Department of Conservation and Recreation
Conserve. Protect. Enjoy.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
To register for this course, please use the website listed above.
Course Description:
This course covers the Community Rating System (CRS), a nationwide initiative of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It describes activities eligible for credit under the 2017 CRS Coordinator’s Manual, how a community applies, and how a community modifies an application to improve its classification.
This course is intended for a wide range of participants including regional planning officials, local and tribal government officials, those who perform floodplain services for local governments, and others interested in learning about the CRS in order to provide technical assistance to communities seeking to apply for CRS credit.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Course Prerequisites:
Participants must have an understanding of the NFIP and floodplain management principles. The course material will be difficult to follow without a participant being well-versed in basic concepts of floodplain management.
Participants must be a Certified Floodplain Manager, or have completed E0273, Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance Program, or be a full-time floodplain manager with more than 2 years of full-time floodplain management experience, as demonstrated through work in a floodplain management, codes enforcement, or building code field and through work specifically related to floodplain management.
Recommended: E/L-273, Managing Floodplain Development through the National Flood Insurance Program. The L-273 Course will be offered in Virginia in February 2019. Click here for more information.
Continuing Education Credits:
This course is preapproved by ASFPM for 12 CECs for Certified Floodplain Managers
The training facility is 5-10 minutes from a variety of food and lodging establishments. Food will not be provided as part of this training.
