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<br />:L <br /> <br />Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners [April 2003] <br /> <br />,~ <br />11 <br /> <br />. Digitizing floodplain boundaries from the effective FIRMs and fitting them to a digital <br />base map, thus converting the existing manually produced FIRMs to digitally produced <br />FIRMs referred to as DFIRMs; and <br /> <br />. Combinations of the above. <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 1-1. Phases of Flood Map Project Process <br /> <br />Subsections 1.1.1 through 1.1.4 summarize the four phases of the Flood Map Project process; <br />greater detail is provided in Sections 1.2 through 1.5. Subsection 1.1.5 describes the roles of the <br />various Mapping Partners in completing the tasks associated with any given Flood Map Project, <br />Subsection 1.1.6 describes FEMA's oversight role, and Subsection 1.1.7 discusses the role of the <br />Momtonng InformatIOn on Contracted Stumes (MICS) tracKIng system and the data entry <br />responsibil.ities of Mapping Partners. <br /> <br />1.1.1 <br /> <br />Mapping Needs Assessment <br /> <br />[February 2002] <br /> <br />For communities with effective FIRMs, the purpose of the Mapping Needs Assessment is to <br />evaluate whether the flood hazard data and other data shown on the FIRM are adequate. If the <br />data on the FIRM are not adequate, the community will identify the specific data elements that <br />need to be updated (e.g., flood hazard data for specific flooding sources, base map information). <br />If a community has an effective Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM), the community <br />also will evaluate the accuracy of the data on the FBFM. For communities that do not have <br />effective FIRMs or FBFMs, including those that have Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBMs), <br />the purpose of the Mapping Need Assessment is to determine whether the community is <br />floodprone and whether a FIRM should be produced. <br /> <br />The Mapping Needs Assessment forms the basis for selecting and prioritizing Flood Map <br />Projects to initiate and, for those selected, serves as the "building block" for the Project Scoping <br />phase. Because the Mapping Needs Assessment is critical to the success of a Flood Map Project, <br />FEMA or another designated Mapping Partner will assist a community with the Mapping Needs <br />Assessment when appropriate and requested by the community. <br /> <br />The Mapping Needs Assessment process is discussed in detail in Section 1.2. <br /> <br />1-4 <br /> <br />Section 1.1 <br />