Document ID: FEMA-2021-0014-0002
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Department Registry
Posted Date: 2021-08-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41504-41505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16400]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2021-0014; 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), 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 collection. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the 
National Fire Department Registry and the collection of information 
related to fire departments such as addresses, total number of 
departments, number of stations per department, and number of 
firefighters. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) maintains the 
registry for the purpose of disseminating fire safety and prevention 
information to fire departments across the country.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 1, 2021.

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, email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov or Gayle Kelch, Statistician, FEMA, 
United States Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center at (301) 
447-1154 or email gayle.kelch@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection 
previously published in the Federal Register on April 27, 2021, at 86 
FR 22235 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 
FEMA Form 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

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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: 6,370.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 6,370.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,293.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $9,961.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $55,573.

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 L. Brown,
Senior Manager, Records Management Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2021-16400 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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