The Verizon Response Team, a first responder unit organized and run by the carrier issued a statement this week recapping its handling of natural disasters in the U.S. The agency is available on an on-call basis from local authorities as critical services are needed. This year, Verizon said they responded over 3,000 times more to critical situations than in the preceding year.
This support, provided at no cost to the responding agencies and lasting as long as there is a need, delivers Verizon Frontline technology to first responders as they deal with crises ranging from extreme weather events and wildfires to the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, the Verizon Response Team stated they deployed 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).
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