[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 19165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9174]


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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 Department Census.
    Type of Information Collection: New.
    Abstract. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) receives many 
requests from Fire Service organizations and the general public for 
information related to fire Departments, including total number of 
departments, number of stations per department, population protected, 
and number of fire fighters. Many data products and reports exist that 
contain fragmented or estimated information about fire department 
demographics, and capabilities, but there is no single reference source 
today that aggregates this data to provide a complete and accurate 
profile of fire departments in the United States. The data collected 
from this collection of information will be used to develop a database 
by the USFA to identify all fire departments in the United States that 
will include information related to demographics, capabilities and 
activities. The database will also be used by USFA to guide 
programmatic decisions, provide the Fire Service and the public with 
information about fire departments, to produce mailing lists for USFA 
publications and other materials, and serve as a baseline from which to 
sample fire loss data.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, local government, volunteer, and 
industrial fire departments.
    Number of Respondents: 33,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,860.
    Frequency of Response: One-time.

Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to David Rostkler, 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 
address: [email protected].

    Dated: April 9, 2001.
Reginald Trujillo,
Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support Directorate.
[FR Doc. 01-9174 Filed 4-12-01; 8:45 am]
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