Resources

Elevation Certificate Review Process

Optimize your document review process with Forerunner’s enhanced Elevation Certificate Review. Track statuses, add important data, and streamline approvals—all within your permitting workflow.

The Readiness Lab's Disaster Tough Podcast

Discover Forerunner's journey from its beginnings to becoming a leader in floodplain management. Founders JT and Susanna discuss their mission to empower communities, build resilience, and shape emergency management on The Readiness Lab's Disaster Tough podcast.

Flagler Beach, FL Announces Flood Risk Resources and Partnership with Floodplain Management Platform

We are excited to share this feature from Flagler County Buzz with our partner, Flagler Beach, FL.

Forerunner is a 2025 GovTech 100 Company!

Forerunner celebrates being named to Government Technology's GovTech 100 list for 2025 - our third year in a row! Discover Forerunner is driving resilience with innovative tools for hazard management, compliance, and emergency response in 125+ communities nationwide.

How Forerunner Supports Communities During and After Wildfires

Discover how Forerunner helps communities respond to wildfires with tools for damage assessment, resident communication, and resilience planning. Learn more about our support for disaster recovery.

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.

Wilson County, TN

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

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.”

Lincoln Park, NJ

“Forerunner is revolutionary to this office."

Key West, FL

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

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."

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"

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!”

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."

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”

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."

Lower Township, New Jersey

Ocean City & Sea Isle City, New Jersey

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."

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!"

Port Arthur, Texas

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.”

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.”