Proactively address flood risk and build resilience.
Tackle the many responsibilities of floodplain management by integrating risk data and compliance tools into one platform.
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
Modern tools for smarter floodplain management.
Forerunner supports floodplain managers with tools to streamline workflows, coordinate reporting, and engage your community. Equip your team to meet compliance requirements and build resilience against future flood concerns.
Map and analyze flood risks
Layer flood zones with local data to make data-driven decisions to protect at-risk properties.
Streamline compliance
Simplify permitting workflows, ensure NFIP compliance, and manage Elevation Certificates seamlessly.
Implement mitigation strategies
Coordinate buyouts, elevations, and grant-funded mitigation projects with clear tracking tools.
Engage and inform your community
Empower residents with actionable flood risk insights to enhance preparedness.
Software to simplify floodplain management and protect your community.
From mapping flood risks to automating compliance and engaging residents, Forerunner equips floodplain managers with powerful tools to streamline workflows, reduce administrative burdens, and build more resilient communities.
See flood risks at a glance.
Identify flood zones and at-risk properties with detailed overlays powered by FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) and local regulatory data. Simplify compliance reviews and help your team communicate risks with clarity.
Centralize your floodplain records.
Access Elevation Certificates, flood-proofing certificates, Repetitive Loss data, and more in one searchable platform. Keep everything organized to meet regulatory requirements and streamline reporting.
Ensure accuracy with automated checks.
Run validation checks on Elevation Certificates to identify clerical, compliance, and elevation issues. Ensure accurate, complete submissions to the NFIP and CRS, avoiding costly delays or denials.
Track SI/SD compliance with ease.
Monitor substantial improvement thresholds, permit deadlines, and other compliance milestones to reduce administrative burdens.
Keep your community informed and prepared.
Provide property-specific flood risk data and mitigation resources through a user-friendly portal. Reduce administrative burden and strengthen trust by making information easily accessible.
"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
,
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
,
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
,
Former Floodplain Administrator & Deputy City Manager, Bay Head, NJ
