Verizon providing wildfire crews with connectivity

With the wildfires burning, it’s been difficult for residents and wildfire crews in Ruidoso to make calls or send text messages with no signal. Verizon is helping by providing first responders critical communication. According to the news release by the telecommunications company, Verizon has set up multiple charging stations to at least four Red Cross shelters in the area. Public safety officials are working with Verizon’s Frontline Crisis Response Team to deploy temporarily cell sites at both areas with the South Fork Fire and the Salt Fire, Verizon said.

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