| AG |
Attorney General |
| ARC |
American Red Cross |
| ARRL |
Amateur Radio Relay League |
| ASAP |
Association of Sacramento Area
Planners |
| BICEPP |
Business and Industry Council on
Emergency Planning and Preparedness |
| Ca.OES |
California Office of Emergency
Services |
| Ca.OHS |
California Office of Homeland
Security |
| CADRE |
Community Agencies Disaster
Relief Effort |
| CARD |
Collaborating Agencies
Responding to Disaster |
| CBO |
community-based organization |
| CC |
Citizens Corps |
| CCC |
Citizens Corps Council |
| CCP |
Citizen Corps Program |
| CERT |
Community Emergency Response
Team |
| CNCS |
Corporation for National and
Community Service |
| CPR |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CSRC |
Citizen Service Reserve Corps |
| CWS |
Church World Service |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DOC |
Departmental Operations Center |
| EMSA |
Emergency Medical Services
Authority |
| ENLA |
Emergency Network Los Angeles
(p/o LA-VOAD) |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| FBO |
faith-based organization |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management
Agency |
| GO SERV |
California Governor’s Office on
Service and Voluntarism |
| ICS |
Incident Command System (p/o
SEMS) |
| ISSA |
Information Systems Security
Association |
| JIC |
Joint Information Center
(responsible for emergency volunteer center) |
| LA-VOAD |
Los Angeles VOAD |
| LAAN |
Los Angeles Access Network (p/o
LA-VOAD) |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSRC |
Medical Service Reserve Corps |
| MRC |
Medical Reserve Corps |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NPO |
non-profit organization |
| NVOAD |
National VOAD |
| NWP |
Neighborhood Watch Program |
| OA |
Operational Area |
| OCJP |
Office of Criminal Justice
Programs (p/o Ca. OES) |
| ODP |
Office of Domestic Preparedness
(p/o DHS) |
| OES |
California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services |
| OEM |
Office of Emergency Management
(city or county) |
| OHS |
Office of Homeland Security (p/o
State of California) |
| PIO |
Public Information Officer |
| RCPI |
Regional Community Police
Institute |
| RSVP |
Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program |
| SA |
Salvation Army |
| SEMS |
Standardized Emergency
Management System |
| Council |
Sacramento Region Citizen Corps
Council |
| TIPS |
Terrorism Information and
Prevention System |
| VC |
Volunteer Center |
| VIPS |
Volunteers in Police Service,
Volunteers in Partnership with the Sheriff |
| VOAD |
Voluntary Organizations Active
in Disaster |
| VRC |
Volunteer Reception Center
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