One Mission. Safe & Ready Miami.
Fire-Rescue · Police · Emergency Operations · 911 Coordination
A proposed public safety bond to modernize Miami’s emergency infrastructure, improve readiness, and support faster, more coordinated response across a growing city.
What is Safe & Ready?
Safe & Ready is a comprehensive plan to ensure public safety in a growing city with aging infrastructure.
The proposal would invest in the facilities, systems, and response network Miami needs to serve residents, businesses, and visitors today — and prepare for the demands of the future.
Interactive Map
Explore proposed public safety investments by project type, location, and neighborhood. Use the map to see what is planned near you, how each project fits into the citywide plan, and why each investment is being proposed.
Why this matters
Miami has grown. Its public safety infrastructure has not kept pace.
Emergency responders need the right facilities, in the right places, with the right systems to serve a growing city. The bond addresses three key areas:
Failing Infrastructure
Many Fire-Rescue facilities are beyond their intended lifespans, with failing systems, undersized bays, and deferred maintenance. Miami Police Headquarters also faces major electrical, plumbing, and building-condition issues that affect public safety operations.
Public Safety Coordination
Miami needs a modern, unified public safety hub for police, fire-rescue, the Emergency Operations Center, a real-time operations center, and 911 coordination so emergency calls, dispatch, command decisions, and response support can work together more efficiently.
Response Times
Miami’s rapid growth has already created longer emergency response times in some neighborhoods. This plan prioritizes closing coverage gaps and reducing distances to fire-rescue stations in areas where service needs have outpaced existing infrastructure.
View our photo gallery to see the current state of our failing public safety infrastructure.
Why minutes matter
What residents would see across the city
New Fire Rescue Stations
New stations in areas with coverage gaps, including Allapattah, Liberty City, East Shenandoah, and Watson Island.
Replacement Stations
Modern replacement facilities for aging stations, including Station 1 Downtown and Station 10 Magic City.
Repairs & Modernization
Upgrades to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, restrooms, dorms, apparatus bays, training facilities, and other critical systems.
Public Safety Building
A unified facility for police, fire-rescue, emergency operations, real-time operations, and 911 coordination — strengthening citywide response during daily operations and major emergencies.
What would this cost?
Based on current planning assumptions and the average property value of $423,020, the estimated average monthly cost is $9.20 per household over the average life of the bond.
$2.38
Initial monthly household cost
$9.20
Estimated average monthly household cost
Actual costs may vary based on issuance timing, interest rates, assessed property values, and final financing structure.
A 7-Year Phased Timeline
Multiple projects run in parallel — accelerating delivery across the city.
The plan is phased to move urgent projects forward while managing design, permitting, construction, and cost over time.
Repairs and modernization would continue on a rolling basis while major new construction and replacement projects advance through design and construction.
Built for public accountability
The City is committed to providing public-facing tracking and reporting so that residents can follow the progress of bond-funded projects.
Project Status
Real-time expenditures
Timelines
Scope
Annual independent audit