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Open House Materials

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FEMA’s Preliminary Flood Hazard Data page: www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata

FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX): www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html

FEMA Flood Map Service Center (MSC): msc.fema.gov

FEMA Flood Map Changes Viewer (FMCV): msc.fema.gov/fmcv

FloodSmart.gov: www.floodsmart.gov

 


 

Materials handed out at open house meetings are linked below. Please email info@greatlakescoast.org if you are unable to locate specific open house materials.

Flood Damage Prevention

Protect Your Home from Flooding [.pdf]

Flood Insurance

Flood Insurance: How It Works [.pdf]

Elevation Certificates: Who Needs Them and Why [.pdf]

A Small Investment Protects You From a Big Problem [.pdf]

Keep Your Business in Business [.pdf]

Lower-Cost Rating Option for Buildings Newly Mapped into High-Risk Areas [.pdf]

NFIP – 2018 Codes and ASCE 24 Checklist [.pdf]

Flood Recovery

Building Back Stronger Keeps Neighborhoods Alive [.pdf]

If Your Home or Business Has Been Flooded, Build Back Safer and Stronger [.pdf]

Mapping

Map Changes and Flood Insurance: What Property Owners Need to Know [.pdf]

Understanding FEMA’s Summary of Map Actions and Revalidation Letter [.pdf]

How to Request a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F) [.pdf]

Hazard Mitigation

Mitigation’s Value to Your Community [.pdf]

Mitigation for Homeowners [.pdf]

Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves [.pdf]

Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning [.pdf]

Levees

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Illinois [.pdf]

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Indiana [.pdf]

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Michigan [.pdf]

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Minnesota [.pdf]

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Ohio [.pdf]

What Do I Need to Know about My Risk When it Comes to a Levee System? Wisconsin [.pdf]

 
 

Please also see the Fact Sheets page for additional materials.