Weather
A tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more.
Hurricane
The amount of the grant award the applicant must pay if they are awarded federal funding.
Applicant Share
An entity that has the authority and responsibility for developing, implementing, maintaining, and overseeing the qualification process within its organization or jurisdiction.
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ):
A statement of an outcome to be accomplished or achieved.
Incident Objective
The process that all incident personnel and staff from associated organizations use to maintain information regarding the location and status of resources ordered for, deployed to, or assigned to an incident
Resource Tracking
Quantitative measure of an earthquake's magnitude
Richter Scale
A list of requirements found in different federal laws, regulations and executive orders applicants agree to observe as a condition of receiving federal assistance.
Assurances
The organizational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations
Branch
A group of incident personnel organized according to function and reporting to the Incident Commander or Unified Command.
General Staff
A group of incident personnel that the Incident Commander or Unified Command assigns to support the command function at an ICP
Command Staff
An abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides.
Storm Surge
A classification encompassing all conditions, environmental or human-caused, that have the potential to cause injury, illness, or death; damage to or loss of equipment, infrastructure services, or property; or alternatively causing functional degradation to social, economic or environmental aspects.
All-Hazards
A facility in which personnel coordinate incident- related public information activities.
Joint Information Center (JIC)
The organized, phased, and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or removal of people from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas, and their reception and care in safe areas.
Evacuation
The ICS title for individuals responsible for the management of functional sections: Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration.
Chief
A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm.
Tornado
An agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security charged with responding to Presidentially-declared disasters
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
The ability of systems, personnel, and equipment to provide and receive functionality, data, information, and/or services to and from other systems, personnel, and equipment, between both public and private agencies, departments, and other organizations, in a manner enabling them to operate effectively together.
Interoperability
The ICS Section responsible for implementing tactical incident operations described in the IAP.
Operations Section
A member of the ICS Command Staff responsible for coordinating with representatives from cooperating and assisting agencies or organizations.
Liaison Officer
Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.
Tsunami
Official map of a community issued by FEMA, where the boundaries of the flood, mudflow and related erosion areas having special hazards have been designated.
Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM)
Flood Zone
A rostered group of ICS-qualified personnel consisting of an Incident Commander, Command and General Staff, and personnel assigned to other key ICS positions
Incident Management Team (IMT)
A meeting held, as needed, before and throughout an incident to select specific strategies and tactics for incident control operations and for service and support planning.
Planning Meeting
A systematic, proactive approach to guide all levels of government, NGOs, and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents.
National Incident Management System (NIMS)