Northwest Florida Water Management District Gets $1.44 Million FEMA Grant to Update Flood Maps
New Maps Designed to Better Reflect Flood Risk
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Release Number: R4-07-130
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Northwest Florida Water Management District will receive more than $1.44 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for floodplain mapping projects.
As a Cooperating Technical Partner, the District will use the grant of $1,445,500 to improve flood maps in Calhoun, Holmes and Washington counties. The projects will create current, reliable, easy-to-use and readily available digital products. Modernized maps track actual risk more closely as well as assist new development and rebuilding efforts. The currently effective flood risk maps were last updated in Calhoun County in 2000, in Holmes County in 1990 and in Washington County in 1991.
"These funds help our partners, the Northwest Florida Water Management District, create flood risk maps that provide up to date information on flooding hazards," said FEMA Region IV Administrator Phil May. "The new maps make communities safer for years to come by helping home and business owners assess their flood risk and make informed decisions about protecting property from the risk of flood loss."
To learn more about flood hazard mapping or the Cooperating Technical Partner Initiative visit www.fema.gov/index.shtm.
To download FEMA's Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, visit www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/dl_cgs.shtm.
FEMA coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 07-Aug-2007 12:33:42