Who you calling a HAG?
my garage counts as a vent
My neighbor isn't in a flood zone
Pesky V Zones
That stands for WHAT?
100

When 2 or more elevation certificates are submitted for the same building, this one is used for rating the policy. 

What is the latest certified date EC.

100

This is the formula for proper venting totals

What is square inches >= to square footage?

100

These zones are eligible for PRP program.

What are B, C, X, A99, and AR?

100

These are the V zone rate table years.

What is post 75’-81’ rates, and post 81’?

100

FHBM

What is Flood Hazard Boundary Map?

200

The CBRS or OPA is listed in this section on an EC.

What is Section B?

200

These are walled-in floor areas beneath an elevated building that do not extend to the ground.

What is a hanging floor?

200

This is the max coverage for MPPP residential occupancy in the regular program.

What is 250K Building 100k Contents?

200

if the enclosure is at or above the BFE these rates are used.

What is free of obstruction?

200

OPA

What is Otherwise Protected Area?

300

The lowest adjacent grade and diagram number are required on the elevation certificate on this date. 

What is October 1 1997?

300

This height changes the rating from crawlspace to enclosure.

What is more than 5 feet?

300

A rating method used when a building is Pre-FIRM. The Flood Insurance Rate

Map (FIRM) zone is unknown, and the community in which the building is located

has no V Zones. May also be used for renewal of policies in communities that

have converted from the Emergency Program to the Regular Program during a

policy’s term.

What is Alternative Rating?

300

What is a measurement that is added to the BFE for V zones shown on the FIRM published prior to 1981

What is wave height adjustment?

300

MPPP

What is Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program?

400

The Elevation Certificate is optional on all Post- and Pre-FIRM  construction on this policy. 

What is AR and AR Dual zones?  

400

To exclude from rating and enclosure in V zone, this is how thick lattice can be.

What is ¼ in thick?

400

This is the only time the EC is measured in meters instead of feet.

What is the address is in Puerto Rico?

400

These items allow exemption of an enclosure on an elevated single family building in a V zone.

What is: 

Enclosure is unfinished, and used solely for parking, building access, or storage, and constructed with breakaway walls, and is less than 300 square feet, and there is no m/e below the BFE, and there is no elevator below the BFE.

400

LODR

What is Letter of Determination Review?

500

This is what you recommend when the ground is higher than the BFE.

What is a LOMA?

500

These are four options you can choose through ICC to reduce future flood Damage.

What are elevation, relocation, demolition, or floodproofing?

500

This provides for the denial of flood insurance for any property that the administrator finds that has been declared by a dually constituted state or local authority to be in violation of flood plain management regulations.

What is section 1316?

500

This is the date used on an endorsement for adding the V zone risk rating factor to a policy.

What is the date the v zone risk factor rating form was certified or effective date of the current policy term, whichever is later?

500

HFIAA

What is Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act?

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