[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45571-45572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency


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

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the following information collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 
describes 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 includes the actual data 
collection instruments FEMA will use.
    Title: Metropolitan Firefighter Demographics Study.
    OMB Number: 1660-NW17.
    Abstract: Data products and reports exist that contain fragmented 
or estimated information about firefighter demographics, but there is 
no single reference source today that aggregates this data to provide 
an accurate profile of firefighters on a per department basis. The USFA 
\1\ receives many requests for information related to firefighters, 
including gender, race and ethnicity, as well as the number of 
firefighters holding chief officer and line officer positions. The USFA 
is working to identify the demographic makeup of metropolitan fire 
departments in the United States to provide input for program planning 
and to inform stakeholders of the demographic composition of 
firefighters. The database will be used by USFA to guide programmatic 
decisions and provide the Fire Service and the public with information 
about firefighter demographics at an aggregate level. Fire departments 
are able to complete the demographic firefighter questionnaire by 
filling out a paper form and faxing the completed form, or sending it 
in a return envelope.
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    \1\ The USFA is currently being transferred to the newly created 
Preparedness Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. 
During this transition FEMA, also part of the Department of Homeland 
Security, will continue to support this program as the new 
Directorate stands up. Ultimately this data collection will be 
transferred to the Preparedness Directorate.
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    Affected Public: Federal, State, local government, and career fire 
departments.
    Number of Respondents: 115.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes (.33 hour).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 39 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Comments: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department 
of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number (202) 395-7285. Comments 
must be submitted on or before September 8, 2006.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records 
Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, 
facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address [email protected].

    Dated: August 1, 2006.
John Sharetts-Sullivan,
Chief, Records Management & Privacy, Information Resources Management 
Branch, Information Technology Services Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-12910 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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