FCC DIRS Remains Active in NC, 1 SC County, Deactivated Elsewhere
While still monitoring North Carolina flooding from Hurricane Matthew, the FCC Public Safety Bureau deactivated the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) in all counties of Florida, Georgia and Virginia and most of South Carolina, the bureau said in a public…
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notice Thursday. DIRS remains active in North Carolina and Horry County, South Carolina, it said. The North Carolina flooding has challenged telecom companies trying to restore service (see 1610110038). In the 18 counties still reporting to DIRS, 2.1 percent of cell sites were down at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the FCC reported. Nearly 15 percent of cellsites were still down in Robeson County, North Carolina, it said. For wireline and cable, 304 switching centers were out of service, leaving 56,769 customers without service in North Carolina, the FCC said. Six radio stations and one TV station were out of service in the same state. All public safety answering points were fully operational in the disaster area, it said.