Acronym List in Source/Type Order
HazCollect Principles and Non-weather Emergency Message (NWEM) Best Practices



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Key for undefined acronyms in Source/Type:
GEN = General usage
ORG = Organization name
TECH = Technical term

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