FCC Seeks Input on Modernized Disaster Info Reporting System

FCC Votes to Streamline Disaster Information Reporting System - Inside Towers

UPDATE The FCC voted to review its system for collecting data on network outages and restoration during major disasters. Begun in 2007, the information collected through Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) allows emergency management officials to more efficiently prioritize disaster response efforts. While DIRS reports are valuable, they take time to produce, potentially drawing resources away from responding to an ongoing disaster, say…

FCC Launches Effort to Modernize Disaster Reporting

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to begin a review of its system for collecting data on network outages and restoration during major disasters. The effort paves the way for reforms to the its Disaster Information Reporting System that it says are designed to make sure that the system’s benefits outweigh its burdens. Since its 2007 inception, DIRS has collected information from communications providers, cable operators, phone compa…

FCC Launches Effort to Modernize Disaster Information Reporting System

Commission voted to approve an NPR that seeks comment on potential ways to reduce reporting burdens and improve the system

FCC Seeks Input on Modernized Disaster Info Reporting System

The FCC is opening a rulemaking on modernizing its Disaster Information Reporting System, aiming to reduce reporting burdens on providers and improve access to outage and restoration data for emergency agencies during disasters.

FCC Looks to Modernize ‘DIRS’ | Radio & Television Business Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Commission has voted to launch a review of its system for collecting data on network outages and restoration during major disasters. “This action will pave the way for reforms to the Commission’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to make sure that its benefits outweigh its burdens,” the FCC says. Since its inception in 2007, DIRS has served as a key tool for collecting actionable information to help with recover…