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L-273 Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
OFFERED BY: DHSEM
LOCATION: Bernalillo County OEM Atrium 6840 2nd Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87107
DATES & TIME: February 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14, 2020 [8:00 -17:00]
The CFM Exam will be held Friday February 14, 2020 Registration for the exam must be done though NMFMA at the following link:
NMFMA CFM exam application and instructions
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide an organized training opportunity for local officials responsible for administering their local floodplain management ordinances. The course will focus on the NFIP and concepts of floodplain management, maps and studies, ordinance administration, and the relationship between floodplain management and flood insurance.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This course is intended for local officials responsible for administering local floodplain management ordinances, including but not limited to floodplain management administrators, building inspectors, code enforcement/zoning officers, planners, city/county managers, attorneys, engineers, and public works officials. Federal/state/regional floodplain managers also are encouraged to attend.
PREREQUISITES REQUIRED: Recommended: Participants unfamiliar with NFIP maps and studies are HIGHLY encouraged to complete the following online tutorials immediately prior to attending the course at http://www.fema.gov/online-tutorials (under Other Tutorials tab): Flood Insurance Rate Map tutorial, Flood Insurance Study tutorial, IS1100, Increased Cost of Compliance, IS1102, The Theory of Elevation Rating, IS1103 Elevation Certificate for Surveyors, IS1113 Coastal Barrier Resources Act
COST: There is no cost for registered participants and course materials are provided.
REGISTRATION: To register go to http://preparingnewmexico.org
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: A Notice of Acceptance and additional information on the course will be sent to applicants prior to the course start date.
Fred Hernandez, 505-470-4712, federico.hernandez@state.nm.us
Loretta Hatch, 505-377-1616, Loretta.Hatch@state.nm.us
The next NMFMA workshop/conference is scheduled for next April 7 to 10, 2020, at the Drury Hotel in Santa Fe. If anyone is interested in helping to organize the Spring 2020 conference they should contact our Conference Committee Chair, Loretta Hatch, at Loretta.Hatch@state.nm.us .
ASFPM has recently developed a CFM Study Guide to help those who are interested in becoming a CFM to study for the test. Click on the link or go to CFM Certification, Certification.
These You Tube videos may also be helpful as you study for the CFM exam:
Part 1 - Intro: History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB9H8HM57gU&t=0s&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&index=4
Part 2 - Ancillary items to FPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giJBv75zm2A&t=0s&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&index=8
Part 3 - BFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX5-cYTB4rU&t=0s&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&index=9
Part 4 - Mapping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z11M-_njlw8&t=171s&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&index=2
Part 5 - Map:FIS Excercise Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gxThIIZqw0&t=0s&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&index=3
Part 6 - NFIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FMHNqkpDmc&index=6&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&t=0s
Part 7 - Elevation Certificate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUSWXmwJW4&index=7&list=PLMW0WSdc7771DSqt2u2r6vbtT70cu8E9K&t=0s
The CFM exam is proctored at every NMFMA Workshop/Conference.
New CFMs
NMFMA recognizes CFMs who were recently certified by the NM CFM Program. Congratulations on passing the CFM exam proctored at the NMFMA/Arid Regions Conference held at the Hotel Albuquerque in Albuquerque, NM on April 17, 2019:
Juergen Donaubauer, CFM
Eric Hamilton, CFM Wilson & Company
Warren Hardin, CFM Eddy County
Douglas Mize, CFM Souder Miller & Assoc
Chelsea Morganti, CFM NMDHSEM
Christine Soulsby, CFM Wilson & Company
Laurie Stout, CFM Village of Corrales
Sonia Walker, CFM Village of Los Lunas
Also, congratulations on passing the CFM exam proctored at the FEMA 273 Course offered in El Paso, TX by TFMA on June 14, 2019:
Jeffery Patterson, CFM City of Carlsbad
Also, congratulations on passing the CFM exam proctored in El Paso, TX by TFMA on August 16, 2019:
Cecilia Estrada, CFM City of Las Cruces
FEMA is seeking Environmental Floodplain Specialists and Historic Preservation Specialists. Check out the FEMA/NFIP page on the "Other Agencies" tab.
NMDHSEM - HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDING INFORMATION
NMFMA Committees
Purpose: To plan and produce semi-annual workshops for New Mexico
floodplain managers and others.
Chair: Loretta Hatch, CFM, Village of Bosque Farms, pzadmin@bosquefarmsnm.gov
Our Conference Committee Page contains important information about past, present, and future conferences.
Purpose: To make GIS more available to NMFMA members
and communities throughout the State.
Chair: Anders Berg Email:anders.berg@aecom.com
Our GIS Committee Page contains interesting tidbits from the worlds of GIS and is updated regularly.
Purpose: To develop training and education opportunities for floodplain managers and others.
Chair: Jim DeAngelo, CFM, jfdeangelo@gmail.com
NMFMA is interested in developing more training opportunities for its members. If you have ideas about training classes that can be given at our conferences/ workshops or as separate training events, please contact us.
Purpose of the New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association
1. To promote public awareness of proper floodplain management;
2. To promote the professional status of floodplain management and secure all benefits resulting there from;
3. To promote a liaison between individual concerns with proper floodplain management and to
encourage the exchange of ideas;
4. To keep individuals concerned with proper floodplain management well informed through education and
professional seminars and to provide a method for dissemination of information, both general and technical;
5. To inform concerned individuals of pending floodplain legislation and other related management
matters, and;
6. To study and support legislation pertinent and necessary to the effective implementation of floodplain