Our City Commission has moved decisively to ensure that our community recovers quickly from a storm. In the event of a devastating hurricane, the City has established a Disaster Services and Recovery Complex at the Howard C. Forman Human Services campus on University Drive. To ensure your safety and reduce our dependence on outside agencies in the days immediately after a storm, the Forman campus will provide:

 a self-supporting field kitchen that will have the capability of serving 20,000 meals a day. 

This will be important if neighborhoods are devastated by a Category 3 or above hurricane.  The City has also secured service contracts for ice and water, which will distributed at strategic locations.  Please Check the latest Information Bulletin for these commodity distribution sites.

With a prolonged power outage, protecting our city is critical. The City is installing tanks with the capacity of storing 100,000 gallons of fuel at seven locations. This fuel supply will ensure disaster response vehicles can continue to operate.

In the event of a severe storm, more than 300 men and women serving in our department will work 24/7 to protect lives and property. We are prepared to mobilize all the law enforcement and security resources available to protect you and your family.

The City is working with Broward County to ensure public safety on our roads. The Pembroke Pines Police Department will deploy generators and solar powered signals at critical intersections. This year, the roads will be safer due to a backup supply of thousands of stop sign, traffic barricades and safety cones, which will free Police Department personnel to respond to emergencies.

With the power out, our drinking water and wastewater treatment systems will grind to a halt without backup power and fuel. This year, the Public Services Department has purchased 16 new generators to keep these systems running, ensuring that our water supply will be safe and our environment will be free from contaminating spills.

In the weeks after a storm, our citizens and City workers will be working hard to clear debris. Two national contractors are on call to mobilize equipment and workers to help clear the streets and remove vegetative and other debris.

South Florida has just experienced the busiest consecutive years in hurricane history and this pattern is predicted to continue for the next 10 to 20 years. We now know how important it is for City managers to be prepared and ready to speed our community’s recovery in the aftermath. We also know that every individual needs to take these preparations seriously – so that we can work as a team to ensure that everyone, including our children, neighbors, the elderly and those with special needs – stays safe when the next storm arrives.