[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56150-56151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15703]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-05BS]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Human Behavior in Fire Study--New--National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This project will characterize the behaviors of individuals who 
were involved in a residential fire and determine which behaviors are 
associated with injuries sustained in the fire incident. Behaviors 
related to fire escape planning and practice, smoke alarm installation 
and maintenance, physical and visual access to escape routes, etc. will 
be studied.
    In the United States each year, there are approximately 400,000 
residential fires, with 14,000 non-fatal and 3,000 fatal civilian 
injuries. In line with ``Healthy People 2010'' objectives, NCIPC works 
to reduce and eliminate non-fatal and fatal injuries from residential 
fires. In order to develop effective fire-related injury prevention 
programs, a better understanding of human behavior in fires is needed.
    The design of this study will be a matched-pair, case-control 
study. Cases will be defined as individuals who were injured in a 
residential fire and controls will be individuals who were involved in 
a residential fire, but were not injured. Fire incidents involving a 
fatality will be excluded from this study. Local fire departments 
throughout the United States will submit fire incident reports to 
contract personnel, who will select incidents based on geographical 
location and then screen further for eligibility using a brief 
telephone interview. For those selected, interviewers will conduct in-
depth, computer-assisted face-to-face interviews with participants. The 
sequence of events surrounding the fire and the behaviors of 
interviewees will be ascertained using the Behavioral Sequence 
Interview Technique (BSIT); (Keating & Loftus, 1984). In addition, 
information on the nature of injuries sustained; characteristics of the 
fire and home structure; other occupants present; previous fire 
experiences; safety training; and demographics on the persons 
interviewed will be collected. The only cost to the respondents is 
their time. The total annual burden hours are 552.

Estimate of Annualized Burden Hours

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                                                               No. of        No. of responses    Average burden
                      Respondents                           respondents       per respondent      per response
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Adults--screened and eligible..........................                434                  1              15/60
Adults--screened but are ineligible or refused.........                109                  1               5/60

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Adult--cases and controls..............................                434                  1                  1
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    Dated: September 20, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-15703 Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am]
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