FEMA Hazard Mitigation Flashcards
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What does a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) show?
Answer: Flood risk zones, special flood hazard areas, and base flood elevations
FIRMs are official maps produced by FEMA showing a community's flood zones, flood plain boundaries, and base flood elevations for insurance and land use planning.
Which mitigation strategy involves elevating a structure above the base flood elevation?
Answer: Elevation
Elevation is a mitigation technique that raises a structure above the base flood elevation to reduce or eliminate flood damage risk while keeping it in place.
What is a 'repetitive loss property' in the context of FEMA's NFIP?
Answer: A property that has filed two or more flood insurance claims within a 10-year period
Repetitive loss properties are NFIP-insured structures that have experienced two or more paid flood losses of more than $1,000 each within any 10-year period.
What is the purpose of a 'community rating system' (CRS) under NFIP?
Answer: To provide flood insurance premium discounts for communities exceeding minimum floodplain management requirements
The CRS rewards communities that implement floodplain management activities beyond NFIP minimum requirements with reduced flood insurance premiums for their policyholders.
What type of analysis is required to prioritize mitigation projects in a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan?
Answer: Risk and vulnerability assessment
A risk and vulnerability assessment identifies community hazards, assesses the probability and impact of each, and determines community vulnerability to prioritize mitigation actions.
What does 'mitigation planning' focus on as a long-term outcome?
Answer: Breaking the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage
Mitigation planning aims to break the cycle of repeated disaster damage by implementing measures that permanently reduce risk before future events occur.
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