Verizon Frontline deploys 1,000 connectivity services for nationwide wildfire response efforts

In response to almost 70 large fires that have burned 1,690,492 acres nationwide this year, the Verizon Frontline Response Team said it has deployed about 1,000 Verizon Frontline services to support wildland firefighters across 18 states.

As of last week, the top five states for acres burned from wildfires include Alaska, New Mexico, Texas and Florida, according to Wildfire Today.

Out West, climate change is leading to more intense wildfires and extending the length of fire season. While the number of fires in the West hasn’t necessarily increased, “the fires are bigger, more severe, and last longer so the total area burned per year is rapidly increasing,” Morgan Tingley, an ecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, told the New York Times.

Verizon said it has supported federal, state and local agencies at 49 named wildfires in 2022 including Arizona’s Tunnel Fire, New Mexico’s Hermits Peak Fire, Colorado’s Marshall Fire and the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park.

In addition, about 70 communities and 39 public safety agencies have received Verizon Frontline support for wildfire response efforts this year, according to the service provider.

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