MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The city of Miami Beach police and fire departments will conduct large scale anti-terror drills on Wednesday, according to the city.

The Miami Beach exercise will happen along Pine Tree Drive and 24 Street. It is scenario-based and will feature a mock terrorist attack, simulated shots fired, simulated victim triage, ambulance transports, along with SWAT and hostage negotiators.

The city wants to make sure its residents know about these drills in advance so they are not alarmed.

The drills are part of a larger anti-terror effort effort called "Operation Cassandra."

There will be similar exercises across South Florida, including at Bicentennial Park in Downtown Miami.

The Domestic Security Task Force says the "objective of the event will be to test the region's resources, response and capabilities to mitigate a simulate threat by a fictitious terrorist group directed at multiple locations simultaneously throughout South Florida."