As first responders continue emergency response efforts in
communities across multiple states following last week’s
devastating tornadoes, the Verizon Response Team remains deployed
in support of local public safety agencies to ensure they have the
mission-critical communications capabilities they need.
This support, provided at no cost to the responding
agencies and lasting as long as there is a need, is the latest in a
series of 2021 deployments during which the Verizon Response Team
delivered Verizon Frontline technology to first responders as they
dealt with crises ranging from extreme weather events and wildfires
to the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A year of unique challenges, 2021 saw the Verizon
Response Team deploy more than 1,000 times to just over 700
communities across the country.
During these deployments, the team provided public
safety agencies with nearly 9,000 Verizon Frontline devices and
solutions ranging from repeaters, mobile hotspots, routers, smart
devices and drones to dozens of deployable satellite solutions such
as Satellite Picocells on Trailers (SPOTs). The number of solutions
provided this year surpasses last year’s mark by more than 3,000
and represents a new high for the Verizon Response Team.
Beginning with a deployment to help provide
communication capabilities for public safety agencies supporting
the 2021 presidential inauguration - the Verizon Response Team’s
first major deployment of the year - and lasting through today and
current emergency response efforts, the 15 Verizon Response
managers on this team continue to demonstrate Verizon Frontline’s
lasting commitment to the first responder community. Other major
response efforts this year included:
Wildfire response: responding to more
than 128 wildfire events in 16 states
To help enable mission-critical voice and data
service during fire mitigation efforts in locations from California
and Colorado to Montana and Minnesota, the Verizon Response Team
delivered close to 2,000 Verizon Frontline solutions to nearly 200
communities in 2021.
One of the 128 named wildfires the Verizon Response
Team responded to, the Caldor Fire was among the largest wildfires
in California history, burning more than 220,000 acres across El
Dorado, Amador and Alpine counties between Aug. 14 and Oct. 21.
Hurricane response: 84 deployments across
13 states
During 2021, the Verizon Response Team supported
public safety agencies and the communities they serve during four
major hurricanes: Ida, Henri, Nicholas, and Elsa. Hurricane Ida led
to a nationwide activation of the Verizon Response Team and saw
1,100 Verizon Frontline solutions delivered to nearly 70 public
safety agencies as they dealt with the aftermath of the storm.
COVID-19 response: 178 deployments across
24 states
Since the vaccine began rolling out, Verizon
Frontline solutions have been deployed in support of 158 agencies
at various vaccination and testing sites. In 2021, the Verizon
Response Team assisted public safety agencies with network support
and loaned nearly 1,500 devices to partners in 73 cities including
Los Angeles where, earlier this year, the Verizon Response Team
provided support at Dodger Stadium, one of the nation’s largest
mega-vaccination sites.
Additional Major
Deployments:
In June, following the collapse of the Champlain
Towers in Surfside, Fla., at the request of public safety officials
on the scene, the Verizon Response Team delivered the advanced
platforms and technology of Verizon Frontline to help facilitate
interagency communication and assist the local community.
The Verizon Response Team has also deployed Verizon
Frontline solutions in support of disaster response training
exercises across the country including to PATRIOT 21, a week-long
training exercise sponsored by the National Guard Bureau (NGB) at
Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center and the Fort McCoy
Total Force Training Center, Wisconsin. The annual exercise brings
National Guard soldiers and airmen, civilian emergency management
personnel, first responders, and industry partners like Verizon
together to practice incident response operations based on
simulated emergency scenarios.
During 2021, the Verizon Response Team also
assisted in multiple search and rescue operations, winter weather
and flooding emergency response efforts, and supported public
safety agencies during major public events such as concerts and
conventions.
Verizon Frontline is the advanced network and
technology built for first responders – developed over nearly three
decades of partnership with public safety officials and agencies –
to meet their unique needs.
The Verizon Response Team provides on-demand,
emergency assistance during crisis situations to government
agencies, emergency responders, nonprofits and communities on a
24/7 basis. Verizon Response Team members set up portable cell
sites, WiFi hotspots, free charging stations and other Verizon
Frontline devices and solutions that enable communications and/or
boost network performance.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was
formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers
of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New
York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $128.3 billion in 2020. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
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