State Rep Wants Miami-Dade County's 6 Fire Departments Into A Single Unit

June 4, 2007 Florida - State Rep. Julio Robaina has a plan that he says would save local taxpayers $50 million a year and turn Miami-Dade County's six fire departments into a single, lean, efficient unit. Under Robaina's plan, if the fire departments agreed to consolidate, they would be exempt from budget cuts mandated by the property tax reform that lawmakers have pledged to deliver this month. Merging the fire departments -- Hialeah, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Miami and Miami-Dade ...