


The Florida Department of Transportation manages the road rangers who provide incident management response services and limited no-cost highway assistance to motorists to improve highway safety for emergency responders and the motoring public. If you are on the roadway and need assistance, call *347 (telephone: *347) on your mobile phone. You can also call AAA or your motor club. If you do not belong to one of these organizations, now might be a good time to think of signing up. For a nominal fee, most of them provide emergency towing, starting and jumping services.įor emergencies on the Florida Turnpike, dial *FHP (347) if you need immediate assistance. Florida Turnpike Services provides road rangers to patrol the entire mainline turnpike (more than 300 miles) as well as the Sawgrass Expressway. After duty hours, assistance is provided through the American Red Cross by calling 87. Contact can also be made with the service military aid societies listed below: Army Garrison-Miami personal financial readiness specialist at 30. Authorized assistance is provided to eligible personnel for emergencies related to housing basic furniture appliance repair or replacement utilities travel expenses food privately owned vehicle fuel, repair and maintenance, replacement, monthly payments and child car medical and dental minor home repairs dependent funeral expenses and clothing.Īssistance can be requested by contacting the U.S. Emergency financial assistance is available to all branches of service through the service military aid societies.
