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Resources and Information for homeowners seeking to increase their knowledge and understanding of flood risk.

The Cost of Flooding

All it takes is a few inches of water to cause major damage to your home and its contents. This interactive tool shows you what a flood to your home could cost, inch by inch.

Cost of Flooding

Measure Your Damage

All it takes is a few inches of water to cause major damage to your home and its contents. This interactive tool shows you what a flood to your home could cost, inch by inch.

 

Flood Risk Tutorials

Tutorials

Below are available online tutorials to assist in the understanding of floodplain mapping information.

FIRM Tutorial How to Read a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
This tutorial educates users on the use and application of FEMA FIRMs. Each component of the FIRM is explored. The tutorial includes a section that contains examples of getting specific information from FIRMs.


FIS Tutorial How to Read a Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
This tutorial educates users on the use and application of FEMA FIS texts. Each component of the FIS, including profiles, cross sections, and notes is explored and explained.


LOMA and LOMR-F Tutorials Letter of Map Amendment and Letter of Map Revision based on Fill Tutorials
This tutorial series was designed to walk you through the application and information gathering processes you must follow to request single-lot LOMAs and LOMR-Fs. The tutorial series also provides you with an online tool to complete portions of the MT-EZ (used for single lot LOMAs) and MT-1 ( used for LOMR-Fs) forms.

GA DFIRM YouTube Channel

Get Educated

Resources and Information for homeowners seeking to increase their knowledge and understanding of flood risk.

 

Training Calendar

   

 

Flood Risk Tutorials

Tutorials

Below are available online tutorials to assist in the understanding of floodplain mapping information.

FIRM Tutorial How to Read a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
This tutorial educates users on the use and application of FEMA FIRMs. Each component of the FIRM is explored. The tutorial includes a section that contains examples of getting specific information from FIRMs.


FIS Tutorial How to Read a Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
This tutorial educates users on the use and application of FEMA FIS texts. Each component of the FIS, including profiles, cross sections, and notes is explored and explained.


LOMA and LOMR-F Tutorials Letter of Map Amendment and Letter of Map Revision based on Fill Tutorials
This tutorial series was designed to walk you through the application and information gathering processes you must follow to request single-lot LOMAs and LOMR-Fs. The tutorial series also provides you with an online tool to complete portions of the MT-EZ (used for single lot LOMAs) and MT-1 ( used for LOMR-Fs) forms.

Resilience Webinar Recordings

In an effort to create more flood resilient communities, the Georgia Flood MAP program is conducting meetings for RiskMAP projects to educate on the use of the Flood Risk Database to identify and prioritize flood mitigation projects. Click the links below to learn more about each topic covered.

FIRM Tutorial Part I: Introduction and Agenda
This portion of the webinar will introduce the speakers and go through the agenda.


FIS Tutorial Part II: Depth and Analysis Grids
This portion of the webinar focuses on which depth & anaylsis grids are included in the Flood Risk Database, and how they can be employed to identify potential structural or prevention mitigation activities.


LOMA and LOMR-F Tutorials Part III: Risk Assessment Data (HAZUS and CSLF)
This portion of the webinar presents the HAZUS flood loss estimate data provided in the Flood Risk Database, and how to use the Changes Since Last Firm layer to find areas newly mapped into or out of the Special Flood Hazard Area.

LOMA and LOMR-F TutorialsPart IV: Areas of Mitigation Interest & Conclusion
The last part of the webinar lists strategies for identifying and prioritizing flood mitigation projects by type, including strategies for Prevention, Structural, Property Protection, and Education/Awareness projects.

 

 

Georgia Flood M.A.P. YouTube Channel Videos

 
 

Contact Us

You can submit comments and questions about the Georgia Flood Mapping Program to:

You can submit comments and questions about the Georgia Flood Mapping Program to:

Tom Shillock, CFM
State Floodplain Management Coordinator and NFIP Coordinator
404-651-8496
Tom.Shillock@dnr.ga.gov

Garrett Skinner
Project Manager
ATKINS
(770)-933-0280
garrett.skinner@atkinsglobal.com

Shannon Brewer
Project Manager
Dewberry
678.537.8619
sbrewer@dewberry.com