| ACRONYM |
MEANING |
| ACCP |
Access Control Coordinate Point |
| AHPS |
Advanced Hydrological Prediction System |
| ALCOSAN |
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority |
| AML |
Arc Macro Language |
| AP |
assembly point |
| ARCHIE |
Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident Evaluation |
| BBK |
blackboard kernel |
| C |
base camp |
| CAER |
Community Awareness & Emergency Response |
| CAMEO |
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations |
| CAR |
Capability Assessment for Readiness |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CDRG |
Catastrophic Disaster Response Group |
| CEPP |
Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Recovery, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CGI |
common gateway interface |
| CHRIS/HACS |
Chemical Hazards Response Information System/Hazard Assessment Computer System |
| CMA |
Chemical Manufacturers Association |
| DA |
decontamination area |
| DBA |
data base administrator |
| DCM |
disaster class manager |
| DFO |
disaster field office |
| DRS |
Disaster Reduction Systems |
| EHS |
environmental health & safety OR extremely hazardous substance |
| EICC |
emergency information & coordination center |
| EIIP |
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership |
| EIS/C |
Emergency Information System/Chemical |
| EMI |
Emergency Management Institute (FEMA) |
| EMS |
emergency management system |
| EOC |
emergency operations center |
| EPCRA |
Emergency Planning & Community Right to Know Act of 1986 |
| EPZ |
Emergency Planning Zone |
| ERLink |
Emergency Response Link |
| ERT |
emergency response team |
| ESF |
emergency support functions |
| ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| FCO |
federal coordinating officer |
| FECC |
Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FERC |
Federal Emergency Response Capability |
| FRERP |
Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan |
| FRP |
Federal Response Plan |
| FTP |
file transfer protocol |
| GIS |
geographic information systems |
| GSPIA |
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs (The University of Pittsburgh) |
| GSR |
graduate student researcher |
| GUI |
graphical user interface |
| HAZOP |
Hazard & Operability Study |
| HIT |
Hazard Information Transmission |
| HMAC |
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council |
| HTML |
hyper text markup language |
| ICS |
incident command system |
| IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health |
| IDNDR |
United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| IISIS |
Interactive, Intelligent, Spatial Information System |
| JIC |
joint information center |
| LEPC |
Local Emergency Planning Committee |
| LOC |
level of concern |
| M |
marshalling area |
| MACS |
multi-agency coordination system |
| MARPLOT |
Mapping Application for Response and Planning of Local Operational Tasks |
| MC |
mobilization center |
| MSDS |
material safety data sheet |
| NCCEM |
National Coordinating Council of Emergency Management |
| NCP |
National Oil & Hazardous Substances Pollution Control Plan |
| NCS |
National Communications System |
| NDIS |
Natural Disaster Information Systems |
| NECC |
National Emergency Coordination Center |
| NEIS |
National Earthquake Information Service |
| NEMA |
National Emergency Management Association |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
| NPL |
National Priority List |
| NRC |
National Response Center |
| NRT |
National Response Team |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NTP |
National Toxicology Program |
| NVFC |
National Volunteer Fire Council |
| NWS |
National Weather Service |
| OASIS |
Operational Area Satellite Information System (California) |
| OHMTADS |
Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| PEMA |
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency |
| PIP |
pollution incident prevention |
| POA |
point of arrival |
| POD |
point of departure |
| PPB |
parts per billion |
| PPC |
preparedness, preparation & contingency plan |
| PPM |
parts per million |
| RA |
Restricted Area |
| RCRA |
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 |
| RDBMS |
relational data base management system |
| REC |
Rescue Engineering Council |
| RIDS |
Response Information Data Sheets |
| ROC |
regional operations center |
| RPC |
remote procedure calls |
| RQ |
reportable quantity |
| RTECS |
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemicals |
| S |
staging area |
| SALEMDUG |
State & Local Emergency Management Data Users Group |
| SAR |
search and rescue |
| SARA |
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 |
| SEMS |
Standardized Emergency Management System (California) |
| SERC |
State Emergency Response Commission |
| SIC |
standard industrial classification |
| SNDR |
Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction of the Committee on Environment & Natural Resources of the president's National Science & Technology Council |
| SP |
Security Perimeter |
| SPCC |
spill prevention control & countermeasure |
| SPR |
spill prevention response |
| SQL |
system query language |
| STCC |
Standard Transportation Commodity Code |
| STEL |
Short-term Exposure Limit |
| TIGER |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing |
| TLV |
threshold limit value |
| TPQ |
threshold planning quantity |
| TWA |
time-weighted average |
| UCSUR |
University Center for Social & Urban Research (The University of Pittsburgh) |
| USGS |
United States Geological Service |
| WWW |
world wide web |
