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Verizon Donates $25,000 and Offers Services to Aid Southern California Wildfire
Evacuees
Company's Overall Network Largely Unaffected by Widespread Blazes; Some Cables
Burned by Fires
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Foundation will donate
$25,000 to the American Red Cross to aid those Californians forced to flee their
homes in the face of devastating wildfires that have swept across the region.
"Our prayers and hopes go out to our fellow Californians as they strive to cope
with the impact of these firestorms," said Verizon Pacific Region President Tim
McCallion. "Through this contribution and by providing additional
telecommunication services to those in need, we hope we can make their lives a
little easier at a very trying time."
The grant goes to the Inland Empire chapter of the American Red Cross in San
Bernardino, which is caring for thousands of evacuees.
Verizon is working with customers who were evacuated to provide various services
that will help them cope with being away from home for an extended period. The
company has set up banks of payphones at some Red Cross evacuation sites, which
will allow evacuees to place a free call to relatives and friends anywhere in
the United States. On Monday, Verizon donated more than 400 prepaid calling
cards to the Red Cross in San Bernardino for distribution to evacuees as well as
firefighters who are battling the blazes.
Despite the widespread fires, Verizon's Southern California network remained
largely unaffected Monday. Approximately 6,000 lines were reported out of
service. Some outages were the result of direct fire damage to Verizon lines and
equipment, and others were attributed to drained backup batteries in electronic
equipment in areas that had lost electrical power. Verizon technicians are
stockpiling materials and preparing to enter the affected areas to restore
service as soon as fire department officials declare it safe to do so.
The company's overall network continued to operate normally throughout the rest
of the state as some switching systems and other electronic equipment switched
to emergency backup power when commercial power was lost.
A Fortune 10 company, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world's
leading providers of communications services, with approximately $67 billion in
revenues and 221,000 employees. Verizon companies are the largest providers of
wireline and wireless communications in the United States, with 137.6 million
access line equivalents and 34.6 million Verizon Wireless customers. Verizon is
the third largest long-distance carrier for U.S. consumers, with 14.6 million
long-distance lines. The company is also the largest directory publisher in the
world, as measured by directory titles and circulation. Verizon's international
presence includes wireline and wireless communications operations and
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