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Intelligent file management

Simplify and streamline document management with ease.

Eliminate the frustration of scattered files and manual organization with a seamless, centralized platform.

Trusted by innovative agencies across the US.

Islamorada

Florida

Rumson

New Jersey

Oceanport

New Jersey

Monmouth County

New Jersey

Sea Isle City

New Jersey

South Pasadena

Florida

Santa Barbara County

California

Deer Park

Texas

Zachary

Louisiana

FDEM

Florida

St John the Baptist Parish

Louisiana

Alexandria

Virginia

Terrebone Parish

Louisiana

Concord

California

Norfolk

Virginia

Georgetown

South Carolina

Gretna

Louisiana

Peterborough

New Hampshire

Escambia County

Florida

Bellaire

Texas

Calvert County

Maryland

Barnegat

New Jersey

Wilson County

Tennessee

Manasquan

New Jersey

Key West

Florida

West Palm Beach

Florida

Las Cruces

New Mexico

Naples

Florida

Miami

Florida

Fort Pierce

Florida

Tampa

Florida

Santa Rosa County

Florida

Palm Beach County

Florida

Orting

Washington

Ocean Township

New Jersey

Hoboken

New Jersey

Lincoln Park

New Jersey

Keansburg

New Jersey

Jefferson Parish

Louisiana

Hialeah

Florida

Hazlet

New Jersey

Harris County

Texas

Georgetown County

South Carolina

Franklin County

Florida

Longport

New Jersey

Destin

Florida

Covington

LA

Clearwater

Florida

Cape May

New Jersey

Brick

New Jersey

Bay Head

New Jersey

Kitty Hawk

North Carolina

Cedar Rapids

Iowa

Coral Gables

Florida

Islamorada

Florida

Rumson

New Jersey

Oceanport

New Jersey

Monmouth County

New Jersey

Sea Isle City

New Jersey

South Pasadena

Florida

Santa Barbara County

California

Deer Park

Texas

Zachary

Louisiana

FDEM

Florida

St John the Baptist Parish

Louisiana

Alexandria

Virginia

Terrebone Parish

Louisiana

Concord

California

Norfolk

Virginia

Georgetown

South Carolina

Gretna

Louisiana

Peterborough

New Hampshire

Escambia County

Florida

Bellaire

Texas

Calvert County

Maryland

Barnegat

New Jersey

Wilson County

Tennessee

Manasquan

New Jersey

Key West

Florida

West Palm Beach

Florida

Las Cruces

New Mexico

Naples

Florida

Miami

Florida

Fort Pierce

Florida

Tampa

Florida

Santa Rosa County

Florida

Palm Beach County

Florida

Orting

Washington

Ocean Township

New Jersey

Hoboken

New Jersey

Lincoln Park

New Jersey

Keansburg

New Jersey

Jefferson Parish

Louisiana

Hialeah

Florida

Hazlet

New Jersey

Harris County

Texas

Georgetown County

South Carolina

Franklin County

Florida

Longport

New Jersey

Destin

Florida

Covington

LA

Clearwater

Florida

Cape May

New Jersey

Brick

New Jersey

Bay Head

New Jersey

Kitty Hawk

North Carolina

Cedar Rapids

Iowa

Coral Gables

Florida

How it works

Manage smarter. Act faster.

Forerunner’s intelligent document management system centralizes your records and simplifies workflows. From automated organization to smart analysis, our platform helps you stay efficient and informed.

Centralize all your documents

Gather Elevation Certificates, permits, reports and other records in one secure location.

Automate document organization

Use intelligent tools to sort and tag documents by property, project, or type automatically.

Analyze documents for key insights

Identify potential issues, missing data, or compliance gaps with automated analysis tools.

Act on smart warnings

Address flagged errors, inconsistencies, or risks across your document library with actionable recommendations.

Features

Tools to simplify and enhance document management.

Forerunner equips you with intelligent tools to manage, organize, and analyze documents effortlessly. Explore the features that make document management smarter.

Store and organize all your files in one place.

Centralize compliance documents, permits, and certificates. Locate documents by keyword, property, or project to save time and improving efficiency.

Notify your residents with ease.

Automate document generation for flood zone determinations, substantial damage determinations, and more to keep residents informed about changes to their property.

Turn your records into actionable insights.

Analyze documents to identify missing data, errors, or compliance risks automatically, and address issues with clear recommendations.

Share documents with confidence.

Provide secure access to specific files or folders, ensuring collaboration with stakeholders without compromising sensitive data.

"My favorite feature is the SI/SD tracker. Before Forerunner, we were using an Excel spreadsheet. Now, I can input SI/SD data into Forerunner as I review permits. It makes tracking so much easier and the information is accessible to the public."

Zoe Parks

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Floodplain and Community Rating System (CRS) coordinator, Key West, FL

“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.”

Steven Elliott

,

Building Official, 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.”

Steven Elliott

,

Building Official, Georgetown County, SC

"Forerunner is revolutionary for this office."

Christopher Taormina

,

Floodplain Administrator/Director of Engineering and Development Zoning Officer, Lincoln Park, NJ

“Forerunner's mapping capabilities provide a full picture of potential property vulnerabilities. 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.”

Ronald Marney

,

Floodplain Administrator, Calvert County, MD

"What they created is so awesome and they keep making it better."

Noell Bell

,

Chief Building Official, Destin, FL

"Forerunner's capabilities are continually increasing."

Jacquelyn Anderson

,

Floodplain Manager, Palm Beach County, FL

"A bunch of us have been using it and the tool is VERY user friendly from a damage assessment standpoint. The tool is so easy to use. It’s working really well for us."

Tambre Lee

,

Building Official, Santa Rosa County, FL

"Being able to provide thorough information takes away the guessing, and this helps staff concentrate on other things immediately following a disaster."

Pamela Langford, CFM

,

Director of Development Services, Port Arthur, TX

"I promote Forerunner every chance I get, to residents, developers, and others. I'm always using this thing. I've deleted everything else that I used to use because everything that I need to look up is in Forerunner. It has made mine and the whole staff's lives easier."

Dave Jennings

,

Plan Review & Prof. Code Services, Tampa FL

"By partnering with Forerunner, you are making one of the BEST decisions."

Edward Streidl

,

Construction Code Enforcement / Zoning Officer, Keansburg, NJ

"Great program, get answers very fast, takes all the hassle of looking up maps away."

Pat J. Naticchione

,

Construction Official, Egg Harbor, NJ

"Best software investment we made."

Marvin Benoit

,

Building Official, Orange, TX

"Best software investment we made."

Marvin Benoit

,

Building Official, Orange, TX

"Simple to use and makes it easy to find the information you need."

Building Official

,

Orting, WA

"All of our flood information is stored automatically, in one central location now. It's a game changer."

Engineering Team

,

Brick, NJ

"By partnering with Forerunner you are making one of the BEST decisions in records management."

Edward Streidl

,

Construction Code Enforcement / Zoning Officer, Keansburg, NJ

"Forerunner is the missing link in the permitting process. The Forerunner team is trained in floodplain management and also understands the permitting process. Their team listens to customer feedback and program capabilities are continually expanding as their team discovers new ways to incorporate new information and streamline processes. Our team absolutely loves and highly recommends Forerunner!"

Angela Lolley

,

Floodplain Administrator, Franklin County, FL

"The amount of phone calls has gone down tremendously since launching the website."

Steven Elliott

,

Building Official, Georgetown County, SC

"Forerunner helps to significantly streamline the county’s flood risk management efforts and provide potentially life- and property-saving information and resources for our residents. And it has the added benefit of helping improve the county’s CRS score, which has a direct impact on flood insurance rates."

Steven Elliott

,

Building Official, Georgetown County, SC

"Kitty Hawk has weathered our fair share of storms over the years. We are focused on doing whatever we can to protect our community for the future – which includes tapping into new technologies to help us become more effective in our work."

Rob Testerman

,

Director of Planning and Inspections, Kitty Hawk, NC

"Local realtors are always looking for property information quickly. Sharing the public website with them reduces call volume to our offices and gives them everything they are looking for related to flood risk. They picked it up quickly—they really like it."

Chris Brown, CFM, CPO

,

Building Official/Floodplain Administrator, Covington, LA

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

Maggie Talley

,

Director of Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation, Jefferson Parish, LA

"Being able to provide thorough information takes away the guessing, and this helps staff concentrate on other things immediately following a disaster."

Pamela Langford, CFM

,

Director of Development Services, Port Arthur, TX

"The last CRS visit we had, before Forerunner, it took us three tries to pass the minimum threshold of Elevation Certificate accuracy. This time, we passed on the first try! The software has been a blessing."

Darrell Hahn

,

Manager of Permit Operations, Harris County, TX

"Situated along the Gulf Coast our area has faced challenges from natural disasters in the past. The Forerunner software platform has proven to be an exceptional value for our community. Furthermore, the Forerunner team's management and staff are a pleasure to collaborate with, making our experience even more rewarding."

Travis Meeks

,

Assistant Manager Fire Protection, Public Infrastructure Department, Harris County, TX

"Situated along the Gulf Coast our area has faced challenges from natural disasters in the past. The Forerunner software platform has proven to be an exceptional value for our community. Furthermore, the Forerunner team's management and staff are a pleasure to collaborate with, making our experience even more rewarding."

Travis Meeks

,

Assistant Manager Fire Protection, Public Infrastructure Department, Harris County, TX

"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!"

Susan Catapano-Moore, CFM, FPM

,

CRS Coordinator, Long Branch, NJ

"I have submitted Elevation Certificates for annual review for a number of years, always having to correct errors on the submitted EC. Having Forerunner's EC Error Detection to review and note possible corrections has helped me, for my first time, pass my EC review on the first submittal. THANK YOU Forerunner, a GREAT help in the CRS program!"

Edward Streidl

,

Construction Code Enforcement / Zoning Officer, Keansburg, NJ

"The Elevation Certificate Error Detection in Forerunner is now a very important part of our final reviews. It makes the annual recertification a little less cumbersome and it saves a lot of time."

Chris Brown, CFM, CPO

,

Building Official/Floodplain Administrator, Covington, LA

"Tapping into Forerunner’s technology has enabled us to drive more efficiency in our day-to-day workflows and better manage our data."

Sarah Kessler

,

CRS Coordinator and MS4 Coordinator, City of Clearwater, FL

"Your program is amazing—I love it. I upload something and in something like 20-30 minutes our reviewers can see the issues. It's the easiest program I've ever used."

Sherry Watkins

,

Administrative Assistant, City of Clearwater, FL

"A bunch of us have been using it and the tool is VERY user friendly for damage assessments. The tool is so easy to use. It’s working really well for us."

Tambre Lee

,

Building Official, Santa Rosa County, FL

"I promote Forerunner every chance I get, to residents, developers, and others. I'm always using this thing. Everything that I need to look up is in Forerunner ... it has made mine and the whole staff's lives easier."

Dave Jennings

,

Plan Review & Prof. Code Services, Tampa, Florida

"It is so awesome and they keep making it better."

Noell Bell

,

Chief Building Official, Destin, FL

"Prior to Forerunner, our 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."

Lilibet Muniz

,

Floodplain Manager and CRS Coordinator, Hialeah, FL

“Forerunner is the most innovative product that I work with. If you are a floodplain manager, it is a must.”

Susan Catapano-Moore, CFM, FPM

,

CRS Coordinator, Hazlet, NJ

"I used to have to go to three or four systems to look up anything. I'd be talking to somebody on the phone about something as simple as finding their zone and it'd take me a half hour, where in Forerunner it takes just a few minutes. It's made my job 100 job time easier."

Louis 'Rico' Fischer, CFM

,

Former Floodplain Administrator, Ocean Township, NJ

"The storms we're seeing are becoming more frequent and more powerful, and it's our goal to make sure that our community is set up for resiliency in the long term. Partnering with Forerunner is helping to create greater efficiency and effectiveness in our work internally, and the new website is empowering our residents to make informed decisions, too."

Louis 'Rico' Fischer, CFM

,

Former Floodplain Administrator, Ocean Township, NJ

"Forerunner integrates all of our maps into a user-friendly interface, allowing our officials to better assist our homeowners and local professionals. It populates addresses better than any other program we have."

Jennifer Dowe

,

Tax Assessor and Community Rating System (CRS) Coordinator, Lower Township, NJ

"I use Forerunner everyday, it is really amazing."

Chris Taormina

,

Floodplain Administrator/Director of Engineering and Development Zoning Officer, Lincoln Park, NJ

"I don’t have to go to paper documents, I don’t have to go searching through files to get a full picture of what’s going on. I can see it on my computer, it’s right there."

Elissa Commins

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Floodplain Manager and co-CRS coordinator, 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. Every time someone calls now, I say ‘Yeah, just give me your email. I’ll show you all of the information,’ and I send them a Public Profile."

Elissa Commins

,

Floodplain Manager and co-CRS coordinator, Brick, NJ

"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 was a solution for us to draw all this information together."

Chris Parlow

,

Borough Administrator, Bay Head, NJ

"Before Forerunner our flood information was dispersed all over the office. What used to take a few minutes now takes just a couple seconds. And to do this work digitally, rather than having to go through a file of the 4,000+ properties is a huge time-saving. Forerunner has brought our office into the 21st Century."

Lou Belasco

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Former Floodplain Administrator & Deputy City Manager, Bay Head, NJ

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