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Communities that don't participate in the NFIP often "have horrible, inadequate flood maps," Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, or ASFPM, told ...
Gilbert Fowler White (November 26, 1911 – October 5, 2006) was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century" (Wescoat, 2006).
"There's a bias against, I think, rural communities, especially in the flood dataset," said Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, a nonprofit that ...
Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the federal government that states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against ...
Certified Floodplain Manager: CFM: Association of State Floodplain Managers [19] Chief Fire Officer: CFO: Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) [20] Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Management: FAcEM: Emergency Management Academy [21] Executive Fire Officer: EFO: U.S. Fire Administration [22] Emergency Number Professional: ENP: National ...
"The National Flood Insurance Program Premium Transparency Act is a critical step forward in empowering property owners with the information they need to understand their flood risk and make ...
John Richard "Jack" Sheaffer (August 28, 1931 – December 21, 2016) [1] was an American environmental engineer. He was the creator of an environmentally sensitive reclamation and reuse waste water system, co-author of the Clean Water Act while serving as the Scientific Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, was instrumental in the design of the national flood insurance program, and the author ...
The project could save hundreds of acres and homes from future flooding.