Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms FEMA 361, Second Edition/August 2008 APPENDIX H - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACE Advanced antimicrobial elastic ACI American Concrete Institute International ADA Americans with Disabilities Act A/E architectural/engineering AFM Air Force manual AHJ authority having jurisdiction AMS American Meteorological Society ANSI American National Standards Institute APA American Plywood Association APC atmospheric pressure change ARC American Red Cross ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASD Allowable Stress Design ASF available square footage ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials B/C benefit-cost BCA benefit-cost analysis BCR benefit-cost ratio BFE base flood elevation BHMA Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association BPAT Building Performance Assessment Team C&C components and cladding CMU concrete masonry unit CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CU Clemson University DFE design flood elevation DI damage indicator DOD degree of damage DOE Department of Energy EF Enhanced Fujita (Scale) EHPA Enhanced Hurricane Protection Area EIFS Exterior Insulation Finishing System EMS Emergency Management Services EMT Emergency Management Technician EOC Emergency Operations Center EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer F Fujita (Scale) F lateral force FAA Federal Aviation Administration FBC Florida Building Code FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map FIS Flood Insurance Study fps feet per second ft feet, foot GIS geographic information system HAM handheld amateur (radio operator) HAZMAT hazardous material HAZUS-MH Hazards U.S. – Multi-Hazard HMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning HVHZ High Velocity Hurricane Zone IBC International Building Code ICC International Code Council ICF insulating concrete form IMC International Mechanical Code IRC International Residential Code kg kilogram LiMWA Limit of Moderate Wave Action LRFD Load and Resistance Factor Design MAT Mitigation Assessment Team mi/h miles per hour (ASCE) m2 square foot, feet m3 cubic foot, feet mph miles per hour MRI mean recurrence interval MSL mean sea level MWFRS main wind force resisting system N/A not applicable NCDC National Climatic Data Center NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program NFPA National Fire Protection Association NGVD ‘29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSSA National Storm Shelter Association NSSFC National Severe Storms Forecast Center NWS National Weather Service o.c. on center OSB oriented strand board PC polycarbonate PDM Pre-Disaster Mitigation PFR police, fire, and rescue PRM partially reinforced masonry psf pounds per square foot psi pounds per square inch PUB polyvinylbutyral QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control R RA Recovery Advisory RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service RSF recommended square footage SBC Standard Building Code SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress International SESP State Emergency Shelter Program (Florida) SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area SOP Standard Operating Procedures SPC Storm Prediction Center STD Standard TMS The Masonry Society TTU Texas Tech University UBC Uniform Building Code UPS uninterrupted power supply URM unreinforced masonry U.S. United States USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USF usable square footage V velocity WERC Wind Engineering Research Center (TTU) WISE Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (TTU)