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AAR |
after action report |
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AC |
Area Command |
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AC-OCME |
Area Command-Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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ACP |
Area Command Post |
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ACP SO |
Area Command Post Safety Officer |
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AI |
Avian Influenza |
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ALS |
Advanced Life Support |
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ARC |
American Red Cross |
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B-OCME |
NYC Borough Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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BCP |
Body Collection Point |
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BLS |
Basic life support |
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BSL |
BioSafety Lab |
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BT |
Bioterrorism |
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BX-OCME |
NYC Bronx Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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CIC |
Citywide Interagency Coordinator |
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CIMS |
Citywide Incident Management System |
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City |
New York City |
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COH |
Commissioner of Health |
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Comm IT |
Communication/Information Technology |
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COP |
Common Operating Picture |
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COSH |
New York Committee of Occupational Safety and Health |
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CP |
command post |
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DCAS |
Department of Citywide Administration Services |
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DDRP |
Distributed Death Registration Process |
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DDRS |
Distributed Death Registration System |
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DMORT |
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team |
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DNA |
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid |
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DOA |
dead on arrival |
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DOC |
Drug of Choice |
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DOD |
United States Department of Defense |
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DOHMH |
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
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DOHMH OC |
NYC DOHMH Operations Center |
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DoITT |
NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications |
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DPMU |
Disaster Portable Morgue Unit |
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DSNY |
Department of Sanitation, New York City |
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DVI |
Disaster Victim Identification |
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ED |
Emergency Department |
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EDRS |
Electronic Death Registration System |
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EENT |
eyes ears nose and throat |
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EMS |
Emergency medical service |
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EMS |
Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service) |
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eoc |
Emergency Operation Center |
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ESF |
Emergency Support Function |
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FAC |
Family Assistance Center |
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FDNY |
Fire Department for the City of New York |
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FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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GNYHA |
Greater New York Hospital Association |
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HAN |
Health Alert Network |
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HASP |
Health And Safety Plan |
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HCF |
Healthcare Facility |
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HEPP |
Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Program |
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HERDS |
Health Emergency Response Data System |
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HHC |
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation |
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HICS |
Hospital Incident Command System |
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HPAI |
High Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
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HRP |
Human Remains Pouch |
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HRSA |
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration |
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IAP |
Incident Action Plan |
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IC |
Institutional Controls |
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ICP |
Incident Command Post |
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ICS |
Incident command system |
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ILI |
Influenza-Like-Illness |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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JIC |
Joint Information Center |
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JIO |
Joint Information Officer |
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JIT |
Just-In-Time (inventory management) |
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K-OCME |
NYC Brooklyn Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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LNO |
Liaison Officer |
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LPAI |
Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
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M-OCME |
NYC Manhattan Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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MA |
Mortuary Affairs |
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MESORT |
Medical Examiner Special Operations Response Team |
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METT |
NYC Medical Examiner Transport Team |
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MFI |
Mass Fatality Incident |
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MFM |
Mass Fatality Management |
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MLI |
Medicolegal Investigator |
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MOA |
Memorandum Of Agreement |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections) |
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MRC |
Medical Reserve Corporation |
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NDMS |
National Disaster Medical System |
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NG |
National Guard |
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NIMS |
National Incident Management System |
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NOK |
Next Of Kin |
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NRP |
National Response Plan |
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NYC |
New York City |
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NYDIS |
New York Disaster Interfaith Services |
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NYPD |
New York City Police Department |
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NYS |
New York State |
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NYS DOH |
New York State Department of Health |
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OC |
Operations Center |
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OEM |
Oklahoma Emergency Management |
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OSM |
Off-Site Morgue |
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PAPRs |
Positive Air-Powered Respirators |
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PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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PE |
Personal Effects |
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PHE |
Public Health Emergency |
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PHL |
Public Health Laboratory |
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PI |
Pandemic Influenza |
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PLI |
Pandemic-Like Illness |
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POD |
Point of Dispensing |
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PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
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Q-OCME |
NYC Queens Borough Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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QC |
Quality Control |
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R-OCME |
NYC Staten Island Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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REMSCO |
New York City Regional Emergency Medical Services Council |
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RFID |
Radio-Frequency Identification |
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RRT |
Residential Recovery Team |
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RSF |
Remains Storage Facility |
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RT |
Recovery Team |
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RTL |
Recovery Team Leader |
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SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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SEMO |
New York State Emergency Management Office |
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SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
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SOC |
Special Operations Command |
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TI |
Temporary Interment |
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TL |
Team Leader |
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UCP |
Unified Command Post |
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UCS |
Unified Command Structure |
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UHC |
Unified Health Command |
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US |
United States of America |
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US AFIP |
United States Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
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US AFME |
United States Armed Forces Medical Examiner |
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US DHHS |
United States Department of Health and Human Services |
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US DHS |
United States Department of Homeland Security |
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US DOS |
United States Department of State |
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US DOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
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USAMRIID |
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease |
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UVIS |
Unified Victim Identification System |
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VAC |
Vacuum-Assisted Closure |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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