FEMA to Inspect East Brunswick Properties

The East Brunswick Police Department has announced that teams from FEMA will be in East Brunswick through April 19 for the purpose of inspecting flood-prone properties.

The police department issued the following message via Nixle:

Properties within the Township, currently or at some point in the past, were insured by the National Flood Insurance Program for damage from flooding. Flood Insurance is underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program, (NFIP), which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA). FEMA has identified structures within these communities that have sustained repetitive flooding and have received claims payments on at least two occasions.

The NFIP allows occupants and owners with property vulnerable to flooding to purchase flood insurance. Private companies generally do not underwrite flood insurance because of the high risk involved. In order to continue to keep flood insurance premiums affordable, FEMA and the NFIP must try to address those structures that are repetitively flooded.

FEMA will be surveying these repetitively flooded properties to collect data that will help FEMA understand why these structures are vulnerable to flooding and damages, and what mitigation measures may be feasible to protect them from future damages.

The FEMA Teams will need about 15 minutes to observe features about the structure’s construction, assess the structure’s flood vulnerabilities and take photographs of the structure.

These teams will have FEMA identification badges confirming their authorization to conduct property surveys on behalf of FEMA.