The following information is available to help community officials provide timely substantial damage determinations to speed reconstruction following Sandy. Please share this information with your local officials throughout New Jersey. We hope local officials find this information useful as it relates to local floodplain management ordinance and meeting the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Answers to Questions About Substantially Damaged Buildings
www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=1636

The FEMA Substantial Damaged Estimator
www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4166

Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage Desk Reference
www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4160

Thank you,

Charlotte Hyams Porter, MPH
FEMA Intergovernmental Affairs
NJ-DR-4086
Mobile: 202.285.3898