Personal Risk Directory
There are things you can do to minimize flood damage before the event occurs. Using some of the following techniques can be helpful to protect your home or business:
- For hurricanes and wind events, shutter your homes.
- Elevate all important furniture, appliances, and other electrical items.
- Re-grade your yard to direct stormwater away from your house.
- Put all low-lying electrical fixtures on separate circuits.
- Use sand bags around doors and low level windows.
- Build flood walls, berms or swales to direct stormwater to proper disposal areas.
Prepare to be safe when it floods!
When flash flood or other flood notices are issued, there are safety precautions you can take to protect your family and property. Listed below are some actions you can take:
- Do not walk through standing or flowing water. Downed power lines, sinkholes, or actual canals may exist that you cannot see.
- Avoid power lines that have fallen. They might still have power, and can cause electrocution.
- Turn off the power in your house. This includes propane and other gas tanks and lines.
- Watch your step in damaged and flooded areas. Slip and fall accidents are a leading cause of injuries after storms and other disasters.
- Use caution when approaching animals after a disaster. Even domesticated animals may react to stress by biting or attacking after a disaster.
- Do not smoke or use candles or open flames in your home until you can be sure no gas leaks exist. If you suspect a gas leak, ventilate the home and other enclosed areas to dissipate the gas.
- 2008 HURRICANE SEASON
- EMERGENCY EVACUATION PICK-UP SITE
- Miami-Dade Transit will activate specific Emergency Evacuation Bus Pick- Up Sites by zone as directed by the Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security.
- The only zone designated for Miami Gardens is the RIVIERA MOBILE PARK at NW 199 STREET & NW 37 AVENUE.
This Emergency Evacuation Bus Pick-Up Site is identified by a sign that reads “EMERGENCY EVACUATION BUS PICK-UP SITE.” The buses placed into service for the evacuation will have displays that read “EMERGENCY EVACUATION” and these buses will only travel between the Emergency Evacuation Bus Pick-Up Site and the Hurricane Evacuation Center. Please note that the active zones will be determined individually for each storm. The only pickup-up designated for Miami Gardens is on the corner of NW 199 Street and NW 37 Avenue for the Riviera Mobile Park.
Click for the EVACUATION ROUTES Map in Miami Gardens to safely leave the area should the need arise. These evacuation roads were built to higher standards and elevations than most roads. Residents can use these roads in harsh weather conditions if they need to leave an area.
It is important that City residents know the difference between evacuation routes and zones. Please remember the evacuation zones are the areas that are likely to asked to leave in the event of a disaster, and the evacuation routes are the roads residents can use to leave these zones in times of bad weather.
The City of Miami Gardens has a free service to help you look at ways to protect your property from flooding.