[Federal Register: September 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 186)]
[Notices]
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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 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
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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