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APPENDIX:

ACRONYM GUIDE

The following acronyms are used throughout the National Interagency Standards for Resource 

Mobilization:

AA Agency Administrator

ICAC Incident Commanders Advisory Council

AD Administratively Determined

AFF Automated Flight Following

AGL Above Ground Level

AIMS At Incident Management Support

AMRS All-Hazards Meteorological Response System

ARA Air Resource Advisor

ASTAT Aviation Safety and Technical Assistance Team

ASM1 Aerial Supervision Module

ATD Actual Time of Departure

BAER Burned Area Emergency Response

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BHA Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BNML Battalion Military Liaison

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement

BUYT Buying Team

CDO Communications Duty Officer

CIMT Complex Incident Management Team

COD Coordinator on Duty

COMC Communications Coordinator

COML Incident Communication Unit Leader

COP Chief-of-Party

COR Contracting Officer Representative

CORD Expanded Dispatch Coordinator

CMAT Community Mitigation Assistance Teams
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CRWB Crew Boss

CREP Crew Representative

CRM Crew Resource Management

CWN Call-When-Needed

DASP Disaster Assistance Support Program

DCO Defense Coordinating Officer

DDP Designated Dispatch Point

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DOD Department of Defense

DOI Department of Interior

EDSP Expanded Dispatch Supervisory Dispatcher

EERA Emergency Equipment Rental Agreement

EFTR Emergency Firefighter Time Report

ESF Emergency Support Function

EST Emergency Support Team

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETD Estimated Time of Departure

ETE Estimated Time Enroute

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAR Federal Aviation Regulations

FAST Fire and Aviation Safety Team

FFAST Federal Fire and Aviation Safety Team

FBO Fixed Base Operator

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FMO Fire Management Officer

FOG Field Operations Guide

FOR Fixed Operating Rate

FRS Family Radio Service

FS Forest Service

FSS Federal Supply System

FTA Fire Traffic Area
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FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

GACC Geographic Area Coordination Center

GACG Geographic Area Coordinating Group

GMAC Geographic Multi-Agency Coordinating Group

GSA General Services Administration

HMGB Helicopter Manager Single Resource

HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HUCC Host Unit Coordination Center

IA Initial Attack

IAA Incident Awareness and Assessment

IARR Interagency Resource Representative

I-BPA Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement

IC Incident Commander

ICS Incident Command System

ICS 209 Incident Status Summary

IHC Interagency Hotshot Crew

IMET Incident Meteorologist

IMSR Incident Management Situation Report

IMT Incident Management Team

INBA Incident Business Advisor

InFORM Interagency Fire Occurrence Reporting Modules

IQCS Incident Qualification Certification System

IQS Incident Qualification System

IR Infrared

IRAWS Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station

IRIN Infrared Interpreter

IROC Interagency Resource Ordering Capability

IRWIN Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information

ISO Incident Support Organization

IWFAQRP Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program

JFO Joint Field Office
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MAC Multi-Agency Coordinating Group

MAFFS Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems

MAP Mandatory Availability Period

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NAPM National Aviation Program Manager

NASF National Association of State Foresters

NCO National Contracting Officer

NCR National Contract Resource

NFES National Fire Equipment System

NFPET National Fire Prevention Education Team

NFWC National Fixed-Wing Coordinator

NFWOC National Fire Weather Operations Coordinator

NICC National Interagency Coordination Center

NIFC National Interagency Fire Center

NIMO National Incident Management Organization Teams

NIICD National Interagency Incident Communications Division

NIROPS National Infrared Operations

NISC National Interagency Supply Cache

NISRM National Interagency Standards for Resource Mobilization

NMAC National Multi-Agency Coordination Group

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPS National Park Service

NRCC National Response Coordination Center

NRF National Response Framework

NSP National Surge Package

NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWS National Weather Service

OAS Office of Aviation Services

OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PAX Passengers
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POE Point of Entry

POO Point of Origin

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PRAWS Project Remote Automated Weather Station

RAO Regional Aviation Officer

RAP Review, Audit, Process Team

RAWS Remote Automated Weather Station

RFA Request for Assistance

RIST Remote Incident Support Team

ROC Regional Operations Center

RRCC Regional Response Coordination Center

RSFWSU Remote Sensing/Fire Weather Support Unit

SA Situational Awareness

SAIT Serious Accident Investigation Teams

SEAT Single Engine Airtanker

SOR System of Record

TFR Temporary Flight Restriction

THSP Technical Specialist

UAS Unmanned Aerial Systems

UHF Ultra High Frequency

USA United States of America

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USFA United States Fire Administration

UTF Unable to Fill

VHF Very High Frequency

VOR VHF Omnidirectional Range

VLAT Very Large Airtanker

WFDSS Wildland Fire Decision Support System

WUI Wildland Urban Interface