Notice2025-06862
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness
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Published
April 22, 2025
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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. FEMA invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information collection. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness, which identifies progress and gaps in individual and community preparedness, and to better understand the motivational factors and barriers to preparedness that people face.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16879-16880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06862]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0028; OMB No. 1660-0105]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; National Household Survey on Disaster
Preparedness
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-day notice of reinstatement 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. FEMA invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on a reinstatement, without change, of
a previously approved information collection. In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks
comments concerning the National Household Survey on Disaster
Preparedness, which identifies progress and gaps in individual and
community preparedness, and to better understand the motivational
factors and barriers to preparedness that people face.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 2025.
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#d294979f93ff9bbcb4bda0bfb3a6bbbdbcff91bdbebeb7b1a6bbbdbca1ff9fb3bcb3b5b7bfb7bca692b4b7bfb3fcb6baa1fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c482818985e98daaa2abb6a9a5b0adabaae987aba8a8a1a7b0adabaab7e989a5aaa5a3a1a9a1aab084a2a1a9a5eaa0acb7eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a> or
Andrew Burrows, Preparedness Behavior Branch Chief, Individual and
Community Preparedness Division, Partnership and Engagement Branch, at
(202) 716-0527, and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01606f657364762f637473736e76724167646c602f6569722f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4a5aaa0b6a1b3eaa6b1b6b6abb3b784a2a1a9a5eaa0acb7eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended)
(42 U.S.C. 5195-5195(a)) identifies the purpose of emergency
preparedness ``for the protection of life and property in the United
States from hazards.'' It directs that the Federal Government ``provide
necessary direction, coordination, and guidance'' as authorized for a
comprehensive emergency preparedness system for all hazards. Emergency
preparedness is defined as all ``activities and measures designed or
undertaken to prepare or minimize the effects of a hazard upon the
civilian population . . .'' The ``conduct of research'' is among the
measures to be undertaken in preparation for hazards.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Strategic Plan 2020-2024
includes Goal 5 to ``strengthen preparedness and resiliency.'' The
first objective (5.1) of this goal is to ``build a national culture of
preparedness'' with a sub-objective to ``improve awareness initiatives
to encourage public action to increase preparedness.'' Similarly, in
FEMA's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, Goal 3 is to ``promote and sustain a
ready FEMA and prepared nation.''
Presidential Policy Directive-8 (PPD-8) directs the Secretary of
Homeland Security to ``coordinate a comprehensive campaign to build and
sustain national preparedness, including public outreach and community-
based and private sector programs to enhance national resilience, the
provision of Federal financial assistance, preparedness efforts by the
Federal Government, and national research and development efforts.''
The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA) (Pub. L.
109-295) (6 U.S.C. 749(a)) requires the FEMA Administrator, in
coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National
Advisory Council, to establish a comprehensive system to assess, on an
ongoing basis, the Nation's prevention capabilities and overall
preparedness, including operational readiness.
In response to the charge to FEMA, and to the DHS and FEMA
strategic priorities, FEMA manages programs to improve the public's
knowledge and actions for preparedness and resilience. Information from
this collection will be used to changes in knowledge, attitudes, and
behaviors related to preparedness in the general public. This
information collection will be in the form of a public opinion survey
administered to a sample of American adults across the nation. The
nature of the information collected will focus on people's attitudes,
behaviors, and motivations
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related to disaster preparedness and disaster risk.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on October 4, 2024, at 89 FR 80910 with a 60-day
public comment period. FEMA received zero comments. 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 Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness.
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, without change, of a
previously approved information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0105.
FEMA Forms FEMA Form FF-008-FY-21-103 (formerly 008-0-15), National
Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness (Telephone); FEMA Form FF-
008-FY-21-104, National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness
(Web).
Abstract: The Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD)
analyzes and uses data collected in the two versions of the National
Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness to identify progress and gaps
in individual and community preparedness and to better understand the
motivational factors and barriers to preparedness that people face. The
survey measures the public's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors
relative to preparing for disasters. This information is used by ICPD
and FEMA components to tailor messaging and public information efforts,
community outreach, and strategic planning initiatives to more
effectively improve the state of individual preparedness and
participation across the country. The findings are compiled in a report
that is circulated internally to DHS and FEMA officials as well as made
available to the public on the FEMA website, OpenFEMA (<a href="https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets/national-household-survey">https://www.fema.gov/about/openfema/data-sets/national-household-survey</a>).
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,751.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,751.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,282.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $58,524.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $323,932.
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.
Maile Rasco-Arthur,
Acting Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-06862 Filed 4-21-25; 8:45 am]
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