The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission has activated the Disaster Information Reporting System as Hurricane Michael bears down on the Florida panhandle. DIRS is a voluntary, web-based system that communications providers can use to report communications infrastructure status and situational awareness information during times of crisis.
States and Counties affected by this activation are:
In Alabama: Baldwin, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston
In Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
In Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Candler, Clay, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Crawford, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Grady, Hancock, Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Lee, Macon, McDuffie, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Sumter, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Worth
If stations need to contact The FCC, here are several ways to do so…
FCC 24/7 Operations Center – (202) 418-1122, [email protected]
John Healy (215) 847-8094, or [email protected]
Julia Tu (202) 418-0731, (202) 321-4399 (cell), [email protected]
Michael Caiafa (202) 418-1311, (202) 277-5690 (cell), [email protected]
David Ahn (571) 232-8487 (cell), (202) 418-0853, [email protected]