'Managing Floodplain Development

Through The NFIP'

(EMI Course Code: L273)

This 4-day 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: Concepts of floodplain management, Flood Insurance Rate Maps and studies, ordinance administration, and the relationship between floodplain management and flood insurance.

Primary Instructors:

STAFF FROM FEMA - REGION IV

When:June 28-July 1, 2010Time:8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where:Comfort Suites, University Park
8305 Tourist Center Dr, University Park, FL 34201

941-360-2626

Fee:$100.00 ($50.00 for FFMA individual members)

Contact:Sally Cook, CFM
Manatee County Building Department
phone: (941) 748-4501, ext 3815, fax: (941) 742-5825
e-mail:

Please send the fee (payable to FFMA), along with EMI application (downloadable from ) to Sally Cook. The seating is limited to the first thirty (36) people. Please reserve a seat by sending in the registration form if you feel that payment will be delayed. There is no need to request the State approval, FFMA will seek the approval from the State for you.

If you are paying the fee by credit card:

Contact: M.Krishnamurthy, Ph.D., P.E., CFM

; Fax: 407-298-5464; Phone: 407-292-3664

With:Credit Card #

Name as it appears on Card

Address of card holder

Zip code of card holder, Expiration Date and Security Code

GENERAL INFORMATION

HOTEL:Comfort Suites, University Park

8305 Tourist Center Dr, University Park FL 34201

941-360-2626

  • At the generosity of Comfort Inn we will be able to have a room rate reduction.
  • Mention you are staying for Manatee County’s FEMA L-273 Course and you will get a group rate of $86.00/per night.
  • Rate available through May 28, 2010. Thereafter, reservations will be taken on a space available basis only.

AIRPORTS:Sarasota Bradenton International Airport

6000 Airport Cir

Sarasota, FL 34231

941-359-5200

Tampa International Airport

5503 Spruce St

Tampa, FL 33602

800-767-8882

COURSE SPONSORED BY:

  • Florida Floodplain Managers Association “FFMA”
  • Manatee County Building Department

'Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Examination’

After the L-273 Course scheduled for June 28 – July 1, 2010 the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Certified Floodplain Managers (CFM) exam will be offered. The L-273 Course is for enhancement and/or refresher only and not intended to teach the exam.

When:Friday, July 2, 2010Time:9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Where:Comfort Suites, University Park
8305 Tourist Center Dr
University Park, FL 34201

Fee:$340.00 ($100.00 for ASFPM individual members)

Proctor:Sally Cook, CFM

Manatee County Building Department
phone: (941) 748-4501, ext 3815, fax: (941) 742-5825
e-mail:

In order to take the exam, you must complete the application for the CFM Program which is available on the ASFPM website certification. You may fill out the ASFPM individual application as well and submit for membership at the same time as applying for the exam.

In order to be considered to take the Certified Floodplain Managers Exam on July 2, 2010, you must submit your completed application along with the appropriate fee to ASFPM by June 18, 2010 (2 weeks prior to the exam date).

Contact:Ms. Anita Larson

Association of State Floodplain Managers

2809 Fish Hatchery Rd, Suite 204

Madison, WI 53713

Phone: 608-274-0123

E-mail:

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