Miami-Dade County will receive more than $761,000 in federal funds to reinforce six fire stations against hurricane-force winds.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the grant Tuesday as part of a $116 million disaster-recovery package for Florida covering 88 projects statewide. The fire station money will pay for protecting building openings and upgrading roofs to current high-wind standards, according to the agency.

Six unnamed stations slated for wind upgrades

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the county department that serves Key Biscayne and surrounding communities, operates the stations slated for upgrades. The six stations were not named. Key Biscayne, a 1.25-square-mile barrier island, faces elevated risk from hurricane storm surge that can push seawater inland and overwhelm drainage systems.

Grant is part of $116 million Florida package

The grant comes through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which funds measures to reduce future disaster damage. Florida's share of the program totals more than $50 million, including more than $46.4 million for residential work on 62 homes statewide through elevations, acquisitions and reconstruction.

The Florida package is part of more than $781 million FEMA announced for more than 490 projects nationwide, according to WSVN.

Also in South Florida, the University of Miami will receive more than $634,000 for an emergency backup generator at the McKnight Building in Coral Gables.

Army Corps study also targets fire stations

The grant arrives as multiple agencies work to harden South Florida's emergency infrastructure.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Phase 2 study, released in August, identified county and municipal fire stations as critical infrastructure for floodproofing. That $4.5 billion proposal would elevate and floodproof more than 3,000 homes and buildings across Miami-Dade, including fire stations, with the federal government covering 65% of costs.

Loren Parra, Miami-Dade's Department of Environmental Resources Management director and the county's chief resilience officer, called the Back Bay study "a critical effort toward strengthening our community's resilience" in an August statement reported by the Miami Herald.

No timeline for the fire station upgrades has been released. No statement from Miami-Dade County officials about the FEMA grant was available as of Sept. 30.