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DHS FEMA NFIP Services - eWaterwark Article
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Map Modernization Made Easier
Obtaining up-to-date information about flood hazards is the first step in preventing and
reducing flood losses. The Federal Government has been identifying flood hazards since the
NFIP was created in 1968. In 2004, FEMA embarked on an ambitious, multi-year, Presidential
initiative to update the Nation's flood maps and make them more readily available, more reliable,
and easier to use and maintain. Today, Flood Map Modernization ("Map Mod") is transforming the
way flood maps are created, viewed, and used.
On the Map Mod page of the FEMA website, visitors
will see a wide selection of resources to assist NFIP stakeholders and consumers who want to learn
more about this initiative or need materials to help support it. The following items are some of
the latest additions.
Map Mod Video
The new Map Mod video offers information about the entire range of Map Mod products. It shows how to access
the materials described below and other resources. The
Map Mod
video can be downloaded from the FEMA Information Resource Library.
To see the video, visitors scroll down to the third chapter, "Map Mod QuickTime format," and
click on "View." Due to the size of this file, it may take a few minutes to download. By clicking
on "Accept the WinZip," the WinZip folder will appear, and visitors double click on "Map Mod file" to
produce the "Quick Pro" file option. When this has been accepted, click the play button to begin the
video. The video is 8.5 minutes long.
Letters of Final Determination
A Letter of Final Determination (LFD) is a letter sent to a floodprone NFIP community stating that
a new Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) or Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) will become
effective in 6 months and the community must adopt a compliant floodplain management ordinance by
that effective date. The following LFD Lists are available to be downloaded.
Map Modernization Management Support
The purpose of Map Modernization Management Support (MMMS) is to provide, through a Cooperative
Agreement, a means to ensure MMMS partners can support the Map Mod effort through activities that
do not directly result in production of a new or revised flood hazard map. These support activities
include a variety of administration and management measures. The following are a number of MMMS
documents that can be downloaded from the FEMA website.
Procedure Memorandums and Analyses
FEMA has issued several Procedure Memorandums (PMs) and analyses to provide guidance for various
aspects of map production and adoption. Following are several guidance documents that can be
downloaded from the FEMA Information Resource Library.
Levee-Related Resources
Levee
issues have an entire page on the FEMA website. Following is a collection of levee resources
pertaining to the Map Mod initiative.
Working Together to Make the Floodplain Safer
Map Mod integrates with other FEMA products and initiatives, such as
HAZUS-MH, a
dynamic multi-hazard risk assessment methodology. It is a powerful tool for analyzing and
displaying potential losses from floods, as well as other natural hazards.
The combined use of digital flood mapping data being produced by Map Mod and the use of HAZUS-MH
for planning allows communities and other stakeholders to ensure that better hazard mitigation
and disaster response plans are in place. Through these efforts, flood risk is being objectively
and systematically quantified, tracked, and reduced.
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