Carr Meeting First Responders, Public Safety Officials Working California’s Dixie Fire
 
PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, August 6, 2021—Today, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr will be meeting with first responder and public safety officials that are fighting the Dixie Fire, which is now one of the largest wildfires in California history.  Carr will meet with officials at the Dixie Fire East Zone Incident Command Post and other locations to discuss the communications needs of the nearly 7,000 firefighters and frontline workers that are responding to the Dixie Fire.  Commissioner Carr issued the following statement:

“I am grateful for the nearly 7,000 firefighters and public safety officials that have been responding to the massive and fast-moving Dixie Fire.  Ensuring that first responders’ communications needs are met in emergency situations is one of the FCC’s most important jobs.”  

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Office of Commissioner Brendan Carr
www.fcc.gov/about/leadership/brendan-carr
Media Contact:  Greg Watson
(202) 418-0658 or Greg.Watson@fcc.gov