As part of its participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Community Rating System, Long Beach Township annually notifies all property owners of the flooding potential in the community, and of the National Flood Insurance Program. As a result of this involvement in the CRS, township residents receive a 20% discount for flood insurance.

“FEMA has classified Long Beach Township and most of Long Beach Island as a special flood hazard area, otherwise known as the 100-year floodplain,”…