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ARSON
• Arsonists now strike every 6 minutes.
• Young people will be the cause of most of the deliberate ignitions!
• Arson Prevention Bureau 1999
WHO PAYS?
•YOU
Fire-settingFire-setting
• Can we stop fire setting behaviour?
• Why the fire service?
FIRE SETTING
‘Types of Firesetters’
• Curiosity/play
• Attention seeking
• Angry/revengeful
• School firesetter/arsonist
• Delinquent
• Mentally disturbed
Curiosity/Play firesetter
• is a child usually a boy, who has got ‘into’ fireplay behaviour and has become habituated to it. The fires are lit with matches or lighters from an early age. (2 -10 yrs)
Attention seekers-
• firesetting is designed to gain attention and to cause visual impact rather than damage. Eg - small waste-bin fire, setting fire to curtains esp when people are present. “Cry for help”. Can usually be successfully addressed quite quickly.
School Firesetter/Arsonist
• Obviously a particular threat to schools. Young person develops a grudge against the school or specific teacher, and with each successive punishment they receive, the probability of gaining “revenge” increases.
Angry/Revengeful
• may not have a history of fireplay and/or firesetting behaviour. May have happened by ‘chance’ as a means of resolving an angry feeling. One teenager may resolve his anger by smashing a plate glass window an other may do it by starting a fire. However, behaviour becomes associated with feeling of satisfaction, to be repeated as a way of resolving similar angry feelings.
Angry/Revengeful
Delinquent Firesetters;
• may be using fire to cover up other crimes, and is essentially more of a career criminal with a firesetting component.
Mentally disturbed
• this is a minority group, mainly older teenagers or adults. Usually have a fixation on fire and develop into career arsonists. Very dangerous type of firesetter.
PYROMANIAC
Label rather than explanation, could be described as a syndrome with an obsessive-compulsive need to set fires.
• Parents/Guardians• Foster Parents• Schools• Social Workers• Youth Workers• Health Visitors
WHO CAN MAKE REFERRALS?
• YOT members• Police• Probation• Courts• Mental Health Nurses• Psychiatrists
What happens next?
R E F E R R A L S
A rran g e an ap p o in tm en t
C on tac t re levan t ag en c ies w h ere n ecessary.(eg C h ild P ro tec tion U n it)
V is it Y ou n g P erson a t th e ir h om e.C arry ou t ris k assessm en t.
C ase O ffice r+
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Y O U TH L IA IS O N O F F IC E Ror
C om m F ire S a fe ty A d m in
IGNORING THE PROBLEM
P oss ib le D ea th o fF irese tte r/o r an o th er
L oss o f P rop erty
C ase R eviewD iscu ss ion s
A ssessm en t o fP rob lem
R ecord in g o fP rob lem
F irese tte rs an dC u rios ity F irese tte rs
M ore F ires , P oss ib leD eath s an d /o r In ju ries
L oss o f p rop erty
In c reased A n g er
P en a lty o r C u s tod ia lS en ten ce
L eg a l P rocess
D e lib e ra te an dR even g e F irese tte rs
M ore F ires , P oss ib leD eath (s ) an d /o r In ju ries .
L oss o f p rop erty
L ife S k ills e tc .P rog ram m e
M an ag em en t
M en ta l H ea lthP lacem en t
'P a th o log ica l'F irese tte rs
A ll F irese tte rs
Addressing Firesetting Behaviour
P reven tion o fF u rth e r F irese tt in g
F ire S a fe tyE d u ca tion In p u tb y F ire S ervice
F irep layers an dC u rios ity F irese tte rs
R e lease a fte rTrea tm en t
P rog ram m e toA d d ress A n g er &
F irese tt in g
P en a lty:P en a l/C u s tod y
D e lib e ra te an dR even g e F irese tte rs
R e lease a fte rTrea tm en t
P rog ram m e toA d d ress F irese tt in g
M en ta l H ea lthP lacem en t
P a th o log ica l F irese tte rsTyp e t it le h e re
S c reen in g In te rvieww ith F ire S ervice
A ll F irese tte rs
CASE STUDIES
• See handouts
THE END
• any questions?