Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team supports 800+ agencies during 2024 emergency responses
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team demonstrated significant emergency response support throughout 2024, deploying nearly 900 times and assisting over 800 public safety agencies across the United States. The team responded to more than 1,500 support requests, providing over 10,000 Verizon Frontline devices and solutions.
Key response efforts included:
- Wildfire Response: Delivered nearly 2,000 solutions across multiple states
- Hurricane Response: Supported during Hurricanes Helene, Milton, and Beryl
- Tornado Response: Assisted in 10 states with over 300 solutions deployed
The team also supported agencies during ransomware attacks, training exercises, major public events, and both national political conventions. Additionally, Verizon Frontline established a partnership with NOAA to develop new strategies for deploying uncrewed aircraft systems for storm damage assessment.
Il Team di Risposta alle Crisi di Verizon Frontline ha dimostrato un notevole supporto nelle emergenze durante il 2024, intervenendo quasi 900 volte e assistendo oltre 800 agenzie di pubblica sicurezza in tutto gli Stati Uniti. Il team ha risposto a più di 1.500 richieste di supporto, fornendo oltre 10.000 dispositivi e soluzioni Verizon Frontline.
Le principali azioni di risposta hanno incluso:
- Risposta agli incendi: Fornite quasi 2.000 soluzioni in diversi stati
- Risposta agli uragani: Supportato durante gli uragani Helene, Milton e Beryl
- Risposta ai tornado: Assistito in 10 stati con oltre 300 soluzioni fornite
Il team ha inoltre supportato le agenzie durante attacchi ransomware, esercitazioni di formazione, eventi pubblici di grande importanza e le convention politiche nazionali. Inoltre, Verizon Frontline ha stabilito una partnership con NOAA per sviluppare nuove strategie per il dispiegamento dei sistemi aerei senza equipaggio per la valutazione dei danni da tempesta.
El Equipo de Respuesta a Crisis de Verizon Frontline demostró un apoyo significativo en las emergencias a lo largo de 2024, desplegándose casi 900 veces y asistiendo a más de 800 agencias de seguridad pública en todo Estados Unidos. El equipo respondió a más de 1.500 solicitudes de apoyo, proporcionando más de 10.000 dispositivos y soluciones de Verizon Frontline.
Los esfuerzos clave de respuesta incluyeron:
- Respuesta a incendios: Se entregaron casi 2.000 soluciones en varios estados
- Respuesta a huracanes: Se brindó apoyo durante los huracanes Helene, Milton y Beryl
- Respuesta a tornados: Se asistió en 10 estados con más de 300 soluciones desplegadas
El equipo también apoyó a las agencias durante ataques de ransomware, ejercicios de capacitación, importantes eventos públicos y ambas convenciones políticas nacionales. Además, Verizon Frontline estableció una asociación con NOAA para desarrollar nuevas estrategias para el despliegue de sistemas aéreos no tripulados para la evaluación de daños por tormentas.
버라이즌 프론트라인 위기 대응 팀은 2024년 동안 значительный 지원을 제공하며 거의 900회 배치되고 미국 전역의 800개 이상의 공공 안전 기관을 지원했습니다. 이 팀은 1,500건 이상의 지원 요청에 응답하며 10,000개 이상의 Verizon Frontline 장치 및 솔루션을 제공했습니다.
주요 대응 노력에는:
- 산불 대응: 여러 주에서 거의 2,000개의 솔루션 제공
- 허리케인 대응: 헬렌, 밀턴, 베릴 허리케인 동안 지원
- 토네이도 대응: 10개 주에서 300개 이상의 솔루션을 배치하여 지원
이 팀은 또한 랜섬웨어 공격, 훈련 연습, 주요 공공 행사 및 두 개의 전국 정치 대회 동안 기관에 지원을 제공했습니다. 추가로, Verizon Frontline은 NOAA와 협력하여 폭풍 피해 평가를 위한 무인 항공기 시스템 배치를 위한 새로운 전략을 개발했습니다.
Le Team de Réponse aux Crises de Verizon Frontline a démontré un soutien d'urgence significatif tout au long de 2024, déployant près de 900 fois et assistant plus de 800 agences de sécurité publique à travers les États-Unis. L'équipe a répondu à plus de 1.500 demandes de soutien, fournissant plus de 10.000 appareils et solutions Verizon Frontline.
Les principaux efforts de réponse comprenaient:
- Réponse aux incendies de forêt : Livraison de près de 2.000 solutions dans plusieurs États
- Réponse aux ouragans : Soutien durant les ouragans Helene, Milton et Beryl
- Réponse aux tornades : Assistance dans 10 États avec plus de 300 solutions déployées
L'équipe a également soutenu les agences lors d'attaques par ransomware, d'exercices de formation, d'événements publics majeurs et des deux conventions politiques nationales. De plus, Verizon Frontline a établi un partenariat avec NOAA pour développer de nouvelles stratégies de déploiement de systèmes aériens sans pilote pour l'évaluation des dommages causés par les tempêtes.
Das Verizon Frontline Krisenreaktionsteam hat 2024 über bedeutende Unterstützung bei Notfalleinsätzen geleistet, indem es nahezu 900 Mal im Einsatz war und über 800 öffentliche Sicherheitsbehörden in den Vereinigten Staaten unterstützt hat. Das Team hat auf mehr als 1.500 Unterstützungsanfragen reagiert und über 10.000 Geräte und Lösungen von Verizon Frontline bereitgestellt.
Wichtige Reaktionsmaßnahmen umfassten:
- Reaktion auf Waldbrände: Fast 2.000 Lösungen in mehreren Bundesstaaten bereitgestellt
- Reaktion auf Hurrikane: Unterstützung bei den Hurrikanen Helene, Milton und Beryl
- Reaktion auf Tornados: Unterstützung in 10 Bundesstaaten mit über 300 implementierten Lösungen
Das Team unterstützte auch Behörden während Ransomware-Angriffen, Schulungsübungen, großen öffentlichen Veranstaltungen und beiden nationalen politischen Konventionen. Darüber hinaus hat Verizon Frontline eine Partnerschaft mit NOAA gegründet, um neue Strategien zur Bereitstellung unbemannter Flugzeugsysteme zur Schadensbewertung durch Stürme zu entwickeln.
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What you need to know:
- The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team deployed nearly 900 times in 2024, supporting first responders in nearly every state and Washington D.C.
- The team responded to requests for support from public safety agencies during responses to tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Throughout 2024, public safety agencies across the nation responded to everything from severe weather events like tornadoes and hurricanes to devastating wildfires and more, all under some of the most austere conditions imaginable.
During this challenging year, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team helped provide mission-critical communications support to the first responders on the front lines of these disaster response operations.
Composed primarily of former public safety and military personnel, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team is dedicated to supporting first responders and government agencies during emergencies at no cost to the supported agencies.
In 2024, the team:
- Responded to more than 1,500 requests for support.
- Helped enable mission-critical communications capabilities for more than 800 different federal, state and local public safety agencies in nearly every state and Washington, D.C. during emergency response operations.
- Provided public safety agencies with more than 10,000 Verizon Frontline devices and solutions.
- These solutions included everything from repeaters, mobile hotspots, routers, smart devices and drones to dozens of deployable satellite solutions such as Satellite Picocells on Trailers (SPOTs).
Major response efforts this year included:
Wildfire Response:
To help enable mission-critical voice and data service during fire mitigation efforts in locations across the country, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team delivered close to 2,000 Verizon Frontline solutions to public safety agencies conducting wildfire response operations in 2024.
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team responded to close to 250 requests for support from wildland firefighters battling blazes everywhere from New Mexico to Oregon and Washington.
Hurricane Response:
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team supported public safety agencies and the communities they serve during three major hurricanes in 2024: Helene, Milton and Beryl. Hurricane Helene alone saw more than 600 Verizon Frontline solutions delivered to over 115 public safety agencies in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina as they dealt with the aftermath of the storm.
Tornado response:
The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team responded to more than 30 requests for support from public safety agencies in 10 different states following tornadoes. The team delivered more than 300 Verizon Frontline solutions to first responders on the front lines of emergency response operations following these severe weather events.
Additional 2024 Responses:
Verizon Frontline solutions were also deployed in support of public safety agencies:
- To provide connectivity to agencies impacted by ransomware attacks.
- During dozens of training exercises involving federal, state and local agencies.
- During major public events such as sporting events and airshows.
- During both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
In addition to the Crisis Response Team support, Verizon Frontline also debuted two new deployable assets in 2024.
2024 also saw Verizon Frontline announce a partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), signing a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to explore new strategies to rapidly deploy uncrewed aircraft systems to collect and distribute imagery of damage resulting from severe storms such as tornadoes or hurricanes.
Verizon Frontline is the advanced network and technology built for first responders – developed over three decades of partnership with public safety officials and agencies – to meet their unique and evolving needs.
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