[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 59128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15994]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0020; 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, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of extension and request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 an extension, 
without change, 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 training.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2024-0020. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the Agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used to 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 wisht to read the Privacy and 
Security Notice that is available via a link on the homepage of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Long, Statistician, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, United State Fire Administration, National 
Fire Academy, at (301) 447-1488 or [email protected]. You may 
contact the Information Management Division for copies of the proposed 
collection of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Fire Academy 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 
National Fire Academy 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 and National Fire Academy staff to monitor and 
recommend changes in course materials, individual subject selection 
criteria, and to make curriculum-wide reviews and assessments.

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: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0039.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-USFA-FY-22-118 (formerly 078-0-2), 
National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Form for Supervisors; FF-
USFA-FY-22-119 (formerly 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 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 National Fire Academy 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: $21,962.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $66,609.

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; 
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.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-15994 Filed 7-19-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-45-P