Notice2023-03617
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Version 5.0
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Published
February 22, 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 will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of the respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10913-10914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03617]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2022-0052; OMB No. 1660-0069]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; National Fire Incident Reporting System
(NFIRS) Version 5.0
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 will describe the
nature of the information collection, the categories of the
respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources
used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data
collection instruments FEMA will use.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 24, 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 St. SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2365666e620e6a4d454c514e42574a4c4d0e604c4f4f4640574a4c4d500e6e424d4244464e464d576345464e420d474b500d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5e3e0e8e488eccbc3cad7c8c4d1cccacb88e6cac9c9c0c6d1cccacbd688e8c4cbc4c2c0c8c0cbd1e5c3c0c8c48bc1cdd68bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a> or
David Millstein, Branch Chief National Fire Data Center, (301) 447-1841
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2b6b3a4bbb6fcbfbbbebea1a6b7bbbc92b4b7bfb3fcb6baa1fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88c899e818cc6858184849b9c8d8186a88e8d8589c68c809bc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Commission on Fire Prevention
and Control conducted a comprehensive study of the Nation's fire
problem and recommended to Congress actions to mitigate the fire
problem, reduce loss of life and property, and educate the public on
fire protection and prevention. As a result of the study, Congress
enacted Public Law 93-498, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of
1974, which establishes the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to
administer fire prevention and control programs, supplement existing
programs of research, training, and education, and encourage new and
improved programs and activities by state and local governments.
Section 9(a) of the Act authorizes the USFA Administrator to operate
directly or through contracts or grants an integrated, comprehensive
method to select, analyze, publish, and disseminate information related
to prevention, occurrence, control, and results of fires of all types.
The National Fire Incident Reporting Systems (NFIRS) was established in
the mid-1970s and is mandated by the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act of 1974 which authorizes the National Fire Data Center to
gather and analyze information such as: (1) the frequency, causes,
spread, and extinguishment of fires; (2) injuries and deaths resulting
from fires; (3) information on injuries sustained by a firefighter; and
(4) information on firefighting activities. The act further authorizes
USFA to develop uniform data reporting methods, and to encourage and
assist Federal, state, local and other agencies in developing and
reporting
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information. NFIRS is a reporting standard that fire departments use to
uniformly report on the full range of their activities, from fire to
emergency medical services to severe weather and natural disasters.
This reporting allows fire departments, as well as many other
government and non-government agencies, to quantify their actions and
identify incident and response trends. Recent modernization to the data
collection improved and therefore reduced the burden hours for
reporting data to NFIRS. FEMA is requesting a revision of this
information collection.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on December 9, 2022, at 87 FR 75642 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 Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Version 5.0.
Type of Information Collection: Extension, with change, of a
currently approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0069.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-21-109, National Fire Incident
Reporting System (NFIRS) Version 5.0.
Abstract: The purpose of this revision is to provide the reduction
of burden hours recently achieved by modernizing and improving the
application's interface. NFIRS is the USFA's system authorized under
Public Law 93-498 to collect fire related data to identify and define
the fire problem in the U.S., and to reduce fire related casualties and
losses. Operating since 1999, the system provides an electronic, web-
based application for users to input their incident response
information in a uniform manner.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,500.
Estimated Number of Responses: 28,059,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,820,650.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $420,225,614.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $1,974,000.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $1,128,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $3,436,118.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) 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. 2023-03617 Filed 2-21-23; 8:45 am]
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