PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
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DA 16-1160
Released October 7, 2016
FCC’S PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES 
ACTIVATION OF THE DISASTER INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM IN 
RESPONSE TO HURRICANE MATTHEW
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications 
Commission (Commission) has announced the activation of the Disaster Information Reporting 
System (DIRS) in response to Hurricane MATTHEW.  DIRS is a voluntary, web-based system 
that communications providers, including wireless, wireline, broadcast, cable and Voice over 
Internet Protocol providers, can use to report communications infrastructure status and 
situational awareness information during times of crisis.
The Commission requests that communications providers, if they provide service to any areas 
listed below, expeditiously submit and update information through DIRS regarding, inter alia,
the status of their communications equipment, restoration efforts, power (i.e., whether they are 
using commercial power, generator or battery), and access to fuel.  Communications providers 
may accomplish this by accessing DIRS at https://www.fcc.gov/nors/disaster/ or PSHSB 
webpage (www.fcc.gov/pshs).  Providers that have not previously done so will first be asked to 
provide contact information and obtain a User ID when they access DIRS.  Communications 
providers are reminded that NORS obligations are suspended for the duration of the DIRS 
activation in counties where DIRS has been activated.  Reports are requested beginning 10:00 
a.m. on Friday, October 7, 2016, and every day after that by 10:00 a.m. until DIRS is 
deactivated.
Communications providers that serve an area listed below and that have already provided 
contact information in DIRS will be sent an e-mail requesting that they provide the above-
referenced status information through DIRS.  We encourage all communications providers that 
have not already logged onto DIRS to input their contact information, to do so as soon as 
possible.
COUNTIES OF INTEREST FOR THIS ACTIVATION INCLUDE:
FLORIDA: Brevard, Broward, Clay, Collier, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian 
River, Lake, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, 
Palm Beach, Polk, Putnam, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Seminole, Volusia
GEORGIA: Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh
SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, 
Jasper
2For further information, please contact John Healy of the PSHSB’s Cybersecurity and 
Communications Reliability Division at (215) 847-8094 or John.Healy@fcc.gov.  News media 
contact Rochelle Cohen at (202) 210-8279.        
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