New Jersey officials and residents:
Free Floodplain Management Training and
Certified Floodplain Manager Certification
now available!

Interested in expanding your knowledge of floodplain management and/or obtaining your Certified Floodplain Manager certification?
Enroll in the new, free National Flood Insurance

Program Review Course.

This National Flood Insurance Program Review Course is a free training for New Jersey municipal, county, and state officials, as well as the general public, looking to expand their knowledge of floodplain management and obtain their Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) certification. This course was developed and sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Dam Safety and Flood Control.

This course closely follows the FEMA 480 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Floodplain Management Requirements: Study Guide and Desk Reference for Local Officials (Feb. 2005). The course duration is a month and features both in-person instruction and online self-paced instruction, culminating with the CFM exam on the last day.

For government officials, the CFM exam fee will be covered by NJDEP. This course will be held in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties throughout 2017 and 2018.

Pre-registration will be required through NJAFM’s website http://www.njafm.org/ prior to the start of the course.
Although this course is open to the general public, priority will be given to government officials when registering.

Course Schedule:

Day One –
In-person instruction to review course objectives, background of the NFIP and CFM Certification, the course website, individual logins, and begin course modules.

Month of Remote Training –
Self-paced online instruction through the course website which includes slide presentations, video presentations, quiz questions, and links to the FEMA 480 Guide and other useful documents. All 10 Units from the FEMA 480 Guide are covered, in addition to a New Jersey-specific Unit 11. NJDEP will provide training and technical support via phone and email to participants during this time.

Day Two –
In-person instruction to summarize  the content in Units 1-10, review challenging topics and quiz questions, and review NJ-specific Unit 11.

Day Three –
CFM Exam is administered.

[Note: Although the CFM Exam will be administered at the end of this course, the course is not approved or supported by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and is not a CFM Review Course. Participants are expected to have working knowledge and experience of floodplain management and familiarize themselves with the full suite of related floodplain management documents listed on ASFPM’s website: http://www.floods.org/index.asp?menuID=215&firstlevelmenuID=180&siteID=1]