Updated: October 21 2019

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIMA manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and a range of programs designed to reduce future losses to homes, businesses, schools, public buildings, and critical facilities from floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.

Mitigation focuses on breaking the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. Mitigation efforts provide value to the American people by creating safer communities and reducing loss of life and property. Mitigation includes such activities as:

• Complying with or exceeding NFIP floodplain management regulations.
• Enforcing stringent building codes, flood-proofing requirements, seismic design standards, and wind-bracing requirements for new construction or repairing existing buildings.
• Adopting zoning ordinances that steer development away from areas subject to flooding, storm surge or coastal erosion.
• Retrofitting public buildings to withstand hurricane-strength winds or ground shaking.
• Acquiring damaged homes or businesses in flood-prone areas, relocating the structures, and returning the property to open space, wetlands or recreational uses.
• Building community shelters and tornado safe rooms to help protect people in their homes, public buildings and schools in hurricane- and tornado-prone areas.

Primary Address

Federal Emergency Management Agency
500 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20472
Phone: (202) 646-2500
Web: http://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation/federal-insurance-mitigation-administration#2

Region(s) Served

• National

Locations

• FIMA - Washington Office
  500 C Street, SW
  Washington, DC 20472
  Toll-free: (800) 621-3362
  Phone: (202) 646-2500
  Fax: (202) 646-2531
  Web: http://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation/federal-insurance-mitigation-administration#2
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