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Topics Covered...     

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

History

Purpose

Terminology

...Base Flood

...Base Flood Elevation (BFE)

...Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)

...Floodway

Floodway Determination

NFIP Regular Program

Community Participation

Substantial Improvements

Repetitive Loss Structures

Buyout Program

Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)

...DFIRM

...Flood Risk Zones

Changes or Correcting a Flood Insurance Study (FIS)

Types of Map Revision Request

Physical Map Revision

Forms

Modifying a FIS

FEMA Response

Case Study

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