New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association

NMFMA workshops/conferences are scheduled for the following times:

Spring 2010, Socorro, NM

Fall 2010, a co-conference with the NM Emergency Managers in Farmington, NM
Spring 2011, Albuquerque, NM

If anyone would like to sponsor an NMFMA workshop for the Fall of 2011 and beyond, please contact our Conference Committee Chair, Mike Czosnek,at mczosnek@socorronm.gov .

NMFMA recognizes CFMs who were recently certified by the NM CFM Program. Congratulations on passing the CFM exam.

Exam proctored at the City of Santa Fe in December:

Matthew O'Reilly, CFM City of Santa Fe

Noah Berke, CFM City of Santa Fe

Also, welcome to the following CFMs who recently transferred to New Mexico:

Steven Gardner, CFM SSCAFCA Transferred from Colorado

Chad Grimshaw, CFM URS Corp Transferred from S Carolina

Kent Delph, CFM ina' ba' Inc Transferred from Arizona

ASFPM has recently distributed a CFM Refresher Course that is meant to be a study course for the CFM exam for those with some experience in floodplain management. This course is scheduled to be given at the URS offices in Albuquerque on February 8, 2010. Sarah Wozniak, with URS, will be the instructor. See the Events Calendar for registration information.

View the new Elevation Certificate and other NFIP changes coming in October. Go to Documents and Newsletters, then view the Temporary documents. Open CAP 2009 and rotate the view 90 degrees counterclockwise.

FEMA paper maps will no longer be available after October, 2009. See FEMA Digital Maps under Public documents in the Documents and Newsletters section.

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 Les Bond, CFM, Chair of the Training and Education Committee.