[Federal Register: July 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 142)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-05-05AU]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 371-5983 or send an email to
omb@cdc.gov. 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
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
(FFFIPP)--NEW--The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description:
The Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
(FFFIPP) addresses an important public health need to protect the lives
of America's front line emergency responders, those whose job is to
save lives and protect property. FFFIPP was established in fiscal year
1998 in order to investigate the deaths and severe injuries that occur
to fire fighters for the purpose of identifying high risk situations
and to develop recommendations for prevention.
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the impact of the Fire
Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP), and the
effects of FFFIPP recommendations and information products which are
periodically distributed to the nation's 30,000 fire departments. This
study will examine career and volunteer; large and small size; and
urban and rural fire departments to determine the extent to which
firefighter reports, recommendations and other information products are
being implemented by fire departments. This evaluation will also
measure the effects of FFFIPP on the knowledge, behavior, attitudes,
and safety practices of fire department management.
This study will consist of a mail survey given to 1,140 fire
departments to obtain information from the officers (Captain, Safety
Officer and Training Officer or Lieutenants) regarding use of FFFIPP
information products. There will also be a set of six focus groups for
active, front-line firefighters; each focus group will have
approximately 9 participants.
FFFIPP investigated approximately 114 injury fatalities and 101
cardiovascular disease fatalities over the first 5 years of operations.
Reports based on these investigations are mailed to select fire
departments on a regular basis. An evaluation of the program at this
time is appropriate because FFFIPP has acquired sufficient data on
firefighter fatalities to permit substantial improvements in knowledge,
awareness and the practice of fire fighting. FFFIPP information
products have been published and disseminated with sufficient time to
allow positive changes. An evaluation at this time could ultimately
reduce risk for firefighters through elimination of barriers to better
knowledge, behavior, attitudes and safety practices for fire department
leadership/management and for front-line firefighters. Evaluation
provides a means to strengthen the impact of the program through
modification or re-direction of the FFFIPP strategy.
CDC proposes to conduct an evaluation survey that will include
1,140 fire departments. A fire department survey and focus groups will
be used to collect data for this evaluation. The fire department survey
will use a cross-sectional design with restricted random sampling. The
sample will include each of the 215 fire departments where
investigations were conducted. For comparison, a random sample of 300
fire departments where there were no investigations conducted will be
selected and surveyed. The ten largest fire departments will be
deliberately included in the sample because of their unique status. The
random selection of additional fire departments will be restricted to
balance various factors such as the number of volunteer vs. career,
rural vs. urban and other considerations. To supplement findings from
the Fire Department Survey, the evaluation team will conduct a series
of six focus groups with firefighters from across the country. These
focus group discussions will serve as avenues for exploring how and why
the FFFIPP may have had an impact. Information collected in the focus
groups will thus complement the Fire Department Survey by providing
rich descriptions of the ways in which FFFIPP may have affected
firefighter knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and safety practices. The
focus groups will take place either at a national conference of
firefighters or at local venues convenient to the fire departments
represented by the participants. Each focus group will take 1\1/2\
hours. Questions will address firefighter knowledge, attitudes,
behavior, and safety practices. There are no costs to respondents
except their time to participate in the survey. The total estimated
annualized burden hours are 238.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Avg. burden
Survey instruments Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Fire Dept. Survey............................................... 570 1 25/60
Focus Group Participants Eligibility Screening Form............. 81 1 5/60
Focus Group..................................................... 27 1 1.5
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Dated: July 20, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-14680 Filed 7-25-05; 8:45 am]
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