Verizon Frontline deployed to support National Guard training exercise
June 15 2021 - 08:30AM
Verizon Frontline technologies were deployed today by the Verizon
Response Team (VRT) in support of 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 Public Sector together to practice
incident response operations based on simulated emergency
scenarios. The goal of the exercise is to prepare civilian and
military organizations to work together as they would during an
actual disaster.
Utilizing the more than 100 Verizon Frontline technologies
on-hand, including a Verizon Response Satellite Pico-cell on a
Trailer (SPOT), advanced antenna technologies, and several manually
aimed satellites, the VRT will establish and support
mission-critical communication capabilities for first responders
and National Guard personnel during a series of simulated crisis
events to include an earthquake and a mass casualty event.
After responding to more than 2,000 incidents nationwide in
2020, the VRT brings a depth of experience and disaster response
expertise to the training exercise, where they will work alongside
nearly 1,000 civilian and military personnel from more than 20
states as well as a number of public safety professionals.
The VRT’s support of PATRIOT 21, at the invitation of the
National Guard, is a continuation of Verizon Public Sector’s
commitment to working alongside our partners in defense, public
safety and government.
Verizon Frontline (www.verizon.com/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. From network priority
and preemption and a commitment to real interoperability, to
developing and delivering the most innovative product roadmap,
Verizon Frontline is built on America’s most reliable 4G LTE
network, and will be able to harness the transformative power of
5G.
VRT provides on-demand, emergency assistance during crisis
situations to government agencies, emergency responders, nonprofits
and communities on a 24/7/365 basis. VRT members set up portable
cell sites, WiFi hotspots, free charging stations and other devices
and solutions that enable communications and/or boost network
performance.
Media contact:
Eric Durieeric.durie@verizon.com(516) 382-8219
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