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 |
