Floodplain management - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? - Answer 1968 What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - Answer National Flood Insurance Program What is NFIP? - Answer National Flood Insurance Program What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - Answer NFIP The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? - Answer 1) reduce future flood losses theough local floodplain management, and 2) provide pr...

Mitigation a set of strategies to reduce future risks. Goal is to increase public safety from individual homes to entire communities Structural mitigation built environment such as levees, dams, floodwalls and seawalls, etc Nonstructural mitigation education, insurance, evacuation practice, first aid training hard to get the public excoted about mitigation work prior to a disaster (true or false) TRUE 2 champions of mitigation in U.S. Gilbert White - "Father of Floodplain Management"...

CFM Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Shallow flooding problems fall into (3) categories Sheet flow, ponding, urban drainage, coastal flooding (depths 1-3 feet) Describe areas where ponding may be a problem Glaciated areas, caves and sinkholes, man-made features What are (5) Special Flood Hazards Closed basin lakes, uncertain flow paths, dam breaks, ice jams, mud flows Alluvial fan flooding is what type of special flood hazard and what are the inherent hazards thereof? Uncertain flow pa...

CFM Exam | with latest solution 2023/24 ACV - Actual Cash Value BFE - Base Flood Elevation CAC - Community Assistance Contact (CAP) CAP - Community Assistance Program CAV - Community Assistance Visit (CAP) CBRA - Coastal Barriers Resources Act CBRS - Coastal Barriers Resource System CFM - Certified Floodplain Manager CFR - Code of Federal Regulations CHAMP - Coastal Hazard Analysis Modeling Program CID - Community Identification Number (on FIRM) CLOMA - Cond...

What period causes more property damage in the US than any other natural disaster? CORRECT ANSWER Floods! Define: Flood CORRECT ANSWER Temporary inundation of normally dry land --Temp condition of partial or complete inundation of 2 or more acres of normally dry land area or of 2 or more properties (at least one of which is the insured's property) Think 2,2,2 rule 1. Structure has to have 2 walls 2. Has to impact 2 acres of dry land OR 2 or more properties Who created the National F...

CPCU 551 - Chapter 6 Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2023 "write your own" a program allowing private insurers to write flood insurance under the national flood insurance program emergency program initial phase of a community's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program in which property owners in flood areas can purchase limited amounts of insurance at subsidized rates regular program second phase of the NFIP in which the community agrees to adopt flood-control an...

What is the NFIP? - answer; National flood insurance program Who is the NFIP under? - answer; Federal emergency management agency Who is flood insurance available for? - answer; Communities participating in the NFIP What must communities do to join the NFIP - answer; Use the floodplain management standards What is a flood insurance rate map (FIRM) - answer; An outline of special hazard areas and flood zones in the community What is a base flood? - answer; A flood that occurs every...

Fire Officer 3Causes of Unethical Conduct- Most Common - correct answer Basic Needs (intended to fulfill persons' basic needs), Affiliation (groups or organizations), Self-esteem (Increase a persons' self-esteem), Self-gratification (Increase a persons' self enjoyment) When an individual has _______________ or _________________ rationalized the unethical action then it becomes easier to commit the action and any similar subsequent actions. - correct answer rationlized or justified Proce...

Strom: Storm Water Management Exam Questions Correct Answers Current Update (Verified A+ Pass) What is the primary consequence of surface changes? - Answers - developed sites lose much of their natural storm water storage capacity. The loss of vegetation, organic litter, and changes in surface characteristics, such as roughness and perviousness, result in the rapid conversion of rainfall to storm water runoff. All storm water management practices must be what (3) things? - Answers - - site...

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