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County emergency management reviews response after large Miami-Dade brush fire affected Keys travel
Summary
Deputy emergency management director Corey Suizao briefed commissioners on a multi-county brush fire that closed US 1 and affected Monroe County traffic access; officials said communication delays from Miami-Dade complicated local messaging and promised an after-action report with lessons learned.
Monroe County emergency management staff described operational challenges this week after a brush fire originating in Miami-Dade County rapidly expanded in mid-March and disrupted travel on U.S. 1 into the Florida Keys.
Deputy Emergency Management Director Corey Suizao said the fire affected more than 26,800 acres statewide and was reported by incident sources as about 80% contained as of late yesterday. “Early on ... we had a lot of contradicting messaging coming out of Miami-Dade,” Suizao said, and he…
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