{"id":206174,"date":"2026-03-26T00:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206174\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T00:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:03:08","slug":"agencies-announce-safety-plans-as-hundreds-of-thousands-expected-at-ultra-music-festival-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206174\/","title":{"rendered":"Agencies announce safety plans as hundreds of thousands expected at Ultra Music Festival \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of thousands of visitors are set to flood downtown Miami this weekend as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/preparations-underway-for-2026-ultra-music-festival-in-miami-what-to-know\/3784965\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ultra Music Festival<\/a> returns for its 26th year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The global music festival kicks off this Friday at Bayfront Park and will be a three-day event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With large crowds expected from around the world, city agencies say they are prepared.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Police Department, Miami Fire Rescue and the Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office are coordinating efforts to keep both festival goers and residents safe. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manuel A. Morales, Chief of Police, said officers will be highly visible throughout the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have units out there both in uniform and undercover capacity, looking for lawbreakers and potential victims of human trafficking,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown ambassadors will also be available to assist visitors late into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Rosado says safety escorts and transportation options are in place:<\/p>\n<p>Ambassadors in bright orange shirts will walk people to their cars until 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Free transportation vans will run throughout the area. Download the app Freebie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is a major concern every year\u2014and this time, police will be using drones to monitor conditions and keep vehicles moving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Miami Fire Rescue says it will be heavily staffed to ensure fast 911 response times across the downtown area and in Brickell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials are also emphasizing awareness, especially when it comes to human trafficking concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have the \u2018see something, say something\u2019 campaign,\u201d Morales said. \u201cWe\u2019re partnering with SaferWatch so you can send a text and give us information about something you\u2019re seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands of visitors are set to flood downtown Miami this weekend as Ultra Music Festival returns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,87990],"class_list":["post-206174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ultra-music-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}