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RESTORATION COUNCIL
[Docket No.: 105152024–1111–01]
Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a
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As specified in the Initial FPL, which
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Gulf Coast Ecosystem
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ACTION: Notice.
[FR Doc. 2024–11060 Filed 5–20–24; 8:45 am]
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket No. CDC–2024–0040, NIOSH–063–
E]
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health; Human Factors
Considerations for the Fire Fighter
Fatality Investigation and Prevention
Program
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), in the Department of
Health and Human Services, requests
feedback about its Fire Fighter Fatality
Investigation and Prevention Program
(FFFIPP) investigation and report
process for traumatic injuries. NIOSH is
interested in how human factors might
be considered during investigations
including but not limited to
communication, team dynamics,
psychological stress, and safety culture,
and how these factors impact decisionmaking during responses. If applicable,
information will be used to improve
reporting templates and processes to
provide a holistic lens into the causes
and prevention of line-of-duty deaths
(LODD).
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through either of the
following two methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov (follow the
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instructions for submitting comments),
or
• By Mail: NIOSH Docket Office,
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS C–34,
1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226–1998.
Instructions: All written submissions
received in response to this notice must
include the agency name (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, HHS)
and docket number (CDC–2024–0040,
NIOSH–063–E) for this action. All
relevant comments, including any
personal information provided, will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily Haas, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Telephone (412)
386–4627 (this is not a toll-free
number); Email: NIOSHFireTrauma@
cdc.gov.
The
NIOSH FFFIPP conducts independent
investigations of firefighter LODD and
recommends ways to prevent deaths
and traumatic injuries. Since its
inception in 1998, the NIOSH FFFIPP
has held periodic meetings with the fire
service community and interested
parties to seek input about the program.
These meetings have been an important
component of the program and are vital
to ensure the program is meeting the
needs and expectations of those it
serves. The FFFIPP has posted the
results of these periodic meetings on its
website at: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
fire/abouttheprogram/ourworkreviewed/
ourworkreviewed.html.
Input received from these meetings
and from individuals has emphasized
the need to consider factors beyond the
physical environment in which
response activities occur. As examples,
effective communication and team
dynamics, psychological stress and
resilience, organizational leadership,
and safety culture may impact decisionmaking, task execution, and job
performance. However, the FFFIPP
program serves as a public health effort;
therefore, recommendations do not and
cannot enforce compliance with state or
federal job safety and health standards
or determine fault or place blame on fire
departments or individual firefighters.
The purpose of this request for
information (RFI) is to ascertain (1) the
public’s interest and need for NIOSH to
incorporate human factors
considerations into LODD
investigations; (2) specific human
factors elements that should be
considered; (3) methods that can be
employed during investigations to
collect, analyze, and document this
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information through reliable
quantitative and qualitative approaches;
and (4) ways to incorporate human
factors findings and recommendations
into reports without placing blame on
fire departments or firefighters.
Information related to human factors in
LODD investigations may include but is
not limited to:
• Considerations around
communication, including team
dynamics and leadership
communication
• Potential for environmental elements
to impact cognitive function (e.g.,
distraction)
• Operational stressors to be considered
• Ways to retroactively assess emotional
and psychological stress
• Ways to retroactively assess
physiological stress and resilience
(e.g., sleep deprivation and fatigue)
• Safety culture
• Components of risk profile narratives
• Organizational leadership practices
• Research needs and social science or
psychological methods to objectively
collect this information
• Methods to integrate this information
into reports without placing blame
(e.g., identifying systematic issues
that drive or allow behaviors, actions,
and decisions)
LODD are complex events that are
affected by many interdependent
factors. These considerations or factors
might vary depending on whether the
fire department is serving a rural, urban,
suburban, or wildland-urban interface
area; is career, volunteer, or
combination; and the work schedule
and shifts of the responding firefighters.
These aspects, among others, can be
recognized when responding with
feedback.
NIOSH plans to review and assess the
public comments and information
provided to determine how, if
applicable, the FFFIPP could be
updated to incorporate human factors
considerations into LODD
investigations. Additional information
is available on the NIOSH FFFIPP—
About the Program Page (https://
www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/
abouttheprogram/
abouttheprogram.html). NIOSH will
update this page and investigation
processes as necessary to be consistent
with the assessment of the information
obtained from this RFI and other means
of information-gathering.
To reiterate, this RFI is intended to
announce the opportunity for the public
to provide NIOSH with information
about considerations and approaches to
assess human factors and, if applicable,
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inclusion in its FFFIPP LODD
investigation and reporting processes for
traumatic injuries. Information related
to human factors and the fire service in
the following areas is especially desired:
the need for this information to be
collected, specific human factors
elements that should be considered,
social science and psychological
methods that could be employed during
investigations, and objective reporting
recommendations.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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The Centers for Medicare &
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2024-0040, NIOSH-063-E]
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Human
Factors Considerations for the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and
Prevention Program
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in the
Department of Health and Human Services, requests feedback about its
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
investigation and report process for traumatic injuries. NIOSH is
interested in how human factors might be considered during
investigations including but not limited to communication, team
dynamics, psychological stress, and safety culture, and how these
factors impact decision-making during responses. If applicable,
information will be used to improve reporting templates and processes
to provide a holistic lens into the causes and prevention of line-of-
duty deaths (LODD).
DATES: Comments must be received by July 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through either of the following
two methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(follow the
[[Page 44684]]
instructions for submitting comments), or
By Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories,
MS C-34, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.
Instructions: All written submissions received in response to this
notice must include the agency name (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, HHS) and docket number (CDC-2024-0040, NIOSH-063-E) for
this action. All relevant comments, including any personal information
provided, will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Haas, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236; Telephone (412) 386-4627 (this is not a toll-free
number); Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NIOSH FFFIPP conducts independent
investigations of firefighter LODD and recommends ways to prevent
deaths and traumatic injuries. Since its inception in 1998, the NIOSH
FFFIPP has held periodic meetings with the fire service community and
interested parties to seek input about the program. These meetings have
been an important component of the program and are vital to ensure the
program is meeting the needs and expectations of those it serves. The
FFFIPP has posted the results of these periodic meetings on its website
at: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/abouttheprogram/ourworkreviewed/ourworkreviewed.html.
Input received from these meetings and from individuals has
emphasized the need to consider factors beyond the physical environment
in which response activities occur. As examples, effective
communication and team dynamics, psychological stress and resilience,
organizational leadership, and safety culture may impact decision-
making, task execution, and job performance. However, the FFFIPP
program serves as a public health effort; therefore, recommendations do
not and cannot enforce compliance with state or federal job safety and
health standards or determine fault or place blame on fire departments
or individual firefighters. The purpose of this request for information
(RFI) is to ascertain (1) the public's interest and need for NIOSH to
incorporate human factors considerations into LODD investigations; (2)
specific human factors elements that should be considered; (3) methods
that can be employed during investigations to collect, analyze, and
document this information through reliable quantitative and qualitative
approaches; and (4) ways to incorporate human factors findings and
recommendations into reports without placing blame on fire departments
or firefighters. Information related to human factors in LODD
investigations may include but is not limited to:
Considerations around communication, including team dynamics
and leadership communication
Potential for environmental elements to impact cognitive
function (e.g., distraction)
Operational stressors to be considered
Ways to retroactively assess emotional and psychological
stress
Ways to retroactively assess physiological stress and
resilience (e.g., sleep deprivation and fatigue)
Safety culture
Components of risk profile narratives
Organizational leadership practices
Research needs and social science or psychological methods to
objectively collect this information
Methods to integrate this information into reports without
placing blame (e.g., identifying systematic issues that drive or allow
behaviors, actions, and decisions)
LODD are complex events that are affected by many interdependent
factors. These considerations or factors might vary depending on
whether the fire department is serving a rural, urban, suburban, or
wildland-urban interface area; is career, volunteer, or combination;
and the work schedule and shifts of the responding firefighters. These
aspects, among others, can be recognized when responding with feedback.
NIOSH plans to review and assess the public comments and
information provided to determine how, if applicable, the FFFIPP could
be updated to incorporate human factors considerations into LODD
investigations. Additional information is available on the NIOSH
FFFIPP--About the Program Page (https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/abouttheprogram/abouttheprogram.html). NIOSH will update this page and
investigation processes as necessary to be consistent with the
assessment of the information obtained from this RFI and other means of
information-gathering.
To reiterate, this RFI is intended to announce the opportunity for
the public to provide NIOSH with information about considerations and
approaches to assess human factors and, if applicable, inclusion in its
FFFIPP LODD investigation and reporting processes for traumatic
injuries. Information related to human factors and the fire service in
the following areas is especially desired: the need for this
information to be collected, specific human factors elements that
should be considered, social science and psychological methods that
could be employed during investigations, and objective reporting
recommendations.
John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-11059 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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