StormSmart Coasts Site Map

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Technical Assistance

Hazard Identification and Mapping

Regulation and Development Standards

Mitigation and Shore Protection

Emergency Services

Education and Outreach

Local Officials

Board of Health

Board of Selectmen

Building Department

Conservation Commission

Department of Public Works

Zoning Board of Appeals

Technical Assistance

Hazard Identification and Mapping Home

Interpreting Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Studies

Understanding the limitations of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Studies

Sources of additional information

Making hazard information available and accessible

Sharing emergency information

Creating a community master plan

Creating a multi-hazard mitigation plan

Creating risk mitigation strategies

Creating a multi-objective management plan

Regulation and Development Standards Home

Passing strict zoning ordinances and regulations

Passing a protective wetlands bylaw

Considering potential future conditions when siting new development

Keeping public infrastructure outside of hazard-prone areas

Incorporating NFIP requirements into local ordinances and regulations

Ensuring local regulations allow appropriate development techniques

Creating permanent no-build areas

Using freeboard to elevate structures above predicted floodwaters

Requiring foundation/building certification

Conducting inspections of lower-area enclosures

Mitigation and Shore Protection Home

Using non-structural shore protection

Maintaining Seawalls and Other Structures

Retrofitting buildings

Relocating building

Acquiring building

Using freeboard to elevate structures above predicted floodwaters

Inventory of Public Seawalls and Other Structures

Infrastructure Home

Protecting critical access routes

Keeping roads and utilities out of damage-prone areas

Regularly inventorying hazard risk to all public property

Insuring public buildings

Improving construction and design of critical facilities

Siting critical facilities out of harm's way

Emergency Services Home

Creating a disaster response plan

Improving disaster response coordination

Creating a post-disaster recovery plan

Planning for outside help

Assessing damage to buildings

Education and Outreach Home

Raising general hazard awareness

Hazard training for local officials

Sources of outreach materials