[Federal Register: September 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 172)]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the 
following proposed information collection to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
    Title: National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
    Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
currently approved collection for which approval has expired.
    OMB Number: 3067-0161
    Abstract: The NFIRS program provides a mechanism using standardized 
reporting methods to collect and analyze fire incident data at the 
Federal, State, and Local levels. Data analysis help local fire 
departments and States to focus on current problems, predict future 
problems in their communities, and measure whether their programs are 
working. It also enables the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to 
identify common trends in collected data that may be applicable to fire 
problems on a national scale. NFIRS data is used: at the Local level, 
for setting priorities, targeting resources, and designing fire 
prevention and education programs specifically suited to the real fire 
problems of a community or State; at the State level, to justify State 
budgets and has helped in the passage of important fire and arson 
related bills; at the National level, to provide feedback reports to 
States and local fire departments that enable them to better manage and 
plan for fire protection and prevention programs, to produce the USFA's 
annual report ``Fire in the United States'', and other as required 
reports, to share useful consumer protection information with private 
concerns and other government agencies, and to perform special studies.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 14,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: NFIRS-1, Incident Report--1 hour; 
NFIRS-2, Civilian Casualty Report--55 minutes; NFIRS-3, Fire Service 
Casualty Report--50 minutes; NFIRS-4, Fire Department Identification--
30 minutes; NFIRS-5, Report of Submitted Incidents, 30 minutes; NFIRS-
HMI,

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Hazardous Material Incident Report--45 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 983,000.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and On Occasion.

Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 within 
30 days of the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B. 
Anderson, FEMA Information Collections Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 316, Washington, DC 20472. 
Telephone number (202) 646-2625. FAX number (202) 646-3524 or email 
muriel.anderson@fema.gov.

    Dated: August 25, 1999.
Reginald Trujillo,
Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 99-23179 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]
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