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Low Impact Development Describes mitigation options that mimic natural runoff absorption. (10/14/2008) Tips for Lenders and Agents Explains how coverage requirements can be met for residents in NFIP Emergency Program communities. (10/14/2008) Finding NFIP Regulations Online Provides short summaries of NFIP regulations available through the FEMA Library. (10/14/2008) Understanding the Power of Grandfathering Explains how map Grandfathering can reduce some premiums. (9/2/2008) The Vented Breakaway Wall Solution Recounts a property owner's success with flood vents. (9/2/2008) Help for New Floodplain Managers Describes online resources for understanding the NFIP. (9/2/2008) Recent NFIP Changes Announces May 2008 rate and procedure changes. (8/6/2008) |
An Open Letter to Insurance AgentsFlooding is America’s number one natural disaster. Yet too many property owners remain uninformed about flood risk and flood insurance. When floods struck the Midwest last summer, fewer than 10 percent of residents in the high-risk areas of flooded communities had flood insurance. Less than 1 percent of those in lower-risk areas were insured. They were left without a financial backstop, and we were left with the question Why were so many uninsured? (full article) We Are the Mitigation DirectorateWhen the FEMA Mitigation Directorate was established on November 29, 1993, mitigation became the cornerstone of emergency management for the first time in the history of Federal disaster assistance. (full article) |
Protecting Your Property from FloodingFEMA has published a series of "how-to" design guides for applying flood-protection measures to electrical systems, physical structure, and exterior wells. (full article) |
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Last updated on November 20, 2008
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