Department of Emergency Management

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

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For your convenience, following is a listing of acronyms and initials that appear in Questions and Answers on the National Flood Insurance Program:

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIA - Federal Insurance Administration

FHBM - Flood Hazard Boundary Map

FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map

LOMA - Letter of Map Amendment

LOMR - Letter of Map Revision

NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program

SFHA - Special Flood Hazard Area

WYO - Write Your Own

Source: FEMA pamphlet. This pamphlet is available at:

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