This page discusses: mitigating your home to protect it from flooding, including for those in Special Flood Hazard Areas (A and V zones); in-depth information about how and why to get an Elevation Certificate (helps you know the true flood risk for your property); a link to the NFIP manual; and how the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 will impact flood insurance rates.
There are many ways property owners, businesses and communities may mitigate, or reduce, their flood risk and receive additional consideration to help reduce insurance costs, as illustrated in these inThe first step to mitigating risk is to learn the property’s elevation rating, by obtaining an Elevation Certificate. Although elevation certificates may not be required to purchase flood insurance on certain buildings, it is an option of the insured to obtain one to better understand the true flood risk of a property and possibly lower flood insurance premiums.formational videos and materials:
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