NFIP SITES

General

• National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• NFIP Community Status Book
• NFIP Documents
• NFIP Forms
• NFIP Publications
• NFIP Regulations
• Watermark - NFIP Semi-annual Newsletter

Flood Insurance

• Flood Insurance Manual
• How to Purchase Flood Insurance
• How to Find an Insurance Agent
• How to File a Claim
• Policy and Claim Statistics for Flood Insurance
• Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines

Flood Mapping

• FEMA Map Store
• How to Read a Map - Tutorial
• How to Find Your Flood Map
• How to Print a FIRMette
• Map Modernization

Map Amendment/Revision Forms and Information

• Letter of Map Amendment or Letter of Map Revision-Based on Fill Process
• Letter of Map Amendment/MT-EZ form package (single structure/lot): Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps, Application Forms and Instructions for Letter of Map Amendment
• Letter of Map Amendment/Letter of Map Amendment Based on Fill/MT-1 form package (multi structure/lot): Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps, Application Forms and Instructions for Conditional and Final Letters of Map Amendment and Letters of Map Revision Based on Fill
• Letter of Map Revision/MT-2 form package: Revisions to National Flood Insurance Program Maps, Application Forms and Instructions for Conditional Letters of Map Revision and Letters of Map Revision
• Fee schedule for review and processing of CLOMR and LOMR requests
• Status of Map Change Requests

Documents, Guidelines and Manuals

• FEMA’s Technical Bulletins Guidance on NFIP regulations concerning various topics.
• FEMA’s manual, "Managing Floodplain Development in Approximate Zone A Areas, A Guide for obtaining and developing Base (100-year) Flood Elevations"
• FEMA’s Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners Defines technical requirements, product specifications for Flood Hazard Maps and related National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) products, and associated coordination and documentation activities
• USACE manual "Design and Construction of Levees" EM 1110-2-1913 Instructions MT-2 Forms 27
• USACE manual "Waterstops and Other Preformed Joint Materials for Civil Works Structures" EM 1110-2-2102
• USACE manual "Landscape Planting and Vegetation Management for Floodwalls, Levees and Embankment Dams" EM 1110-2-301

Software

• List of numerical models accepted by FEMA for the NFIP usage
• Engineering software developed by FEMA. The site also includes additional information, such as tutorials, user’s manuals and guidance documentation for certain programs.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Weather Service (NWS)
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)
• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

SITES OF INTEREST

• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
• NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• US Geological Survey - Water Resources of NH
• NH Regional Planning Commissions
• Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC)
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory