Case Study: Lower Township improves floodplain management and CRS tracking with Forerunner

Lower Township - Customer Case Study

Lower Township, New Jersey faced a significant challenge in managing its floodplain and communicating flood risk to residents. The township's primary flood map was outdated, had not been digitized by FEMA, and made it difficult to accurately determine which properties were in hazard areas. This complicated enforcement and resident assistance. To address this, the township implemented the AI-powered platform from vendor Forerunner to consolidate its mapping data.

The Forerunner solution integrated the township's effective and regulatory maps into a single, user-friendly digital interface. This allowed officials to efficiently locate Special Flood Hazard Area data and populate addresses more effectively than previous programs. Key features like the Activity Feed and the ability to edit property information improved inter-departmental communication and streamlined record-keeping for the Community Rating System, which provides residents with a 15% discount on flood insurance. The platform from Forerunner made communicating critical flood information vastly more efficient for the township's 4,000 properties in the flood hazard area.

Lower Township

Jennifer Dowe

Tax Assessor and Community Rating System (CRS) Coordinator