[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49225-49226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23064]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2017-0032; OMB No. 1660-0039]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Supervisors and National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Students/Trainees

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of 
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
the long-term evaluation forms used to evaluate all National Fire 
Academy resident training.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2017-0032. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Long, Statistician, FEMA, 
National Fire Academy at (301) 447-1488. You may contact the Records 
Management Division for copies of the proposed collection of 
information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Fire Academy (NFA) is mandated 
under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-498) to 
provide training and education to the Nation's fire service and 
emergency service personnel. The state of-the-art programs offered by 
the NFA serve as models of excellence and State and local fire service 
agencies rely heavily on the curriculum to train their personnel. To 
maintain the quality of these training programs, it is critical that 
courses be evaluated after students have had the opportunity to apply 
the knowledge and skills gained from their training. Information 
collected from the evaluation forms enables the U.S. Fire 
Administration (USFA) and NFA staff to monitor and recommend changes in 
course materials, individual subject selection criteria, and to make 
curriculum-wide reviews and assessments. FEMA is seeking a revision of 
a currently approved information collection because we are modifying 
the two forms. One question was added to each form to better reflect 
and measure the NFA's progress toward the USFA's goals. Two questions 
were removed from the student/trainee form that are no longer relevant 
to NFA's data collection.

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Supervisors and National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for 
Students/Trainees.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.

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    OMB Number: 1660-0039.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 078-0-2, National Fire Academy Long-Term 
Evaluation Form for Supervisors; FEMA Form 078-0-2A, National Fire 
Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for Students/Trainees.
    Abstract: The National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Forms will 
be used to evaluate all National Fire Academy (NFA) on-campus resident 
training courses. Course graduates and their supervisors will be asked 
to evaluate the impact of the training on both individual job 
performance and the performance of the fire and emergency response 
department where the student works. The data provided by students and 
supervisors is used to update existing NFA course materials and to 
develop new courses that reflect the emerging issues and needs of the 
Nation's fire service.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 405 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $17,154.30.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $44,786.65.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Dated: October 16, 2017.
Tammi Hines,
Acting Records Management Program Chief, Mission Support, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2017-23064 Filed 10-23-17; 8:45 am]
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