Over the last 18 months, the South Florida MIRR Project Team, comprised of Council Staff, Jacobs Solutions, and the South Florida Defense Alliance, has been working diligently in partnership with South Florida’s Military Commands and other key stakeholders to identify risks, hazards, and vulnerabilities of concern “outside of the fence line” that potentially adversely impact the missions of the installations. This review was then followed by the development of resilience-enhancing investments and policy approaches to address  vulnerabilities that benefit both the installation and community.

“A big Thank You to the military installation resilience review [team]- the relationship between military and community planners has been developed and is growing. Military readiness and mission assurance through community resilience is achieved through regional planning, cooperation and investments. Increasing resilience at these regional facilities better enables SOUTHCOM’s component commands and mission reliance on these critical locations.”

— General Laura Richardson, Commander
U.S. Southern Command

OR VIEW BY SECTION

• Executive Summary
• Section 1 Introduction
• Section 2 Installations
• Section 3 Unified Resilience Assessment Methodology
• Section 4 Data Collection Vulnerability Assessment
• Section 5 Planning Guidelines
• Section 6 Adaptation Strategies and Projects

• Section 7 Project Timelines and Funding Options
• Section 8 Policy Recommendations
• Section 9 Next Steps
• Section 10 References
• Appendix A _ Project Resources
• Appendix B _ Stakeholder Engagement
• Appendix C _ Study Area Asset and Hazard Maps
• Appendix D _ Funding Options

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, SOUTHCOM Commander four-star General Laura Richardson welcomed senior military and civilian leaders from the region’s defense installations from Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties, the U.S. Department of Defense, county and municipal resilience officials to the Doral headquarters of the United States Southern Command to kick-off the MIRR. The anticipated completion of planning documents was August 2023 and outreach extended into September 2023.

The U.S. Department of Defense Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation awarded the South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) $1.1 million to conduct a regional Military Installation Resilience Review (MIRR) of four key military installations over an 18-months period.

The SFRPC, with its consultant team consisting of the South Florida Defense Alliance and Jacobs, and with the assistance of the counties, adjacent municipalities, and military installations studied “outside the gate” resilience issues facing:

• Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB), Miami-Dade County
• United States Army Garrison-Miami (USAG-Miami), Miami-Dade County
• USN Naval Surface War Center South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility (SFOMF), Broward County
• United States Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), Monroe County

Goals were to:

• identify the risks, hazards, and vulnerabilities of concern as it relates to the ability of the military to carry out its missions on the base that could be mitigated through investments and solutions outside of the fence line in the surrounding communities;
• identify and recommend actions or investments to mitigate risks of highest concerns and enhance military resiliency through increased communication and collaboration between South Florida’s installations; and
• seek to coordinate with TBRPC, Emerald Coast, and other RPCS to create a statewide framework for resilient military installations.

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