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NMFMA would like to recognize those individuals who have passed the NM CFM exam to become Certified Floodplain Managers under the National CFM Program. Congratulations to the following CFMs who passed the exam proctored at the FEMA 273 course on October 11, 2019 in Las Vegas, NM:

Blaine Carter, CFM Bernalillo County
Andrew Daus, CFM West Consultants, Inc
Parviz Eftekhari, CFM Louis Berger Group
Louis Jaramillo, CFM Chaves County
Tiffany Justice, CFM Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Stephen Morse, CFM City of Aztec

Congratulations also to our most recent CFMs, who passed the exam this year; that was proctored at the FEMA 273 course on February 14, 2020 at the Bernalillo County OEM in Albuquerque, NM:

Jeremy Baker, CFM Pettigrew & Assoc.
Timothy Pitts, CFM City of Las Cruces
Danielle Villegas, CFM City of Sunland Park

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Here is information on obtaining online training through - FEMA Region 6.

You Have an Important Job, We Have Training

Did you know: The average local floodplain administrator/manager in FEMA Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) has less than 20% of their workload dedicated to floodplain management. But protecting people and property from flooding is a big job. While some of you are full-time and solely dedicated to floodplain management, we recognize that we also have volunteers, part-time staff, emergency managers, mayors, city administrators, building code inspectors, engineers and many more managing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in your communities.

Each month we will send an email with upcoming training opportunities so you can have the training you need to do your job. Please feel free to forward these to other staff in your community who may be interested. Below we feature three free training opportunities: 1. an elevation certificate course, 2. a Base Level Engineering (BLE) webinar, and 3. a social media outreach webinar.

1. Online Course: IS-1105.A: EC Made Easy: Elevation Certificate Overview
Offered by: FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute
Date: Available anytime
Length: 2 hours

Take this online course at anytime. It outlines the purpose of the FEMA Elevation Certificate (EC), how to obtain an EC, how to locate a professional to complete or update an EC, how to complete the EC, how to interpret a completed EC, and how to locate a copy of a completed EC. Link: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-1105.a.

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Congratulations to Loretta Hatch! She was hired as the New Mexico State Floodplain Coordinator effective February 8, 2020! As you know, Loretta has been with the DHSEM Mitigation Unit as a Mitigation Specialist since August 2019. What you may not know is that she served for seven years as the Village of Bosque Farms Planning and Zoning Administrator, Floodplain Manager and Code Enforcement Officer. She provided development and plan review, was responsible for enforcement (including courtroom experience with prosecuting violations) and conducted outreach throughout the community. She also applied for, managed, and implemented the New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Grant for the Village.

She has served on the Board and been President of the New Mexico League of Zoning Officials. As a member of the New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association she has served as the Region IV Director and Conference Committee Chair. She currently serves on the board of the Middle Rio Grande Economic Team promoting economic development for Bosque Farms.

In addition to providing technical assistance, site inspections, application review, and overall support as a Mitigation Specialist, in the last six months Loretta has taken the lead on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Assistance Visits, coordinated a multi-agency committee on State NFIP compliance and completed the new ‘State Tiered Assessment’ for floodplain program funding. She has even taught two week-long ‘Introduction to the NFIP’ (L273) classes. It’s exhausting just listing all of her accomplishments!

We are thrilled to have Loretta stay on the Mitigation Program Team in her new role as State Floodplain Coordinator. Her contact information is Loretta.Hatch@state.nm.us and 505-377-1616. Please join us in welcoming your new State Floodplain Coordinator, Loretta Hatch!

Wendy Blackwell, CFM

Preparedness Bureau Chief

New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

PO Box 27111

Santa Fe, NM 87502

Contact:

Office: 505-476-9676

Cellular: 505-231-8517

Primary Email: Wendy.Blackwell@state.nm.us
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CFM Study Guide

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:

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.
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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 management matters.
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