Acronyms

A

AADT

Average Annual Daily Traffic

AAP

Accessibility Action Plan

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s

ATIS

Advanced Traveler Information System

B

BBB

Build Back Better

BCM

Business Continuity Management

BCP

Business Continuity Plan

BCR

Benefit Cost Ratio

BoP

Bay of Plenty

C

Cal OES

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

Caltrans

California’s Department of Transportation

CATS

Consequence Assessment Tool Set

CBRNE

Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CDEG

Civil Defense Emergency Management Group

CDEM

Civil Defense Emergency Management

CERI

Civil Engineering Research Institute

CIMS

Coordinated Incident Management System

CLPIU

Central Level Project Implementation Unit

COG

Continuation of Government

CONOPS

Federal and State Catastrophic Concept of Operations

COOP

Continuity of Operations Plan

CSTI

California Specialized Training Institute

D

DDMGs

District Disaster Management Groups

DEM

Digital Elevation Model

DEMT

Disruptive Event Management Team

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DIRCAIBEA

Council of Road Directors of Iberia and Ibero-America

DIUs

District Implementation Units

DJMA

Débit Journalier Moyen Annuel

DMS

Data Management System

DMS

Dynamic Message Signs

DOT

Departmenof Transportation

DRM

Disaster Risk Management

DRR

Disaster Risk Reduction

DRU

Disaster Response Unit

DSM

Digital Surface Model

DTMR

Department of Transport and Main Roads

DYNASMART

Dynamic Network Assignment-Simulation Model for Advanced Road Telematics

E

EADRCC

Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre

EEAP

Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project

EMI

Emergency Management Institute

EOC

Emergency Operations Centre

EOP

Emergency Operations Plan

ER

Emergency Relief

ERFA

Emergency Relief for Federal-aid Highways

ERFO

Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads

ESF

Emergency Support Function

ETIS

Evacuation Traffic Information System

EU

European Union

F

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FC

Fusion Center

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

G

GAR

Global Assessment Report

GB-SAR

Ground Based Syhthetic Aperture Radar

GDES

General Divisions for Emergency Situations

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLOF

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

GmbH

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

GNS

Geological and Nuclear Science

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile communication

H

HAR

Highway Advisory Radio

HCV

Highest Heavy Vehicle

HEPC

Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation

HFA

Hyogo Framework for Action

HURREVAC

Hurricane and Evacuation

I

ICS

Incident Command System

IRAP

Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning

IRS

Integrated Rescue System

ISO

 International Organization for Standardization

ITS

Intelligent Transportation Systems

J

JACE

Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events

JMA

Japan Meteorological Agency

JVs

Joint Ventures

L

LDMGs

Local Disaster Management Groups

LEOCON

Local Emergency Operations Controllers

LiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LMICs

Low and Middle Income Countries

LRN

Local Road Network

M

MAL

Multiple Agencies Level

MASSVAC

Mass Evacuation

MCR

Making Cities Resilient

MCR2030

Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2030

MEMS

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems

META

Maintenance Equipment Training Academy

MLIT

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

MoT

Ministry of Transport

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPO

Metropolitan Planning Organization

MTQ

Ministère des Transports du Québec

N

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCEI

National Centers for Environmental Information

netvac

Network Emergency Evacuation

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NHTSA

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NILIM

National Institute for Land Infrastructure Management

NIMS

National Incident Management System

NMR

Nuclear Mmagnetic Resonance

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRF

National Response Framework

NRT

NEAR REAL-TIME

NSS

National Security System

NZTA

New Zealand Transport Agency

O

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OREMS

Oak Ridge Evacuation Modeling System

P

PCMS

Portable Changeable Message Signs

PDB

Pier Database

PDNA

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

PIC

Public Information Capability

PIUs

Project Implementation Units

PoT

Port of Tauranga

PRA

Portfolio Risk Assessment

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

PWRI

Public Works Research Institute

Q

QDMA

Queensland Disaster Management Arrangements

QFES

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

QPS

Queensland Police Service

QSDMP

Queensland State Disaster Management Plan

R

R&R

Recovery and Reconstruction

RC

Reinforced Concrete

RCRG

Regional Community Resilience Group

RDR

Resilience and Disaster Recovery

RDRM

RDR Metamodel

REOC

Regional Emergency Operations Center

REOCON

Regional Emergency Operations Controller

REOCs

Regional Emergency Operations Centers

RGB

Red Green Blue

RIMS

Response Information Management System

RMDCR

Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic

RMW

Radius of Maximum Winds

ROI

Return on Investment

S

SAL

Single Agency Level

SDCG

State Disaster Coordination Group

SEMS

Standardized Emergency Management System

SEOCON

State Emergency Operations Controller

SEP

State Emergency Plan

SERCON

State Emergency Recovery Controller

SFTP

SSH File Trasfer Protocol

SH2

State Highway 2

SitRep

Situation Report

SLOSH

Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes

SMRA

State Material Reserves Administration

SNS

Social Networking Service

SOC

State Operations Center

SRN

Strategic Road Network

SSP

Safety Service Patrols

STEPS

Spatial Temporal Economical Physiological Social

SWDB

Seismic Wave Database

T

TC

Transport Canada

TCSCs

Transport Canada Situation Centres

TDR

Time Domain Reflection

TECH-FORCE

Technical Emergency Control Force officers

TMC

Transport Management Centres

TMR

Transport and Main Roads

TOC

Transportation Operations Centre

TRB

Transportation Research Board

TrEPS

Traffic Estimation and Prediction System

U

UN

United Nations

UN-OCHA

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Action

UNDRR

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s

UNISDR

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

US-ATAARI

US-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration

USDOT

United States Department Of Transportation

USDOT

United States Department of Transportation

V

VAL

Volcanic Alert Level

VAT

Value Added Tax

VMS

Variable Message Sign

W

WFAS

Wildland Fire Assessment System