The National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System Coordinator’s Manual FIA-15/2017 and the 2021 Addendum to the Coordinator’s Manual, 2017 Edition, are undergoing limited revisions and are not available. The revised manual will be made available as soon as possible.
Helpful Resources
The following guides, checklists, and other materials, most of them referred to in the CRS Coordinator’s Manual, are optional aids to help communities with their CRS programs.
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- Master List of Elements – 2021 Addendum to the Coordinator’s Manual (⬇Download .pdf)
- Accessing NFIP Repetitive & Severe Repetitive Loss Data (Pending Update)
- 2021 Class 8 Freeboard Prerequisite: Frequently Asked Questions (⬇Download .pdf)
- Impact Adjustment Maps—An overview and step-by-step guide to producing a map to help analyze and pinpoint the impact of floodplain management techniques. (⬇Download .pdf)
- CRS Credit for Habitat Protection—An overview and guide to the ways communities can protect natural habitat while earning CRS credit. (⬇Download .pdf)
- CRS Fact Sheets
- Community Rating System Overview and Participation (⬇Download .pdf)
- Small Communities in the CRS—A six-page fact sheet to help small communities gauge, step-by-step, their ability to participate in the CRS, along with explanation of program benefits. (⬇Download .pdf)
- Considerations for Community CRS Coordinators after a Major Flood—Helps community CRS coordinators as they assess their workload after a disaster. (⬇Download .pdf)
- CRS Credit for a High Water Mark Initiative—Describes how signs showing the high point of past flood waters helps raise public awareness and earn CRS credit. (⬇Download .pdf)
- Tsunami Preparedness & the Community Rating System—Points out the ways communities can better manage their tsunami hazard and receive CRS credit points for their efforts. (⬇Download .pdf)
- Tsunami Outreach & the Community Rating System—Describes how communities can improve awareness of the tsunami risk while also earning CRS credit. (⬇Download .pdf)