Disaster and Recovery Abbreviations....
We must give credit where credit is due. We saw this list of acronyms on the Town of Jamestown's website and thought it was worth sharing. Plus, we've added a few of our own!
- AAR – After Action Report
- ARC – American Red Cross
- BFE – Base Floodplain Elevation
- BTRRC- Big Thompson River Restoration Coalition
- CAC – Common Access Card
- CAM – Christian Aid Ministries
- CAN – Coordinated Assistance Network
- CAR – Colorado Association of Realtors
- CART – Communication Access Realtime Translation
- CC - Catholic Charities
- CDBG-DR – Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief
- CDEM – Colorado Department of Emergency Management
- CDOT – Colorado Department of Transportation
- CDPHE – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- CDVMN – Colorado Donations and Volunteer Management Network
- CFS – Cubic Feet per Second
- CLOMR – Conditional Letter of Map Revision
- CO – Certificate of Occupancy / Colorado
- COANG – Colorado Air National Guard
- COARNG – Colorado Army National Guard
- COVOAD – Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- CVCN – Colorado Volunteer Center Network
- DAC - Disaster Assistance Center
- DEM – Division of Emergency Management
- DFIRM – Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps
- DOLA – Department of Local Affairs
- DOB – Duplication of Benefits
- DRC - Disaster Recovery Center
- DRS – Disabled Resource Center
- EOC – Emergency Operations Center
- EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
- EWP – Emergency Watershed Program
- FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FIRM – Flood Insurance Rate Maps
- GOCO – Great Outdoors Colorado
- HMGP – Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
- HNS – House of Neighborly Service
- HUD – Housing and Urban Development
- IA – Individual Assistance
- ICC – Increased Cost of Compliance
- ICS – Incident Command System
- IGA – Inter-Governmental Agreement
- IMA – InterMountain Alliance
- LFS - Lutheran Family Services
- LHA – Loveland Housing Authority
- LOMR – Letter of Map Revision
- LTRG-LC – Long Term Recovery Group Larimer County
- LTWRC – Little Thompson Water Restoration Coalition
- MA – Mission Assignment
- MAA – Mutual Aid Agreement
- MACS – Multiple Agency Coordination System
- MDS – Mennonite Disaster Services
- MH – Mental Health
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- N2N- Neighbor to Neighbor
- NCCC - National Civilian Community Corps (Americorps)
- NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act
- NFIP – National Flood Insurance Program
- NOI – Notice of Intent
- NRCS – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- NVOAD – National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- OEM – Office of Emergency Management
- PA – Public Assistance
- PAC – Public Assistance Coordinator
- PEA – Programmatic Environmental Assessment
- PIO – Public Information Officer
- PPDR – Private Property Debris Removal
- PPO – Private Property Owner
- PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- RFP – Request for Proposals
- ROE – Right of Entry
- ROW – Right of Way
- RRT – Rapid Response Team
- SBDC – Small Business Development Center
- SEMS – Standardized Emergency Management System
- SEOC – State Emergency Operations Center
- SSI – Social Security Income
- TABOR – Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- TCO – Temporary Certificate of Occupancy
- UMCOR- United Methodist Committee on Relief
- USACE – United States Army Corps of Engineers
- USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
- USFS – United States Forest Service
- VAL – Voluntary Agency Liaison
- VOA – Volunteers of America
- VOAD – Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- WLRV – Wild lands Restoration Volunteers