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Addressing The Problem
How can the juvenile fire setter problem be addressed?
According to the March, 2001 report from the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Analysis and Research Division, “For arson task force programs, a key tool is in developing inter-agency organizational arrangements and policies that really work. For juvenile fire setter counseling programs, it is necessary to develop wider awareness of the many variations in juvenile fire setters, the need to assess particular circumstances for each fire setter, and the need to match treatment to these circumstances.”
This statement reinforces the decision made in 1991 when Major Henry Ott of the Arson Bureau of the City of Louisville Fire Department, the
Courts which deal with Juvenile Justice, and the Bingham Child Guidance Center formed a partnership program that directed juvenile fire setters to Bingham for evaluation and treatment. Since the beginning of the plan in 1991, the program has had a positive effect on juvenile fire setters who complete the therapy program at the Bingham Child Guidance Center, evidenced by a significant decrease in later being reported as repeat firesetting offenders.
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