Verizon Is Ready To Keep You Connected Throughout The 2024 Hurricane Season

Robust planning, network upgrades, and mobile assets: essential elements of response plan

NEW YORK, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the 2024 hurricane season approaches, Verizon remains committed to keeping communities and first responders connected during severe weather events. With the combination of anomalously warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic basin, and the dissipation of El Niño in the Pacific, this year's Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be well above average. Verizon's Response Team prepares year-round to respond to extreme weather situations taking part in emergency drills, fortifying the network infrastructure, and ensuring resources are mobilized for rapid response.

"Crisis moments underscore the vital role of connectivity, and at Verizon, we take that responsibility seriously,” said Chris Flood, Atlantic North Market President, Verizon. “As we gear up for the 2024 hurricane season, our commitment to keeping communities connected and supporting first responders remains unwavering. Our relentless preparations and robust network infrastructure ensure that before, during and after a storm, we're able to serve our customers."

Verizon’s Networks Are Primed
Verizon's networks are primed to maintain connectivity even in the face of extreme weather conditions. With redundancy built into critical paths and components, Verizon's network is engineered to withstand severe weather. Ahead of the approaching storm season, Verizon engineers have conducted thorough checks, ensuring backup systems like batteries and generators are operational.

In readiness for potential network recovery operations, Verizon has bolstered its arsenal with:

• A fleet of over 550 portable network assets, including generator-powered cell sites, drones, and a fixed-wing aircraft for aerial support.
• An industry-leading 200 satellite-based portable network assets, providing crucial connectivity in scenarios where fiber connections are compromised.
• More than 1,000 mobile generators to assist communities in maintaining or restoring connectivity, and rapid recovery efforts.
  

Verizon Frontline stands at the ready, prepared to assist first responders in any capacity needed
As first responders prepare for hurricane season, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team stands ready to help ensure public safety agencies on the front lines of any potential disaster response operations have the mission-critical communications capabilities they will need to achieve their missions. This team, composed primarily of former first responders and military personnel, is solely dedicated to supporting public safety customers during emergencies at no cost to the supported agencies. Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team members provide portable cell sites, WiFi hotspots, drones, charging stations and other Verizon Frontline devices and solutions that can help enable mission-critical communication and/or boost network performance.