Florida Virtual Private DIRT
Sunshine 811 members are required by law to report damages to Florida’s one call system. Sunshine 811 has chosen Florida Virtual Private DIRT as the method to gather and house this information.
What is DIRT?
DIRT stands for Damage Information Reporting Tool. Florida Virtual Private DIRT, which we will refer to as Florida DIRT. It is a secure web application for reporting excavation-related damages and near-miss events involving underground facilities.
Why should I submit data to Florida DIRT?
Every year thousands of excavation-related damages occur in Florida, threatening public safety and costing billions of dollars. Finding out the root causes and other commonalities of these damages is the first step to crafting and revising educational programs both by Sunshine 811 and its member companies. Reporting damages to Florida DIRT is also mandatory for all member operators in the state of Florida per 556.105(12)(b).
What do I need to Report?
Each report must describe, if known, the cause, nature, and location of the damage.
When should you submit damage reports?
Damage data for the preceding year must be submitted by March 31 to be included in the data analysis for the Damage Prevention Review. Data can be submitted one at a time or as a bulk upload.
How is the data used?
Data is used to understand where, how and why these events are occurring. Data from all contributing stakeholders is combined and a summary trend analysis is done to identify ways to reduce these occurrences such as developing or revising educational programs, technology applications, legislation, etc. .Florida DIRT can also be used by you organization to identify opportunities to improve your damage prevention processes and performance.
The final results and recommendations are presented in the Underground Facility Damage Prevention Review, due annually on October 1. The ultimate goal is to make Florida the safest place to dig.
Will I be fined based on the information submitted to Florida DIRT?
Absolutely not! All data is submitted anonymously and is not used for enforcement purposes. It is also not used to determine liability in any situation.
Sign Up Today
The first person to sign up for your company is the company administrator. Delegate this task carefully. The company administrator can add users or you can have each user register separately. Click here to enroll in Florida DIRT.
Are you sharing your DIRT data with us?
Your company may already submit data to National DIRT. But, if they are not sharing that data with Sunshine 811, they are not complying with the mandatory damage reporting provision in Chapter 556, F.S. To share data with Sunshine 811, your company only need to take a few steps to grant access to the data.
