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== RDPO's List of Emergency Management Acronyms ==
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|AEL
|[https://www.fema.gov/grants/tools/authorized-equipment-list Authorized Equipment List]
|FEMA
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|AHIMT
|All-Hazards  Incident Management Team
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|AMSC
|Area  Maritime Security Committee
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|ATC
|Air  Traffic Control
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|BCP
|Business  Continuity Planning
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|CBO
|Community  Based Organization
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|CBRNE
|Chemical,  Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive
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|CERT
|Community  Emergency Response Team
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|CI/KR
|Critical  Infrastructure and Key Resources
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|CMS
|Centers  for Medicaid/Medicare Services
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|COG
|Continuity  of Government
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|COOP
|Continuity  of Operations Plan
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|COPLINK
|Advanced  Crime Analytics Platform
|Organizes vast quantities of  seemingly unrelated data to provide tactical, strategic, and command-level  users with access to shared data in single or multiple consolidated  repositories.
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|DAFN
|Disabilities,  Access and Functional Needs
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|DEI
|Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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|DHS
|Department  of Homeland Security
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|DHS
|Department  of Human Services
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|DO
|Duty  Officer
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|DWG
|Discipline  Work Group
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|EAS
|Emergency  Alert System
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|ECC
|Emergency  Coordination Center
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|EDU
|Explosive  Disposal Unit
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|EMS
|Emergency  Medical Services
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|EMT
|Emergency  Medical Technician
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|EOC
|Emergency  Operation Center
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|EOP
|Emergency  Operations Plan
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|EPI
|Emergency  Preparedness Information
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|ESB
|Enterprise  Services Bus
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|ETR
|Emergency  Transportation Route
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|EWDS
|Emergency  Watch Distribution System
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|FEMA
|Federal  Emergency Management Agency
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|FLIR
|Forward  Looking Infra Red
|Thermal imaging device  company
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|FOC
|FEMA  Operations Center
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|FOG
|Field  Operations Guide
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|HPP
|[https://aspr.hhs.gov/HealthCareReadiness/HPP/Pages/default.aspx Hospital Preparedness Program]
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|HSIN
|Homeland  Security Information Network
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|IC
|Incident  Command / Incident Commander
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|ICS
|Incident  Command System
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|IED
|Improvised  Expolosive Device
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|IPAWS
|Integrated  Public Alert & Warning System
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|ITS
|Information/Technological  Services
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|JIC
|Joint  Information Center
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|JIS
|Joint  Information System
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|JPACT
|Joint  Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation
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|LAA
|Lead  Administrative Agency
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|LEP
|Limited English Proficiency
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|MAA
|Mutual  Aid Agreement
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|MAC
|Multi-Agency  Coordination
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|MAC Con  Ops
|Multi-Agency  Coordination Concept of Operations
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|MCP
|Medical  Care Point
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|MEDU
|metropolitan  explosive disposal unit
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|MFI
|Mass  fatality incident
|or MCI: mass casuality  incident
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|MOUs
|Memorandum  of Understanding
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|MRC
|Medical  Reserve Corps
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|NIMS
|National  Incident Management System
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|NTOA
|National  Tactical Officers Association
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|PIC
|Public  Inquiry Center
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|PIO
|Public  Information Officer
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|POC
|Point of  Contact
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|POD
|Point of  Dispensing or Distribution
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|PPE
|Personal  protective equipment
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|PSA
|Public  Service Announcement
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|PSAP
|Public  Safety Answering Points
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|RFP
|Request  for Proposals
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|SAA
|State  Administrative Agency
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|SAP
|Safety  Assessment Program
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|SCAP
|Safety-Net  Clinics Acting to Prepare
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|SERT
|State  Emergency Response Team
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|SLA
|Service  Level Agreement
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|SOP
|Standard  Operating Procedures
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|SPR
|Stakeholder  Preparedness Review
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|SUV
|Spontaneous  Unaffiliated Volunteer
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|SWAG
|Stranded  Worker Agreement
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|SWG
|Standing  Work Group
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|TF
|Task  Force
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|THIRA
|Threat  and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
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|TIC
|Tactical  Interoperable Communications
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|TITAN
|Terrorism  Information Threat Assessment Network
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|TTX
|Tabletop  exercise
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|UA
|Urban  Area
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|UASI
|Urban  Area Security Initiative
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|UAWG
|Urban  Area Working Group
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|USAR
|Urban  Search and Rescue
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|VIPS
|Volunteers  in Police Service
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|WEA
|Wireless  Emergency Alerts
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