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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1660-0070	ICR Reference No: 201507-1660-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201204-1660-001
Agency/Subagency: DHS/FEMA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Fire Department Census
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/04/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/31/2015
Terms of Clearance: The agency updated the public cost estimates in the Supporting Statement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2015
Responses	8,280	0	8,800
Time Burden (Hours)	2,093	0	2,342
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	8,280	8,800	-520
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,093	2,342	-249
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a decrease of 249 burden hours from the current OMB inventory of 2,342. This difference is a negative adjustment as fewer fire departments are needed to complete the remaining census database. Since the National Fire Department Census is a one-time initial registration and this is a continuing collection, fewer fire departments (respondents) are needed to meet the objective of this collection which is to incorporate into the database all 30,000 fire departments nationwide. With the previous collection effort, about 91 percent of the desired respondents are already registered. The primary continued use of this form is to collect information from the remaining estimated 2,850 fire departments. Follow-up information is also provided from approximately 20 percent of previously registered departments each year on a rotating basis over a five-year period. Additionally, there are no changes to the information being collected.