Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) preparation Guide
- This is something I highly recommend to look at before preparing the CFM exam.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY provides free classes for flooding and the national flood insurance programs. These are short videos covers most basic aspects of NFIP
Click each tab below to go over them
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/floodingandnfip/
- Check the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Table of Contents
http://www.floods.org/index.asp?menuid=389&firstlevelmenuid=180&siteid=1
Make sure go over the Appendix H: Learning Checks and Exercises
- ASFPM preparation guide
http://www.floods.org/index.asp?menuid=426&firstlevelmenuid=180&siteid=1
- Familiar with the Elevation Certificate
https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/3539?id=1727
- Certified Flood Plain Manager Exam flash cards
http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=certified-flood-plain-manager-exam
- Floodplain learning on demand
http://www.nhflooded.org/home_quiz.php
- Other topics: familiar with HMGP funding, federal mitigation funding, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, Executive Order 11988: Floodplain Management, Coastal Barrier Resources System (how insurance applied in this area), elevation certification (who should sign for AO, AE zone preparations, how to define the lowest floor elevation for each zone)