Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 10:50 AM
Site: Department of Health and Human Services
Course: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Glossary: Acronyms and Abbreviations
A

ADF

Australian Defence Force

AEMI

Australian Emergency Management Institute

AEOC

Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre

AGD

Attorney-General’s Department

AIIMS

Australian Inter-Service Incident Management System

AMSA

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

ARCV

Australian Red Cross Victoria

ATSB

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

AusSAR

Australian Search and Rescue (part of AMSA)

AV

Ambulance Victoria

B

BOM

Bureau of Meteorology

C

CBR

Chemical, biological or radiological (incident)

CERA

Community Emergency Risk Assessment

CFA

Country Fire Authority

CMA

Catchment Management Authority

COMDISPLAN

Commonwealth Government Disaster Response Plan

D

DACC

Defence Assistance to the Civil Community

DEECD

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

DEPI

Department of Environment and Primary Industries

DFSV

Dairy Food Safety Victoria

DGEMA

Director-General Emergency Management Australia

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

E

EMA

Emergency Management Australia

EMLO

Emergency Management Liaison Officer

EMMV

Emergency Management Manual Victoria

EMS

Emergency medical service

EMT

Emergency Management Team

EMV

Emergency Management Victoria

EOC

Emergency Operations Centre

EPA

Environment Protection Authority

ERC

Emergency Response Coordinator

ERCC

Emergency response coordination centre

F

FEMC

Field Emergency Medical Coordinator

FEMO

Field Emergency Medical Officer

FERC

Field Emergency Response Coordinator

FPCC

Field Primary Care Clinic

H

HC

Health Commander

HHSEMC

Health and Human Services Emergency Management Centre

HIMT

Health Incident Management Team

I

ICC

Incident Control Centre

ICS

Incident Control System

IMS

Incident Management System

IMT

Incident Management Team

M

MAV

Municipal Association of Victoria

MECC

Municipal Emergency Coordination Centre

MEMP

Municipal Emergency Management Plan

MEMPC

Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee

MERC

Municipal Emergency Response Coordinator

MERO

Municipal Emergency Resources Officer

MFESB

Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board

MRM

Municipal recovery manager

P

PPE

Personal protective equipment

R

R.F.R

Register.Find.Reunite

Red Cross

Australian Red Cross Victoria

RERC

Regional Emergency Response Coordinator

RERCC

Regional Emergency Response Coordination Centre

S

SCC

State Control Centre

SEMT

State Emergency Management Team

SERCC

State Emergency Response ion Centre

SEWS

Standard Emergency Warning Signal

SHERP

State Health Emergency Response Plan

SHIC

State Health Incident Coordinator

SOP

Standard operating procedure

T

TAC

Transport Accident Commission

V

VCC

Victorian Council of Churches

VEMC

Victoria Emergency Management Council

VHEC

Victorian Health Emergency Coordination

VicPol

Victoria Police

VICSES

Victoria State Emergency Service

VMAT

Victorian Medical Assistance Teams

W

WICEN

Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network