DIRS Activated for Storms Marco and Laura, Deactivated for Laura in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
After deactivating the disaster information reporting system Sunday for portions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Public Safety Bureau activated the system for numerous counties in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas because of Laura and Tropical Storm…
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Marco. "Reports are requested at 10:00 a.m." EDT Tuesday and daily at that time until DIRS is deactivated, said a public notice Monday. The bureau also issued PNs on emergency contact info for licensees that need special temporary authority, and on 24-hour availability of FCC staff. The deactivation Sunday was at the request of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Coordinating Center for Communications and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the PN said. The final report of that activation, also released Sunday, said 60,501 cable and wireline subscribers were without service, 6% of cellsites in Puerto Rico had outages and none in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and no broadcast stations or public service answering points were down.