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The National Flood
Insurance Program, or NFIP, is a federal program enabling
property owners and renters to purchase flood insurance. It
is based on an agreement between communities and the federal
government that is a community adopts and enforces certain
floodplain regulations, the federal government will make flood
insurance available in that community.
MEMA is the designated
the state agency for NFIP. The flood management branch has
responsibility for the 273 communities that participate in
the NFIP and the 19 communities that belong to the Community
Rating System. We continue our commitment to reducing flood
losses and preserving natural floodplain functions by embracing
the broad and ever-changing field of floodplain management,
flood hazard mitigation and the requirements of NFIP.
For additional information
on NFIP and floodplain management, contact Al Goodman at 601-352-9100
or agoodman@mema.ms.gov.
Information can
also be found at www.floodsmart.gov.
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