80_FR_10175 80 FR 10138 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0

80 FR 10138 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)

Page Range10138-10138
FR Document2015-03838

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 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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 10138]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03838]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0031; OMB No. 1660-0069]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Fire Incident Reporting System 
(NFIRS) v5.0

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 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 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Room 7NE, Washington, DC 
20472, facsimile number (202) 212-4701, or email address FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2014, FEMA published in the 
Federal Register at 79 FR 64610 a 60 day Federal Register notice 
requesting comment on FEMA's proposed revision to the National Fire 
Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0 informaton collection. FEMA 
subsquently received 8 comments providing positive and constructive 
feedback regarding the information collected by NFIRS. The cost and 
hour burden of the NFIRS to users was not addressed directly in any of 
the comments received. All comments received regarding the content of 
information collected, the suggested combination of the NFIRS with 
other data collection systems, the suggested enhancements to the user 
interface experience of some specific systems (which would impact 
average time burden in reporting), the suggested ``mandatory 
reporting'' by all fire agencies (including Wildland), and the 
capability for fire departments to review other fire department and 
regional fire incident data were provided to the program office for 
their consideration when updating or modifiying the NFIRS.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA Form The National Fire Incident 
Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.
    Abstract: NFIRS was established in 1975 by the USFA as a 
cooperative effort of local, State, and Federal authorities to improve 
uniformity in fire incident reporting and to ensure that data are 
useable for fire protection planning and management. The program 
provides a well-established mechanism, using standardized reporting 
methods, to collect and analyze fire incident data at the Federal, 
State, and local levels with a myriad of life and property saving uses 
and benefits.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal, and Federal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,856. The number of respondents 
has increased by 856 since FEMA published the 60 day Federal Register 
notice on October 30, 2014 because of a clerical error.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,500,230. The annual burden 
hours decreased by 204,670 hours from the previous inventory due to 
discontinuation of use of NFIRS paper forms and a small decrease in the 
number of students receiving the NFIRS Program Management Training and 
Orientation.
    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual operations and maintenance 
costs to respondents or record keepers resulting from the collection of 
information is $13,915,000. The estimated annual cost to the Federal 
Government is $2,416,255.

    Dated: February 5, 2015.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2015-03838 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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10138 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 37 / Wednesday, February 25, 2015 / Notices Copies of the PARS announced in the to the Office of Information and to collect and analyze fire incident data Federal Register on December 5, 2014 Regulatory Affairs, Office of at the Federal, State, and local levels as well as the schematic showing the Management and Budget. Comments with a myriad of life and property two-way route will be available at the should be addressed to the Desk Officer saving uses and benefits. public meeting. The meeting facilitator for the Department of Homeland Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal, will accept written comments from Security, Federal Emergency and Federal Governments. participants who wish to comment in Management Agency, and sent via Estimated Number of Respondents: writing. All written comments received electronic mail to oira.submission@ 23,856. The number of respondents has by the meeting facilitator will be omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806. increased by 856 since FEMA published uploaded to the PARS docket (USCG– FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the 60 day Federal Register notice on 2014–0941) without change. Comments Requests for additional information or October 30, 2014 because of a clerical made verbally will be summarized by copies of the information collection error. the meeting facilitator and incorporated should be made to Director, Records Estimated Total Annual Burden into the study. The public comment Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Hours: 13,500,230. The annual burden period closes on June 3, 2015 and Room 7NE, Washington, DC 20472, hours decreased by 204,670 hours from comments may be submitted up until facsimile number (202) 212–4701, or the previous inventory due to that time using one of the methods email address FEMA-Information- discontinuation of use of NFIRS paper detailed under the COMMENT Collections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. forms and a small decrease in the SUBMISSION section of this document. number of students receiving the NFIRS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On The Coast Guard will not make any Program Management Training and October 10, 2014, FEMA published in Orientation. decisions at the meetings and will only the Federal Register at 79 FR 64610 a begin analyzing the comments and Estimated Cost: The estimated annual 60 day Federal Register notice operations and maintenance costs to information received after the public requesting comment on FEMA’s comment period closes on June 3, 2015. respondents or record keepers resulting proposed revision to the National Fire from the collection of information is D.B. Abel, Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0 $13,915,000. The estimated annual cost Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, informaton collection. FEMA to the Federal Government is Seventeenth Coast Guard District. subsquently received 8 comments $2,416,255. [FR Doc. 2015–03859 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] providing positive and constructive feedback regarding the information Dated: February 5, 2015. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P collected by NFIRS. The cost and hour Charlene D. Myrthil, burden of the NFIRS to users was not Director, Records Management Division, addressed directly in any of the Mission Support, Federal Emergency DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND comments received. All comments Management Agency, Department of SECURITY Homeland Security. received regarding the content of Federal Emergency Management [FR Doc. 2015–03838 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] information collected, the suggested Agency combination of the NFIRS with other BILLING CODE 9111–76–P [Docket ID: FEMA–2014–0031; OMB No. data collection systems, the suggested 1660–0069] enhancements to the user interface experience of some specific systems DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (which would impact average time SECURITY Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB burden in reporting), the suggested Federal Emergency Management Review; Comment Request; National ‘‘mandatory reporting’’ by all fire Agency Fire Incident Reporting System agencies (including Wildland), and the (NFIRS) v5.0 capability for fire departments to review [Docket ID FEMA–2015–0001] other fire department and regional fire AGENCY: Federal Emergency incident data were provided to the Final Flood Hazard Determinations Management Agency, DHS. program office for their consideration AGENCY: Federal Emergency ACTION: Notice. when updating or modifiying the Management Agency, DHS. NFIRS. ACTION: Final notice. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will Collection of Information SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, submit the information collection Title: National Fire Incident Reporting which may include additions or abstracted below to the Office of System (NFIRS) v5.0. modifications of Base Flood Elevations Management and Budget for review and Type of information collection: (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood clearance in accordance with the Revision of a currently approved Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone requirements of the Paperwork information collection. designations, or regulatory floodways on Reduction Act of 1995. The submission Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) will describe the nature of the Form The National Fire Incident and where applicable, in the supporting information collection, the categories of Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0. 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Document Created: 2015-12-18 13:09:04
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 13:09:04
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before March 27, 2015.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Director, Records Management Division, 500 C Street SW., Room 7NE, Washington, DC
FR Citation80 FR 10138 
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