Why Mitigation?
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Miami-Dade County, in fact, all of South Florida, is vulnerable to disasters of all types affecting every part of our community; no one is immune. We’ve suffered hurricanes, tornadoes, severe flooding, lightening, wildfires, plane crashes, hard freezes, droughts, citrus canker, mass migration and more. Interested in learning more?
Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group
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The Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group has created the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS), which is updated semi-annually on June 30th and December 31st. The LMS Working Group is made up of representatives from Miami-Dade municipalities, county departments, state and federal agencies, schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, and private for profit and not-for-profit organizations. The latest published version of the Local Mitigation Strategy is available here for public scrutiny and commentary. Please send your comments via e-mail to: mdlms@miamidade.gov.
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Download the Local Mitigation Strategy
The Local Mitigation Strategy is presented here in Adobe Acrobat* (pdf) format for viewing and printing. Since the document is quite large, it has been divided into four parts to make it easier to download. Users with high-speed Internet access may wish to download the entire book.
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Part I: The Strategy 
The Local Mitigation Strategy of Miami-Dade County, its Municipalities, and Partners
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files, you can download 
to the County's pilot program to receive text alerts to cell phones or other mobile devices about significant emergency events.
