FEMA Map Viewer with a FIRM

To view and print portions of a downloaded flood map, download the FEMA FIRMette Desktop tool (available from https://msc.fema.gov/portal/resources/productsandtools) to work with maps offline.

The image below shows how the FIRM appears in the FIRMette Desktop Map Viewer, image label:

    1. The entire FIRM panel with a pink box over the center. The box shows the boundaries of the area that will be printed as a FIRMette. You can move the box to adjust the boundaries of your FIRMette
    2. The FIRM panel information, including community number, panel number, and effective date
    3. The FIRM panel legend
    4. The FIRM scale
    5. The Print FIRMette button is used to make a FIRMette
    6. Pan icon and Zoom icons
    7. North orientation icon
    8. Links to Letters of map change (LOMCs) if your computer is connected to the Internet

After moving the pink box to cover the specific property and making any necessary adjustments to the boxes covering the FIRM Panel information and map scale, click the Print FIRMette button to create a FIRMette.

Screenshot of the FEMA Map Viewer with FIRMette. Refer to the appendix for a full description.