Marshfield LOMR Public Meeting On 2016 Flood Maps Postponed; TV call in show now scheduled The Massachusetts Coastal Coalition (MCC), in partnership with the Town of Marshfield, was to host a public meeting regarding flood map change on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 at Furnace Brook Middle School Auditorium. Due to health concerns with large public meetings, the public meeting has been postponed to a date to be arranged. Instead, the panel of experts will be broadcast live on MCTV at 7:00 PM the evening of March 19, 2020 with a call in session for questions. MCTV will broadcast the sessions live on Comcast 15/Verizon 35 and on the MCTV streaming channel found on www.marshfieldtv.org.  MCTV will also re-air the sessions, place them on the MCTV Video on Demand Platform and the Vimeo Government Archive. The call in number for MCTV is 781-837-3462. Questions can be sent in ahead of time to either info@marshfieldtv.org or to the MCC flood insurance service center by filling out our question form HERE Additional Information The MCC Website, where there is a searchable database of properties and the projected flood zone and elevation changes: https://knowflood.org/updates/new-maps The Town website, with a digital map overlay of the current FIRMs and the proposed FIRMs https://marshfieldma.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=84a8f4cd0b2441b2a0352b152c3d922d%0d The MCC has four pieces of map change […]

Marshfield, MA Receives Updated Flood Maps Since the November 4th, 2016 adoption of the Marshfield Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), the Town of Marshfield and their consultants have been working with FEMA to revise the 2016 flood maps with better data and information. The flood maps have now been revised, and draft maps are available in several places: The MCC Website, where there is a searchable database of properties and the projected flood zone and elevation changes: https://knowflood.org/updates/new-maps The Town website, with a digital map overlay of the current FIRMs and the proposed FIRMs https://marshfieldma.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=84a8f4cd0b2441b2a0352b152c3d922d%0d The revised flood maps are DRAFT and will not become effective and final until 7/6/2020. However, it is important that residents review the maps to prepare for the flood map change. Public Meeting The Town of Marshfield, in partnership with the MCC, is hosting a flood map change public meeting on Thursday, March 19th, 2020. Where:Furnace Brook Middle School Auditorium, 500 Furnace St, Marshfield, MA 02050 Agenda:Registration begins at 6:30, with presentations from 7:00-8:00 on all of the flood map revision general information, including a panel of experts to answer your questions. Then, from 8:00 to 9:00, there will be workshop time to speak to experts on a […]

The most costly and frequent natural disaster in the United States is flooding.  Recent years of U.S. disaster data tells this story.  In 2017, for example, 80% of FEMA’s disaster spending was on flood-related events.  Because of the exposure that flooding presents, nearly 1,500 communities around the country participate in the Community Rating System (CRS) which represent 70% of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policy holders.  CRS is a program within the NFIP which reduces flood risk and lowers flood insurance premiums when a community performs specific tasks outlined in the CRS manual, revolving around community resiliency.  CRS communities are recognized as being more resilient and more compliant with NFIP floodplain management standards than non-participating communities.  As a CRS participating community implements different CRS activities, points are accumulated.  For every 500 points, a community moves up in class.  Every class increase saves National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policy holders in high risk flood zones 5% on their flood insurance and makes a community more resilient against flooding.  Class 10 gives no flood insurance discount community-wide, and Class 1 translates to a 45% flood insurance discount community-wide.  In Massachusetts, a community cannot go beyond Class 7, due to building code restrictions.   […]

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