Edition 139, August 29, 2012 FCC ACTIVATES THE DIRS The FCC
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1. DIRS is activated The URL for DIRS is https www fcc gov nors disaster Alternately you can go to www fec gov and find DIRS under e filing Please use your user ID it is usually the characters before the sion on your e mail address and is case sensitive If you do not have a log in there is a link on the log in page that will allow you to establish a user ID and password If you do not remember your passwotd please use the forgotten password link on the log in page After you log on please fill in the reports for the types of equipment that you have in your network in the area of interest that have been affected by the storm There is a usert manual available at the DIRS website NCS has requested that wireless companies provide their coverage maps for the area of interest If you are providing wireless service in the area of interest the FCC further requests that you provide coverage maps with your DIRS submission Please provide these maps in Adobe PDF format and email them to john Healy fcc gov Julia Tu fec gov or Michael Caiafa D Please feel free to contact any of the following if you have any questions Jeff Goldthorp FCC 202 418 1096 or 202 253 1595 John Healy FCC 215 847 8094 Julia Tu FCC 202 418 0731 or 202 321 4399 Michael Caiafa FCC 202 418 1311 or 202 277 5690 INSURANCE GROUP Tel 800 222 4664 Fax 301 474 6196 Email Web www TelcomInsGroup com2. Telcom NATCH Edition 139 August 29 2012 The FCC has activated the Disaster Information Reporting System DIRS for Hurricane Isaac If you do not have communication assets in the affected counties listed below please disregard this request The area of interest for this activation includes the following counties and parishes e Alabama Baldwin Mobile e Florida Escambia Santa Rosa e Louisiana Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Catahoula Concordia East Baton Rouge East Feliciana Iberia Iberville Jefferson Lafayette Lafourche Livingston Orleans Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Saint Bernard Saint Charles Saint Helena Saint James St John the Baptist Saint Landry Saint Martin Saint Mary Saint Tammany Tangipahoa Washington West Baton Rouge West Feliciana e Mississippi Adams Amite Franklin Hancock Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lincoln Pearl River Pike Walthall Wilkinson If you have communications equipment in these counties the FCC requests that you provide daily reports on the status of your equipment by using DIRS There is no need to report on stations equipment switches or PSAPs that are fuly operational The FCC will monitor the storm s progress and may extend DIRS activation to additional counties as needed in the coming days We request that you provide the first set of initial reports by 11 00 a m EDT today Aug 29 Subsequent reports should be made by 11 00 am EDT every day while
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