Glossary

ACRE

Average Crop Revenue Election. (USDA Farm Service Agency)

Agriculture Disaster Declaration

A Federal Emergency Declaration made by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture can provide a variety of assistance to farmers adversely affected by natural disaster. The assistance most commonly provided is the low-interest loan program made available through the Farmer’s Home Administration.

CDBG

Community Development Block Grant

COG

Council of Government

CEF

Cost Estimating Format

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CRP

Conservation Reserve Program.

DAE

Disaster Assistance Employee (Reservist)

Damage Assessment

The process used to appraise or determine the number of injuries and deaths, damage to public and private property, and the status of key facilities and services such as hospitals and other health care facilities, fire and police stations, communications networks, water and sanitation systems, utilities, and transportation networks resulting from a man-made or natural disaster.

DCP

Direct & Counter-Cyclical Program. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Disaster

An occurrence of a natural catastrophe, technological accident, or human-caused event that has resulted in severe property damage, deaths, and/or multiple injuries. As commonly used by federal emergency personnel, a “large-scale disaster” is one that exceeds the response capability of the local jurisdiction and requires state, and potentially federal, involvement. As used in the Stafford Act, a “major disaster” is “any natural catastrophe … or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of the Untied States, which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under [the] Act to supplement the efforts and available resources or States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.”

DNR

Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

DRM

Disaster Recovery Manager

DUA

Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

ECP

Emergency Conservation Program. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency. The purpose of ECP is to rehabilitate farmland and conservation structures that have been damaged by natural disasters. The maximum payment limitation for ECP is $200,000 per person per disaster and the minimum cost share limitation is $750 per person per fiscal year for all natural damage on all farms.

EDA

Economic Development Administration

ELAP

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Emergency Declaration

Requested when the following two conditions exist: (1) State and local governments, along with private relief agencies, have expended all their resources in response to the emergency situation; and (2) There is a specific or unique need that the federal government can meet which is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health and safety, or to reduce the threat of a more severe disaster.

EO

Executive Order (of the Governor).

EOC

Emergency Operations Center. A central location from which all emergency efforts can be centralized, coordinated and directed.

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ER

Emergency Relief (FHWA Assistance Program)

FCO

Federal Coordinating Officer

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

FIRM

Flood Insurance Rate Map

Federal Register Notice

FSA

Farm Service Agency. A division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

GAR

Governor’s Authorized Representative

HMGP

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

HSEMD

Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. An entity of Iowa state government that is a division of the Department of Public Defense.

IA

Individual Assistance (if not “Iowa”)

ICS

Incident Command System

IDALS

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. www.IowaAgriculture.gov

IFA

Iowa Finance Authority. An agency in state government responsible for housing programs, certain economic development programs, the state revolving fund, and the title guaranty division.

IMAC

Iowa Mutual Aid Compact. Signed into law April 22, 2002. An intrastate voluntary program under Iowa Code that allows for one political subdivision to assist another in a disaster that has been declared either by the local member political subdivision or the governor. Political subdivisions must be signatories of the Compact to implement assistance through IMAC.

IMT

Incident Management Team. Provides support to local jurisdictions to assist in managing an incident or emergency.

Incident Management Team

Provides Incident Command System/general staff position support to local jurisdictions to assist in managing an incident or emergency.

INF

Immediate Needs Funding

Iowa Contingent Fund

Created in the State Treasury for the use of the State’s Executive Council to pay the expenses for repairing, rebuilding, or restoring property that is damaged, destroyed, or lost by fire, storm, or unavoidable cause, and for repairing, rebuilding, or restoring any governmental subdivision in an area that has been proclaimed a disaster by the governor.

Iowa Disaster Human Resource Council

(IDHRC). Comprised of faith-based and voluntary agency representatives, as well as representatives from key government agencies. Seeks to identify available resources that can address the unmet needs of Iowa citizens impacted by disaster events.

JFO

Joint Field Office

LIP

Livestock Indemnity Program. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

LFP

Livestock Forage Disaster Program. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

NEG

National Emergency Grant. Pays for public projects in affected communities.

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NEMIS

National Emergency Management Information System

NFIP

National Flood Insurance Program

NHPA

National Historic Preservation Act

ONA

Other Needs Assistance Program. See full listing under “Other Needs Assistance Program.”

Other Needs Assistance Program

A program of the Individual Assistance Program established by The Stafford Act and administered by FEMA. May provide grant assistance up to $27,200 (maximum), per applicant, to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs not met by other disaster assistance programs. This grant is not automatic; it will only be considered if the applicant cannot qualify for a low-interest loan.

PA

Public Assistance

PAC

Public Assistance Coordinator

PAO

Public Assistance Officer

PDA

Preliminary Damage Assessment

PL

Public Law

PNP

Private Nonprofit

PO

Project Officer

PW

Project Worksheet

RC

Resource Coordinator

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RD

Regional Director (FEMA)

RIAC

Rebuild Iowa Advisory Commission. Created by Governor Culver’s Executive Order No. 7.

RIO

Rebuild Iowa Office. Created by Governor Culver’s Executive Order No. 7.

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

P.L. 93-288. The Stafford Act is implemented by FEMA, and only after the President declares a major disaster or an emergency for the affected area. The Stafford Act provides for three major disaster assistance programs: Public Assistance (financial assistance to state and local governments to replace, rebuild or repair damages to public property); Hazard Mitigation (reduction or elimination of disaster-related risks); and Individual Assistance (financial assistance and services to individual disaster victims to help them recover their losses).

SBA

Small Business Administration

SC

Special Considerations

SCO

State Coordinating Officer

SHPO

State Historic Preservation Officer

Small Business Administration Declaration

A Federal Emergency Declaration where the SBA offers low-interest loans to businesses and homeowners sustaining damage or losses as a result of a natural disaster. See “Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program” entry.

Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Program

A program of the Individual Assistance Program established by The Stafford Act and administered by FEMA. Provides low-interest, long-term loans to individuals and businesses for repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of damaged real and personal property not fully covered by insurance.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

Stafford Act

See “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act”

SURE

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program. A federal program that provides assistance to agricultural communities. This program is revenue-based and not individual-crop specific.

TAC

Technical Assistance Contractor

TAP

Tree Assistance Program. A federal program of the USDA Farm Service Agency.

Temporary Housing Program

A program of the Individual Assistance Program established by The Stafford Act and administered by FEMA. Can provide up to 18 months of rental assistance to disaster victims whose homes are considered uninhabitable. Grants may be provided for minimal essential repairs to owner-occupied homeowners whose homes are damaged, but still considered habitable.

The Stafford Act

See “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act”

TRO

Transitional Recovery Office

USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service