This activity includes giving map information to those who ask for it: in person, over the phone, through email, or through a website. Elevation Certificates can help estimate the base flood elevation (BFE) for an inquirer.

Holistic community outreach is an important part of raising awareness about flood hazards. This activity awards points to communities that invest in local information programs.

This activity awards credits to communities for implementing measures to explain a property's potential flood hazards to prospective buyers. This lowers the likelihood that buyers will be surprised or caught unprepared in a flood event.

Your community can receive credits for providing one-on-one assistance to community members seeking specific information about flood protection.

Flooding is the highest-frequency natural disaster in the United States. Flood insurance provides crucial protections for property owners at risk of flooding. While many people could benefit from having flood insurance, it is also not widely understood.

Accurate flood hazard mapping is an important first step in creating a robust flood management system.

Preserving your floodplain as open space by limiting development is one of the most impactful activities that your community can undertake. As such, a large number of credits are awarded through the CRS for these elements.

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) standards provide a useful baseline for communities to develop regulation. For this activity, credits are awarded to you if your community develops higher regulatory standards to address your specific development and floodplain management goals.

Stormwater management plays a crucial role in planning around floods. How water is channeled and directed during flood events is driven by your community's urban fabric. As such, this activity awards points for regulating development to account for stormwater management considerations.

Well thought out floodplain management plans can help communities make crucial decisions about how to allocate resources and invest in strategies to meet mitigation goals.

To mitigate flood losses, your community might decide to acquire or relocate properties in the floodplain. This activity awards points for efforts to do this as a mitigation measure.

When buildings cannot be acquired or moved out of high-hazard areas, an alternative can be to protect them from flood damage with flood control structures or by retrofitting them.