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and rescue (SAR) training exercise held in Richmond County, North Carolina, alongside first responders from North Carolina’s Emergency Management Department (NCEMD), Richmond County Emergency Services and several other public-safety organizations from across North Carolina.
The exercise, designed to help participants enhance their capabilities, involved operations ranging from swiftwater rescue to urban search and rescue and featured K-9 teams, drone pilots and underwater search teams.
The Verizon Frontline Response Team, invited to participate by the NCEMD, deployed a variety of Verizon Frontline solutions to provide wireless connectivity to the exercise’s command staff, as well as mission-critical communications capabilities to the more than 200 participants at the exercise’s main staging area.
In addition to delivering connectivity and voice and data solutions, the Verizon Frontline Response Team deployed a drone to help provide participating agencies with enhanced situational awareness during the training.
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