FEMA Flood Maps Online

Businesses and consumers can now directly order floodmaps online through FEMA.

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February 17, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


The newly-launched MSC website is one of a suite of online services planned to expedite the dissemination of FEMA's flood map and insurance products that support FEMA, its customers, and the user community. MSC products include: Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM), Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Flood Insurance Study reports (FIS reports), Digital Q3 flood data, Community Status Book, Flood Map Status Information Service (FMSIS), Letters of Map Change (LOMCs), and NFIP Insurance Manuals.

Thanks to Inman News

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