALID
LOMR
Levee Inventory Data Entry Form
Legal Immigration Family Equity
Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program
Limiting Factor
1) Laboratory Information Management System
2) Logistics Information Management System
Linear Imaging and Self-Scanning
Local Law Enforcement Agency
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Limited Liability Partnership
Low-Level Waste
Low-Level Wind Shear
Logistics Management
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Logistics Management Facility
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
Living Marine Resource
Liquefied Natural Gas
Liaison Officer
Letter of Agreement
Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level
1) Letter of Credit
2) Library of Congress
3) Line of Communication
Loss-Of-Coolant Accident
Letter of Credit - Treasury Financial
Communications System
Letter of Determination Review
Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness
Logistics
1) Letter of Intent
2) Letter of Instruction
Letter of Map Amendment
Letter of Map Change
Letter of Map Change Revalidation
Letter of Map Revision
SLAR
SLBM
SLC
SLE
Sleeping Dragon
SLEP
SLG
SLGCP
SLO
SLOSH
SLPA
SLSAC
SLUDGEM
SM
SMAC
SMC
SMCC
SME
SMG
SMHA
SMI
SMMA
SMO
SMS
SMSA
SMSD
SMU
SN
SNA
Side-Looking Airborne Radar
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
1) Salt Lake City
2) Subscriber Line Carrier
State and Local Exercise
Term used to identify a barrier of protesters who
have linked themselves to one another
State and Local Exercise Program
State and Local Guide
State and Local Government Coordination &
Preparedness, Office of
State Liaison Officer
Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
Sea Level Pressure Anomaly
State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee
Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation,
Gastric Distress, Emesis and Miosis
1) Shelter Management
2) Student Manual
State Mapping Advisory Committee
Specialty/Specialized Management Center
System Management Control Center
Subject-Matter Expert
Specialty Management Group
State Mental Health Agency
1) Safety Management Institute
2) Smithsonian Institute
Standard Mitigation Measures Agreement
Security Management Office
(DHS subdivision, affiliated with MGMT)
Short Message Service
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
State-Managed Small Disaster
Special Mission Unit (affiliated with EPR)
Serial Number
Survivable Network Analysis
132
LOMR-F
LOS
LOSA
LOSSEST
LOU
LPDP
LPG
LPN
LPOC
LPPC
LPR
LPZ
LR
LR-BSDS
LRC
LRFD
LRIP
LRMP
LRN
LRU
LS
LSC
LSCAD
LSG
LSS
LSV
LT or Lt or Lieut
LTATP
LTD
LTL
Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill
Line-of-Sight
Logistical Operations Staging Area
Loss Estimation
Limited Official Use
Livestock Preservation Donation Program
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Licensed Practical Nurse
Last Port of Call
Local Preparedness and Prevention Council
Lawful Permanent Resident
Low Population Zone
Limited Response
Long Range Biological Standoff Detection System
1) Learning Resource Center
2) Logistics Readiness Center
Load and Resistance Factor Design
Low Rate Initial Production
Long Range Management Plan
Laboratory Response Network
Lowest Replaceable Unit
1) Logistics Support
2) Lump Sum
1) Legal Services Corporation
2) Life Support Center
Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent Detector
Large Scale Game(s)
1) Laboratory Scientific Services
2) Life Support System
Logistical Staging Vehicle
Lieutenant
Land Transportation Anti-terrorism Training
Program
Limited
Less-than Truckload
132
LOMR-F
LOS
LOSA
LOSSEST
LOU
LPDP
LPG
LPN
LPOC
LPPC
LPR
LPZ
LR
LR-BSDS
LRC
LRFD
LRIP
LRMP
LRN
LRU
LS
LSC
LSCAD
LSG
LSS
LSV
LT or Lt or Lieut
LTATP
LTD
LTL
Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill
Line-of-Sight
Logistical Operations Staging Area
Loss Estimation
Limited Official Use
Livestock Preservation Donation Program
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Licensed Practical Nurse
Last Port of Call
Local Preparedness and Prevention Council
Lawful Permanent Resident
Low Population Zone
Limited Response
Long Range Biological Standoff Detection System
1) Learning Resource Center
2) Logistics Readiness Center
Load and Resistance Factor Design
Low Rate Initial Production
Long Range Management Plan
Laboratory Response Network
Lowest Replaceable Unit
1) Logistics Support
2) Lump Sum
1) Legal Services Corporation
2) Life Support Center
Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent Detector
Large Scale Game(s)
1) Laboratory Scientific Services
2) Life Support System
Logistical Staging Vehicle
Lieutenant
Land Transportation Anti-terrorism Training
Program
Limited
Less-than Truckload
132
SNL
SNM
SNS
SO
SOB
SOC
SOE
SOF
SOFA
SOG
SOI
SOLAS
SOLIC
SOLRAD
SOMA
SON
SONET
SONS
SOP
SOPEP
SOR
SOS
SOSC
SOW
SPC
SPCA
SPDC
SPE
SPEGL
SPG
Sandia National Laboratory
Special Nuclear Material
Strategic National Stockpile
1) Safety Officer
2) Sheriff’s Office
Souls On Board
1) Statement of Concern
2) State or Security Operations Center
1) Senior Officials Exercise(s)
2) Summary of Expenses
Special Operations Forces
Status of Forces Agreement
Seat of Government
Southern Oscillation Index
Safety of Life at Sea
Special Operations-Low Intensity Conflict
Solar Radiation
Summary of Map Actions
Statement of Need
Synchronous Optical Network
Spill of National Significance
Standard Operating Procedure(s)
Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan
Statement of Requirement
Status of Studies
State On-Scene Coordinator
Statement of Work
Storm Prediction Center
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Small Business Development Center
1) Skill Performance Evaluation
2) Strategic Planning and Evaluation
Short-term Public Emergency Guidance Level
1) Senior Policy Group
2) Strategic Planning Guide
133
LTR
LULC
LWF
LWOP
LWR
LYNX
LZ
MA
MAA
MAAD
MAC
MACA
MACC
MACDIS
MACGp
MACOM
MACS
MAEC
MAELU
MAF
MAFFS
MAGIC
MALE
MANPADS
MAR
MARAC
MARAD
MARC
MAREP
MARR
Long Term Recovery
Land Use and Land Cover
Lutheran World Federation
Leave Without Pay
Light-Water Reactor
Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Landing Zone
1) Marshalling Area
2) Mission Assignment
Mutual Aid Agreement
Mobile Asset Activities Document
1) Mapping & Analysis Center
2) Mission Assignment Coordinator
3) Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator
4) Multi-Agency Command
5) Multiple award contract
Military Assistance to Civil Authorities
1) Multi-Agency Coordination Center
2) Multi Agency Crime Center
Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances
Multi-Agency Coordination Group
Major Command
Multi-Agency Coordination System
Mid-America Earthquake Center
Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters
Master Appropriation File
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
Mid-America GIS Council
Medium Altitude Long Endurance (see also HALE)
Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
Monthly Accomplishments Report
Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee
Maritime Administration
Maryland Rail Commuter
Marine Report
Mission Assignment Reimbursement Request
LTR
LULC
LWF
LWOP
LWR
LYNX
LZ
MA
MAA
MAAD
MAC
MACA
MACC
MACDIS
MACGp
MACOM
MACS
MAEC
MAELU
MAF
MAFFS
MAGIC
MALE
MANPADS
MAR
MARAC
MARAD
MARC
MAREP
MARR
Long Term Recovery
Land Use and Land Cover
Lutheran World Federation
Leave Without Pay
Light-Water Reactor
Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Landing Zone
1) Marshalling Area
2) Mission Assignment
Mutual Aid Agreement
Mobile Asset Activities Document
1) Mapping & Analysis Center
2) Mission Assignment Coordinator
3) Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator
4) Multi-Agency Command
5) Multiple award contract
Military Assistance to Civil Authorities
1) Multi-Agency Coordination Center
2) Multi Agency Crime Center
Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances
Multi-Agency Coordination Group
Major Command
Multi-Agency Coordination System
Mid-America Earthquake Center
Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters
Master Appropriation File
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
Mid-America GIS Council
Medium Altitude Long Endurance (see also HALE)
Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
Monthly Accomplishments Report
Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee
Maritime Administration
Maryland Rail Commuter
Marine Report
Mission Assignment Reimbursement Request
SPIRIT
SPLASH
SPOD
SPOE
SPOT
SPP
SPR
SPRB
SQL
SRA
SRD
SRF
SRFC
SRFX
SRSC
SRV
SSA
SSAN
SSB
SSBI
SSC
SSE
SSFSD
SSG
SSHS
SSI
SSL
Security, Planning, and Integrated Resources for
Information Technology
Special Program to List the Amplitude of Surge
from Hurricanes
Seaport of Debarkation
Seaport of Embarkation
1) Satellite Positioning and Tracking
2) Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre (French satellite system)
1) Screener Partnership Program
2) Secure Passage Program
Special Problem Report
Senior Performance Review Board
Structured Query Language
1) Safe Refuge Area
2) Society for Risk Analysis
Self-Reading Dosimeter
Service Response Force
Service Response Force Commander
Service Response Force Exercise
Strategic Review Steering Committee
Safety Relief Value
1) Self Storage Association
2) Social Security Administration
3) Survivable Systems Analysis
Social Security Account Number
Single Side Band
Single-Scope Background Investigation
1) Scientific Support Coordinator
2) Strategic Storage Center
Safe Shutdown Earthquake
Secret Service Forensic Sciences Division
Strategic Sourcing Group
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Supplemental Security Income
Secure Socket Layer(s)
134
MARS
MARSA
MARSEC
MarshMALLOW
MART
MAS
MASF
MASH
MASINT
MAST
MAT
MATES
MATRIX
MATTS
mb
MB
MBA
MBO
MBPS
MBTA
MC
MCA
1) Military Affiliated Radio System
2) Mobile Analytical Response System
3) Multifunction Acquisition and Reporting System
Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of
Aircraft
Maritime Security
Marsh Management Activities for Learning the
Lifestyles of Wildlife
Morning Advisory Risk Threat
(see also DART and EART)
Mapping Activity Statement
Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Measurement and Signature Intelligence
Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic
Mobilization Assistance Team
Mobilization and Training Equipment Site
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
Mobile Air Transportable Telecommunications
System
Millibar
Megabyte
1) Master of Business Administration
2) Mortgage Bankers Association
Management by Objectives
Megabytes Per Second
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
1) Marine Corps
2) Master of Ceremonies
3) Member of Congress
4) Mobilization Center
Multichannel Analyzer
MARS
MARSA
MARSEC
MarshMALLOW
MART
MAS
MASF
MASH
MASINT
MAST
MAT
MATES
MATRIX
MATTS
mb
MB
MBA
MBO
MBPS
MBTA
MC
MCA
MCC
134
1) Military Affiliated Radio System
2) Mobile Analytical Response System
3) Multifunction Acquisition and Reporting System
Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of
Aircraft
Maritime Security
Marsh Management Activities for Learning the
Lifestyles of Wildlife
Morning Advisory Risk Threat
(see also DART and EART)
Mapping Activity Statement
Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Measurement and Signature Intelligence
Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic
Mobilization Assistance Team
Mobilization and Training Equipment Site
Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange
Mobile Air Transportable Telecommunications
System
Millibar
Megabyte
1) Master of Business Administration
2) Mortgage Bankers Association
Management by Objectives
Megabytes Per Second
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
1) Marine Corps
2) Master of Ceremonies
3) Member of Congress
4) Mobilization Center
Multichannel Analyzer
1) Major Cities [police] Chiefs
2) Master Control Cell
3) Mobility Control Center
4) Movement Coordination Center
5) Mission Control Center
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Social Security Number
Species Survival Plan
1) Selective Service System
SSS
2) Small Structure Survey
State Support Service Element
SSSE
1) Safe Secure Transport
2) Sea-Surface Temperature
SST
3) Shelter Survey Technician
4) Supersonic Transport
Science and Technology
S&T
Special Temporary Authority
STA
STAFFORD ACT - OUTLINE
TITLES and SECTION NUMBERS
(42 U.S.C. counterpart number in parenthesis)
Findings, Declarations, and Definitions
TITLE I
Findings and Declarations
101 (§ 5121)
Definitions
102 (§ 5122)
Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance
TITLE II
(
)
Federal and State Disaster Preparedness Programs
201 § 5131
Disaster Warnings
202 (§ 5132)
Predisaster Hazard Mitigation
203 (§ 5133)
Interagency Task Force
204 (§ 5134)
Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance
TITLE III
Administration
Waiver of Administrative Conditions
301 (§ 5141)
Coordinating Officers
302 (§ 5143)
Emergency Support Teams
303 (§ 5144)
(
)
Reimbursement
304 § 5147
Non-liability of Federal Government
305 (§ 5148)
Performance of Services
306 (§ 5149)
Use of Local Firms and Individuals
307 (§ 5150)
Nondiscrimination in Disaster Assistance
308 (§ 5151)
Use and Coordination of Relief Organizations
309 (§ 5152)
Priority for Public Housing
310 (§ 5153)
Insurance
311 (§ 5154)
Duplication of Benefits
312 (§ 5155)
SSN
SSP
135
MCC
MCD
MCE
MCEER
MCF
MCI
MCMC
MCMT
MCO
MCOC
MCR
MCS
MCSAP
MCU
MCV
MD
MDA
MDD
MDF
MDRO
MDS
MDST
MDT
ME
MEA
MEAG
MEAP
MEDEVAC
MEL
1) Major Cities [police] Chiefs
2) Master Control Cell
3) Mobility Control Center
4) Movement Coordination Center
5) Mission Control Center
Medical Crew Director
Maximum Credible Event
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
Engineering Research
1) Mass Care and Feeding
2) Movement Coordination Function
Mass Casualty Incident
Mid-Continent Mapping Center
Mobilization Center Management Team
MERS Coordination Office
Marine Corps Operations Center
Military Communications Representative
Movement Coordination System
Motor Carrier Safety and Assistance Program
Movement Coordination Unit
Mobile Coordinating Vehicle
1) Management Directive
2) Medical Doctor
Maritime Domain Awareness
Metal Detection Device
Medical, Dental, and Funeral
Mission Disaster Relief Officer
Mennonite Disaster Service
Mountain Daylight Savings Time (see MDT)
Mountain Daylight Time (GMT - 6)
Medical Examiner
1) Major Emergency Action
2) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
Major Emergency Action Guide
Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform
Medical Evacuation
Mobile-Erector Launcher
MCD
MCE
MCEER
MCF
MCI
MCMC
MCMT
MCO
MCOC
MCR
MCS
MCSAP
MCU
MCV
MD
MDA
MDD
MDF
MDRO
MDS
MDST
MDT
ME
MEA
MEAG
MEAP
MEDEVAC
MEL
Medical Crew Director
Maximum Credible Event
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
Engineering Research
1) Mass Care and Feeding
2) Movement Coordination Function
Mass Casualty Incident
Mid-Continent Mapping Center
Mobilization Center Management Team
MERS Coordination Office
Marine Corps Operations Center
Military Communications Representative
Movement Coordination System
Motor Carrier Safety and Assistance Program
Movement Coordination Unit
Mobile Coordinating Vehicle
1) Management Directive
2) Medical Doctor
Maritime Domain Awareness
Metal Detection Device
Medical, Dental, and Funeral
Mission Disaster Relief Officer
Mennonite Disaster Service
Mountain Daylight Savings Time (see MDT)
Mountain Daylight Time (GMT - 6)
Medical Examiner
1) Major Emergency Action
2) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft
Major Emergency Action Guide
Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform
Medical Evacuation
Mobile-Erector Launcher
313 (§ 5156)
314 (§ 5157)
315 (§ 5158)
316 (§ 5159)
317 (§ 5160)
318 (§ 5161)
319 (§ 5162)
320 (§ 5163)
321 (§ 5164)
322 (§ 5165)
323 (§ 5165a)
324 (§ 5165b)
325 (§ 5165c)
TITLE IV
401 (§ 5170)
402 (§ 5170a)
403 (§ 5170b)
404 (§ 5170c)
405 (§ 5171)
406 (§ 5172)
407 (§ 5173)
408 (§ 5174)
410 (§ 5177)
412 (§ 5179)
413 (§ 5180)
414 (§ 5181)
415 (§ 5182)
416 (§ 5183)
417 (§ 5184)
418 (§ 5185)
419 (§ 5186)
420 (§ 5187)
Standards and Reviews
Penalties
Availability of Materials
Protection of Environment
Recovery of Assistance
Audits and Investigations
Advance of Non-Federal Share
Limitation on Use of Sliding Scales
Rules and Regulations
Mitigation Planning
Minimum Standards for Public and Private
Structures
Management Costs
Public Notice, Comment, and Consultation
Requirements
Major Disaster Assistance Programs
Procedure for Declaration
General Federal Assistance
Essential Assistance
Hazard Mitigation
Federal Facilities
Repair, Restoration, and Replacement of Damaged
Facilities
Debris Removal
Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households
Unemployment Benefit Assistance
Food Coupons and Distribution
Food Commodities
Relocation Assistance
Legal Services
Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training
Community Disaster Loans
Emergency Communications
Emergency Public Transportation
Fire Management Assistance
136
MEMA
MEOW
MEP
MEPI
MERRT
MERS
MERSA
MET
METAR
METL
METOC
METSAT
meV
MeV
MFAS
mg
MG
MG/M3
MG-MIN/M3
MGMT
MH
MHC
MHE
MHS
MHTGR
MHW
MHWL
MHz
MIACC
1) Maine Emergency Management Agency
2) Maryland Emergency Management Agency
3) Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
4) Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
5) Missouri Emergency Management Agency
6) Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
Maximum Envelope of Water (or Winds)
Management Engineering Plan
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team
Mobile Emergency Response Support/System
Mobile Emergency Response Support Assets
Meteorologist (or Meteorological)
Meteorological Aviation Report
Mission-Essential Task List
Meteorological and Oceanographic
Meteorological Satellite
Millielectronvolt
Megaelectronvolt
Marriage Fraud Amendment System
milligram
Marsh Vegetation (Line)
Milligrams per Cubic Meter.
Milligram Minutes per Cubic Meter.
Management
1) Manufactured Housing
2) Mental Health
3) Mobile Home
Mobile Health Clinic
Materiel Handling Equipment
Message Handling System
Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor
Mean High Water
Mean High Water Line
Megahertz
Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada
136
MEMA
MEOW
MEP
MEPI
MERRT
MERS
MERSA
MET
METAR
METL
METOC
METSAT
meV
MeV
MFAS
mg
MG
MG/M3
MG-MIN/M3
MGMT
MH
MHC
MHE
MHS
MHTGR
MHW
MHWL
MHz
MIACC
1) Maine Emergency Management Agency
2) Maryland Emergency Management Agency
3) Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
4) Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
5) Missouri Emergency Management Agency
6) Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
Maximum Envelope of Water (or Winds)
Management Engineering Plan
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team
Mobile Emergency Response Support/System
Mobile Emergency Response Support Assets
Meteorologist (or Meteorological)
Meteorological Aviation Report
Mission-Essential Task List
Meteorological and Oceanographic
Meteorological Satellite
Millielectronvolt
Megaelectronvolt
Marriage Fraud Amendment System
milligram
Marsh Vegetation (Line)
Milligrams per Cubic Meter.
Milligram Minutes per Cubic Meter.
Management
1) Manufactured Housing
2) Mental Health
3) Mobile Home
Mobile Health Clinic
Materiel Handling Equipment
Message Handling System
Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor
Mean High Water
Mean High Water Line
Megahertz
Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada
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421 (§ 5188)
422 (§ 5189)
423 (§ 5189a)
424 (§ 5189b)
TITLE V
501 (§ 5191)
502 (§ 5192)
503 (§ 5193)
TITLE VI
601 (§ 5195)
602 (§ 5195a)
603 (§ 5195b)
611 (§ 5196)
612 (§ 5196a)
613 (§ 5196b)
614 (§ 5196c)
615 (§ 5196d)
621 (§ 5197)
622 (§ 5197a)
623 (§ 5197b)
624 (§ 5197c)
625 (§ 5197d)
626 (§ 5197e)
627 (§ 5197f)
628 (§ 5197g)
TITLE VII
701 (§ 5201)
705 (§ 5205)
STAR
Timber Sale Contracts
Simplified Procedure
Appeals of Assistance Decisions
Date of Eligibility; Expenses Incurred Before Date
of Disaster
Emergency Assistance Programs
Procedure for Declaration
Federal Emergency Assistance
Amount of Assistance
Emergency Preparedness
Declaration of Policy
Definitions
Administration of Title
Detailed Functions of Administration
Mutual Aid Pacts Between States and Neighboring
Countries
Contributions for Personnel and Administrative
Expenses
Requirement for State Matching Funds for
Construction of Emergency Operating Centers
Use of Funds to Prepare for and Respond to Hazards
Administrative Authority
Security Regulations
Use of Existing Facilities
Annual Report to Congress
Applicability of Title
Authorization of Appropriations and Transfers of
Funds
Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Authority to Prescribe Rules and Accept Gifts
Authority to Prescribe Rules and Accept Gifts
Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures
1) Science-based Threat Analysis and Response Programs
2) Studies, Training, Analysis, and Research
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MIC
MICS
MIDAS
M&IE
MIEP
MIFC
MIN
MINICAM
MIPR
MIPT
MIRV
MIS
MIT
MKT
MLAT
MLD
MLH
MLOS
MLW
MMC
MMCE
MMI
MMIS
MMPA
MMPAC
MMRS
MMS
MMST
MMWR
MNAP
MNUSS
MO
1) Media Information Center
2) Meteorologist in Charge
Monitoring Information on Contracted Studies
(System)
Microfluidic Integrated DNA Analysis System
Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses
Mass Immigration Emergency Plan
Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center
Mobile Identification Number
Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicle
Management Information System
Mitigation
Mobile Kitchen Trailer
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Median Lethal Dose
Medium Lift Helicopter
Microwave Line-of-Sight
Mean Low Water
Main Media Center
Medical Management of Chemical Exposure
Modified Mercalli Intensity
Municipal Management Information System
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Minerals Management Service
Metropolitan Medical Strike Team
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Mapping Needs Assessment Process
Map Needs Update Support System
1) Medical Officer
2) Method of operation
MIC
MICS
MIDAS
M&IE
MIEP
MIFC
MIN
MINICAM
MIPR
MIPT
MIRV
MIS
MIT
MKT
MLAT
MLD
MLH
MLOS
MLW
MMC
MMCE
MMI
MMIS
MMPA
MMPAC
MMRS
MMS
MMST
MMWR
MNAP
MNUSS
MO
1) Media Information Center
2) Meteorologist in Charge
Monitoring Information on Contracted Studies
(System)
Microfluidic Integrated DNA Analysis System
Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses
Mass Immigration Emergency Plan
Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center
Mobile Identification Number
Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicle
Management Information System
Mitigation
Mobile Kitchen Trailer
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Median Lethal Dose
Medium Lift Helicopter
Microwave Line-of-Sight
Mean Low Water
Main Media Center
Medical Management of Chemical Exposure
Modified Mercalli Intensity
Municipal Management Information System
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Minerals Management Service
Metropolitan Medical Strike Team
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Mapping Needs Assessment Process
Map Needs Update Support System
1) Medical Officer
2) Method of operation
STARC
START
STARTEAM
STARTEX
STATEX
STATREP
STB
STC
STCC
STDO
ST-DOSE
STEP
ST ISAC
STO
STOC
STOLS
STR
STSC
STU
STU-III
STU-IV
SUA
SUI
SUM
SUMA
SUPREPS
State Area Command
1) Scientific and Technical Advisory and Response Team
2) Scientific and Technical Analysis and Response Team
3) Security Through Advanced Research & Technology (NY State Program)
4) Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team
Specialized Target Area Registration Team
Start of Exercise
Statutory Exclusion
Status Report
Surface Transportation Board
1) Satellite Teleregistration Center
2) State Coordinator
Standard Transportation Commodity Code
Security Technology Deployment Office
Source Term to Dose
State Tribal Education Program
Surface Transportation Information Sharing and
Analysis Center
Special Technical Operations
Sniper Tactical Operations Center
System To Locate Survivors
Suspicious Transaction Report
Student and Schools System
1) Satellite Transmission Unit
2) Secure Telephone Unit
Secure Telephone Unit – Third Generation
Secure Telephone Unit – Fourth Generation
1) Specified Unlawful Activities
2) Special Use Airspace
Sensitive Unclassified Information
Software User’s Manual
Supply Management
Supplemental Reports Created by OIC
138
MOA
MOB
MOB Center
MOC
MODEM
MOM
MOOTW
MOPP
MOU
MOX
MP
MPA
MPC
MPD
MPE
MPEG
MPH
MPPP
MPS
MPU
mR
MR
MRA
MRC
MRE
mRem
MRF
mR/h
Memorandum of Agreement
1) Mobilization (or Mobilize)
2) Main Operating Base
Mobilization Center
Mobile Operations Center
Modulator/Demodulator
1) Maximum of Maximums
2) Middle of Month
Military Operations Other Than War
Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
Memorandum of Understanding
Mixed-Oxide Fuels
1) Management Profiler
2) Military Police
Maritime Patrol Aircraft
1) Main Press Center
2) Maximum Permissible Concentration
3) Midterm Planning Committee
Maximum Potential Destruction
Maximum Permissible Exposure
Motion Picture Expert Group
Miles Per Hour
Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program
Mission Planning System
1) Microprocessor Unit
2) Mobile Power Unit
milliroentgen/millirem
1) Medical Records
2) Medical Response
Mortgage and Rental Assistance
1) Management Review Council
2) Medical Reserve Corps
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
millirem
Medium Range Forecast
milliRoentgen per hour
138
MOA
MOB
MOB Center
MOC
MODEM
MOM
MOOTW
MOPP
MOU
MOX
MP
MPA
MPC
MPD
MPE
MPEG
MPH
MPPP
MPS
MPU
mR
MR
MRA
MRC
MRE
mRem
MRF
mR/h
Memorandum of Agreement
1) Mobilization (or Mobilize)
2) Main Operating Base
Mobilization Center
Mobile Operations Center
Modulator/Demodulator
1) Maximum of Maximums
2) Middle of Month
Military Operations Other Than War
Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
Memorandum of Understanding
Mixed-Oxide Fuels
1) Management Profiler
2) Military Police
Maritime Patrol Aircraft
1) Main Press Center
2) Maximum Permissible Concentration
3) Midterm Planning Committee
Maximum Potential Destruction
Maximum Permissible Exposure
Motion Picture Expert Group
Miles Per Hour
Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program
Mission Planning System
1) Microprocessor Unit
2) Mobile Power Unit
milliroentgen/millirem
1) Medical Records
2) Medical Response
Mortgage and Rental Assistance
1) Management Review Council
2) Medical Reserve Corps
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
millirem
Medium Range Forecast
milliRoentgen per hour
138
SUPSALV
Svc
SVIS
SVOS
SVTC
SVTS
SW
SWAT
SWC
SWEL
SWFL
SWG
SWGDE
SWIS
SWP
SWS
T2
T&A
TA
TAC
TACACS
TAC-DESK
TACLET
TAC-SMC
TADS
TAES
TAFA
TAFT
TAG
Supervisor of Salvage
Service
Secure Video System
Secure Voice System
Secure Video Teleconference
Secure Video Teleconferencing System
Soil and Water
Special Weapons and Tactics
Severe Weather Center
Stillwater Flood Elevation
Stillwater Flood Level
Security Working Group
Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence
Satellite Weather Information System
1) State Warning Point
2) State Weekends Program
Severe Weather Statement
Top Officials Exercise/TOPOFF 2
Time and Attendance
1) Table of Allowances
2) Technical Assistance
3) Time and Attendance
4) Travel Authorization
1) Technical Advisory Committee
2) Technical Assistance Contractor
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
Tactical Desk
Tactical Law Enforcement Team
Tactical Specialized Management Center
1) Threat Assessment Database System
2) Training Aids for Dam Safety
Tactical Aeromedical Evacuation System
Terrorism and Foreign Assassination
Test, Analyze, Fix and Test
1) Technology & Architecture Group
2) The Adjutant General
3) Threat Advisory Group
139
MRI
MRIC
MRMC
MRP
MRR
MRRS
MRT
MRV
M/S
MS
MS-1
MSA
MSC
MSCA
MSCLEA
MSDS
MSE
MSEL
MSF
MSFCMA
MSHA
MSIC
MSIS
MSL
MSLO
MSO
MSPB
MSR
MSRC
Mean Recurrence Interval
Mobile Reconstruction Information Center
Medical Research and Materiel Command
1) Machine readable passport
2) Minimal Repair Program
Measurement Residual Ratio
MERS Response Reporting System
Medical Response Team
1) Mobile Response Van (or Vehicle)
2) Multi-Radio Van (or Vehicle)
Meters per second
MicroSoft
Medical Service - 1 (Hospital)
1) Mutual Support Agreement
2) Metropolitan Statistical Area
1) Marine Safety Center
2) Map Service Center
3) Major Subordinate Command
4) Mobile Switching Center
Military Support to Civil Authorities (see DSCA)
Military Support to Civilian Law Enforcement
Agencies
Material Safety Data Sheet
MERS Support Element
Master Scenario Events List
Mobile Screening Force
Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and
Management Act
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Missile & Space Intelligence Center
Marine Safety Information System
Mean Sea Level
Military Support Liaison Officer
Military Support Officer
Merit Systems Protection Board
Main Supply Route
Marine Spill Response Corporation
MRI
MRIC
MRMC
MRP
MRR
MRRS
MRT
MRV
M/S
MS
MS-1
MSA
MSC
MSCA
MSCLEA
MSDS
MSE
MSEL
MSF
MSFCMA
MSHA
MSIC
MSIS
MSL
MSLO
MSO
MSPB
MSR
MSRC
Mean Recurrence Interval
Mobile Reconstruction Information Center
Medical Research and Materiel Command
1) Machine readable passport
2) Minimal Repair Program
Measurement Residual Ratio
MERS Response Reporting System
Medical Response Team
1) Mobile Response Van (or Vehicle)
2) Multi-Radio Van (or Vehicle)
Meters per second
MicroSoft
Medical Service - 1 (Hospital)
1) Mutual Support Agreement
2) Metropolitan Statistical Area
1) Marine Safety Center
2) Map Service Center
3) Major Subordinate Command
4) Mobile Switching Center
Military Support to Civil Authorities (see DSCA)
Military Support to Civilian Law Enforcement
Agencies
Material Safety Data Sheet
MERS Support Element
Master Scenario Events List
Mobile Screening Force
Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and
Management Act
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Missile & Space Intelligence Center
Marine Safety Information System
Mean Sea Level
Military Support Liaison Officer
Military Support Officer
Merit Systems Protection Board
Main Supply Route
Marine Spill Response Corporation
TAOS
TAPS
TAR
TARS
TAVISS
TBA
TBD
TBM
TBP
TBR
T&C
TC
T-CAR
TCC
TCD
TCO
TCP
TCS
TCU
TDD
TDFM
TDO
TDS
TDY
T&E
TEAM-CPR
TECS
TED
The Arbiter of Storms
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
Tone-Alert Radio
Tethered Aerostat Radar System
Targeted Violence Information Sharing System
1) To Be Announced
2) Thyroid Blocking Agent (see KI)
To Be Determined
Temporary Bench Mark
To be published
Travel Business Roundtable
Time and Cost
Technical Committee
Tribal Capability Assessment for Readiness
1) Telecommunications Center
2) Transportable Communications Center
3) Telephone Contact Center
Tropical Cyclone Discussion
Territorial Coordinating Officer
1) Traffic Control Point
2) Telecommunications Priorities
1) (Standard Flood Hazard) Tracking and Correspondence System
2) Tactical Control System(s)
1) Threat Containment Unit
2) Transportation Coordination Unit
Telecommunications or Teletype Device for the Deaf
Traffic Demand Forecast Model
Typhoon Duty Officer
Time, Distance, and Shielding
Temporary Duty
Threatened and Endangered
Thermal, Etiological, Asphyxiation, Mechanical,
Chemical, Psychological, and Radioactive
Treasury Enforcement Communications System
Total Effective Dose
140
MSST
MST
MSU
MT
MTA
MTF
MTMC
MTOE
MTR
MTSA
MTSP
MUDAC
MUF
M/V
MVGP
MW
MWA
MWCOG
MWEAC
MWEOC
MWFRS
MWH
MWS
M-ZONE
N/A
NA
NAAE
NAAK
Maritime Safety and Security Team
1) Management Support Team
2) METRO Strike Team
3) Mountain Standard Time (GMT - 7)
1) Management Support Unit
2) Medical Support Unit
1) Megaton
2) metric ton
Material Transfer Area
Medical Treatment Facility
Military Traffic Management Command
Modified Table of Organization and Equipment
Military Training Route
Maritime Transportation Security Act
Mass Transit Security Program
Meteorological and Unified Dose Assessment Center
Materials Unaccounted For
Merchant Vessel
Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles
1) megawatt
2) Microwave
3) Mt Weather
Metropolitan Washington Area
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Mt Weather Emergency Assistance Center
Mt Weather Emergency Operations Center
Main Wind Force Resisting System
megawatt hour
Marine Weather Statement
High Mudflow Hazard Area
1) Not Affected
2) Not (or Non) Applicable
1) North American
2) Northeastern Area
National Association of Agricultural Employees
Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
140
MSST
MST
MSU
MT
MTA
MTF
MTMC
MTOE
MTR
MTSA
MTSP
MUDAC
MUF
M/V
MVGP
MW
MWA
MWCOG
MWEAC
MWEOC
MWFRS
MWH
MWS
M-ZONE
N/A
NA
NAAE
NAAK
Maritime Safety and Security Team
1) Management Support Team
2) METRO Strike Team
3) Mountain Standard Time (GMT - 7)
1) Management Support Unit
2) Medical Support Unit
1) Megaton
2) metric ton
Material Transfer Area
Medical Treatment Facility
Military Traffic Management Command
Modified Table of Organization and Equipment
Military Training Route
Maritime Transportation Security Act
Mass Transit Security Program
Meteorological and Unified Dose Assessment Center
Materials Unaccounted For
Merchant Vessel
Mission, Vision, and Guiding Principles
1) megawatt
2) Microwave
3) Mt Weather
Metropolitan Washington Area
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Mt Weather Emergency Assistance Center
Mt Weather Emergency Operations Center
Main Wind Force Resisting System
megawatt hour
Marine Weather Statement
High Mudflow Hazard Area
1) Not Affected
2) Not (or Non) Applicable
1) North American
2) Northeastern Area
National Association of Agricultural Employees
Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
140
TEDE
TEEX
TEL
TELNET
TEMA
TEMP
TEOAF
TEOC
TEU
TEW
TF
TFCC
TFL
TFR
TFT
TH
THA
THAMIC
THO
THP
THREATCON
TIA
TIARA
TIAS
TIER
TIFF
TIGER
TIMACS
TIN
TIOC
Total Effective Dose Equivalent
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Transporter-Erector-Launcher
Teleconference Network
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
1) Temporary Employee
2) Test and Evaluation Master Plan
Treasury Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture
Transportation Emergency Operations Center
Technical Escort Unit
Terrorist Early Warning (Group)
Task Force
Task Force Control Center
Task Force Leader
Temporary Flight Restriction
Temporary Full Time
1) Temporary Housing
2) Technological Hazards
Temporary Housing Assistance
Toxic Hazard Analysis Model for Industrial
Chemicals
Temporary Housing Officer
Temporary Housing Program
Threat Condition
1) Telecommunications Industry Association
2) Terrorism Information Awareness
Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities
Training Information Access System
Treasury Information Executive Repository
Tagged Image File Format
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and
Reference (System)
Telecommunications Inventory Management and
Control System
1) Taxpayer Identification Number
2) Triangular Irregular Network
Transportation Information Operations Center
141
NAAP
NAAQS
NAAT
NAC
NACA
NAC/AEGL
NACCHO
NACD
NACE
NACI
NACo
NACS
NAD27
NAD83
NADO
NAERG
NAFAX
NAFSMA
NAFTA
NAHB
NAI
NaI (Tl)
NAII
NAIIA
NAILS
NAMRI
NAOC
NAOS
NAP
NAPA
Newport Army Ammunition Plant (obsolete)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
North American Aviation Trilateral
1) National Advisory Committee
2) National Agency Check
3) Nebraska Avenue Center/Complex
National Air Carrier Association
National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure
Guidelines Levels (for Chemical Substances)
National Association of County and City Health
Officials
National Association of Corporate Directors
National Association of County Engineers
National Agency Check with Inquiries
National Association of Counties
NEMIS Access Control System
North American Datum of 1927
North American Datum of 1983
National Association of Development Organizations
North American Emergency Response Guidebook
National Facsimile Network
National Association of Flood & Stormwater
Management Agencies
North America Free Trade Agreement
National Association of Home Builders
North American Initiative
Sodium Iodide Doped with Thallium (scintillator)
National Association of Independent Insurers
National Association of Independent Insurance
Adjusters
National Automated Immigration Lookout System
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Airborne Operations Center
North American Atmospheric Observing System
Nuclear Assessment Program
National Academy of Public Administration
NAAP
NAAQS
NAAT
NAC
NACA
NAC/AEGL
NACCHO
NACD
NACE
NACI
NACo
NACS
NAD27
NAD83
NADO
NAERG
NAFAX
NAFSMA
NAFTA
NAHB
NAI
NaI (Tl)
NAII
NAIIA
NAILS
NAMRI
NAOC
NAOS
NAP
NAPA
Newport Army Ammunition Plant (obsolete)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
North American Aviation Trilateral
1) National Advisory Committee
2) National Agency Check
3) Nebraska Avenue Center/Complex
National Air Carrier Association
National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure
Guidelines Levels (for Chemical Substances)
National Association of County and City Health
Officials
National Association of Corporate Directors
National Association of County Engineers
National Agency Check with Inquiries
National Association of Counties
NEMIS Access Control System
North American Datum of 1927
North American Datum of 1983
National Association of Development Organizations
North American Emergency Response Guidebook
National Facsimile Network
National Association of Flood & Stormwater
Management Agencies
North America Free Trade Agreement
National Association of Home Builders
North American Initiative
Sodium Iodide Doped with Thallium (scintillator)
National Association of Independent Insurers
National Association of Independent Insurance
Adjusters
National Automated Immigration Lookout System
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Airborne Operations Center
North American Atmospheric Observing System
Nuclear Assessment Program
National Academy of Public Administration
TIP
TIPS
TIROS
TISP
TL
TLC
TLC-C
TLC-E
TLC-W
TLD
TLV
TM
TMARS
TMC
TMI
TMS
TMT
TNC
TNT
TOA
TOC
TOCDF
TOPOFF
TOSC
TOT
TPC
TPED
TPFDD
TPFDL
Threat Image Protection
Terrorist Information and Prevention System
Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
The Infrastructure Security Partnership
1) Team Leader
2) Truckload
Territory Logistics Centers
Territory Logistics Center- Central
Territory Logistics Center- East
Territory Logistics Center-West
Thermoluminescent Dosimeter
Threshold Limit Value
Trademark
Team Management and Rostering System
1) Transportation Management Center
2) Travel Management Center
Three Mile Island (Nuclear Power Plant)
1) Training Management System
2) Traffic Management Specialist
1) Traffic Management Team
2) Training Management Team
Terminal Node Controller
Trinitrotoluene
1) Time of Arrival
2) Transportation Operating Agency(ies)
1) Table of Contents
2) Tactical Operations Center
3) Traffic Operations Center
Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility
Top Officials (exercise series)
Tactical On-Scene Commander
Time on Target
Tropical Prediction Center
Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination
Time-Phased Force Deployment Data
Time-Phased Force Deployment List
142
NAPI
NARA
NARAC
NARCL
NARP
NARS
NARSAP
NARTC
NAS
NASA
NASAR
NASCDD
NASEMSD
NASFM
NASNA
NASTTPO
NASULGC
NATCA
NATO
NAVAID
NAVD88
NAWAS
NAWAS/BCC
NAWE
NBACC
NBC
NBFAC
NBSAC
NBTA
National Arson Prevention Initiative
National Archives and Records Administration
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
Nuclear Accident Response Capabilities Listing
Nuclear Accident Response Plan (or Procedures)
National Archives and Records Service
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications
Program
National Advanced Resource Technology Center
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Association for Search and Rescue
National Association of State Civil Defense Directors
National Association of State Emergency Medical
Services Directors
National Association of State Fire Marshals
National Association of 9-1-1 Administrators
National Association of State Title Three Program
Officials
National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Navigational Aid
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
1) National Alert and Warning System
2) National Warning System
National Warning System Bridge and Conference
Controller
National Association for Waterfront Employees
National Biosecurity Analysis and Countermeasures
Center
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
National Bioforensic Analysis Center
National Boating Safety Advisory Council
National Business Travel Association
142
NAPI
NARA
NARAC
NARCL
NARP
NARS
NARSAP
NARTC
NAS
NASA
NASAR
NASCDD
NASEMSD
NASFM
NASNA
NASTTPO
NASULGC
NATCA
NATO
NAVAID
NAVD88
NAWAS
NAWAS/BCC
NAWE
NBACC
NBC
NBFAC
NBSAC
NBTA
National Arson Prevention Initiative
National Archives and Records Administration
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
Nuclear Accident Response Capabilities Listing
Nuclear Accident Response Plan (or Procedures)
National Archives and Records Service
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications
Program
National Advanced Resource Technology Center
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Association for Search and Rescue
National Association of State Civil Defense Directors
National Association of State Emergency Medical
Services Directors
National Association of State Fire Marshals
National Association of 9-1-1 Administrators
National Association of State Title Three Program
Officials
National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Navigational Aid
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
1) National Alert and Warning System
2) National Warning System
National Warning System Bridge and Conference
Controller
National Association for Waterfront Employees
National Biosecurity Analysis and Countermeasures
Center
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
National Bioforensic Analysis Center
National Boating Safety Advisory Council
National Business Travel Association
142
TPO
TPS
TR
TRACEM
TRAC2ES
TRADE
TransCAER
TRC
Treas
TRES
TRIA
TRICS
TRIP
TRIPS
TRO
TROPAN
TROR
TRP
TRT
TS
TSA
TSAC
TSAR
TSARM
1) Technical Program(s) Officer
2) Transition Planning Office
Temporary Protected Status
Transportation Request
Thermal, Radioactive, Asphyxiation, Chemical,
Etiological, and Mechanical
TRANSCOM’s Regulating and Command and Control
Evacuation System
Training Resources And Data Exchange
Transportation Community Awareness Emergency
Response
1) Telephone Response Center
2) Technology Review Committee
Department of the Treasury
Department of Treasury (Federal Government,
affiliated with EPR)
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (affiliated with PSO)
Telephone-to-Radio Interface Communications
System
Transit (and) Rail Inspection Pilot (DHS program,
affiliated with BTS/TSA)
Travel Reporting and Information Processing
System
Transient Accommodations Only
Tropical Analysis Facsimile Network
Treasury Report on Receivables
Tactical Response Plan
Tactical Response Team
1) Thunderstorm
2) Top Secret
3) Tropical Storm
1) The Salvation Army
2) Transportation Security Administration
Towing Safety Advisory Committee
Transportation Security Administration
Representative
TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module
143
NBWDA
NCA
NCAI
NCAR
NCAS
NC&B
NCBFAA
NCC
NCCC
NCCG
NCDDM
NCEH
NCEP
NCGIA
NCIC
NCID
NCIT
NCLIS
NCMEC
NCO
NCP
NCPC
NCPI
NCR
NCRC
NCRPM
NCS
NCSA
National BioWeapons Defense Analysis Center
National Command Authority
National Congress of American Indians
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Cyber Alert System
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological
National Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association of America
National Coordinating Center
(for Telecommunications)
National Council of the Churches of Christ
National Civilian Community Group
National Center for Disaster Decision Making
National Center for Environmental Health
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
National Center for Geographic Information and
Analysis
National Crime Information Center
National Center for Infectious Diseases
National Council on International Trade
National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Non-Commissioned Officer
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (aka National Contingency Plan)
1) National Capitol Planning Commission
2) National Crime Prevention Council
National Committee on Property Insurance
National Capital Region
National Capitol Region Coordination
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements
1) National Communications System [ESF-2]
2) Net Control System
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NBWDA
NCA
NCAI
NCAR
NCAS
NC&B
NCBFAA
NCC
NCCC
NCCG
NCDDM
NCEH
NCEP
NCGIA
NCIC
NCID
NCIT
NCLIS
NCMEC
NCO
NCP
NCPC
NCPI
NCR
NCRC
NCRPM
NCS
NCSA
National BioWeapons Defense Analysis Center
National Command Authority
National Congress of American Indians
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Cyber Alert System
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological
National Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association of America
National Coordinating Center
(for Telecommunications)
National Council of the Churches of Christ
National Civilian Community Group
National Center for Disaster Decision Making
National Center for Environmental Health
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
National Center for Geographic Information and
Analysis
National Crime Information Center
National Center for Infectious Diseases
National Council on International Trade
National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Non-Commissioned Officer
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (aka National Contingency Plan)
1) National Capitol Planning Commission
2) National Crime Prevention Council
National Committee on Property Insurance
National Capital Region
National Capitol Region Coordination
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements
1) National Communications System [ESF-2]
2) Net Control System
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
TSB
TSC
TSCA
TSCC
TSCM
TSCO
TSD
TSDN
TSDR
TSIS
TSN
TSP
TSPSOC
TSR
TSWG
TT
TTC
TT&E
TTIC
TTPP
TTT
TTWS
TTX
TTY
TUAV
TUTT
1) Technical Services Branch
2) Training Support Brigade
1) Technical Support Center
2) Terrorist Screening Center
(affiliated with DHS/BTS, DOS, FBI, CIA, DOJ)
Toxic Substance Control Act
Transportation Security Command Center
(affiliated with BTS)
1) Technical Security Countermeasure
2) Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
Top Secret Control Officer
Technical Services Division
Technical Support Data Notebook
Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Transportation Security Intelligence Service
Trade Support Network
1) Telecommunications Service Priority
2) Thrift Savings Plan
3) Total Suspended Particulates
4) Transit Security Program
Telecommunications Service Priority/System
Oversight Committee
1) Telecommunications Service Request
2) Teleregistration Service Representative
Technical Support Working Group
Travel Trailer
Technical Training Center
Training, Testing and Exercising
Terrorism/Terrorist Threat Integration Center
Transportation Threat Protection Program
Train-the-Trainer
Terrorist Threat Warning System
(DHS program, affiliated with HSOC)
Tabletop Exercise
Teletypewriter
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough
144
NCSD
NCSL
NCSLLET
NCSP
NCSRM
NCSSA
NCTC
NCUA
NCVIP
NDA
NDAA
NDAC
NDC
NDEA
NDEC
NDEP
NDER
NDIA
NDIC
NDMC
NDMOC
NDMS
NDMSOSC
NDPO
NDRSMP
NDS
NDW
NE
NEC
NECA
National Cyber Security Division
National Council of State Legislators
National Center for State & Local Law Enforcement
Training, Advisory Committee to the
National Communications Support Plan
National Communications Systems Regional Manager
National Cartographic Standards for Spatial Accuracy
National Counterterrorism Center
National Credit Union Administration
National Child Victim Identification Program
1) National Defense Area
2) Non-Disclosure Agreement
Natural Disaster Assistance Act
Network Design and Analysis Center
National Data Center
National Defense Emergency Authorization
National Disaster Education Coalition
National Digital Elevation Program
National Defense Executive Reserve
National Defense Industry Association
National Drug Intelligence Center
National Drought Mitigation Center
National Disaster Medical Operations Center
National Disaster Medical System
National Disaster Medical System Operations
Support Center
National Domestic Preparedness Office
National Distress and Response System
Modernization Project (aka “Rescue 21”)
1) National Defense Stockpile
2) Nuclear Detection System
Naval District of Washington
1) Northeast
2) New England
National Earthquake Center
Newport Chemical Activity
144
NCSD
NCSL
NCSLLET
NCSP
NCSRM
NCSSA
NCTC
NCUA
NCVIP
NDA
NDAA
NDAC
NDC
NDEA
NDEC
NDEP
NDER
NDIA
NDIC
NDMC
NDMOC
NDMS
NDMSOSC
NDPO
NDRSMP
NDS
NDW
NE
NEC
NECA
National Cyber Security Division
National Council of State Legislators
National Center for State & Local Law Enforcement
Training, Advisory Committee to the
National Communications Support Plan
National Communications Systems Regional Manager
National Cartographic Standards for Spatial Accuracy
National Counterterrorism Center
National Credit Union Administration
National Child Victim Identification Program
1) National Defense Area
2) Non-Disclosure Agreement
Natural Disaster Assistance Act
Network Design and Analysis Center
National Data Center
National Defense Emergency Authorization
National Disaster Education Coalition
National Digital Elevation Program
National Defense Executive Reserve
National Defense Industry Association
National Drug Intelligence Center
National Drought Mitigation Center
National Disaster Medical Operations Center
National Disaster Medical System
National Disaster Medical System Operations
Support Center
National Domestic Preparedness Office
National Distress and Response System
Modernization Project (aka “Rescue 21”)
1) National Defense Stockpile
2) Nuclear Detection System
Naval District of Washington
1) Northeast
2) New England
National Earthquake Center
Newport Chemical Activity
144
TV
TVA
TVTA
TWA
TWD
TWIC
TWOV
TWVP
UA
UAC
UASI
UAV
UC
UC/IC
UCGIS
UCP
UCT
UD
UDA
UEL
UF6
UGC
UHF
UI
ULF
ULN
ULO
ULP
UMCA
UMCD
1) Television
2) Thomasville, Georgia
Tennessee Valley Authority
Threat and Vulnerability, Testing and Assessment
Time Weighted Average
Tropical Weather Discussion
Transportation Workers Identification Credential
Transit Without Visa Program
(see TWOV)
1) Unauthorized Absence
2) Upper Air
Unified Area Command
Urban Area Security Initiative
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
1) Unemployment Compensation
2) Unified Command
Unified Command / Incident Command
University Consortium for Geographic Information
Science
1) Unified Command Plan
2) Unified Command Post
1) Universal Coordinated Time
2) Unified Command Team
Unified Defense
Undocumented Aliens
Upper Explosive Limit
Uranium Hexafluroide
Universal Generic Code
Ultra High Frequency
Unemployment Insurance
Ultra Low Frequency
Unit Line Number(s)
Unliquidated Obligation
Unfair Labor Practice
Umatilla Chemical Activity
Umatilla Chemical Depot
145
NECC
NECD
NECN
NEDSS
NEEP
NEET
NEFSMA
NEG
NEHA
NEHRP
NEI
NEIC
NEIS
NEMA
NEMB-CAP
NEMIS
NEMT
NENA
NEO
NEOB
NEOC
NEPA
NEPPC
NERC
NERT
NESEC
NESN
NESP
NEST
National Emergency Coordination Center
(obsolete; see NRCC)
Newport Chemical Depot
National Emergency Communications Network
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
National Earthquake Education Program
National Exercise Evaluation Team
New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers
Association
National Emergency Grant
National Environmental Health Association
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Nuclear Energy Institute
National Earthquake Information Center
National Earthquake Information Service
1) National Emergency Management Association
2) Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
National Emergency Management Baseline
- Capability Assessment Program
National Emergency Management Information
System
National Emergency Management Team
National Emergency Number Association
1) Near-Earth Orbit
2) Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
New Executive Office Building
National Emergency Operations Center
National Environmental Protection Act
National Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
North American Electric Reliability Council
National Emergency Response Team
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Necessary Expenses and Serious Needs
National Environmental Studies Project
Nuclear Emergency Search/Support Team
NECC
NECD
NECN
NEDSS
NEEP
NEET
NEFSMA
NEG
NEHA
NEHRP
NEI
NEIC
NEIS
NEMA
NEMB-CAP
NEMIS
NEMT
NENA
NEO
NEOB
NEOC
NEPA
NEPPC
NERC
NERT
NESEC
NESN
NESP
NEST
National Emergency Coordination Center
(obsolete; see NRCC)
Newport Chemical Depot
National Emergency Communications Network
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
National Earthquake Education Program
National Exercise Evaluation Team
New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers
Association
National Emergency Grant
National Environmental Health Association
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Nuclear Energy Institute
National Earthquake Information Center
National Earthquake Information Service
1) National Emergency Management Association
2) Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
National Emergency Management Baseline
- Capability Assessment Program
National Emergency Management Information
System
National Emergency Management Team
National Emergency Number Association
1) Near-Earth Orbit
2) Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
New Executive Office Building
National Emergency Operations Center
National Environmental Protection Act
National Emergency Prevention and Preparedness
Council
North American Electric Reliability Council
National Emergency Response Team
Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Necessary Expenses and Serious Needs
National Environmental Studies Project
Nuclear Emergency Search/Support Team
UMCOR
UMDA
UMOC
UMP
UN
UNCLAS
UNDRO
UNHCR
UNP
UNSCOM
UOC
UO2F2
UBC
UPC
UPS
URA
URISA
URL
US
USA
USACBDC
USACDA
USACDRA
USACE
USACHPPM
USACMDA
USACOM
USADACS
United Methodist Committee On Relief
UMatilla Depot Activity
Unified Medical Operations Center
Upward Mobility Program
United Nations (foreign, affiliated with EPR, OIA)
Unclassified
United Nations Disaster Relief Organization
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Unmet Needs Program
United Nations Special Commission
USACE Operations Center
Uranyl Fluoride
Uniform Building Code
Universal Product Code
1) Uninterruptable Power Supply
2) United Postal Service
Uniform Relocation Act
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
Uniform Resource Locator
1) Under Secretary (also U/S)
2) United States
1) United States of America
2) United States Army
United States Army Chemical and Biological
Defense Command
US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States Army Chemical Demilitarization and
Remediation Activity
United States Army Corps of Engineers (ESF 3)
United States Army Center for Health Promotion
and Preventive Medicine
United States Army Chemical Material Destruction
Agency
United States Atlantic Command
(obsolete; see USJFCOM)
United States Army Defense Artillery Center and
School
146
NET
NETAC
NETAP
NETC
NEXRAD
NEXS
NEXUS
NFA
NFAR
NFCD
NFDA
NFDC
NFES
NFFE
NFFF
NFFS
NFI
NFIB
NFIC
NFIF
NFIP
NFIRA
NFIRS
NFMA
NFP
NFPA
NFPCA
NFPE
NFR
NFS
NFSC
NFSCC
No Earlier Than
National Environmental Technology Application
Center
National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program
National Emergency Training Center
Next Generation Weather Radar
National Exercise Schedule
Next Generation Upper Weather System
National Fire Academy
No Further Action Required
National Finance Center Database
1) National Flood Determination Association
2) National Funeral Directors Association
National Fire Data Center
National Fire Equipment System
National Federation of Federal Employees
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors
National Flood Insurance
National Foreign Intelligence Board
National Fire Information Council
National Flood Insurance Fund
1) National Flood Insurance Program
2) National Foreign Intelligence Program
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994
National Fire Incident Reporting System
National Forest Management Act
Not-For-Profit
National Fire Protection Association
National Fire Prevention and Control
Administration
National Fire Protection Equipment
Notice of Finding and Recommendation
National Forest System
Narcotics Financing Strategy Center
National Fire Science Curriculum Committee
146
NET
NETAC
NETAP
NETC
NEXRAD
NEXS
NEXUS
NFA
NFAR
NFCD
NFDA
NFDC
NFES
NFFE
NFFF
NFFS
NFI
NFIB
NFIC
NFIF
NFIP
NFIRA
NFIRS
NFMA
NFP
NFPA
NFPCA
NFPE
NFR
NFS
NFSC
NFSCC
No Earlier Than
National Environmental Technology Application
Center
National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program
National Emergency Training Center
Next Generation Weather Radar
National Exercise Schedule
Next Generation Upper Weather System
National Fire Academy
No Further Action Required
National Finance Center Database
1) National Flood Determination Association
2) National Funeral Directors Association
National Fire Data Center
National Fire Equipment System
National Federation of Federal Employees
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors
National Flood Insurance
National Foreign Intelligence Board
National Fire Information Council
National Flood Insurance Fund
1) National Flood Insurance Program
2) National Foreign Intelligence Program
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994
National Fire Incident Reporting System
National Forest Management Act
Not-For-Profit
National Fire Protection Association
National Fire Prevention and Control
Administration
National Fire Protection Equipment
Notice of Finding and Recommendation
National Forest System
Narcotics Financing Strategy Center
National Fire Science Curriculum Committee
146
USAF
USAFA
USAID
USA-ITA
USAMRAA
USAMRICD
USAMRIID
USANCA
USA PATRIOT [Act]
US&R
USAR
USBP
USBR
USC
USCERT
USCG
USCGR
USCIS
USCOLD
USCS
USCSCFAC
USDA
USDA/CSREES
USDOI
USDOL
United States Air Force
United States Air Force Academy
United States Agency for International
Development
U.S. Association for Importers of Textiles and
Apparel (private sector association, affiliated with
BTS/CBP)
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
United States Army Medical Research Institute of
Chemical Defense (DOD program, affiliated with
EPR, S&T)
United States Army Medical Research Institute for
Infectious Disease
United States Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency
Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & Obstruct
Terrorism
Urban Search & Rescue
United States Army Reserve
United States. Border Patrol
United States Bureau of Reclamation
1) United States Citizen
2) United States Code
United States Computer Emergency Response Team
United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard Reserve
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(aka CIS)
United States Committee On Large Dams
United States Customs Service
U.S. Customs Service COBRA Fees Advisory
Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture/
Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service (aka the Extension Service)
United States Department of the Interior
United States Department of Labor
147
NFSLO
NG
NGA
NGB
NGDC
NGLO
NGM
NGO
NGRS
NGS
NGVD
NGVD29
NHC
NHPA
NHTSA
NHV
NI
NIAC
NIBERS
NIBS
NIC
NICC
NICCP
NICI
NID
NIDF
NIEHS
NIEOC
NIER
National Fire Suppression Liaison Officer
National Guard
1) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2) National Governor’s Association
1) National Governing Body
2) National Guard Bureau
National Geophysical Data Center
National Guard Liaison Officer
Nested Grid Model
Non-Governmental Organization
National Geodetic Reference System
National Geodetic Survey
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
National Hurricane Center
National Historic Preservation Act
National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration
Natural Hazard Vulnerability
No Insurance
1) NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
2) National Infrastructure Advisory Council
3) National Iranian American Council
National Incident Based Reporting System
National Institute of Building Sciences
1) National Instrumentation Center
2) NIMS Integration Center
National Interagency Coordination Center
National Interdiction Command & Control Plan
National Interagency Counterdrug Institute
1) National Intelligence Director
2) National Inventory of Dams
National Insurance Development Fund
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
National Interagency Emergency Operations Center
National Industrial Equipment Reserve
NFSLO
NG
NGA
NGB
NGDC
NGLO
NGM
NGO
NGRS
NGS
NGVD
NGVD29
NHC
NHPA
NHTSA
NHV
NI
NIAC
NIBERS
NIBS
NIC
NICC
NICCP
NICI
NID
NIDF
NIEHS
NIEOC
NIER
National Fire Suppression Liaison Officer
National Guard
1) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2) National Governor’s Association
1) National Governing Body
2) National Guard Bureau
National Geophysical Data Center
National Guard Liaison Officer
Nested Grid Model
Non-Governmental Organization
National Geodetic Reference System
National Geodetic Survey
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
National Hurricane Center
National Historic Preservation Act
National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration
Natural Hazard Vulnerability
No Insurance
1) NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
2) National Infrastructure Advisory Council
3) National Iranian American Council
National Incident Based Reporting System
National Institute of Building Sciences
1) National Instrumentation Center
2) NIMS Integration Center
National Interagency Coordination Center
National Interdiction Command & Control Plan
National Interagency Counterdrug Institute
1) National Intelligence Director
2) National Inventory of Dams
National Insurance Development Fund
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
National Interagency Emergency Operations Center
National Industrial Equipment Reserve
USDOT
USFA
USFS
USFWS
USG
USGS
USGS-DLG
USIA
USIC
USJFCOM
USMC
USMCR
USML
USMRICD
USMS
USMTF
USN
USNR
USNORTHCOM
USOC
USPACOM
USPHS
USPIS
USPP
USPS
US&R
USS
USSOCOM
USSOUTHCOM
USSPACECOM
USSS
USSTRATCOM
United States Department of Transportation [ESF-1]
United States Fire Administration
United States Forest Service (DOI division) [ESF-4]
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Government
United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey Digital Line Graph
(Format)
United States Information Agency
United States Interdiction Coordinator
United States Joint Forces Command
United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps Reserve
United States Munitions List
United States Army Medical Research Institute of
Chemical Defense
United States Marshals Service
United States Message Text Format
United States Navy
United States Naval Reserve
United States Northern Command
United States Olympic Committee
United States Pacific Command
United States Public Health Service
United States Postal Inspection Service
United States Park Police
United States Postal Service
Urban Search and Rescue
1) United States Senate
2) United States Ship
United States Special Operations Command
United States Southern Command
United States Space Command
United States Secret Service
United States Strategic Command
148
NIF
NIFC
NIFCC
NIH
NII
NIIMS
NIIS
NIJ
NIMA
NIMBY
NIMCAST
NIMG
NIMH
NIMS
NIMS/NET
NIMTO
NIOSH
NIP
NIPC
NIPF
NIPP
NIRSC
NIRT
NISAC
NISE
NIST
NIUSR
NJTTF
NLC
NLD
1) National Ignition Facility
2) Non-Industrial Facility
National Interagency Fire Center
National Interagency Fire Coordination Center
National Institutes of Health
1) National Information Infrastructure
2) Non-Intrusive Inspection
National Interagency Incident Management System
Non-Immigrant Information System
National Institute of Justice
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (see NGA)
Not In My Backyard
National Incident Management Compliance
Assurance Tool
National Interagency Mobilization Guide
National Institutes of Mental Health
National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System Network
Not In My Term of Office
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
National Immunization Program
National Infrastructure Protection Center
National Intelligence Priority Framework
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
National Interagency Radio Support Cache
Nuclear Incident Response Team
National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis
Center
National Intelligence Support Element
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
1) National League of Cities
2) National Location Code
Nunn-Lugar-Domenici
148
NIF
NIFC
NIFCC
NIH
NII
NIIMS
NIIS
NIJ
NIMA
NIMBY
NIMCAST
NIMG
NIMH
NIMS
NIMS/NET
NIMTO
NIOSH
NIP
NIPC
NIPF
NIPP
NIRSC
NIRT
NISAC
NISE
NIST
NIUSR
NJTTF
NLC
1) National Ignition Facility
2) Non-Industrial Facility
National Interagency Fire Center
National Interagency Fire Coordination Center
National Institutes of Health
1) National Information Infrastructure
2) Non-Intrusive Inspection
National Interagency Incident Management System
Non-Immigrant Information System
National Institute of Justice
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (see NGA)
Not In My Backyard
National Incident Management Compliance
Assurance Tool
National Interagency Mobilization Guide
National Institutes of Mental Health
National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System Network
Not In My Term of Office
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
National Immunization Program
National Infrastructure Protection Center
National Intelligence Priority Framework
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
National Interagency Radio Support Cache
Nuclear Incident Response Team
National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis
Center
National Intelligence Support Element
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
1) National League of Cities
2) National Location Code
148
UST
USTA
USTR
USTRANSCOM
USVI
US-VISIT
UTC
UTCP
UTM
UV
UVI
v
VA
VACIS
VAERS
VAL
VAMC
VAX
VBIED
VCC
VCR
VCU
VDEM
VDU
VEE
VEI
VERA
VFD
VFR
VGA
VHA
Underground Storage Tank
United States Telecom Association
United States Trade Representative Office
United States Transportation Command
United States Virgin Islands
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology
1) Unit Type Code
2) Universale Temps Coordinaire
(i.e., Coordinated Universal Time)
Unified Tactical Communications Program
Universal Transverse Mercator
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet Index
volt
1) Vulnerability Assessment
2) Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
Voluntary Agency Liaison
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Virtual Address Extension
Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
Venue Control Cell (affiliated with EPR)
Video Cassette Recorder
VOLAG Coordination Unit
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
1) Visual Display Unit
2) Visual Docking Unit
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
Volcanic Explosivity Index
Voluntary Early Retirement Authority
Volunteer Fire Department
Visual Flight Rules
Video Graphics Adapter
Veterans Health Administration
149
NLECC
NLETS
NLRA
NLRB
NLS
NLT
NM
NMAB
NMAS
NMB
NMC
NMCC
NMFS
NMI
NMIC
NMJIC
NMRI
NMRS
NMRT
NMSAC
NMSP
NMSS
NNEC
NNOB
NNOC
NNSA
NO
NOAA
NOAEL
NOBLE
National Law Enforcement Coordination Center
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System
National Labor Relations Authority
National Labor Relations Board
National Language Standards
No Later Than
Nautical Mile
National Materials Advisory Board
National Map Accuracy Standard
National Mediation Board
1) National Meteorological Center
2) Non-Mission Capable
National Military Command Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
No Middle Initial
National Maritime Intelligence Center
National Military Joint Intelligence Center
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Medical Response System
National Medical Response Team
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
National Maritime Security Plan
Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security
National Network Emergency Center
National Network Operations Branch
National Network Operations Center
National Nuclear Security Administration
National Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
No Observed Adverse Effects Level
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives
NLD
NLECC
NLETS
NLRA
NLRB
NLS
NLT
NM
NMAB
NMAS
NMB
NMC
NMCC
NMFS
NMI
NMIC
NMJIC
NMRI
NMRS
NMRT
NMSAC
NMSP
NMSS
NNEC
NNOB
NNOC
NNSA
NO
NOAA
NOAEL
NOBLE
Nunn-Lugar-Domenici
National Law Enforcement Coordination Center
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System
National Labor Relations Authority
National Labor Relations Board
National Language Standards
No Later Than
Nautical Mile
National Materials Advisory Board
National Map Accuracy Standard
National Mediation Board
1) National Meteorological Center
2) Non-Mission Capable
National Military Command Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
No Middle Initial
National Maritime Intelligence Center
National Military Joint Intelligence Center
Naval Medical Research Institute
National Medical Response System
National Medical Response Team
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
National Maritime Security Plan
Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security
National Network Emergency Center
National Network Operations Branch
National Network Operations Center
National Nuclear Security Administration
National Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
No Observed Adverse Effects Level
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives
VHF
VI
VIA
VIG
VIK
VIP
VIPS
VISC
VISIT
VISN
VISTA
VITA
VITEMA
VLF
VMAS
VMAT
VMS
VNPSC
VOA
VOAD
VoID
VOLAG
VOR
VORTEX
VOSS
VPS
VRC
VRP
VS
VSAB
VSP
Very High Frequency
Virgin Islands
By way of
Vaccinia Immuno Globulin
Value-In-Kind
1) Very Important Person
2) Volunteer Incentive Program
Volunteers In Police Service
Visual Information Support Center
Visitor & Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
(affiliated with BTS/CIS)
Veterans Integrated Services Network
Volunteers In Service To America
Volunteers In Technical Assistance
Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management
Agency
Very Low Frequency
Vertical Map Accuracy Standard
Veterinary Medical Assistance Team
Virtual Memory System
Virginia National Processing Service Center
Volunteers of America
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Voice over Internet Protocol
Voluntary Agency
Visual Omni Ranger
Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes
Experiment
Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System
Vector Product Format
Volunteer Reception Center
Vessel Response Plan
Victim Support
Vehicle Storage Administration Building
Visa Security Program
150
NOC
NOEL
NOFA
NOGA
NOI
NOK
NOPR
NORAD
NORTHCOM
NOS
NOSAC
NOTAM
NOUE
N/P
NP
NPC
NPDES
NPDP
NPFC
NPL
NPLA
NPMA
NPMOC
NPOC
NPOESS
NPP
NPPC
1) National Olympic Committee
2) National Operations Center
3) Navy Operations Center
4) Negotiations Operations Center
5) Network Operations Center
No Observed Effects Level
Notice of Funds Availability
Notice of Grant Award
1) Notice of Intent
2) Notice of Interest
Next-of-Kin
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
North American Aerospace Defense Command
(United States) Northern Command
1) National Ocean Survey
2) Not Otherwise Specified
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
Notice To Airmen
Notice of Unusual Event
Not Provided
1) National Preparedness
2) Navigation Processor
1) National Paralympic Committee
2) National Petroleum Council
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Performance of Dams Program
National Pollution Funds Center
National Priorities List
National Preparedness Leadership Academy
National Property Management Association
Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center
Next Port of Call
National Polar-Orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System
Nuclear Power Plant
National Preparedness and Prevention Council
150
NOC
NOEL
NOFA
NOGA
NOI
NOK
NOPR
NORAD
NORTHCOM
NOS
NOSAC
NOTAM
NOUE
N/P
NP
NPC
NPDES
NPDP
NPFC
NPL
NPLA
NPMA
NPMOC
NPOC
NPOESS
NPP
NPPC
1) National Olympic Committee
2) National Operations Center
3) Navy Operations Center
4) Negotiations Operations Center
5) Network Operations Center
No Observed Effects Level
Notice of Funds Availability
Notice of Grant Award
1) Notice of Intent
2) Notice of Interest
Next-of-Kin
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
North American Aerospace Defense Command
(United States) Northern Command
1) National Ocean Survey
2) Not Otherwise Specified
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
Notice To Airmen
Notice of Unusual Event
Not Provided
1) National Preparedness
2) Navigation Processor
1) National Paralympic Committee
2) National Petroleum Council
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Performance of Dams Program
National Pollution Funds Center
National Priorities List
National Preparedness Leadership Academy
National Property Management Association
Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center
Next Port of Call
National Polar-Orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System
Nuclear Power Plant
National Preparedness and Prevention Council
150
VST
VSU
VTC
VWPPA
V-Zone
W
WAE
WAN
WAR
WARNO
WATS
WAWAS or WAWS
WAWTAP
WB
WCATWC
WCO
WCRP
WEE
WELP
WEM
WER
WESTPAC
WFSA
WFU
WGI
WH
WHCA
WHLO
WHMO
WHO
WHS
WHSR
WIFLE
Victim Support Task
Visa Security Unit
Video Tele-Conference
Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act of 2000
Coastal High Hazard Area
watt
When Actually Employed
Wide Area Network
Weekly Activity Report
Warning Order
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
Washington Area Warning System
Wind And Water Technical Assistance Program
1) Whole Body
2) Wideband
West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
World Customs Organization
World Climate Research Program
Western Equine Encephalitis
Women’s Executive Leadership Program
Workshop in Emergency Management
Weapons-Effect Reporting
Western Pacific
Wildland Fire Situation Analysis
Wildland Fire Use
Within-Grade Increase
1) Warehouse
2) White House
White House Communications Agency
White House Liaison Office
White House Military Office
World Health Organization
Washington Headquarters Services
White House Situation Room
Women in Federal Law Enforcement
151
NPR
NPRM
NPS
NPSC
NPSP
NPSTC
NRAT
NRC
NRCC
NRCOC
NRCS
NRCSDC
NRCSSC
NRIMC
NRIS
NRO
NRP
NRPC
NRS
NRT
NSA
NSAC
NSC
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
(formerly National Performance Review)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
National Park Service
National Processing Service Centers
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
1) National Radiological Advisory Team
2) Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team
1) National Records Center
2) National Research Council
3) National Response Center
4) [United States] Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1) National Response Coordination Center
2) Northern Regional Coordination Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service District
Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service State
Conservationist
National Resources Information and Mapping Center
National Resource Information System
National Reconnaissance Office
National Response Plan
National Railway Passenger Commission
National Response System
1) National Response Team
2) Near Real-Time
1) National Security Agency
2) National Security Area
3) National Sheriff’s Association
4) Network Security Agreement
Navigation Safety Advisory Council
1) National Safety Council
2) National Security Council
3) National Security Cutter
4) NFIRS Support Center
NPR
NPRM
NPS
NPSC
NPSP
NPSTC
NRAT
NRC
NRCC
NRCOC
NRCS
NRCSDC
NRCSSC
NRIMC
NRIS
NRO
NRP
NRPC
NRS
NRT
NSA
NSAC
National Partnership for Reinventing Government
(formerly National Performance Review)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
National Park Service
National Processing Service Centers
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
1) National Radiological Advisory Team
2) Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team
1) National Records Center
2) National Research Council
3) National Response Center
4) [United States] Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1) National Response Coordination Center
2) Northern Regional Coordination Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service District
Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service State
Conservationist
National Resources Information and Mapping Center
National Resource Information System
National Reconnaissance Office
National Response Plan
National Railway Passenger Commission
National Response System
1) National Response Team
2) Near Real-Time
1) National Security Agency
2) National Security Area
3) National Sheriff’s Association
4) Network Security Agreement
Navigation Safety Advisory Council
WIMS
WIN
WITS
WMA
WMATA
WMD
WMD-DAC
WMDO-IM
WMO
WO
WORM
WP
WPS
WPT
WRDA
WRIST
WRM
WSEL
WSR
WSSPC
Wt
WG
WTC
WTO
WVOES
WWL
Weather Information Management System
WWMCCS Intercomputer Network (obsolete)
Washington Interagency Telecommunications
System
Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
1) Water Management District
2) Weapon(s) of Mass Destruction
WMD Decision Analysis Center
Weapons of Mass Destruction Office & Incident
Management
World Meteorological Organization
1) Warrant Officer
2) Work Order
Write Once - Read Many (CD-ROM Drive)
1) Warning Point
2) White Phosphorus
3) Word Processing
1) Water Purification System
2) Wireless Priority Service/System
3) Word Processing System
Workforce Performance Training
Water Resources Development Act
Weather Radar Identification of Severe
Thunderstorms
War Reserve Material
Water-Surface Elevation
Weather Surveillance Radar
Western States Seismic Policy Council
Weight
1) Wage Grade
2) Working Group
World Trade Center (obsolete)
World Trade Organization
West Virginia Office of Emergency Services
Wind/Water Line
152
NSD
NSDD
NSDI
NSEC
NSEERS
NS/EP
NS/EPC
NSF
NSFCC
NSGIC
NSHS
NSI
NSLRSDA
NSMP
NSN
NSPD
NSPE
NSRS
NSS
NSSA
NSSDA
NSSE
NSSFC
NSSL
NSTAC
NSTC
NSTR
NTA
1) Named Storm Day
2) National Security Directive
National Security Decision Directive
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
National Security Emergency Coordination
National Security Entry Exit Registration System
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
Communications, Committee for
1) National Science Foundation
2) National Strike Force
National Strike Force Coordination Center
National States Geographic Information Council
National Strategy for Homeland Security
1) National Security Information
2) Nuclear Surety Inspection
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data
Archive
National Strong-Motion Program
National Stock Number
National Security Presidential Directive
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Spatial Reference System
National Security Strategy
National Safe Skies Alliance
National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy
National Special Security Event
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
National Science & Technology Council
Nothing Significant to Report
1) National Technology Alliance
(research partnership between government, academia and industry)
2) Notice to Appear
152
NSC
NSD
NSDD
NSDI
NSEC
NSEERS
NS/EP
NS/EPC
NSF
NSFCC
NSGIC
NSHS
NSI
NSLRSDA
NSMP
NSN
NSPD
NSPE
NSRS
NSS
NSSA
NSSDA
NSSE
NSSFC
NSSL
NSTAC
NSTC
1) National Safety Council
2) National Security Council
3) National Security Cutter
4) NFIRS Support Center
1) Named Storm Day
2) National Security Directive
National Security Decision Directive
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
National Security Emergency Coordination
National Security Entry Exit Registration System
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
National Security and Emergency Preparedness
Communications, Committee for
1) National Science Foundation
2) National Strike Force
National Strike Force Coordination Center
National States Geographic Information Council
National Strategy for Homeland Security
1) National Security Information
2) Nuclear Surety Inspection
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data
Archive
National Strong-Motion Program
National Stock Number
National Security Presidential Directive
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Spatial Reference System
National Security Strategy
National Safe Skies Alliance
National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy
National Special Security Event
National Severe Storms Forecast Center
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
National Science & Technology Council
152
WWMCCS
WWU
WWW
WYO
WYSIWYG
XDA
XEDO
XPA
YCC
yd
YLD
yr
Z
ZBB
ZECP
ZFP
ZONE A
ZONE A1 to A30
ZONE AE
ZONE AH
ZONE AO
ZONE AR
World Wide Military Command and Control System
(obsolete; replaced by GCCS)
Watch and Warning Unit
World Wide Web
Write Your Own (Insurance, e.g., NFIP)
What You See Is What You Get
Existing Data Study
Xedar Heat Detection Unit
Extent of Play Agreement
Youth Conservation Corps
yard
1) Yield
2) Young Lawyers Division
year
Zulu (UTC)
Zero-Based Budgeting
Zone Emergency Communications Planner
Zone Forecast Product
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the
100-year flood; base flood elevations are not
determined
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100year flood; base flood elevations are determined
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100year flood; base flood elevations are determined
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
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100year 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
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
153
NTAC
NTC
NTC-MW
NTE
NTEU
NTIA
NTIS
NTM
NTMR
NTMS
NTR
N-TRAP
NTRO
NTS
NTSB
NTSC
NTSP
NU
NUCFLASH
NUDET
NUL
NUMARC
NUREG
NUSRS
NVDC
NVFC
NVLAP
NVMC
National Threat Assessment Center
1) National Targeting Center
2) National Teleregistration Center
National Teleregistration Center at Mount Weather
Not To Exceed
National Treasury Employees Union
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
National Technical Information Service
National Technical Means
National Technical Means of Reconnaissance
National Telecommunications Management
Structure
Nothing To Report
National Terrorism Response Awareness Program
National Terrorism Response Objective
1) National Traffic System
2) Nevada Test Site
National Transportation Safety Board
National Telecommunications Standards Committee
National Telecommunications Support Plan
(aka National Plan for Telecommunications
Support in Non-Wartime Emergencies)
Name Unknown
Accidental, unauthorized, or unexplained nuclear
detonation
Nuclear Detonation
National Urban League
Nuclear Management and Resources Council
Nuclear Regulation
National Urban Search and Rescue System,
Advisory Committee of the
National Vessel Documentation Center
National Volunteer Fire Council
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
Program
National Vessel Movement Center
NSTR
NTA
NTAC
NTC
NTC-MW
NTE
NTEU
NTIA
NTIS
NTM
NTMR
NTMS
NTR
N-TRAP
NTRO
NTS
NTSB
NTSC
NTSP
NU
NUCFLASH
NUDET
NUL
NUMARC
NUREG
NUSRS
NVDC
Nothing Significant to Report
1) National Technology Alliance
(research partnership between government, academia and industry)
2) Notice to Appear
National Threat Assessment Center
1) National Targeting Center
2) National Teleregistration Center
National Teleregistration Center at Mount Weather
Not To Exceed
National Treasury Employees Union
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
National Technical Information Service
National Technical Means
National Technical Means of Reconnaissance
National Telecommunications Management
Structure
Nothing To Report
National Terrorism Response Awareness Program
National Terrorism Response Objective
1) National Traffic System
2) Nevada Test Site
National Transportation Safety Board
National Telecommunications Standards Committee
National Telecommunications Support Plan
(aka National Plan for Telecommunications
Support in Non-Wartime Emergencies)
Name Unknown
Accidental, unauthorized, or unexplained nuclear
detonation
Nuclear Detonation
National Urban League
Nuclear Management and Resources Council
Nuclear Regulation
National Urban Search and Rescue System,
Advisory Committee of the
National Vessel Documentation Center
ZONE A99
ZONE B
ZONE C
ZONE D
ZONE V
ZONE VE
ZONE V1 to V30
ZONE X
ZULU
ZWA
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
Area of 500-year flood; area subject to the 100year 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
Area determined to be outside the 500-year
floodplain
Area in which flood hazards are undetermined
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100year flood; coastal floods with velocity hazards
(wave action); base flood elevations are not
determined
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the
100-year flood; coastal floods with velocity
hazards (wave action); base flood elevations are
determined
Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the
100-year flood; coastal floods with velocity
hazards (wave action); base flood elevations are
determined
If unshaded: Area determined to be outside the
500-year floodplain
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
Indicates use of Universal Coordinated Time
(Greenwich Mean Time) [affiliated with EPR, IAIP]
Zonal Wind Anomaly
154
NVOAD
NVTSA
NW
NWC
NWCG
NWP
NWR
NWS
NWSFO
NWWS
NYCOEM
OA
OAA
OADR
OAFME
OAO
OAR
OAS
OASH/OEP
OAWG
OB
OBE
OBS
OC
OCA
OCC
National Voluntary Organization Active in
Disasters
Night Vision Technology Safety Act
Neighborhood Watch
National Warning Center
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Neighborhood Watch Program (see NW)
National Weather Radio
National Weather Service
National Weather Service Forecast Office
National Weather Wire Service
New York City Office of Emergency Management
1) Office Automation
2) Over and Above
Older Americans Act
Originating Agency Determination Required
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Office of Aviation Operations
1) Office of Air and Radiation
2) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
1) Office of Administrative Support
2) Office of Aircraft Services
3) Organization of American States
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health / Office
of Emergency Preparedness
Organizational Attack Working Group
Official Business
Overcome by Events
Observation(s)
Operations Center
1) Office of Congressional Affairs
2) Original Classification Authority
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
154
NVFC
NVLAP
NVMC
NVOAD
NVTSA
NW
NWC
NWCG
NWP
NWR
NWS
NWSFO
NWWS
NYCOEM
OA
OAA
OADR
OAFME
OAO
OAR
OAS
OASH/OEP
OAWG
OB
OBE
OBS
National Volunteer Fire Council
National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
Program
National Vessel Movement Center
National Voluntary Organization Active in
Disasters
Night Vision Technology Safety Act
Neighborhood Watch
National Warning Center
National Wildfire Coordinating Group
Neighborhood Watch Program (see NW)
National Weather Radio
National Weather Service
National Weather Service Forecast Office
National Weather Wire Service
New York City Office of Emergency Management
1) Office Automation
2) Over and Above
Older Americans Act
Originating Agency Determination Required
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Office of Aviation Operations
1) Office of Air and Radiation
2) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
1) Office of Administrative Support
2) Office of Aircraft Services
3) Organization of American States
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health / Office
of Emergency Preparedness
Organizational Attack Working Group
Official Business
Overcome by Events
Observation(s)
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Notes
OCD
OCDETF
OCGFC
OCHAMPUS
OCIO
OCIPEP
OCLUS
OCN
OCOG
OCONUS
OCPM
OCR
OCRWM
OCS
OCTEL
OCZM
ODAM
ODBC
ODC
ODCEM
ODEM
Office of Community Development
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims
Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness
Outside the Continental Limits of the United States
Optimal Climate Normals
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Outside the Continental United States
Office of Crisis Planning and Management
1) Office of Collateral Responsibility
2) Optical Character Reader
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
1) Officer Candidate School
2) Outer Continental Shelf
Operations Center Telephone
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Offsite Dose Assessment Manual
Open Database Connectivity
Other Direct Cost
Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency
Management
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
OC
OCA
OCC
OCD
OCDETF
OCGFC
OCHAMPUS
OCIO
OCIPEP
OCLUS
OCN
OCOG
OCONUS
OCPM
OCR
OCRWM
OCS
OCTEL
OCZM
ODAM
ODBC
ODC
Operations Center
1) Office of Congressional Affairs
2) Original Classification Authority
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Community Development
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims
Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Emergency Preparedness
Outside the Continental Limits of the United States
Optimal Climate Normals
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Outside the Continental United States
Office of Crisis Planning and Management
1) Office of Collateral Responsibility
2) Optical Character Reader
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
1) Officer Candidate School
2) Outer Continental Shelf
Operations Center Telephone
Office of Coastal Zone Management
Offsite Dose Assessment Manual
Open Database Connectivity
Other Direct Cost
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