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Authorities: 14 U.S.C. 504; 46 U.S.C. 

15106 and 15109; and 18 U.S.C. 202(a), 

and Department of Homeland Security 

Delegation No. 00915. 

Routine Uses: Authorized U.S. Coast 

Guard personnel will use this 

information to consider and obtain 

qualified candidates to serve on the 

Committee. Any external disclosures of 

information within this record will be 

made in accordance with DHS/ALL– 

009, Department of Homeland Security 

Advisory Committee (73 FR 57639, 

October 3, 2008). 

Consequences of Failure to Provide 

Information: Furnishing this 

information is voluntary. However, 

failure to furnish the requested 

information may result in your 

application not being considered for the 

Committee. 

Dated: January 14, 2025. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2024–0038; OMB No. 

1660–0132] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Consolidated 

FEMA-National Training and Education 

Division (NTED) Level 3 Training 

Evaluation Forms 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to take this 

opportunity to comment on a revision of 

a currently approved information 

collection. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

consolidation of all previous 

instruments into two evaluation forms 

to be shared by three FEMA offices to 

evaluate training programs. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please 

submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2024–0038. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samuel Phillips, Supervisory 

Emergency Management Specialist, 

NTED, (202) 786–9573, and 

Samuel.Phillips@fema.dhs.gov. Dr. 

Pamela Moore, Assistant Director, 

Center for Domestic Preparedness 

(CDP), (256) 847–2629, and 

Pamela.Moore@fema.dhs.gov. Dalia 

Abdelmeguid, Supervisory Instructional 

Systems Specialist, National Disaster 

and Emergency Management University 

(NDEMU), (202) 212–8524, and 

Dalia.Abdelmeguid@fema.dhs.gov. You 

may contact the Information 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Training and Education 

Division (NTED), the Center for 

Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and the 

National Disaster and Emergency 

Management University (NDEMU) are 

geographically separated components of 

FEMA’s National Preparedness 

Directorate. As such, all three 

organizations are part of the National 

Preparedness Directorate Training 

Enterprise with unique training 

missions for specific target audiences 

and are responsible for supporting and 

enabling national preparedness Core 

Capability, Community Lifelines, and 

Recovery Sector Preparedness 

performance outcomes described in 

Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 

National Preparedness, the National 

Preparedness Goal (NPG), the National 

Preparedness System (NPS), and 2022– 

2026 FEMA Strategic Plan objectives 

1.3, 2.1, 2.2, and 3.1. 

Like other Federal training 

organizations, the NTED, CDP and 

NDEMU utilize the Kirkpatrick Training 

Evaluation Model Level 3 survey results 

as one of several training evaluation 

tools to inform component program 

managers and leadership with metrics 

that monitor and report organizational 

performance and compliance with the 

Government Performance, Results and 

Modernization Act of 2010 (the ‘‘GPRA 

Modernization Act of 2010’’). 31 U.S.C. 

1115(b)(6) requires ‘‘. . .a balanced set 

of performance indicators to be used in 

measuring or assessing progress toward 

each performance goal, including, as 

appropriate, customer service, 

efficiency, output, and outcome 

indicators [emphasis added].’’ Due to 

the qualitative nature of participants’ 

feedback obtained from this survey 

measuring impact or changes in course 

graduates work performance, their 

occupations or organizational 

performance behavior the results, with 

other data, are used to monitor 

performance of NTED, CDP and NDEMU 

training programs. NTED and CDP are 

members of the National Domestic 

Preparedness Consortium (NDPC). Per 6 

U.S.C. 1102(c),the NDPC ‘‘shall identify, 

develop, test, and deliver training to 

State, local, and tribal emergency 

response providers, provide on-site and 

mobile training at the performance and 

management and planning levels, and 

facilitate the delivery of training by the 

training partners of the Department 

[emphasis added].’’ FEMA interprets 

this authority to ‘‘test training’’ as the 

ability to assess its effectiveness, which 

this survey directly facilitates. 

6 U.S.C. 748(a)(1) directs the FEMA 

Administrator to, ‘‘in coordination with 

heads of appropriate Federal agencies, 

the National Council on Disability, and 

the National Advisory Council, [ ] carry 

out a national training program to 

implement the national preparedness 

goal, National Incident Management 

System, National Response Plan, and 

other related plans and strategies.’’ In 

addition, 6 U.S.C. 748(a)(2) directs the 

FEMA Administrator, in developing and 

implementing the national training 

program, to ‘‘work with government 

training facilities, academic institutions, 

private organizations, and other entities 

that provide specialized, state-of-the-art 

training for emergency managers or 

emergency response providers; and 

utilize, as appropriate, training courses 

provided by community colleges, State 

and local public safety academies, State 

and private universities, and other 

facilities.’’ 

The Level 3 data collected from 

course graduates three to six months 

following training provides NTED, CDP 

and NDEMU with information and data 

on how training knowledge, skill and 

attitudes (KSA’s) gained from training 

transfer to the student’s job and 

organization and if the training was 

applied to the job, an exercise, or during 

an operational mission. Note: The 


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number of NTED CTG training providers 

may fluctuate, increase, or decrease 

based on fiscal year grant funding levels 

approved by Congress. 

This revision consolidates all 

evaluation forms for all offices into two 

shared instruments. 

Collection of Information 

Title: Consolidated FEMA-National 

Training and Education Division 

(NTED) Level 3 Training Evaluation 

Forms. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: 1660–0132. 

FEMA Forms: CDP, NDEMU, and 

NTED Level 3 Student Evaluation Form, 

FEMA Form FF–008–FY–25–100; CDP, 

NDEMU, and NTED Level 3 Supervisor 

Evaluation Form, FEMA Form FF–008– 

FY–25–101. 

Abstract: NTED, CDP, and NDEMU all 

utilize the Kirkpatrick Four Level 

Training Evaluation Model to assess 

training effectiveness. Donald 

Kirkpatrick developed the four-level 

model of training evaluation: Level 1 

evaluation captures the students’ 

perception or reaction to training. Level 

2 completes a pre-post comparison of 

learning via tests/examinations and 

performance assessment checklists of 

the student learning (change in 

behavior). Level 3 evaluation 

instruments capture how the training 

transfers to the students’ work 

environment and their particular job. 

Lastly, Level 4 captures information 

about the return on key stakeholder 

expectations of the course or training 

program. The data collected by these 

training evaluation forms is shared with 

representatives from each course/ 

program’s respective target audience 

during three-year course/program 

reviews. All three organizations analyze 

the data to determine what revisions are 

needed in curriculum, delivery, and to 

elicit inputs to improve training while 

providing documentation as to how 

training was applied, and how it 

impacts the individual and 

organization. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Government; Private Sector. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,224. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

20,224. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,057. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost: $302,117. 

Estimated Respondents’ Operation 

and Maintenance Costs: $0. 

Estimated Respondents’ Capital and 

Start-Up Costs: $0. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Federal Government: $41,797. 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–72–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2025–0003] 

Assistance to Firefighters Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Fire 

Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as 

amended, the Administrator of FEMA is 

publishing this notice describing the 

fiscal year (FY) 2024 Assistance to 

Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program 

application process, deadlines, and 

award selection criteria. This notice 

explains the differences, if any, between 

these guidelines and those 

recommended by representatives of the 

national fire service leadership during 

the annual meeting of the Criteria 

Development Panel (CDP), which was 

held July 9, 2024. The application 

period for the FY 2024 AFG Program 

was Nov. 12, 2024–Dec. 20, 2024, and 

was announced on the FEMA AFG 

Program website at https://

www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/ 

firefighters, as well as at https://

www.grants.gov. 

DATES: Grant applications for the FY 

2024 AFG Program are being accepted 

electronically through the FEMA Grants 

Outcomes (FEMA GO) system at https:// 

go.fema.gov/, through 5 p.m. ET on Dec. 

20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: DHS/FEMA/Grant Programs 

Directorate, Assistance to Firefighters 

Grants Branch, 400 C St. SW, 3N, FEMA 

Headquarters, Washington, DC 20472– 

3635. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Parsons, Chief, Assistance to 

Firefighters Grants Branch, 1–866–274– 

0960 or FireGrants@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AFG 

program awards grants directly to fire 

departments, nonaffiliated emergency 

medical service (EMS) organizations, 

and state fire training academies (SFTA) 

for enhancing the health and safety of 

first responders and improving their 

abilities to protect the public from fire 

and fire-related hazards. Applications 

for the FY 2024 AFG Program are 

submitted and processed online through 

https://go.fema.gov/. Before the 

application period started, the FY 2024 

AFG Program Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO) was published on 

FEMA’s AFG Program website at 

https://www.fema.gov/grants/ 

preparedness/firefighters/assistancegrants. The AFG Program website 

provides additional information and 

materials useful for FY 2024 AFG 

Program applicants, including 

Frequently Asked Questions, 

Application Checklist, AFG Narrative 

Development Toolkit, Self-Evaluation 

Sheets for Vehicle Acquisition and 

Operations Safety, and a Cost-Share 

Calculator. Based on past AFG Program 

application periods, FEMA anticipates 

receiving 8,000 to 10,000 AFG 

applications this year and $291,600,000 

in available funding will support 

approximately 2,000 grant awards. 

Congressional Appropriations 

For the FY 2024 AFG Program, 

Congress appropriated $324 million 

through the Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2024, 

Public Law 118–47, Title III, Protection, 

Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Federal Assistance (2024 DHS 

Appropriations Act). From this amount, 

$291.6 million will be made available 

for FY 2024 AFG Program awards. In 

addition, section 33 of the Federal Fire 


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