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Appendix 1 

Common Acronyms

(All agencies named are federal, unless otherwise noted)

ARF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Action Request Form

ATF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

CBP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Customs and Border Protection (DHS)

CDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Daylight Time

CEMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Time

DAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disaster Assistance Employee (FEMA)

DCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense Coordinating Offi cer

DHH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Health and Hospitals (Louisiana)

DHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Homeland Security

DLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense Logistics Agency

DMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disaster Medical Assistance Team

DMORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team 

DOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Defense

DOI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of the Interior

DOJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Justice

DOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Transportation

DOTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Transportation and Development (Louisiana)

DSCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense Support to Civil Authorities

DTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disaster Temporary Employees

EDT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Daylight Time

EMAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Management Assistance Compact

EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Medical Services

EOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Operations Center

EOP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Operations Plan

ERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Response Team

ERT-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Response Team, Advance Element

ERT-N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Response Team, National 

ESF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Support Function

ESG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expeditionary Strike Group

ET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eastern Time

FBI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Coordinating Offi cer
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FEMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Incident Response Support Team

FMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Medical Shelter

FOSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Operational Staging Area

FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Protective Service

FRAGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fragmentary Order

FRP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal Response Plan

GAO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government Accountability Offi ce (pre-2004, the General 

Accounting Offi ce)

GIWW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

GSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Services Administration

HHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Health and Human Services

HQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headquarters

HRSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Resources and Services Administration

HSC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homeland Security Council

HSGAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homeland Security and Governmental Aff airs Committee

HSOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homeland Security Operations Center

HSPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homeland Security Presidential Directive 

IATAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Individual Assistance Technical Assistance Contract

ICCOH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interagency Coordinating Committee on Hurricanes

ICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Immigration and Customs Enforcement

ICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Incident Command System

IEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.

IIMG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interagency Incident Management Group

IPET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce

JDOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Directorate of Military Support

JFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Field Offi ce

JIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Information Center

JIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Information System

JOC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Operations Center

JTF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joint Task Force

LA DOTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development 

LANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Army National Guard

LEEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Emergency Evacuation Plan

LNHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Nursing Home Association

LOEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Offi ce of Emergency Preparedness (became LOHSEP 

in 2003)

LOHSEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana Offi ce of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (as of March 2006, Governor’s Offi ce of Homeland 

Security and Emergency Preparedness, or GOHSEP) 

LSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana State Police

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LSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisiana State University

MACDIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances

MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mission Assignment

MDH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Department of Health

MDHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Department of Human Services

MDOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Department of Transportation

MEMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

MERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile Emergency Response Support

MEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marine Expeditionary Unit 

MOU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorandum of Understanding 

MRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meal Ready to Eat

MRGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi River Gulf Outlet 

MST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management Support Team

NCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Communications System

NDMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Disaster Medical System

NEMA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Emergency Management Association

NEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Emergency Management System

NGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-governmental organization

NHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Hurricane Center

NIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Incident Management System

NOAA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

NOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Operations Center

NOFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Fire Department

NOOEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Offi ce of Emergency Planning

NOPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Orleans Police Department

NORTHCOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Command

NRCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Response Coordination Center

NRP-CIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Response Plan – Catastrophic Incident Annex

NRP-CIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Response Plan – Catastrophic Incident Supplement

NSF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Science Foundation

NWC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Weather Center

NWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Weather Service

O&M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations & Maintenance

OEP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offi ce of Emergency Preparedness

OFRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offi ce of Force Readiness and Deployment (HHS)

OPHEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offi ce of Public Health and Emergency Preparedness (HHS)

PACOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacifi c Command

PFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal Federal Offi cial 

PHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Health Service

POD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point of Distribution

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PSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protective Security Advisor

RFA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Request for Assistance

RRCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Response Coordination Center

RTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Transit Authority (New Orleans)

SAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Agent in Charge

SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search and Rescue

SARBOO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search-and-Rescue Base of Operations

SERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary’s Emergency Response Team (HHS)

SFLEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Federal Law Enforcement Offi cials

SLOSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (NHC soft ware)

SNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategic National Stockpile 

SPH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standard Project Hurricane

TMOSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Medical-and-Operations Staging Area

TOPOFF 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top Offi cials 3 (DHS Conference)

TRANSCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation Command

USAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urban Search and Rescue

USPHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Public Health Service 

UTC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Universal Time Coordinated, Coordinated Universal Time (See Z)

VMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinary Medical Assistance Team

VOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

VTC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video teleconference

W&F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (Louisiana)

WFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weather Forecast Offi ce

WLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zulu Time (also known as Greenwich Mean Time and UTC; standard time at zero degrees longitude, fi ve hours later than U.S. East 

Coast time; usually given on a 24-hour clock basis where 7 a.m. is 

0700 hours, noon is 1200 hours, 10:30 p.m. is 2030 hours, etc.) 

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