Acronym Legend 
FEMA Resources Pre-staged and Deployed 

APHIS: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
CBP: Customs and Border Protection 
DCE: Defense Coordinating Element 
DCO: Defense Coordinating Officer 
DMAT: Disaster Medical Assistance Team 
DOE: Department of Energy 
EOC: Emergency Operations Center 
ERT-A: Emergency Response Team-Advance 
ERT-N: National Emergency Response Team 
FCO: Federal Coordinating Officer 
IRCT: Incident Response Coordination Teams 
MERS: Mobile Emergency Response System 
NLSA: National Logistics Staging Area 
PDA: Preliminary Damage Assessment 
PRT: Planning and Response Team 
USACE: United States Army Corps of Engineers 
USAR: Urban Search and Rescue 
USCG: United States Coast Guard