Notice2023-01554
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Registry
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Published
January 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments concerning the use of a form to collect data for the development and continuation of the National Fire Department Registry.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5015-5016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01554]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0030; OMB No. 1660-0070]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Registry
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments
concerning the use of a form to collect data for the development and
continuation of the National Fire Department Registry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397f7c74781470575f564b54584d505657147a5655555c5a4d5056574a14745857585e5c545c574d795f5c5458175d514a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4b2b1b9b5d9bd9a929b869995809d9b9ad9b79b98989197809d9b9a87d9b9959a95939199919a80b492919995da909c87da939b82">[email protected]</span></a> or
Gayle Kelch, Statistician, FEMA, United States Fire Administration,
National Fire Data Center at (301) 447-1154 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e384829a8f86cd88868f808ba385868e82cd878b90cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabdbba3b6bff4b1bfb6b9b29abcbfb7bbf4beb2a9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974, Public Law 93-498, as enacted in 15 U.S.C. Chap 49, provides
for the gathering and analyzing of data as deemed useful and applicable
for fire departments. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) receives many
requests from fire service organizations and the general public for
information related to fire departments, including total number of
departments, number of stations per department, population protected,
and number of firefighters. The USFA also has a need for this
information to guide programmatic decisions and produce mailing lists
for USFA publications. Recommendations for the creation of the fire
department census database came out of a Blue Ribbon Panel's review of
the USFA. The report included a review of the structure, mission, and
funding of the USFA, future policies, programmatic needs, course
development and delivery, and the role of the USFA to reflect changes
in the fire service. As a result of those recommendations, the USFA is
working to identify all fire departments in the United States to
develop a database that will include information related to
demographics, capabilities, and activities of fire departments
Nationwide. In the fall of 2016, the USFA renamed the census to the
National Fire Department Registry. In the fall of 2001, information was
collected from 16,000 fire departments. Since the first year of the
collection, an additional 11,182 departments have registered for a
total of 27,182 fire departments. This leaves an estimated 2,818
departments still to respond. Additionally, about 5,436 current
registered departments are contacted by USFA each year and are asked to
provide updates to any previously submitted information.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on October 13, 2022, at 87 FR 15228 with a 60 day
public comment period. No comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit the information
collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for
review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Department Registry.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0070.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-100--Paper Version (formerly
070-0-0-1); FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-110--Online Version (formerly the
screenshots of FEMA Form 070-0-0-1).
Abstract: This collection seeks to identify fire departments in the
United States to compile a database related to their demographics,
capabilities, and activities. The database is used to guide
programmatic decisions and provide information to the public and the
fire service.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,375.
Estimated Number of Responses: 6,375.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,219.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $9,371.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $100,058.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a)
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evaluate whether the proposed data collection is necessary for the
proper performance of the agency, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c)
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) minimize the burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2023-01554 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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