[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1328]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY


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

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Number: 3067-0287.
    Abstract: 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 U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) 
receives many requests for information related to fire departments, 
including total number of departments, number of stations per 
department, population protected, apparatus and equipment status. The 
USFA is working to identify all fire departments in the United States 
to develop and populate a national database that will include 
information related to demographics, capabilities and activities. The 
database will 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. In the first year of this effort, information was collected 
from 16,000 fire departments leaving an estimated 17,000 fire 
departments still to respond.
    Affected Public: Not-For-Profit Institutions, Federal Government, 
and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 17,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 25 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,083.
    Frequency of Response: One-Time.
    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, Chief, Records Management Branch, Information Resources 
Management Division, Information Technology Services Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, 
Washington, DC 20472. Facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail 
address: [email protected].

    Dated: January 10, 2003.
Edward W. Kernan,
Division Director, Information Resources Management Division, 
Information Technology Services Directorate.
[FR Doc. 03-1328 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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