Answers to Questions about the NFIP
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Answers to Questions about the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
FEMA F-084 - Published March 2011
This document is intended to aid the public in understanding the role and functioning of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP is a federal program created by Congress to help mitigate future flood losses through community-enforced building and zoning ordinances and to provide access to affordable, federallyl backed flood insurance protection for property owners.
Topics include:
- An Introduction to the NFIP
- Flood Insurance Information for Prospective Buyers
- Coverage
- Filing a Claim
- Floodplain Management Requirements
- Flood Hazard Assessment and Mapping Requirements
- Repetitive Loss Properties Strategy and FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
- Presidential Disaster Declarations and the NFIP