APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 

This appendix contains some acronyms that do not appear in this publication. 
They have been included to provide a more comprehensive list 
relevant to the topics of this publication. 

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

AIA American Institute of Architects

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning 
Engineers

ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials 

ATF Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
(Bureau of U.S. Department of the Treasury)

CBR Chemical, biological and radiological

CCA Contamination control area

CCP Casualty collection point

CCTV Closed-circuit television

CDC Center for Disease Control and Protection

CFD Computational fluid dynamics

CPTED Crime prevention through environmental design

DBT Design basis threat

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DoD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOJ Department of Justice

DOS Department of State

DOT Department of Transportation

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

GIS Geographic information system 

GSA General Services Administration

HazMat Hazardous material 

HAZUS Hazards U.S. 

HVAC Heating, ventilating and air conditioning

IED Improvised explosive device

IRA Irish Republican Army

ISC Interagency Security Committee

IT Information technology

LOP Level of protection

M/E/P Mechanical/electrical/plumbing

mph Miles per hour

NCPC National Capital Planning Commission

NHPA National Historical Preservation Act

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NTIS National Technical Information Service

NYPD New York Police Department

NYSE New York Stock Exchange

PSA Patients staging area

psi Pounds per square inch

RDD Radiological dispersal device ("dirty bomb")

ROW Right-of-way

RPG Rocket propelled grenade

RVS Rapid visual screening

SRA Safe refuge area

TM Technical manual

TNT Trinitrotoluene

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

VA Department of Veterans Affairs

WMD Weapons of mass destruction

WTC World Trade Center