630 Dams - Additional Resources | Community Rating System (CRS) | Forerunner CRS Guide

100 Introduction

300 Public Information Activities

301 Construction Certificate Requirements

301.a - 301.d CRS Participation Requirement

310 Construction Certificate Management Procedures

312.a Construction Certificate Management Procedures (CCMP)312.b Maintaining Elevation Certificates for post-FIRM buildings (ECPO)312.c Maintaining Elevation Certificates for pre-FIRM buildings (ECPR)

320 Map Information Service

322.a Basic FIRM information (MI1)322.b Additional FIRM information (MI2)322.c Other flood problems not shown on the FIRM (MI3)322.d Flood depth data (MI4)322.e Special flood-related hazards (MI5)322.f Historical flood information (MI6)322.g Natural floodplain functions (MI7)

330 Outreach Projects

332.a Outreach projects (OP)332.b Flood response preparations (FRP)332.c Program for Public Information (PPI)332.d Stakeholder delivery (STK)

340 Hazard Disclosure

342.a Disclosure of the flood hazard (DFH)342.b Other disclosure requirements (ODR)342.c Real estate agents' brochure (REB)342.d Disclosure of other hazards (DOH)

350 Flood Protection Information

352.a Flood protection library (LIB)352.b Locally pertinent documents (LPD)352.c Flood protection website (WEB)

360 Flood Protection Assistance

362.a Property protection advice (PPA)362.b Protection advice provided after a site visit (PPV)362.c Financial assistance advice (FAA)362.d Advisor training (TNG)

370 Flood Insurance Promotion

372.a Flood insurance coverage assessment (FIA)372.b Coverage improvement plan (CP)372.c Coverage improvement plan implementation (CPI)372.d Technical assistance (TA)372.e Flood Insurance Brochures (FIB)372.f Flood Insurance Meeting (FIM)372.g State Required Continuing Education (SCE)

400 Mapping and Regulations

410 Flood Hazard Mapping

412.a New study (NS)412.b Leverage (LEV)412.c State review (SR)412.d Higher study standards (HSS)412.e More restrictive floodway standard (FWS)412.f Mapping of special flood-related hazard areas (MAPSH)

420 Open Space Preservation

422.a Open space preservation (OSP)422.b Deed restrictions (DR)422.c Natural functions open space (NFOS)422.d Special flood-related hazards open space (SHOS)422.e Coastal erosion open space (CEOS)422.f Open space incentives (OSI)422.g Low-density zoning (LZ)422.h Natural shoreline protection (NSP)

430 Higher Regulatory Standards

432.a Development limitations (DL)432.b Freeboard (FRB)432.c Foundation protection (FDN)432.d Cumulative substantial improvements (CSI)432.e Lower substantial improvements threshold (LSI)432.f Protection of critical facilities (PCF)432.g Enclosure limits (ENL)432.h Building Code (BC)432.i Local drainage protection (LDP)432.j Manufactured home parks (MHP)432.k Coastal A Zones (CAZ)432.l Special flood-related hazards regulation (SHR)432.m Tsunami special hazards regulations (TSR)432.n Coastal erosion hazard regulations (CER)432.o Other higher standards (OHS)432.p Regulations administration (RA)

440 Flood Data Maintenance

442.a Additional map data (AMD)442.b FIRM maintenance (FM)442.c Benchmark maintenance (BMM)442.d Erosion data maintenance (EDM)

450 Stormwater Management

452.a Stormwater management regulations (SMR)452.b Watershed master plan (WMP)452.c Erosion and sedimentation control regulations (ESC)452.d Water quality regulations (WQ)

500 Flood Damage Reduction Activities

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Dams

Dam failure could result in a range of losses for your community. This activity awards credits for improving communications around dams and for developing warning plans around potential dam failure scenarios.

Links

FEMA - Dam Failure Information

Lessons Learned from Dam Incidents and Failures

Association of State Dam Safety Officials Resource Guide

FEMA’s Dam Safety Program

FEMA Geospatial Dam Break, Rapid EAP, Consequence and Hazards GIS Toolkit

USACE National Inventory of Dams