Miami Grand Prix Formula One Race

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Miami has long been a destination city for many Championship Sporting Events including hosting the most Super Bowls (11). On May 6th-8th. 2022, a Formula One Race came back to Florida for the first time since 1959, the inaugural Miami Grand Prix F1 Race. The race venue was a newly-christened 5.41km Miami International Autodrome, a thrilling new track set within the city’s Hard Rock Stadium campus which hosted the 2020 Super Bowl. As major Sporting Events are not new to Miami, Miami Public Safety departments are very experienced in maintaining that each event is safe and that every attendee enjoys a trouble-free experience. However, since this was the inaugural Formula Race in Miami, new challenges had to be overcome by the Miami Public Safety departments. The racetrack venue size is much larger than a single stadium campus that is built with easier patrolled ingress and egress points. The Radio communications between every Public Safety First Responders and command staff covered a much wider event area. Lastly, each Formula One Race team deploys their own Radio Communications within the racetrack pit area and the cars on the track which need to be assessed for interference with Public Safety radio’s and remediated before and during the race. The Miami-Dade Information Technology Department or ITD is the Team responsible for the Miami-Dade Public Safety Radio System. ITD works with the County’s Public Safety Departments to ensure seamless communications for special events like the Formula One Race.