[Federal Register: March 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 58)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05BS]

 
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-371-5983 or 
send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to omb@cdc.gov.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 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 study 
personnel, who will select incidents based on geographical location. 
Further screening for eligibility will be done 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. 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 the time involved to complete the screening 
and/or face-to-face interviews.
    Estimate of Annualized Burden Table:

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                                                                            Number of     Average
                                                               Number of    responses    burden per     Total
                         Respondents                          respondents      per        response    burden (in
                                                                            respondent   (in hours)     hours)
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Adults--Screened............................................        1,250            1        15/60          313
Adults--Cases and Controls..................................        1,000            1            1        1,000
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    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,313
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    Dated: March 21, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-6031 Filed 3-25-05; 8:45 am]

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