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:iil Verification: FEMA and the State NFIP Coordinator send their comments on the application to the ISOICRS Specialist. The ISOICRS Specialist reviews the community's application documents to confirm that there are enough credit points to warrant a Class 9 or better. If so, a verification visit is scheduled, During the visit, the community's program is reviewed in detail and verified both in the office and in the field, The ISOICRS Specialist submits the findings to FEMA FEMA sets the credit to be granted and notifies lhe community, the stale, insurance companies, and olher appropriate parties, The community's CRS classification lakes effect on either April 1 or October I, whichever comes first after lhe community's program is verified, Each year the communily must recertify that it is continuing to perform the activities that are being credited by the CRS, Recertification is an annual activity that includes copies of projects conducted during the year, progress reports, and similar items that document continued implementalion of the crediled activities, Every few years, the community must also verify its program again, This is done on a cyclical basis and involves another verification visit, Community Responsibilities: As part of its application, the community's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) must designale a staff person as the CRS Coordinator. The Coordinator is the point of contact for FEMA and the ISOICRS Specialist on CRS matters, The CRS Coordinator should be someone familiar wilh the operation of all community departments that implemenl the credited activities. Once it has submitted its CRS application, a community must continue to implement its credited activities to keep its classification, Specifically, a community is responsible for: . cooperating with the ISOICRS Specialist and the verification procedures, . recertifying each year lhat it is continuing to implement its activities, . submitting the appropriate documents with its recertification, . advising FEMA of modifications in its activities, . maintaining elevation certificates, other permit records, and old Flood Insurance Rate Maps forever, . maintaining other records of its activities until the next verification visit, and . participating in the cycle verification process, Communities will receive periodic updates to lhe CRS Coordinator's Manual and other CRS materials, They are encouraged to order other background publications, attend CRS workshops, and ask their ISOICRS Specialists for help in understanding the CRS credit criteria for their current and planned activities, CRS Activities: There are 18 floodplain management activities credited by the Community Rating System, organized under four series: 300 Public Informalion 400 Mapping and Regulations 500 Flood Damage Reduction 600 Flood Preparedness CRS Application 2 Edition: January 1999