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Acronym List in Alphabetical
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| Acronym |
Definition |
Source/Type |
| ADR |
Administrative
Message |
EAS/NWR |
| AMBER (Alert) |
America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response |
DOJ |
| API |
Application
Programming Interface |
TECH |
| AVA |
Avalanche Watch |
EAS/NWR |
| AVW | Avalanche Warning | EAS/NWR |
| AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System | NWS |
| CAE |
Child Abduction Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
| CAP |
Common Alerting Protocol |
OASIS |
| CDW |
Civil Danger Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| CEM |
Civil Emergency Message |
EAS/NWR |
| CMAS |
Commercial Mobile Alert System |
FCC |
| COG |
Collaborative Operating Group |
FEMA/DMIS |
| CRS |
Console Replacement System |
NWR |
| CSEPP |
Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program |
FEMA |
| CTA |
Call To Action |
NWS |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
ORG |
| DMIS |
Disaster Management Interoperability Services |
FEMA |
| DM-OPEN |
Disaster Management Open Platform for Emergency Networks |
FEMA/DMIS |
| DOJ |
Department of
Justice |
ORG |
| EAS |
Emergency Alert System |
FCC |
| EM |
Emergency Manager/Management |
GEN |
| EMA |
Emergency
Management Agency |
GEN |
| EMWIN |
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network |
NWS |
| EOP | Emergency
Operations Center |
GEN |
| EOP |
Emergency
Operations Plan |
GEN |
| EPA |
Environmental
Protection Agency |
ORG |
| EQW |
Earthquake Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| EVI |
Evacuation Immediate |
EAS/NWR |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
ORG |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
ORG |
| FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
NIST |
| FOC |
Full Operating Capability |
NWS |
| FRW |
Fire Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| HMW |
Hazardous Materials Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| HRG |
HazCollect Review Group |
NWS |
| IOC |
Initial Operating Capability |
NWS |
| IPAWS |
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System |
FEMA |
| LAE |
Local Area Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
| LECC |
Local Emergency
Communications Committee |
EAS/NWR |
| LEPC |
Local Emergency
Planning Committee |
EPA |
| LEW |
Law Enforcement Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| LP |
Local Primary |
FCC/EAS |
| NAB |
National Association of Broadcasters |
ORG |
| NIST |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology |
ORG |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
ORG |
| NUW |
Nuclear Power
Plant Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| NWEM |
Non-weather Emergency Message |
NWS |
| NWR |
NOAA Weather Radio |
NWS |
| NWS |
National Weather Service |
ORG |
| NWSI |
National Weather Service Instruction |
NWS |
| NWSTG |
National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
NWS |
| NWWS |
NOAA Weather Wire Service |
NWS |
| OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards |
ORG |
| REPP |
Radiological
Emergency Preparedness Program |
FEMA |
| RHW |
Radiological
Hazard Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| SAME |
Specific Area
Message Encoding |
NWR |
| SECC |
State Emergency
Communications Committee |
FCC/EAS |
| SOP |
Standard
Operating Procedure |
GEN |
| SPW |
Shelter In Place
Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| SR |
State Relay |
FCC/EAS |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets
Layer |
TECH |
| TOE |
Telephone Outage
Emergency |
EAS/NWR |
| UGC |
Universal
Geographic Code |
WMO |
| VOW |
Volcano Warning |
EAS/NWR |
| VPN |
Virtual Private
Network |
TECH |
| VTEC |
Valid Time Event
Code |
NWS |
| WCM |
Warning
Coordination Meteorologist |
NWS |
| WFO |
Weather Forecast
Office |
NWS |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization | ORG |