DIRS Extended to Georgia, Carolinas
Disaster reporting for Hurricane Dorian was extended to counties in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, said an FCC public notice Wednesday. No public safety answering points were reported down in the area affected by Hurricane Dorian, but two Florida…
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PSAPs (the Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach police departments) were evacuated and their calls rerouted to backup PSAPs, said a Wednesday morning disaster information reporting system report for 34 Florida counties. The report shows 0.1 percent of cellsites down, compared with 0.2 percent Tuesday morning. No broadcast stations were reported as out of service, but the number of cable and wireline subscribers without service rose to 35,430, from 6,884 Tuesday.