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LIST OF ACRONYMS<br />

BCEGS Building Code Effectiveness Rating Scale<br />

BFE Base Flood Elevation<br />

BMP Best Management Practice<br />

CAD Computer Aided Dispatch<br />

CBD Central Business District (in downtown Nashville)<br />

CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management <strong>Plan</strong> (by Mayor’s Office of<br />

Emergency Management)<br />

CPC Climate Protection Center<br />

CPT Community <strong>Plan</strong>ning Team<br />

CRS Community Rating System<br />

DMA Disaster <strong>Mitigation</strong> Act of 2000<br />

ECC Emergency Communications Center<br />

ETSZ East Tennessee Seismic Zone<br />

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency<br />

FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map<br />

FIS Flood Insurance Study<br />

FMA Flood <strong>Mitigation</strong> Assistance<br />

HMGP Hazard <strong>Mitigation</strong> Grant Program<br />

GIS Geographic Information System<br />

MOM Multi-Objective Management<br />

MSA <strong>Metro</strong>politan Statistical Area<br />

MDPW <strong>Metro</strong>politan Department of Public Works<br />

MWS <strong>Metro</strong> Water Services<br />

NIBS National Institute of Building Sciences<br />

NES Nashville Electric Service<br />

NFIP National Flood Insurance Program<br />

NMSZ New Madrid Seismic Zone<br />

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />

NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System<br />

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service<br />

NWS National Weather Service<br />

OEM Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management<br />

PDM Pre-Disaster <strong>Mitigation</strong><br />

PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index<br />

PIAC Public Input Advisory Committee<br />

RSDE Residential Substantial Damage Estimator<br />

SASZ Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone<br />

SBA Small Business Administration<br />

SFHA Special Flood Hazard Areas<br />

SR2C Stormwater Regulations Review Committee<br />

TDEC Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation<br />

TEMA Tennessee Emergency Management Agency<br />

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority<br />

TWRA Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency<br />

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers<br />

<strong>Metro</strong>politan Nashville-Davidson County<br />

Table of Contents<br />

Multi-Hazard <strong>Mitigation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Page i-5<br />

April <strong>2010</strong>

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