The National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management activities that exceed the minimum NFIP requirements.
As a result, flood insurance premium rates are discounted to reflect the reduced flood risk resulting from the community actions meeting the three goals of the CRS:
- Reduce flood damage to insurable property;
- Strengthen and support the insurancpre aspects of the NFIP, and
- Encourage a comprehensive approach to floodplain management.
Click here for the FEMA CRS website
Click here for the Floodsmart.gov website
Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding: A Guide for Communities:
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and the Borough are responsible for implementing the CRS Program within each respective agency's land use areas within Little Ferry.
Look up your Base Flood Elevation (BFE) by clicking here
Rebuild after Sandy - a fact sheet
Elevation Application Process.pdf
Little Ferry Flood Inundation Map
Directory of local officials who can provide more information:
Construction Official & CRS Coordinator: Click here for contact information
Emergency Management Coordinator: Police Chief James Walters; Click here for contact information
Borough Engineer: Ken Job Jr., 201.487.8754
Links to documents and websites on flood insurance:
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1438-20490-1905/f084_atq_11aug11.pdf
Flood Insurance Guidelines and Mandatory Purchase Requirements 2018
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1443-20490-3026/fema347cvr_toc.pdf
Above the Flood: Elevating Your Floodprone House, FEMA-347, 2000.
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_nfip_homeowners-guide-retrofitting_2014.pdf
Homeowner’s Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding. FEMA-312, 2014
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1501-20490-6993/a_fema_p85_cvr_toc.pdf
Protecting Manufactured Homes from Floods and other Hazards
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1511-20490-5294/job6.pdf
Floodproofing Nonresidential Structures, FEMA-102.
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema259_complete_rev.pdf
Retrofitting Floodprone residential properties.
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/pbuffd_complete_book.pdf
Protecting Building Utilities From Flood Damage, FEMA-348, 2000.
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1571406518758-09a19d62a13fa63bf7300cf9744df20e/FEMA_Reducing_Flood_Losses_RFL_5th-Ed_508.pdf
Reducing Flood Losses through the International Code Series, FEMA, 2019.
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/FEMA511-complete.pdf
BE INFORMED: WHAT TO DO BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER AN EMERGENCY.
http://www.ready.gov/floodawareness
Flood Insurance Frequently Asked Questions and the NFIP Answer Desk are at:
http://faq.fema.gov/cgi-bin/fema.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
Reducing Damage from Localized Flooding: A Guide for Communities:
Flood Insurance Premium Refunds - Who Gets Them - click here
Flood Hazard Check Before You Buy (navigate to 340 and download the checklist)
There are three video tapes in FEMA’s “Best Build” series:
Best Build: Constructing a Sound Coastal Home Best Build 2: Construction in a Riverine Floodplain Best Build 3: Protecting a Flood-prone Home
These Army Corps flood proofing publications can be found on the following website or ordered directly from the Corps:
http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/nfpc/NFPC_Publications.htm
Flood Proofing Systems & Techniques, December 1984. (Out of print and available only via the website.)
- Flood-Proofing Regulations, EP 1165 3 314, 1992.
- Flood Proofing Performance—Successes & Failures, 1998.
- Flood Proofing Techniques, Programs and References, January 1996.
- Raising and Moving The Slab-On-Grade House, 1990.
- A Flood Proofing Success Story, September 1993.
- Flood Proofing: How to Evaluate Your Options, July 1993.
- Flood Proofing Technology in the Tug Fork Valley, April 1994.
- Local Flood Proofing Programs, June 1994
USEPA Wetlands Fact Sheets and other types of assistance can be obtained by contacting the EPA’s Wetlands Information Hotline at 1-800-832-7828 or wetlands.helpline@epa.gov. The fact sheets can also be downloaded from
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/contents.html.