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14 GUIDE TO FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS KEY ELEMENTS OF THE FIRM PANEL A FIRM may consist of one or more panels, The number of panels depends on the size of the mapped community and the scale at which the FIRM is prepared. Each panel depicts the flood hazards within the portion of the community covered by that panel. Each panel includes a title box that contains the name of the community, the map panel number, and other information. Each Hold FIRM panel also includes a legend thaf provides information about the map, Figures 4 through 8 illustrate the following key elements of Flat FIRM panels and Hold FIRM panels. 1. Community Name Identifies the mapped community, the community type (e,g" town, city, county), "d the county and state in which the community is situated, When the mapped community is a county, the words "Unincorporated Areas" appear below the county name, indicating that the incorporated communilles within the county are not covered, On countywide FIRMs, the words "And Incorporated Areas" appear as part of the community name, indicating that the entire geographic area of the county is covered, including the incorporated communities within the county. 2. Community Number Six,digit NFIP community identification number for the mapped community, 3. Panel Number Identifies the panel. On Flat FIRMs, the panel number matches a panel number shown on the Index (see "Key Elements of the FIRM Index:' Item Pi, On non,countywide Hold FIRMs, the panel number also appears in four,digit form as the last part of the community, panel number (see Item 4). On countywide Hold FIRMs, the panel number also appears in four,digit form as the last part of the map number (see Item 5). 4. Community,Panel Number INon, countywide Hold FIRMs Onlyl Corresponds to a community,panel number shown on the FIRM Index and identifies the panel (see "Key Elements of the FIRM Index:' Item Pi, The community,panel number may be followed by a letter sulfix, which is increased alphabetically each time the panel is revised. 5. Map Number ICountywide FIRMs Only) Corresponds to a map number shown on the FIRM Index and identifies the panel (see "Key Elemenfs of the FIRM Index;' Item Pi The map number shown on each panel is composed of the same state code, county code, and letter "C" that appear in the title box of the I ndex, but includes the appropriate four,digit panel number instead of the four zeros shown in the Index title box (see "Key Elements of the FIRM Index;' Item G). The map number may be followed by a letter suffix, which is increased alphabetically each time the panel is revised.