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a-_ I Elevated home on pile foundation Elevated home on crawl space foundation make conventional loans for insurable buildings in If a community is suspended, it may regain its eligibility flood hazard areas of non-participating communities. in the NFIP by enacting the floodplain management However, the lender must notify applicants that measures established in 44 CFR Section 60.3 of the the property is in a flood hazard area and that the NFIP regulations. If development takes place in your property is not eligible for Federal disaster assistance. community during suspension that does not meet the Some lenders may voluntarily choose not to make minimum NFIP requirements, your community will be these loans. asked to take actions to reduce the increased flood hazard prior to reinstatement. Digital Flood Hazard Information Resources In accordance with the Flood Insurance Reform Act of database is provided to your community once the FIRM 2004,FEMA has implemented a policy that allows the use becomes effective and is also available for download of digital data for official NFIP purposes.All FEMNs flood through the MSC. mapping products are now prepared digitally,and a number of . The National Flood Hazard Layer(NFHL)contains all different digital options are available to view the flood hazard effective digital flood hazard information from FIRM information shown on community FIRMs.All digital flood databases and LOMRs produced by FEMA in one integrated hazard resources referenced below can be accessed through nationwide dataset.It also contains point locations of FEMNs Map Service Center(MSC}at htlp://msc.fema-gov. other LOMCs,such as Letters of Map Revision Based on • Once effective,copies of the FIRM panels in digital Fill and Letters of Map Amendment.The NFHL is available format will be provided to your Community and will also for viewing through FEMNs online map viewer which can be available through the MSC.Note that Letters of Map be accessed through the MSC.The NFHL can also be Change(LOMCs)are also available through the MSC in.pdf viewed as a layer in Google Earth or accessed via Web format. Map Service(WMS),a web-based method of viewing map information using commercial GIS software,such as • F1RMettes show a desired section of a FIRM panel specified ESR{'s ArcGIS.Additional information on these services is by a user,plus map scale,and other legend information available through the MSC. from the FIRM.FIRMettes can be created online through the MSC,and printed or saved in.pdf format at no cost. Note for communities that do not yet have digitally produced •The FIRM database is designed for use with specialized FlRMs.scanned digital versions of the paper FIRM panels are available through the MSC.However,since the FIRMs were not Geographic Information System(GIS)software.Users produced digitally,a FIRM database will not be available and are able to integrate local data sets with the FEMA flood the flood hazard information shown on the FIR Ms will not be hazard data in the FIRM database to assist with floodplain included in the NFHL. management or mitigation planning measures.The FIRM 6 Adoption of Flood Insurance Rate Maps by Participating Communities