Acronym List in Source/Type
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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 |