Mitigation Assessment Team Report
Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast
Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
FEMA 549 / July 2006

Appendix C. Acronyms and Abbreviations

A
AAWA - American Association of Wind Engineers
ABFE - Advisory Base Flood Elevations
A/C - air conditioning
ACI - American Concrete Institute
AETC - Air Education and Training Command
AF&PA - American Forest and Paper Association 
AFB - Air Force Base
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AOML - Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 
ARA - Applied Research Associates
ARMA - Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association
ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
ASOS - Automated Surface Observing Systems
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

B
BESTT - Building Engineering Sciences and Technology Team
BFE - Base Flood Elevation
BHE - benzene hexachloride
BIA - Brick Industry Association
BMDL - below method detection limit
BUR - built-up roof

C
C&C - components and cladding
CABO - Council of American Building Officials
CCV - continuing calibration verification
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CEMP - Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
cfu/cm2 - colony forming units per square centimeter 
C-MAN - Coastal Marine Automated Network
CMU - concrete masonry unit
COOP - Continuity of Operations
CRS - Community Rating System
CTP - Cooperating Technical Partner

D
DDD - dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethane
DDE - dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene
DDT - dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane 
DFE - Design Flood Elevation 
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DoD - Department of Defense
DMAT - Disaster Medical Assistance Team
DRMO - Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office
DRO - diesel range organics

E
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EIFS - exterior insulation and finish systems
EIMA - EIFS Industry Members Association
EMPAT/EMLAP - Environmental Microbiology Proficiency Analytical 
Testing/Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Accreditation Program
EOC - Emergency Operations Center
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPDM - ethylene propylene diene monomer
ESDU - Engineering Sciences Data Unit

F
FBO - fixed base operator
FCMP - Florida Coastal Monitoring Program
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map
FIS - Flood Insurance Study
FLASH - Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
FLIS - FEMA Levee Inventory System
FMA - Flood Mitigation Assistance

G
GEV - Generalized Extreme Value 
GNB - Gram Negative Bacilli
GPB - Gram Positive Bacilli
GPS - global positioning system

H
H&H - hydraulics and hydrology
HAZUS-MH - Hazards U.S. – Multi-Hazard
HMGP - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
HMTAP - Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Program
HQ - Headquarters
HRD - Hurricane Research Division
HUD - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HVAC - heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
HWM - high water mark

I
IBC - International Building Code
IBHS - Institute of Building & Home Safety
ICC - International Code Council
ID/IQ - Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quality
IEBC - International Existing Building Code 
IRC - International Residential Code
ISFA - insufficient sample for analysis
IWA - International Waterproofing Association

K
kts - knots

L
LDEQ - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging
LP&V-HPP - Lake Ponchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project
lpm - liters per minute
LPS - lightning protection system
LSU - Louisiana State University
LSU AgCenter - Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
LWIC - lightweight insulating concrete

M
m - meter
MAT - Mitigation Assessment Team
mb - millibars
MCEER - Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
MEPS - molded expanded polystyrene 
MHCC - Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standard
MIP - Multi-hazard Information Platform
MO - Management Option
mph - miles per hour
MR&T - Mississippi River Levee System
MS - matrix spike
MSD - matrix spike duplicate
msl - mean sea level
MWFRS - main wind force resisting system

N
NAD - North American Datum
NAVD - North American Vertical Datum of  988
NCDC - National Climatic Data Center
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
NGVD - National Geodetic Vertical Datum of  9 9
NHC - National Hurricane Center
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
nm - nautical mile
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCA - National Roofing Contractors Association
NWS - National Weather Service

O
CRS - Other Federal Agency
OH - Door overhead door
OSB - oriented-strand board
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

P
PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls
PEMB - pre-engineered metal building
psf - pounds per square foot
PVC - polyvinyl chloride

R
RECAP - Risk Evaluation/Correction Action Program (LDEQ)
Rmax - radius of maximum winds
RPO - Regional Project Officer

S
SBC - Standard Building Code
SBCCI - Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.
SEI - Structural Engineering Institute (of ASCE)
SFHA - Special Flood Hazard Area
SHPO - State Historic Preservation Office 
SLOSH - Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
SSTD - Standard for Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction
SVOC - semi-volatile organic compound
SWEL - Stillwater Elevation

T
TAS - Testing Application Standard
TMS - The Masonry Society

U
UL - Underwriters Laboratories
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USEPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
UTC - Coordinated Universal Time

V
VA - Veterans Affairs
VAMC - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
VHF - very high frequency
VOC - volatile organic compound
VOR - visual omnidirectional range

W
WHAFIS - Wave Height Analysis for Flood Insurance Studies
w/o - without