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<br /> FEMA -Community Rating System Resource Center Page I of 1 <br /> °."_~pe~ Management Institute , ~ I <br /> Community Rating System Resource Center <br /> Ni li3 Introduction f? Glossary i Samples i Tools <br /> Community Responsibilities <br /> To earn CRS credit, your community can do things like: <br /> Preserve open space in the floodplain; <br /> • ~ . • Enforce higher standards for safer new development; <br /> • Maintain drainage systems; and <br /> . Inform people about flood hazards, flood insurance, and <br /> how to reduce flood damage. <br /> Your community is probably already doing many of these things. To get credit, <br /> prepare an application showing what's being done. Once the information is ver <br /> provides the flood insurance premium discounts. The amount of your discount <br /> what your community does. <br /> Once it has submitted its CRS Application, a community must continue to implt <br /> credited activities to keep its classification. Specifically, a community is respon <br /> Designating someone who is familiar with the agencies that implement C <br /> activities as the community's CRS Coordinator. <br /> • Cooperating with the ISO/CRS Specialist and the verification procedures. <br /> Recertifying each year that it is continuing to implement its activities. <br /> • Submitting the appropriate documents with its recertification. <br /> • Advising FEMA and its ISO/CRS Specialist of modifications in its activities <br /> • Maintaining elevation certificates, other permit records, and old Flood In; <br /> Rate Maps (FIRMS) forever. <br /> Maintaining other records of its activities for 5 years, or until the next ve <br /> visit, whichever comes sooner. <br /> Participating in the cycle verification process. <br /> Communities will receive periodic updates to the CRS Coordinator's Manual ant <br /> materials. They are encouraged to order the background publications, attend C <br /> workshops, and ask their ISO/CRS Specialists for help understanding the CRS <br /> for their current and planned activities. <br /> ~ Back to Top <br /> C <br /> Last Updated: 08/03/2006 06:12:02 <br /> Privacy Policy I Accessibility I Site Help I Site Index I Contact Us <br /> An official web site of the Department of Homeland Security and the Fetleral Emergency Management Agency <br /> U.S. Fire Administration, 16825 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Voice: (301) 447-1000 <br /> http://training.fema.gov/EMI W eb/CRS/m 1 s4main.htm 3/22/2007 <br /> <br />