Terminology

EAP:
Emergency Assembly Point in each Atherton Area
IC:
Incident Commander
A.D.A.P.T.:
Atherton Disaster and Preparedness Team
CERT:
Community Emergency Response Team
GMRS:
General Mobile Radio Service, a type of radio (walkie-talkie)
FRS:
Family Radio Service, a type of radio (walkie-talkie)
HAM:
Hertz-Armstrong-Marconi, a type of long-distance radio that requires a license to operate
TOA:
Town of Atherton
ICP:
Incident Command Post (typically there's one of these for each section of Atherton (West, Central and East*)). Each EAP reports their status to their ICP
EOC:
Emergency Operations Center @TOA
LSR:
Light Search and Rescue
West Atherton:
Between Alameda de las Pulgas and Highway 280
Central Atherton:
Between Middlefield Road and Alameda de las Pulgas Road
East Atherton:
Between Bay Road and Middlefield Road