The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau's Operations and Emergency Managment Division coordinates hurricane and other incident management activities for the Commission, including:

• Preparedness and response;
• Information sharing and situational awareness activities, such as activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and monitoring radio frequencies to assess any impact to commercial and first responder communications and infrastructure;
• On-site support for and outreach to federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial first responders and other public safety officials;
• Rapid response to requests from communications providers for Special Temporary Authority or other actions to help them maintain and restore communications;
• Requests for information or assistance from public safety and government partners.

Recent Hurricane Response Efforts

• 2020
  • Hurricane Zeta
  • Hurricane Delta
  • Hurricane Sally
  • Tropical Storm Marco & Hurricane Laura - Gulf Coast Impact
  • Tropical Storm Laura - Puerto Rico, USVI Impact
  • Tropical Storm Isaias
• 2019
  • Hurricane Dorian
  • Tropical Storm Barry
• 2018
  • Hurricane Michael
  • Hurricane Florence
  • Hurricane Lane
• 2017
  • Hurricane Nate
  • Hurricane Maria
  • Hurricane Irma
  • Hurricane Harvey
• 2016
  • Hurricane Matthew

Related Material

• Winter Storm Uri
• Midwest Derecho
• Puerto Rico Earthquakes
• California Power Shutoffs
• Report on Communications Impacts of Hurricane Michael
• Report on the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season's Impact on Communications
• FCC Emergency Actions Regarding Hurricane Sandy
• Derecho Reports and Recommendations
• Hurricane Katrina Panel