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Community Rating System (CRS) Update

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Release Date:
junio 30, 2022

Voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management

PHILADELPHIA- Flooding is the most common and costly disaster in the United States. Anywhere it can rain, it can flood. With 98% of counties in the entire United States having experienced a flood and just 1 inch of water causing up to $25,000 in damage, communities across the country must make tough decisions about protecting lives and property from flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency created the voluntary Community Rating System (CRS) program to recognize local efforts to reduce flood risk, and to reward communities, their residents, and businesses by saving them money on flood insurance premiums.

The following communities in Region 3 have all advanced in their CRS class rating by taking actions to reduce their flood risk and protect their communities:

  • The City of Norfolk, VA will advance from Class 7 to Class 5 (25% NFIP premium reduction)
  • The Borough of Yardley, PA will advance from Class 9 to Class 8 (10% NFIP premium reduction)

In addition, the following two communities have entered the Community Rating System:

  • The City of Laurel, MD will enter CRS as a Class 7 (15% NFIP premium reduction)
  • The City of Newport News, VA will enter CRS as a Class 7 (15% NFIP premium reduction)

The greater the investment in reducing flood risk, the greater the insurance savings through the CRS program. As communities move between classes, they implement flood reduction measures and save more on insurance.

FEMA Region 3, which includes Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, has over 90 communities currently participating in CRS. The City of Norfolk, VA recently joined James City County, VA, Baltimore City and Prince Georges County, MD in becoming a Class 5 community – the highest class of any Region 3 community.

 “The CRS program is a great opportunity to recognize the steps communities across the region are taking to reduce their flood risk,” stated MaryAnn Tierney, FEMA Region 3 Regional Administrator. “The real reward is then passed on to the policy holders in measurably lower premiums.”

In addition to the benefit of lower cost flood insurance, CRS floodplain management activities enhance public safety, reduce damages to property and public infrastructure, avoid economic disruption and losses, reduce human suffering, and protect the environment. Technical assistance on designing and implementing activities that could help a community are available at no charge from either your local floodplain manager or State NFIP Coordinating Office.

Read FEMA CRS fact sheet for more information about the program.  If you have any questions, please contact FEMA Region 3 Office of External Affairs at femar3newsdesk@fema,dhs.gov

Visit Hurricanes | Ready.gov and Floods | Ready.gov to learn more about your risk and act today.

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