[Federal Register: March 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 49)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2009-0001]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and request for comments; revision of a 
currently approved information collection; OMB No. 1660-0069; The 
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted 
the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by 
respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data 
collection instruments FEMA will use.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the Desk 
Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and sent via electronic mail to 
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Records Management Division, 1800 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA 
20598-3005, facsimile number (202) 646-3347, or e-mail address FEMA-
Information-Collections@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection of Information

    Title: National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) v5.0.
    Type of information collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0069.
    Form Titles and Numbers: National Fire Incident Reporting System 
(NFIRS) v5.0.
    Abstract: NFIRS provides a mechanism using standardized reporting 
methods to collect and analyze fire incident data at the Federal, 
State, and local levels. Data analysis helps local fire departments and 
States to focus on current problems, predict future problems in their 
communities, and measure whether their programs are working.
    Affected Public: ``State, Local or Tribal Government.''
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,890.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 470.50.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,769,720.
    Estimated Cost: $13,310,000.

Larry Gray,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Management, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
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