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Product Updates

January 14, 2025

Public Records

Streamline information sharing with Forerunner's Public Records feature. Residents can easily submit forms, damage reports, and more, ensuring efficient record consolidation for municipal departments.

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Product Updates

January 14, 2025

Location Sharing

Enhance collaboration with Forerunner's new Location Sharing feature. Track team locations, share updates, and monitor progress in real-time using the Forerunner Mobile App for improved efficiency and resource management.

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Blog

January 13, 2025

Building Resilience Together: How Sue Catapano-Moore Leads Floodplain Management in Hazlet, NJ

Discover how Hazlet, NJ’s CRS Coordinator, Sue Catapano-Moore, innovates floodplain management by combining technology, education, and community collaboration. Learn her best practices for effective communication, resilience-building, and staying ahead of regulations to safeguard homes and enhance preparedness.

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Webinars

January 8, 2025

Webinar Recap: Planning for Substantial Damage: Lessons from Louisville, KY

Discover how Louisville Metro's Floodplain & CRS Administrator, Lori Rafferty proactively plans for substantial damage and boosts resilience, reduces flood risks, and improves CRS scores.

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Product Updates

December 13, 2024

Customizable Record Forms

Discover how Forerunner’s fully customizable forms streamline community workflows: tailor all forms, enable public submissions, and add custom fields to meet your unique needs.

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Blog

December 12, 2024

Meet Floody: The Alligator Bringing Flood Awareness to Life

At Forerunner, we love hearing about creative approaches to flood risk communication. Flood awareness isn’t the easiest topic to get people excited about, especially for kids, but whole-community education can be impactful for encouraging thoughtful decision-making. Marrill McKarry, Coastal Zone and Floodplain Manager in St. James Parish, Louisiana, found a way to change that with Floody and a children’s book that makes flood risk education fun and memorable.

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Case Study

February 7, 2025

Walton County, FL

“We were using multiple different programs. We were spread out all over the place. Now, with Forerunner, everything is together.”

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Case Study

February 6, 2025

Santa Rosa County, FL

“Forerunner is helping us make informed decisions to improve our area moving forward”

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Case Study

February 6, 2025

Bellaire, TX

"Forerunner is better than a second set of eyes."

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Case Study

January 30, 2025

Wilson County, TN

Seeking solutions to simplify compliance and alleviate insurance costs for residents, Wilson County discovered Forerunner.

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Case Study

January 13, 2025

Calvert County, MD

“Forerunner takes some of the burden off of us. We’re a small community and it saves us a lot of work and time. It makes our life easier.”

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Case Study

October 7, 2024

Lincoln Park, NJ

“Forerunner is revolutionary to this office."

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Case Study

October 3, 2024

Key West, FL

"Forerunner is much more user-friendly than an online GIS [Geographic Information Systems] map or FEMA’s online maps."

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Case Study

June 24, 2024

Georgetown County, SC

"Forerunner is very user friendly. You can export to a spreadsheet daily if you need it for your EM director, and it automatically shows what has been assessed and what needs to be done. It’s easy to keep everyone aware of things as they are happening."

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Case Study

May 7, 2024

Keansburg, New Jersey

"One of my best Christmas presents was when I was informed by our ISO specialist that no corrections needed to be made to any of the ECs we submitted for our CRS recertification"

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Case Study

December 18, 2023

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.”

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Case Study

July 20, 2023

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!”

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Case Study

June 19, 2023

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."

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Case Study

June 19, 2023

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”

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

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."

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

Lower Township, New Jersey

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

Ocean City & Sea Isle City, New Jersey

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

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."

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

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!"

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

Port Arthur, Texas

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

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.”

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Case Study

February 19, 2023

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.”

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