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FIRM Maintenance Credit As the primary repository for NFIP maps, it is important that the community maintain adequate copies and keep them updated, You should have at least one master map that includes all the changes, annexations, and map revisions. It is also important that you keep copies of old, revised maps, They provide a historical record of what was known and the basis of what was required in the past. For example, a property may not have been shown in the SFHA on an old FIRM, so there were no building requirements, If that property is later flooded, you would need to show the old map as the basis for the community's action. Similarly, people who purchased flood insurance based on the FIRM zone in effect at the time are entitled to keep that FIRM zone as the basis for their rates, You would be doing your citizens a valuable service if you were able to have a copy of an old FIRM. Two CRS activities address keeping copies of old FIRMs after they have been revised: 320 (Map Information) and 440 (Flood Data Maintenance), Statement of Purpose NFIPICRS Update is a publication of the National Flood Insurance Program's Com- munity Rating System, The purpose is to provide local officials and others interested in the Community Rating System with news they can use. NFIP/CRS Update is printed whenever it is needed. It is sent free to local officials, state officials, consultants, and others who want to be on the mailing list. However, to keep costs down, subscriptions are limited to one per community. To become a subscriber or if you have a topic that you would like addressed, contact: NFIPICRS Update P,O, Box 501016 Indianapolis, IN 46250-1016 (317) 848-2898 Fax: (317) 848-3578 NFIP/CRS Update Activity 320: Section 4 of the Activity Description for 320 reads: 4, The map used for this service must be kept updated to reflect new subdivisions, flood insurance restudies, map revisions, and map amendments (including Letters of Map Amendment (LOMAs) and Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs)), The community must also maintain copies of old FIRMs that have been in effect since 1999 or the date the community applied to the CRS, whichever is later. This is a prerequisite for credit. Starting in 1999, in order to get or keep the credit for Activity 320, a community must maintam at least one copy of its FIRM after it has been revised. The FIRM must be accessible so people can look at it if they visit the appropriate office, This only applies to FIRMs that are revised after January I, 1999 (or later for communities that join the CRS later), Communities do not have to keep older FIRMs for this prerequisite for Activity 320, but it certainly is a good idea, Activity 440: Under Section 44I,d, ActivIty 440 (Flood Data Maintenance) provides: Up to 15 points for maintaining copies of all Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Flood Insurance Studies, and Flood Boundary Floodway Maps that have been issued for the community, The FIRMS must be readily available and the community must allow inquirers access to them, Under this element, credit is provided for maintaining copies of all FIRMs, i,e., each FIRM that appears on the list of FIRM revisions in the most recent FIRM's legend (see below), FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EfFECT1VE: APRIL 27. 1982 flOOD IMCRANC'E RA1E MAP REYI$IO:-;'S: M8rch 4, 1984 - to update corporate limits and to add base floDe elevations July 1, 1989 -to add base flOOd elevations. to change speCLal flOOd hazara areas. 10 change zone deSignatIOns, and to update map lorma; This also applies to Floodway Maps and Flood Insurance Studies, Keeping the community's current FIRM and FIoodway Map is a mmimum requirement of the NFIP, so if the community has only been issued one, there is no credit under this element. - 5- Winter 2000