Resources

How Sea Isle City Went from Worst to First in New Jersey Floodplain Management

When it comes to local governance, our community leaders often wear many different hats. Neil Byrne, for example, wears five. As Construction Official, Building Sub-code Official, Building Inspector, Zoning Officer & Certified Floodplain Manager for over 13,000 residents across Sea Isle City and Ocean City, NJ, Neil plays a critical role in these communities’ efforts to build long-term resilience against flooding.

New Feature: Hidden Properties

To ensure communities can maintain compliance, our users have the ability to hide specific properties from the public website.

Introducing the Forerunner Academy

We are thrilled to launch the Forerunner Academy – a learning platform dedicated to empowering individuals in the floodplain management community.

A Detailed Guide to Becoming a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)

We put together this guide covering all the exam details and logistics to help save you time and set you up for success.

Flooding database helping City of Destin prepare for disaster

The City of Destin has joined roughly 80 other communities across the country and partnered up with Forerunner, a flood management platform, to make it easier to compile data and get an overall view of the area’s flood risk.

Webinar Recap - Using 2D Hydraulic Models to Manage Flood Risk in New Development

In this webinar, Stokka Brown, MS, PE, CFM, Principal, Water Resources Engineering Practice Lead at CSRS, shared details about Central, Louisiana’s Offsite Drainage Assessment Program. The program helps manage flood risk by using 2D hydraulic models to conduct comprehensive drainage impact analyses of proposed land development.

Cedar Rapids, IA

“Being able to digitize our ECs from a record preservation standpoint is important, and that secondary check on the errors provides fantastic coverage. We double check our ECs from the start to make sure we catch errors, and communicate that back to engineers, architects, and surveyors.”

Jefferson Parish, LA

“We can just export ECs to a spreadsheet, which removes so many extra little steps that previously held us back. It significantly speeds our process up, and also reduces errors in the review process. In our last EC review, we got a 98% after the first review!”

Hialeah, FL

“Prior to Forerunner, our CRS files were scattered in piles on our desks. With Forerunner, I can gather all the files and information we need efficiently. Whenever we approve a permit, we immediately enter the information in. This saves us a significant amount of time”

Covington, LA

“The review of the ECs in Forerunner is now a very important part of our final reviews, and the logs are really helpful. It makes your annual recertification a little less cumbersome - it saves a lot of time."

Harris County, TX

“Another big benefit of using Forerunner is informing disaster analysis after a storm passes through. We usually go into the community to take a look at the damage – we have to quickly assess if structures have been impacted. If the water didn’t get high enough in the storm we can grant a permit on the spot, so knowing if a house has an Elevation Certificate can save us time. We might not even need to go into a house or make an appointment with a homeowner for an inspection.”

Brick, NJ

“I can't tell you how awesome the Public Property Profile feature is. It looks so professional and residents can manipulate the data to get an understanding of the differences between FIRMs. Every time someone calls now, I say “Yeah, just give me your email. I’ll show you all of the information,” and send them a Public Profile.”

Port Arthur, Texas

Long Branch, New Jersey

“We need all of our properties, whether new or substantially improved to be in compliance with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) standards. I'm really enjoying Forerunner. It's saving me a lot of headaches because it's just much more streamlined. I don't have to go to different Excel spreadsheets, everything is all right there!"

City of Cape May, New Jersey

"Forerunner is the go-to place. In the past, a lot of our floodplain information was dispersed all over the office. Forerunner has really brought our floodplain management office into the 21st century and into the digital age."

Ocean City & Sea Isle City, New Jersey

Lower Township, New Jersey

Bay Head, New Jersey

"When I first came to Bay Head...the records were all over the place, there wasn't a central location...As soon as I saw Forerunner, it immediately got to my attention that this may be a solution for us to draw all this information together."