Accepted

A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has accepted the request and the responder is now a member of the organization.

Account

Collection of information that identifies a CORES user.

Account Status

The state of a user account. It could be active, inactive, closed, or archived.

Account Type

The type of account. Differentiated between responder accounts and all types of  administrator accounts.

Active Account

Responders with active accounts can be contacted about emergency deployments and receive notifications related to potential emergency activations and deployments.

Archived

Mission status showing that the mission has been archived. Archiving is an alternative to deleting a mission from the system; however, an archived mission can be reverted to its previous status. Missions that have been archived do not appear in reports or contribute towards responder hours.

Archived Account

Archiving an account is an alternative to deleting it. Once archived, the account no longer appears in the system.

Badge

An identification card issued to a responder by the administrator. Badges provide evidence that the responder is registered in the system and verify his or her identity, occupation or title, and unit affiliation.

Call Center Operator

Can view all missions and send notifications. Not all systems contain this system role.

Closed

Mission status showing that all deployment groups in the mission have been closed.

Closed Account

An account that has been terminated and can no longer be used. Responders with closed accounts cannot log into their account or receive notifications.

Complete

Mission status showing that all deployments in the mission have ended.

Credential Verification

Various ways of connecting to licensure databases to verify a responder’s credentials.

Credentials Verification Organization (CVO)

A CVO certification is available to organizations that conduct credentials verification,  report the credentialing information to clients, and have systems in place to protect  the confidentiality and integrity of the information.

Declined

See Rejected.

Default Organization

The default organization contains users matching one or more of the following criteria: users have not specified an organization during registration; users have not been accepted to any organizations; users have withdrawn their organization memberships; users have been removed from organizations by the administrator.

Deployed

Mission status showing that at least one deployment group in the mission has been deployed.

Deployment

The distribution of several groups of responders in response to an emergency.

Deployment Preferences

Where responders are willing to travel, how long they are willing to be deployed,  and any other emergency response commitments.

Deployment Status

Responder status that helps track on-scene time and attendance and provides additional details about the location and availability of a responder.

Document Library

An optional module available for purchase that allows users to share and exchange documents.

Emergency Credential Level (ECL)

Part of the ESAR-VHP guidelines, a way to determine how much credential information  has been accepted and verified about a particular individual.

ESAR-VHP

ESAR-VHP (Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals) System is an electronic database of health care personnel who volunteer  to provide aid in an emergency. An ESAR-VHP System must (1) register health volunteers,  (2) apply emergency credentialing standards to registered volunteers, and (3) allow  for the verification of the identity, credentials, and qualifications of registered  volunteers in an emergency.

ESF #8

The ESF (Emergency Support Function) is a mechanism that consolidates multiple agencies  that perform similar or like functions into a single, cohesive unit to allow for  the better management of emergency response functions. ESF #8, Public Health and  Medical Services includes behavioral health needs of incident victims and response  workers, additional medical response assistance for medical needs populations, and  veterinary and/or animal health issues.

Filters

Filters show information within a table that meets certain criteria. Use the  drop down menu at the upper right above the table to filter display results.

Group

A collection of users in the system that allows administrators to simultaneously perform an action on multiple users. For example, users can be grouped based on their residence location to receive alerts relevant to that particular location.

Inactive Account

Responders with inactive accounts do not appear in search results and cannot be contacted about potential emergency activations and deployments; however, they may receive non-emergency notifications related to the status of their account.

Incident Job

A specific job function that an assigned responder should perform during an incident. Jobs are specific to the Accountability module and should not be confused with occupations.

Internal Message

A message sent and received through the CORES’s internal messaging system.

Job

See Incident Job.

Local Administrator

can perform many functions in the system, including some access to the Administration and Configuration modules. These administrators are limited by organization access level permissions in the Messages, Organizations, Document Library, Accountability, sand Mission Manager modules, where available.

Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

The MRC was founded in 2002. It is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national  network of responders dedicated to ensuring hometown security. Citizen Corps, along  with AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps are part of the President’s USA  Freedom Corps, which promotes volunteerism and service nationwide. MRC organizations are  community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers  who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies  and promote healthy living throughout the year. MRC volunteers supplement existing  emergency and public health resources.

Mission

A potential deployment situation.

Mission Manager

A module within CORES to help administrators locate, request, and deploy responders  during an emergency situation or pre-planned incident.

New

Mission status showing that the mission does not have any deployment groups.

Occupation Category

Indicates whether the occupation is medical or non-medical.

Occupation Credential Information

Occupation categories, types, and current status. Options are: Licensed and Active,  Licensed and Active Part-Time, Licensed and Inactive for Less than 5 Years, Licensed  and Inactive for More than 5 Years, Non-Licensed and Active, Non-Licensed and Retired,  Non-Licensed and Student. Up to three (3) licenses, memberships, work experiences,  and other categories are accepted.

Occupation Type

The profession of a responder. All occupations are classified as medical and non-medical.

On-scene Officer

A designated user with the rights to manage responders at specific locations within an incident. This user role exists only in the Accountability module and does not give the user administrator rights.

Organization

Organizations represent institutions and associations that exist in real world, such as government agencies, health care, non-profit or legal organizations.

Password Requirements

Responder passwords must be at least six (6) characters long, include at least one numeral, one letter, and contain no spaces. Administrator passwords must be at least eight (8) characters long, include one numeral, one letter and contain no spaces. Passwords are case sensitive.

Pending

A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has not yet taken any action on this request.

Profile

All information collected during registration, including identity, organization membership,  deployment preferences, contact, skills and certifications, training, occupations,  and medical history. Profile also includes a special link, Settings, to edit specific  account information.

Quick Search

Located in the top right corner of the page and provides instant search results when searching for a responder or group by name.

Regional Administrator

Can perform many functions in the system, including some access to the Administration and Configuration modules. These administrators are limited by organization access level permissions in the Messages, Organizations, Document Library, Accountability, and Mission Manager modules, where available.

Rejected

A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has rejected the request and the user cannot be an organization member.

Requesting Authority

An outside party that requests assistance during an emergency or an event.

Required Fields

Required fields are indicated by asterisks (*). An error will occur if information is not  entered in a required field.

Researching

A default status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator is gathering additional information to determine whether the responder's organization affiliation is authentic.

Responder

Any person who could potentially respond during a disaster situation. Responders do not have the ability to manage or view others in the system, and they can only compose messages to administrators and  respond to notifications they receive. They do not have access to the Administration or Configuration modules. Their access can be limited or expanded by their assigned organization access level permissions and other granular permissions in the Organizations,  Document Library, and Accountability modules, where available.

Roles

See specific roles: Local Administrator, Regional Administrator, State Administrator,  Responder, and Call Center Operator.

Roster

A list of all responders who can potentially be involved in incident response efforts.

Schedule Manager

A module that allows administrators to manage personnel during an activation by allowing rostered  responders to be placed in shifts over the course of a deployment.

Secondary Navigation Bar

The second row of tabs on the navigation toolbar. These tabs give you access to specific functions of a module.

Service Location

The location where responders will be providing service during an emergency or event.

Staffing

Mission status to indicate that responders can be assigned to the available deployment groups.

State Administrator

Can perform all functions available on the system and have full access to the Administration and Configuration modules. They have access to all organizations and can modify details, members, access levels, unaffiliated responders, and network information for any created organization, regardless of their access level permissions. They can also manage users within the system.

Unaffiliated Users

Users who do not have valid organization membership.

Unknown

Responder status showing that the responder has not indicated his or her availability.

Voice Notification

A method to notify responders using a text-to-speech engine to call and inform responders  of an emergency.