EC Shapefile Export Schema
The table below outlines the schema for the EC shapefile export in your Forerunner dashboard. For additional information on our exports go to our Exports article.
| Field Name | EC Field Section/Number | Field Description |
| EXPIRATION | Version | EC Expiration Year |
| A2_BUILDIN | A2 | Building Street Address |
| A2_CITY | A2 | City |
| A2_STATE | A2 | State |
| A2_ZIP_COD | A2 | Zip Code |
| A3_PROPERT | A3 | Property Description |
| A4_BUILDIN | A4 | Building Use |
| A7_BUILDIN | A7 | Building Diagram Number |
| A8a_SQR_FT | A8a | Square Footage of Crawlspace or Enclosure |
| A8b_NUMBER | A8b | Number of Flood Openings in Crawlspace or Enclosure |
| 2026_A8b_1 | A8b | Is there at least one permanent flood opening on two different sides of each enclosed area? |
| A8c_NET_AR | A8c | Net Area of Flood Openings in Crawlspace or Enclosure |
| 2026_A8c_N | A8c | Non-Engineered Flood openings |
| 2026_A8c_E | A8c | Engineered Flood openings |
| A8d_ENGINE | A8d | Engineered Flood Openings in Crawspace or Enclosure |
| 2026_A8d_N | A8d | Total net open area of non-engineered flood openings in A8.c |
| 2026_A8e_T | A8e | Total rated area of engineered flood openings in A8.c |
| 2026_A8f_S | A8f | Sum of A8.d and A8.e rated area |
| A9a_SQR_FT | A9a | Square Footage of Attached Garage |
| A9b_NUMBER | A9b | Number of Flood Openings in Attached Garage |
| 2026_A9b_1 | A9b | Is there at least one permanent flood opening on two different sides of the attached garage? |
| A9c_NET_AR | A9c | Net Area of Flood Openings in Attached Garage |
| 2026_A9c_N | A9c | Non-Engineered Flood openings |
| 2026_A9c_E | A9c | Engineered Flood openings |
| A9d_ENGINE | A9d | Engineered Flood Openings in Attached Garage |
| 2026_A9d_N | A9d | Total net open area of non-engineered flood openings in A9.c |
| 2026_A9e_T | A9e | Total rated area of engineered flood openings in A9.c |
| 2026_A9f_S | A9f | Sum of A9.d and A9.e rated area |
| B1_NFIP_CO | B1 | NFIP Community Number |
| B1_NFIP__1 | B1 | NFIP Community Name |
| B4_PANEL_N | B4 | Map/Panel Number |
| B5_SUFFIX | B5 | Suffix |
| B6_FIRM_IN | B6 | FIRM Index Date |
| B7_FIRM_EF | B7 | FIRM Effective/Revised Date |
| B8_FLOOD_Z | B8 | Flood Zone |
| B9_BASE_FL | B9 | Base Flood Elevation |
| B10_BFE_SO | B10 | Source of BFE Data |
| B11_ELEVAT | B11 | BFE Elevation Datum |
| B12_CBRS | B12 | Is the building located in a CBRS or OPA? |
| B12_DATE | B12 | Designation Date |
| B12_CHECK | B12 | CBRS/OPA Checkboxes |
| 2026_B13_L | B13 | Is the building located seaward of the LiMWA? |
| C1_BUILDIN | C1 | Building Elevations Based On |
| C2_DATUM | C2 | Elevation Datum Used for C2a-h |
| C2a | C2a | Top of bottom floor in datum used in C2 |
| C2a_29 | C2a | 1929 Top of Bottom Floor |
| C2a_88 | C2a | 1988 Top of Bottom Floor |
| C2a_UNITS | C2a | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2b | C2b | Top of next higher floor in datum used in C2 |
| C2b_29 | C2b | 1929 Top of Next Higher Floor |
| C2b_88 | C2b | 1988 Top of Next Higher Floor |
| C2b_UNITS | C2b | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2c | C2c | Bottom of lowest hori. structural member in datum used in C2 |
| C2c_29 | C2c | 1929 Bottom of Lowest Horiz. Structural Member |
| C2c_88 | C2c | 1988 Bottom of Lowest Horiz. Structural Member |
| C2c_UNITS | C2c | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2d | C2d | Attached garage in datum used in C2 |
| C2d_29 | C2d | 1929 Attached Garage |
| C2d_88 | C2d | 1988 Attached Garage |
| C2d_UNITS | C2d | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2e | C2e |
Lowest Elevation of Machinery of Equipment in datum used in C2
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| C2e_29 | C2e | 1929 Lowest Elevation of Machinery or Equipment |
| C2e_88 | C2e | 1988 Lowest Elevation of Machinery or Equipment |
| C2e_UNITS | C2e | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2f | C2f | LAG in datum used in C2 |
| C2f_29 | C2f | 1929 Lowest Adjacent Grade |
| C2f_88 | C2f | 1988 Lowest Adjacent Grade |
| 2026_C2f_1 | C2f | Natural/Finished Checkboes |
| C2f_UNITS | C2f | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2g | C2g | HAG in datum used in C2 |
| C2g_29 | C2g | 1929 Highest Adjacent Grade |
| C2g_88 | C2g | 1988 Highest Adjacent Grade |
| 2026_C2g_1 | C2g | Natural/Finished Checkboes |
| C2g_UNITS | C2g | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| C2h | C2h | LAG at Lowest Elevation of Deck or Stairs in datum used in C2 |
| C2h_29 | C2h | 1929 Lowest Adjacent Grade at Lowest Elev of Deck or Stairs |
| C2h_88 | C2h | 1988 Lowest Adjacent Grade at Lowest Elev of Deck or Stairs |
| C2h_UNITS | C2h | Feet/Meters checkbox |
| COMMENTS | D | Comments |
| D_DATE | D | Date Signed |
| 2026_E_BUI | E | Building measurements based on checkboxes |
| E1a | E1a | Top of bottom floor is |
| E1a_UNITS | E1a | Feet/meters checkbox |
| E1a_HAG | E1a | Above or below HAG measurements |
| E1b | E1b | Top of bottom floor is |
| E1b_UNITS | E1b | Feet/meters checkbox |
| E1b_LAG | E1b | Above or below LAG measurements |
| E2 | E2 | Next higher floor |
| E2_UNITS | E2 | Feet/meters checkbox |
| E2_HAG | E2 | Above or below HAG measurements |
| E3 | E3 | Attached garage (top of slab) is |
| E3_UNITS | E3 | Feet/meters checkbox |
| E3_HAG | E3 | Above or below HAG measurements |
| E4 | E4 | Top of platform of machinery |
| E4_UNITS | E4 | Feet/meters checkbox |
| E4_HAG | E4 | Above or below HAG measurements |
| E5 | E5 | Top of bottom floor elevated in accordance with ordinance |
| G1 | G1 |
The information in Section C was taken from other documentation
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| 2026_G2a. | G2a | A local official completed Section E. |
| 2026_G2b. | G2b. | A local official completed Section H for insurance purposes |
| 2026_G3 | G3 | In the comments area of Section G, the local official describes |
| 2026_G4 | G4 | The following information is provided for community |
| 2026_G5 | G5 | Permit number |
| 2026_G6 | G6 | Date permit issued |
| 2026_G7 | G7 | Date Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy issued |
| 2026_G8 | G8 | Permit issued for |
| 2026_G9a | G9a | Elevation of as built lowest floor |
| 2026_G9a_U | G9a | Feet/meters checkboxes |
| 2026_G9a_D | G9a | Datum |
| 2026_G9b | G9b | Elevation of as build lowest horizonal strucutal member |
| 2026_G9b_U | G9b | Feet/meters checkboxes |
| 2026_G9b_D | G9b | Datum |
| 2026_G10a | G10a | BFE of flooding at the building site |
| 2026_G10aU | G10a | Feet/meters checkboxes |
| 2026_G10aD | G10a | Datum |
| 2026_G10b | G10b | Community's minimum elevation requirement |
| 2026_G10bU | G910b | Feet/meters checkboxes |
| 2026_G10bD | G10b | Datum |
| 2026_G11 | G11 | Variance issued |
| 2026_G_COM | Comments | Section G Comments |
| FRN_FILE | - | File URL Assigned by Forerunner |
| FRN_ID | - | FIle Certificate ID Assigned by Forerunner |
| FRN_ORIG_F | - | Original File Name |