Document ID: FEMA-2022-0030-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Registry
Posted Date: 2023-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5015-5016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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 [email protected] or 
Gayle Kelch, Statistician, FEMA, United States Fire Administration, 
National Fire Data Center at (301) 447-1154 or 
[email protected].

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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