How Can Local Officials Promote National Flood Insurance in their Communities ?
Make Sure Your Community Participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); this participation includes adopting and enforcing flood ordinances that meet minimum NFIP requirements Identify the Risks in Your Community and Purchase Adequate Flood Insurance Coverage on Public Buildings. Send NFIP Information in Mailings to your Community and Publish it in Public Information Areas Enclose NFIP Brochures in Regular Mass Mailings, newsletters and utility statements. Host a Community Seminar on the NFIP and Disaster Resistance Encourage People to Buy National Flood Insurance in your Speeches and Articles Floods are a constant threat, causing billions of dollars in damage. FEMA’s federal disaster programs do not completely reimburse victims for their damages and are only available upon a Presidentially declared disaster. Actually, most assistance to individuals is in the form of low interest loans from the Small Business Administration following a federal declaration. Most homeowners
