Federal Communications Commission	DA 26-776



DA 26-776
Released:  July 26, 2026

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DEACTIVATES THE DISASTER INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM AND THE MANDATORY DISASTER RESPONSE INITIATIVE FOR THE CNMI IN RESPONSE TO SUPER TYPHOON BAVI

On July 6, 2026, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), activated the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative (MDRI) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and in the U.S. Territory of Guam (Guam) in response to Super Typhoon Bavi. The Federal Communications Commission Activates the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative (MDRI) in Response to Super Typhoon Bavi, Public Notice, DA 26-667 (PSHSB Jul. 6, 2026).
  On July 15, 2026, PSHSB deactivated the DIRS and the MDRI for Guam for Super Typhoon Bavi. The Federal Communications Commission Announces the Deactivation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative for Guam in Response to Super Typhoon Bavi, Public Notice, DA 26-730 (PSHSB, Jul. 15, 2026).


DEACTIVATION OF THE DIRS AND THE MDRI IN THE CNMI

By this Public Notice, at the request of FEMA and of the CNMI, PSHSB deactivates the DIRS and the MDRI for the CNMI in the following areas:

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Rota, Saipan, and Tinian

Cable communications providers, wireless service providers, wireline communications providers, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers that provide service in the above-referenced areas are no longer required to report their infrastructure status daily in DIRS for this event. See 47 CFR § 4.18(a)(1).


As of the release of this Public Notice, cable communications providers, wireless service providers, wireline communications providers, and interconnected VoIP providers that provide service in the above-referenced areas must resume making submissions in the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) concerning any incidents that are reportable under those rules. See 47 CFR § 4.18(b).


For further information on this DIRS deactivation, please contact:

Michael Caiafa, (202) 418-1311, michael.caiafa@fcc.gov
Juan Chapa, (202) 418-0431, juan.chapa@fcc.gov
John Healy, (215) 847-8094, john.healy@fcc.gov
FCC 24/7 Operations Center, (202) 418-1122, FCCOPS@fcc.gov

For further information concerning this MDRI deactivation, please contact:

Justin Cain, (202) 853-7365, (202) 418-2924, justin.cain@fcc.gov
Logan Bennett, (202) 418-7790, logan.bennett@fcc.gov
FCC 24/7 Operations Center, (202) 418-1122, FCCOPS@fcc.gov

PSHSB published its final daily communications status report for Super Typhoon Bavi on July 24, 2026.

For more information on the Commission’s response to Super Typhoon Bavi, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/bavi.
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