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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2018 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2018–0023; OMB No.
1660–0070]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Fire
Department Registry
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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 use of a form to collect
data for the development and
continuation of the National Fire
Department Registry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 23, 2018.
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–2018–0023. 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.
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SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gayle Kelch, Statistician, FEMA, United
States Fire Administration, National
Fire Data Center at (301) 447–1154 or
email [email protected]. You
may contact the Information
Management Division for copies of the
proposed collection of information at

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email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
Law 93–498 provides for the gathering
and analyzing of data as deemed useful
and applicable for fire departments. The
U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)
receives many requests from fire service
organizations and the general public for
information related to fire departments,
including total number of departments,
number of stations per department,
population protected, and number of
firefighters. The USFA also has a need
for this information to guide
programmatic decisions, and produce
mailing lists for USFA publications.
Recommendations for the creation of the
fire department census database came
out of a Blue Ribbon Panel’s review of
the USFA. The report included a review
of the structure, mission, and funding of
the USFA, future policies, programmatic
needs, course development and
delivery, and the role of the USFA to
reflect changes in the fire service. As a
result of those recommendations, the
USFA is working to identify all fire
departments in the United States to
develop a database that will include
information related to demographics,
capabilities, and activities of fire
departments Nationwide. In the fall of
2016, the USFA renamed the census to
the National Fire Department Registry.
In the fall of 2001, information was
collected from 16,000 fire departments.
Since the first year of the collection, an
additional 11,217 departments have
registered for a total of 27,217 fire
departments. This leaves an estimated
2,780 departments still to respond.
Additionally, about 5,440 current
registered departments are contacted by
USFA each year and are asked to
provide updates to any previously
submitted information.
Collection of Information
Title: National Fire Department
Registry.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension, without change, of a
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Number: 1660–0070.
FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 070–0–0–
1, National Fire Department Registry.
Abstract: This collection seeks to
identify fire departments in the United
States to compile a database related to
their demographics, capabilities, and
activities. The database is used to guide
programmatic decisions and provide
information to the public and the fire
service.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.

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Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,223.
Estimated Number of Responses:
8,223.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,067 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost: $11,648.
Estimated Respondents’ Operation
and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents’ Capital and
Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the
Federal Government: $91,847.
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.
Rachel Frier,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission
Support, Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4362–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2018–0001]

Alabama; Major Disaster and Related
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This is a notice of the
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Alabama
(FEMA–4362–DR), dated April 26, 2018,
and related determinations.

SUMMARY:

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