National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Policy Index

• Definition/Description
• Guidance
• Related Keywords

Definition/Description

Post-Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) buildings are new construction and those built after the effective date of the first FIRM for a community. Insurance rates for Post-FIRM buildings are dependent on the elevation of the lowest floor in relation to the Base Flood Elevation (BFE).

Guidance

• IS-9 Managing Floodplain Development Through The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) (pages 8-5, 9-10) (PDF 8MB, TXT 1MB) (entire document)

Related Keywords

• Existing Construction
• Submit-to-Rate