Six years ago, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) embarked on an ambitious program known as Flood Map Modernization (Map Mod) to update the nation's flood hazard maps. Map Mod is a multi-year effort to transform FEMA's flood map inventory from a paper format into a digital format in order to provide communities across the nation with updated flood hazard maps and data, enhancing local decision-making — ranging from permitting, planning, development, and insurance to construction and disaster planning exercises.This paper will describe Map Mod goals and accomplishments as well as benefits to local, state, and regional entities. It will also describe the Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program that FEMA is now initiating and which builds upon the successes of Map Mod and the lessons learned from the program.
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