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as applicable: 1910.134(c)(1)(ii) Medical
evaluations of employees required to
use respirators.
FEMA is revising this collection to
add a new instrument, FEMA Form FF–
008–FY–22–125, Respiratory Medical
Evaluation Questionnaire For Students,
to comply with OSHA’s requirements
under 29 CFR 1910.134.
This proposed information collection
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 25, 2022, at 87
FR 72495 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: General Admissions
Applications (Long and Short) and
Stipend Forms.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0100.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF–USFA–
FY–21–101 (formerly 119–25–0–1),
General Admissions Application; FEMA
Form FF–USFA–FY–21–102 (formerly
119–25–0–6), Training Registration
Form; FEMA Form FF–USFA–FY–21–
103 (formerly 119–25–3), Student
Stipend Agreement; FEMA Form FF–
USFA–FY–21–104 (formerly 119–25–4),
Student Stipend Agreement
(Amendment); FEMA Form FF–USFA–
FY–21–105 (formerly 119–25–5),
National Fire Academy Executive Fire
Officer Program Application Admission;
and FEMA Form FF–008–FY–22–125,
Respiratory Medical Evaluation
Questionnaire For Students.
Abstract: FEMA provides training to
advance the professional development
of personnel engaged in fire prevention
and control and emergency management
activities through CDP, Emergency
Management Institute, NFA, National
Training and Education Division,
National Domestic Preparedness
Consortium, and Rural Domestic
Preparedness Consortium.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal
Government, and State, local or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 223,300.
Number of Responses: 223,300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 21,644.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $1,204,641.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $252,825.
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.
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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
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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,
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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 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 St. SW,
Washington, DC 20472, email address:
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or David
Millstein, Branch Chief National Fire
Data Center, (301) 447–1841 or
david.millstein@fema.dhs.gov.
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 mid1970s 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.
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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.
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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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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2022–0040; OMB No.
1660–0076]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Application Reporting
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30 Day notice of revision and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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 regarding the
requirements, grants management
procedures, and implementation of
grants awarded under the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP),
which is a post-disaster program that
contributes funds toward the cost of
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hazard mitigation activities to reduce
the risk of future damage, hardship, loss
or suffering in any area affected by a
major disaster.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 24, 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:
FEMA-Information-CollectionsManagement@fema.dhs.gov or Jennie
Orenstein, Chief, HMA Grants Policy
Branch, at (202) 212–4071 or
jennie.gallardy@fema.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act,
42 U.S.C. 5170c, authorizes the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
Program grant requirements and grants
management procedures are outlined in
44 CFR part 206 Subpart N, and 2 CFR
parts 200 and 3002. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) administers the HMGP, and
Recipients implement the grants under
the HMPG per grant agreement, rules,
and regulations. The HMGP is a postdisaster program that contributes funds
toward the cost of hazard mitigation
activities to reduce the risk of future
damage, hardship, loss or suffering in
any area affected by a major disaster or
any area affected by a fire for which
assistance was provided under section
420 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5187).
Section 102 of the Stafford Act (42
U.S.C. 5122(4)) defines a ‘‘state’’ as any
state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands. ‘‘Recipient’’, as
provided in 2 CFR 200, means a nonFederal entity that receives a Federal
award directly from a Federal awarding
agency to carry out an activity under a
Federal program, or an Indian tribal
government that chooses to act as a
recipient rather than as a subrecipient.
‘‘Subrecipient’’ refers to a non-Federal
entity that receives a subaward from a
pass-through entity to carry out part of
a Federal program; but does not include
an individual that is a beneficiary of
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[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 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 St. SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address: [email protected] or
David Millstein, Branch Chief National Fire Data Center, (301) 447-1841
or [email protected].
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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