Acronyms & Abbreviations
Financial Assistance
Vocabulary & Jargon
Red Cross Trivia
RC Care and RC Respond
100

SRO

What is Single Room Occupancy?

100

The financial assistance for a 4-person household

What is $515?

100

Exposure

What is an address different from the disaster address, that is also affected?

100

The NYC Chapter address, including zipcode

What is 520 W 49th St, NY NY 10019?

100
The mobile app that gives access to RC Respond

What is Noggin?

200

OMD

What is an Occupied Multiple Dwelling?

200

The financial assistance for a 7-person household

What is $824?

200

Contents of a Clean Up Kit

What are garbage bags, sponges, gloves, spray bottle, after fire deodorizer spray, cleaning solution and liquid air freshener?

200

The year the American Red Cross was founded

What is 1881?

200

The number of digits in a CAC proxy number

What is 13?
300

HPD

What is the department of Housing Preservation & Development?

300

The financial assistance for a 10-person household

What is $1236?

300

Fire Report

A report from the FDNY confirming the date, location, extent of fire, battalion number, etc.

300

The person who founded the American Red Cross?

Who is Clara Barton?

300

Room 3 in apartment 4 on the 2nd floor, as entered in RC Care

What is 4/2R3  ?

400

CEV

What is a Code Enforcement Vacate?

400

The only type of vacate that receives financial assistance

What is a Fire-Turned-Vacate?
400

Black Tag

What is a fatality?

400

The "five Cs" - values of the American Red Cross

What are Compassionate, Credible, Committed, Collaborative and Creative?

400

You can find the Box Number in RC Respond under this Tab

What is Event Information?

500

IAM

What is an Inter Agency Meeting?

500

The four (4) options for receiving Financial Assistance 

What are CAC, Paypal, Zelle, or Walmart Cash?

500

"Board up guys"

What are the companies that respond to fires and other emergencies to provide cleaning and restoration services to homeowners?

500
The Response Manager oversees Supervisors, Service Associates and Trainees.  This person oversees the Response Managers

Who is the Disaster Program Manager (DPM)?

500

An expired document is still acceptable as proof of ID and address as long as it's been expired for less than these many days

What is 60 days?