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  2. Understanding FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood ... - AOL

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    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created Risk Rating 2.0 to help create more fairly rated flood insurance policies by taking more rating factors into consideration.

  3. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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    These FIRMs are used in identifying whether a land or building is in flood zone and, if so, which of the different flood zones are in effect. In 2004, FEMA began a project to update and digitize the flood plain maps at a yearly cost of $200 million. The new maps usually take around 18 months to go from a preliminary release to the final product.

  4. National Flood Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines the floodplain as the area that would be flooded by a base flood, [8] which is "the flood which has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year". In this sense, a base flood is synonymous with a 100-year flood and a floodplain is synonymous with a special flood ...

  5. National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    The bill would amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at rates less than those estimated for any property purchased after the expiration of such six-month period (currently, any property purchased after July 6, 2012). [9]

  6. Lawmakers threaten FEMA with 'compulsory methods' to ... - AOL

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  7. FEMA public assistance now available in 19 Illinois counties

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    Sep. 18—CHICAGO — On Sept. 15, FEMA approved Illinois' request for 19 counties to receive public assistance following the severe storms and flooding event on June 29 — July 2. With this ...

  8. FEMA Public Assistance - Wikipedia

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    FEMA's Public Assistance Program (PA) provides grants for disaster relief aid to state government agencies, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and private non-profit organisations in the wake of a disaster. [1] The program provides grants for two types of disaster recovery work.

  9. Special Flood Hazard Area - Wikipedia

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    A Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) is an area identified by the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an area with a special flood or mudflow, and/or flood related erosion hazard, as shown on a flood hazard boundary map or flood insurance rate map. [1]