Glossary

Certificate of Deposit

Community Emergency Response Team

Novel Coronavirus

Disaster Action Team

New Jersey Department of Children and Families

Disaster Cycle Services

Red Cross Disaster Operations Center - like an EOC.

Disaster Response, an acronym used by FEMA for designated presidentially-declared disasters.

Disaster Relief Operation, also known as Disaster Response Operation. Term used by the American Red Cross internally to represent the temporary organization established in response to a level of disaster which exceeds $10,000 in expenses to the Red Cross.

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

Family Assistance Center, as organized by the National Transportation Safety Board, where the Red Cross has a designated role for supporting families.

Federal Coordinating Officer

Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Governmental Organization - such as a town, municipality, county or parish, state, territory, or tribal nation. Can also represent organizations within or across multiple jurisdictions, such as a Port Authority.

H&R Block Financial Advisors

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department

International Association of Emergency Managers

Incident Action Plan, written document used by command to guide the DRO/DR (or any incident) through the next operational period.

International Committee of the Red Cross

Incident Command System

International Federation of the Red Cross

Incident Management Team Association

International Services

Joint Field Office - used for coordinating a disaster between the state and federal officials. The Red Cross has designated roles on both 'sides' in New Jersey.

Military Aid Society Referral Unit

Management Information Systems

National Disaster Recovery Framework

Non-Governmental Organization, can include both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

National Security Special Event

National Transportation Safety Board

Naval Weapons Station

Office of Emergency Management

Ohio University

Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency

Planning, Organizing, Equipping, Training and Exercising

Regional Disaster Officer

Restoring Family Links

Regional Response Coordination Center

Recovery Support Functions

Recovery Support Function Leadership Group

Regional Steady-State Table of Organization

Service to the Armed Forces

State Emergency Operations Center

Special Event Assessment Rating - see https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R47439.html

States, Local Governments, Territories, and Tribal Nations

Voluntary Agency Liaison

Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

World Health Organization

World Trade Center - in New York City