TAMPA, Fla. — The city of Tampa is launching a new digital tool to help residents and builders access property warnings, flood risk information, building and insurance requirements, and other information and resources that could help save their lives and homes during storm season.
The new public portal will offer a user-friendly one-stop shop for residents seeking information about their properties' flood risk and resources to protect their assets. All users would need to do is go to visit tampa.gov/floodinfo and plug in their property address.
The portal will bring up the user's address and provide several relevant pieces of data, including property values, what flood zone their property is in, whether it requires flood insurance, and multiple other relevant pieces of data, including relevant property documents and what resources the property qualifies for.
The new technology, produced by Forerunner, also helps Tampa's Construction Services Division to speed up its daily workflows and manage its data, and it allows residents to submit questions through the portal.
The new tool launches as Tampa faces multiple challenges for homeowners, including extensive damage from recent storms and Hurricane Idalia and record-high home insurance costs and inflation.
“Tampa is thinking long-term about our floodplain management and resilience work by investing in digital tools that will keep our residents and business owners safer,” JC Hudgison, Chief Building Official for the City of Tampa said in a press release. “Living in a coastal city, situated in one of the most active hurricane and tropical storm surge regions, it’s increasingly important for our residents to stay informed about their properties’ flood risk and take the steps they need to protect their assets."
