Doug's TR RECON/ADVON Stuff:

 

Process flow diagram

Acronym / Glossary

ADVON

Advance Echelon. Team at the disaster site securing/preparing facilities for a deployment

AO

Area of Operation (where the disaster is, as compared to where the FOB is)

Bluejeans

Team videoconferencing system used by TR USA

C & G or C & GS

Command and General Staff. The IC and Section Chiefs managing a deployment

DA Damage Asessment
DBH Diameter at Breast Height (4.5 feet). Used to size damaged trees.
DDRO Deputy Director of Regional Operations - TR specific
DHSEM

Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

DOA Disaster Opeerations Associate - TR specific
DRC Disaster Recovery Centre
EEI

Essential Elements of Information

EM

Emergency Management, Emergency Manager

EMA Emergency Management Agency
EMS / VMS Enterprise/Volunteer Management System - TR specific
EOC

Emergency Operations Centre

FOB

Forward Operating Base. TR operational staging/accommodations area near disaster site

FRAGO Fragmentary Order
FSC

Finances Section Chief

FUL financial person?
GS

Greyshirt

HE Heavy Equipment (as in Front End Loaders and Bobcats)
HQ / LAHQ Headquarters - TR specific
IC

Incident Command, or Incident Commander. Top of the ICS disaster response framework

ICS Incident Command System - standardized framework for managing incident response
IMT Incident Management Team
IMAT Incident Management Assistance Team
ISR

Initial Situation Report, produced by Mission Planning Team?

ITDRC some requestable national asset - IT gear?
JFO Joint Field Office
LAC Local Assistance Centre
LO, LOFR

Liaison Officer

Logs

Short for Logistics, one of the ICS sections, or Logistics Section Chief

LSC

Logistics Section Chief

MARC Multi-Agency Resource Centre
MCC Mobile Command Centre
MOB Mobilization - TR specific
MPP Mission Planning Process
MPT

Mission Planning Team. Highest level management of TR deployment planning

MPTL Mission Planning Team Leader
NGO

Non Governmental Organization (typically other non-profit relief agencies)

NOC

National Operations Centre - TR specific

NRG some requestable national asset
OPORD,

Operations Order. The final document specifying all planning details for a deployment

Ops

Short for Operations, one of the ICS sections, or Operations Section Chief

OSC

Operations Section Chief

Pax people?
PIO

Public Information Officer

Plans Short for Planning, one of the ICS sections, or Planning Section Chief
POV

Personally Owned Vehicle (i.e. not a vehicle rented by TR.)

PSC

Planning Section Chief

RECON

Reconnaissance. An optional team at the disaster site early, assessing the situation

RESL an extra Section Leader?
SitRep

Situation Report

SO, SOFR

Safety Officer

SVI

Social Vulnerability Index. Measure of the social and/or economic challenges of an area.

Type 4 & 5

Smaller/simpler deployments on a scale where 1 = big.

VOAD

Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (US umbrella group)

VRC Volunteer Reception Centre
WARNO

Warning Order. Documentation of an upcoming deployment