Rosenworcel Issues Hawaii Update
The FCC has deployed staff to Hawaii “assessing the impact on communications services and infrastructure to help local, state, and federal authorities to identify how to best support restoration and emergency response,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a release…
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Friday listing the agency’s work on the Maui wildfires. “Having worked for Senator Inouye, I experienced firsthand the kindness and collective spirit of Aloha that guides the people who call Hawai’i home,” said Rosenworcel in the release, referring to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii. Seventeen of 21 cellsites in the affected area have been restored, and the number of cable and wireline subscribers out of service is down to 14,494, from a height of around 25,000 during the fires. The agency has been using High Frequency Direction Finding scans to determine the operational status of AM stations carrying public safety information, assisting carriers with logistics and state processes to expedite communications restoration, and working with officials on the ground to determine priority needs, the release said. “We will continue to work closely with local, state, and federal partners as families and residents all over the island begin to rebuild and recover from these devastating wildfires,” said Rosenworcel.