ACWI - Advisory Committee on Water Information
AOP - Annual Operating Plan
ASCADS - Automated Sorting, Conversion, and Distribution System
ASOS - Automatic Surface Observation System
AWS - Automatic Weather Station (Modem Telemetry)
BAER - Burn Area Emergency Rehabilitation
CDF - California Department of Forestry (Cal Fire)
CMMS - Computerized Maintenance Management System
COOP - Continuation of Operations Planning
CPIC - Capital Planning and Investment Control
CSEPP - Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
DAPS - Data Collection System Automatic Processing System
DCP - Data Collection Platform
DCS - Data Collection System
DOMSAT - Domestic Satellite
DROT - Direct Read Only Terminal
DRGS - Direct Read out Ground Station
DRS - DOMSAT Receive Station
EMIS - Emergency Management Information Systems
ESR - Emergency Stabilization & Recovery
FAM ITIB - Fire & Aviation Information Technology Investment Board
FBAN - Fire Behavior Analyst
FDWT - Fire Danger Working Team
FLERT - Firefighter Law Enforcement Retirement Team
FTS - Forest Technology Systems (vendor)
FWWT - Fire Weather Working Team
EOP - Emergency Operation Center
GACC - Geographical Area Coordination Center
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
ICBS - Interagency Cache Business System
ITIB - Information Technology Investment Board
IT/IM - Information Technology/Information Management
IRM - Information Resource Management
ISO - International Standardization Organization
IWOS - Incident Weather Observation System
LRGS - Local Readout Ground Station
MAFFS - Mobile Airborne Fire Fighter Systems
MIPR - Military Interfund Purchase Request
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro Radiometer
NAGFDR - National Advisory Group on Fire Danger Rating
NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System
NFES - National Fire Equipment Supply
NFMAS - National Fire Management Analysis System
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Systems
NICC - National Interagency Coordination Center
NIFMID - National Interagency Fire Management Integrated Database
NLDN - National Lightning Detection Network
NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NTIA - National Telecommunication Industry of America
NWCG - National Wildfire Coordination Group
NWS - National Weather Service
NWSA - National Wildfire Suppression Association
OFCM - Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
PDT - Platform Data Table
RAWS - Remote Automatic Weather Station (satellite telemetry)
REMS - Remote Environmental monitoring Systems
RFI - Ready for Issue
RSFWSU - Remote Sensing/Fire Weather Support Unit
SLA - Service Level Agreement
STIWG - Satellite Telemetry Interagency Work Group
THS - Temperature Humidity Sensor
TWG - Technical Working Group
WFMIS - Wildland Fire Management Information Site
WFO - Weather Forecast Office
WIMS - Weather Information Management System
WRCC - Western Regional Climate Center