A building constructed before the effective date of a community's FIRM. Generally a pre-FIRM building was built without taking the flood hazard into account
New Hampshire Floodplain Management Handbook (Appendix B), Glossary, New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning, NH, USA 2006. http://www.nh.gov/oep/programs/floodplainmanagemen t/documents/NHFloodplainHandbook2006.pdf, (ND/ Flood - Amer) {169}