Juvenile Fire Setters Program
This program is headed up By Firefighter John Egan. If you need assistance in this area call 765-2500
JUVENILE FIRESETTING FACT SHEET
The problem of Juvenile firesetting is a serious problem, listed below are few figures to show how this effects us all.
Nationally:
+Out of every 100 people who die in fires, 23 are children.
+Out of every 100 children who die in fires, 24 are fire caused by children playing with fire.
+Out of every 100 people who die in child-set fires, 85 are children.
+In 1995, Children playing with fire caused approximately 97,000 fires in the United States.
+Child set fires caused 304 civilian deaths, 2500 injuries, and approximately $287 million dollars in property damage in just the year of 1995 alone.
+54% of all those arrested for arson in the US, are juveniles.
+Arson is the number one violent crime caused by juveniles, but the crime least addressed by the community.
+If untreated, 85% of the children will continue to light fires.
State Of Rhode Island:
+The FBI ranked Rhode Island as the fourth leading state in the nation for juvenile arson arrests.
Locally:
+In Woonsocket, for the last seven years, 250 children and their families have participated in the firesetter program.
+The Firesetter program has a 95.8% success rate, with only a 4.2% recidivism rate.
+In the last three years children playing with fire in the City of Woonsocket have caused over $2.5 million dollars in property damage.
+There have been 4 lives lost due to child set fires in the last 4 years.
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Woonsocket Fire Department has the only in-depth Firesetter Program in the northern part of Rhode Island, and 1 of only 3 such programs in the State.
